Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Liam Sloyan:

It requires our approval every time. The Act provides for approval of a scheme for lottery games, which is the approach used in the UK, whereby the regulator effectively approves rules and as long as the operator adheres to those rules it can introduce a new game that adheres to the framework. To date, we have not approved any scheme for lottery games so any new game requires approval.