Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 December 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 19 - Exchequer receipts from National Lottery ticket sales

9:30 am

Mr. Andrew Algeo:

The reason we choose to direct the majority of the promotional expenditure towards additional marketing as opposed to adding to the existent top-up prizes, which are considerable, is that the effect is to grow prizes, good causes and retailer commissions, as well as the operator's revenue, more effectively. That is-----