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Retailers in favour of increase in lotto prices
Move by Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association comes amid speculation over format changes
Lotto’s Canadian overlords appear to lose patience with PR team after bad press
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan said to be fuming at constant negative media coverage
Premier Lotteries Ireland to appear before Oireachtas committee
National Lottery operator PLI likely to be asked about crashes and terminals
Lottery meltdown raises questions about private operator’s cheaper technology
Company faces serious reputational damage if it does not fix situation quickly
Retailers call for Lotto inquiry over new ticket terminals
Technical glitches have caused drop in sales, retailers claim
Retailers complain of glitches with new Lottery system
Ticket terminals crash easily and frequently fail to scan, retailers say
New lotto operator looks to raise prices in new year
While higher prices could lead to bigger jackpots, the move could alienate recession-weary punters
National Lottery to launch new big money TV game show
New show, separate from Winning Streak, to be aired on RTÉ from January next year
New-look lottery to be in place for Christmas
Operator installing 4,000 new ticket terminals across the retail network
Camelot chief who headed Irish lotto licence bid to leave
Alex Kovach to step down as managing director of Camelot Global Services Limited
Retailers fear transition to new lottery system may disrupt trade
National Lottery operators planning to roll out a new technology platform
Lottery money for good causes falls to lowest level in 8 years
Franchise blames 6.8% decline in sales on fewer jackpot rollovers and ongoing difficulties in retail
Government blocking lottery contract extension
Extension with technology supplier Gtech to cover handover to new operator would cost about €9m
National Lottery’s new website sees online play soar
Play Online, launched in March, speeds up and simplifies registration process
State saving schemes continue to attract large inflows of cash
Figures from An Post show State’s savings fund grew by €1.9bn to over €18bn in 2013
What the spin merchants of the betting industry don’t tell us
Opinion: Talk of ‘responsible’ betting just another example of corporate mumbo-jumbo
Privatised national lottery gambles on long-term growth
Having paid €405m for its franchise, Premier Lotteries Ireland is taking a ‘very positive’ view of the Irish market
Contracts for €405m sale of National Lottery signed
Franchise in private ownership under deal for first time in 27-year history
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