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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
Labour Court moves to reassure National Lottery staff ahead of key vote
Unions will vote later this week on proposed transfer
Retailers seek ‘loyalty payment’ of €15,000 from lotto firm
Umbrella group for independent traders RGdata writes to incoming operator Premier Lotteries seeking once-off sum
Crucial union vote deadlock delays €405m sale of Lottery
An Post likely to seek extension to technology contract with US supplier
Camelot denies trying to ‘get rid of’ charity lotteries
British operator strongly rejects suggestion by Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming
Griffin to be kept on as lottery boss by new private operator
Chief executive will transfer to Premier Lotteries Ireland once contracts are signed
Staff transfers delay sale of lottery franchise
Workers seeking right of return or a continuation of their secondment arrangements
Lottery staff seek ‘right of return’ to An Post
Over 100 staff fear new lottery group will erode pay and pension terms
Retailer worries mount over potential cuts to lottery commissions
Group calls on Howlin for assurances on lottery licensing terms
A&L Goodbody loses out in lottery ‘conflict of interest’
Legal firm advised winning consortium of Camelot and An Post on licence auction
Rehab mounts legal challenge to National Lottery’s monopoly status
Charity group lodges legal papers with the High Court after An Post and UK operator Camelot unveiled as preferred bidders for new licence
€405 million price tag seems to vindicate State’s strategic approach to ‘privatising’ National Lottery
Revised contract terms are designed to give the next lottery operators greater flexibility to operate online
Cantillon: Lottery licence competition becomes a game of numbers
Rules of the competition may prompt a second round of bidding
Leading Light pleases trainer Aidan O’Brien in his bid to join exclusive role of honour
Jim Bolger’s Trading Leather is a 33/1 for Sunday’s Group One race in Paris
The firms thought to be in the running
Joint bid by An Post and its cash-rich neighbour in the UK will be hard to beat
Cost of lottery licence questioned
Gaming analyst suggests the forecast figure of €400-€500 million is unrealistic
Cantillon: National Lottery puts PR business out to tender
Tender notice comes as deadline for licence applications approaches
Next Lottery operator ‘must be based in Ireland’
Howlin confident new licensing arrangements will boost annual contribution to good causes by up to €75 million within five years
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