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The National Lottery Licence

  • 06-04-2012 12:25pm
    #1
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭


    Is up for renewal. The Government want to flog it so they can get an up-front payment to fund the National Children's Hospital. So here we have a state-run lottery, generating huge revenues, and will do so for a long time ahead. And we want to sell it? FFS:rolleyes:

    Should the National Lottery Franchise be retained by An Post? 10 votes

    Yes
    10% 1 vote
    No
    90% 9 votes


Comments

  • #2
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,677 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    Is up for renewal. The Government want to flog it so they can get an up-front payment to fund the National Children's Hospital. So here we have a state-run lottery, generating huge revenues, and will do so for a long time ahead. And we want to sell it? FFS:rolleyes:

    To fund the National Children's Hospital, or so I'm told...

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #3
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    well it's either dip into the National Lottery fund which I won't be winning anyway or the alternative is for them to dip further into our pockets.

    I like the idea, money up front, plug a hole, screw the charity's and me / you ain't gonna win the lotto anyway so for me this is a win win decision.


  • #4
    mayotom
    Registered Users Posts: 742 ✭✭✭mayotom


    Well nothing will change as far as the charity's are concerned, they still get 30% of the revenue. The only looser would be An Post who are also entitled to apply for the licence, I think it just brings competition into the deal, whereby the operation of the lottery can be more efficient. With the Added bonus that there is a financial windfall in the short term


  • #5
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Flog it and build a hospital. Win-win.


  • #6
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Stiffler2 wrote: »
    well it's either dip into the National Lottery fund which I won't be winning anyway or the alternative is for them to dip further into our pockets.

    I like the idea, money up front, plug a hole, screw the charity's and me / you ain't gonna win the lotto anyway so for me this is a win win decision.

    The interesting thing that came out is that only 30% of the money goes to worthy causes. I had thought it was more than that.


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  • #7
    Stiffler2
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭Stiffler2


    Freddie59 wrote: »
    The interesting thing that came out is that only 30% of the money goes to worthy causes. I had thought it was more than that.

    While donating to Charity looks good and is the right thing to do IMO we shouldn't be doing that for at least a decade until we can afford to starting givng money away again.

    We need to fix our own mess first and then donate to charity once again when we're back on our feet.


  • #8
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Stiffler2 wrote: »
    While donating to Charity looks good and is the right thing to do IMO we shouldn't be doing that for at least a decade until we can afford to starting givng money away again.

    We need to fix our own mess first and then donate to charity once again when we're back on our feet.

    True. Especially when some of the 'worthy causes' have been golf clubs in the past.


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