National Lottery

Premier Lotteries holds exclusive rights to operate Irish lotto until 2034

The two individuals share the jackpot, meaning they take home €6.3m each

While it is impossible to do so in many cases, there are ways of potentially making money that won’t attract the tax man’s attention

Any Other Business: free labour at tech summit; An Post weighs Lotto options; Celia Larkin’s risk-free offer; and spotlight on Hammerson assets

Brian Mulroney blames Ceta trade deal debacle on Brexit

Total brings to €124m amount transferred since 2015

Players advised to check tickets as €1 million Lotto Plus 1 prize won in Waterford

Seen & Heard: Downing tools, new whiskey mark and a lotto ban in bookies

New Gambling Regulation Bill proposes authority to licence and regulate betting businesses

Inside Politics: Widespread condemnation of Russian aggression in Dáil exchanges

Winning ticket was bought from Larkin’s service station in Ballina, Co Tipperary

National Lottery appeals for players to check their tickets

Members of Co Mayo family syndicate plan to pay-off mortgages and help out friends and community

We asked you to nominate someone in your life who gives back

Shop owner says week has been ‘bittersweet’ with sale of ticket after loss of grandmother

Winning ticket holder has made contact with National Lottery

Mayo town has now had four jackpot winners worth €80 million

‘Will be won’ draw was introduced after the jackpot rolled over for 62 occasions

Jackpot worth €19m to be awarded on Saturday having rolled over since June

Operator says in future top prize will be won no more than five draws after cap reached

Irish telecoms group makes another acquisition as market consolidation continues

Watchdog seeks more information for alternative draw from Lottery operator

In a sequel to 2020 no one wanted, some thrived, some slumped and some were unlucky

Covid, Brexit, rising energy costs and supply chain issues combined to put the squeeze on

An Irishman’s Diary

Danny Healy-Rae left to his own device as Zapponegate saw Government rocked by a role

Oireachtas time is given to a lottery while our rotten system of inequality is ignored

Chief executive says sales have risen since start of unprecedented run of rollover jackpots

Andrew Algeo to appear before Oireachtas group amid ‘highly unusual’ jackpot rollover

The odds of a jackpot win depend on how many lines are bought – a National Lottery secret

Lottery top prize has been capped at €19m since September with last win in June

Odds against 47 rollovers 1,500/1 but another more likely than picking the winning numbers

Personal giving represented more than 80 per cent of private charitable giving in 2020

Former minister Finian McGrath joins team Shelbourne FC as public affairs officer

Calls for balls to be dropped is an entertaining distraction, but not a winning proposal

Taoiseach notes FG TD’s ‘tenacity’ to ensure it could be you – sooner, rather than later

Organisers say rules do not allow for ‘must-be-won’ event as top prize rolls over

Bernard Durkan speaking after biweekly draw rolled over on 46 separate occasions

Challenge for Cop26 is that humans have an in-built bias towards optimism

Awards are spread out over 14 categories