Sharon Byrne

research that they commissioned.

No, I don't.

But what I do have is access to figures in the background.

And the last time that I did it, David, which is a good few years ago, the National... And I had shops myself.

I had 11 shops across Ireland.

The National Lottery accounted for about 5% of the product in the shops, which is far less than what those guys are saying in that report.

But

Remember, they've no access to figures, so they cannot possibly quantify what it is.

It's a product in the shop.

It makes a certain amount of money.

We offer fixed odds.

It's completely different to what the lottery offers.

They offer the six odds and they keep a share of the pot.

Which is used for good causes.

Some of it is used for good causes, yes.

In the betting shops, we pay betting duty, which goes into the central exchequer, which then funds various causes, and we pay it on every bet and always have.

And that's another point that's absolute nonsense that's coming out in this latest attempt by a monopoly to grab a product from ours, is that it's a totally different product.

It is based on fixed odds.

customers can choose to, you know, a 5-1 return, a 33-1 return, just like number two in the first race at Punchestown today.

It's betting on the outcome of an event.