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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: There are 21 games and 19 are available via scratch card.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Ms Buckley referred to 21 instant games. I presume they are games where players win immediately as opposed to waiting for the lotto draw on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: So 19 of the 21 games are available in both formats and two are only available on the app. The app has a high spending limits at €75 per day, €300 per week and €900 per month. Is Ms Buckley concerned that they are this high?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: There is concern about the growth in agents. There are a certain number of people who will spend a certain amount of money and that would be diluted across more outlets. I presume not all members have lotto terminals. Of those that do, I presume that while most would like to be the only show in town, the more agents there are the less they will receive. Is it the view of Ms Buckley that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: What is the current margin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Has it always been 6% or has it fallen over time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: It has been 6% since 1986 or 1987, when the lotto was established.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: The current operators receive 6%, but there is no guarantee for new operators.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: What is lotto light?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: How will the suite of products available in traditional lenders differ from what is suggested might happen if services are offered in a barber shop or elsewhere?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Will they be able to purchase products such as lotto, lotto plus, euromillions and other such products?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: That has not happened yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is Ms Buckley aware of any outlet currently offering the lotto light model, as she calls it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is Ms Buckley aware of anybody actually selling-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Okay. It was not referred to, but one of the outlets about which Ms Buckley is concerned are post offices. A postal services Bill will come before the Seanad today. We regularly discuss how we want to enhance the role of post offices, but Ms Buckley has concerns that post offices-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Ms Buckley is sticking up for post offices, barber shops and bookshops. I am trying to tease out the issue. I have to speak on a Bill in the Seanad. We have a fairly good idea of the views of the witnesses from the summary. They are concerned about the proliferation of outlets, how gambling has traditionally been managed and that the more things go online the more underground they become....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Ms Buckley and the commission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Scratch cards, lotto and Euromillions are retail games. Is there anything else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Are some of them time limited? Do they expire? Are some of them licensed for six months or eight months or for a season, such as winter or summer, or do they all last forever?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of Operations of the National Lottery: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Could Mr. Sloyan supply the committee with a list of every game, when it started and when it stopped, since the regulator's inception for our own understanding of what is happening?