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The National Lottery is a government-authorized organization that runs lottery games in Ireland.

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The Claire Byrne Show
Lotto wants to ban betting on Lotto draws

But it is being undermined at the moment by the phenomenon of lottery betting.

The Claire Byrne Show
Lotto wants to ban betting on Lotto draws

Yeah, so the National Lottery has been around for 40 years.

The Claire Byrne Show
Lotto wants to ban betting on Lotto draws

Cian Murphy is CEO of the National Lottery and he joins me now.

The Claire Byrne Show
Lotto wants to ban betting on Lotto draws

A report commissioned by the operator of the National Lottery says that more than 800 million euro was bet with the bookies on the lottery draws.

The Claire Byrne Show
Lotto wants to ban betting on Lotto draws

Now, the National Lottery would like the government to effectively ban bookmakers from accepting bets on its draws.

Today with David McCullagh
National Lottery urging Government to stop bookmakers taking bets on its draws

The National Lottery says they're losing out on £289 million in sales because of this and therefore losing out, being able to contribute an extra £81 million to charitable causes because of the secondary market.

Today with David McCullagh
National Lottery urging Government to stop bookmakers taking bets on its draws

So apparently the amount of money that is spent through retailers every year on the lottery, so that would be your supermarket or your newsagent, is something like 700 million.