Dáil debates
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages
6:55 pm
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
No, not 50%. They can top it up, and a lot of them are doing that already from their own funds. Deputy Rabbitte alluded to that, and she knows a lot about this. Deputy Scanlon said that people running bingo events top up the jackpots themselves. There is no limit to that, and we do not propose to introduce one. They must still give 25% to charity. Most clubs with prizes of more than €5,000 will be more like businesses. They are supposed to be charities; that is the difference. That is what the law states and we are not changing it. I can give Deputies the references.
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