Ireland National Lottery wants to ban betting on lottery games

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Todd — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:29:13 GMT

Interesting that people are not picking up on the potential long-term effects if other lotteries look to do the same.

Lots of people here use offshore gambling services to bet on state-side games for better payouts. Those are the dots that I connect when I read this story. Curious to see if this ban attempt has legs.

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Think — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:50:26 GMT

Geez... you wonder what they were drinking to allow that kind of bookmaking in the first place...

Ireland National Lottery wants to ban betting on lottery games

Lottery Post — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:41:50 GMT

Lottery reportedly losing nearly 300 million to bookmakers and betting apps in one year

By Kate Northrop

The Ireland National Lottery is imploring the government to ban the act of betting on its lottery games, either through bookmakers or betting apps, after it was revealed that they may potentially be losing hundreds of millions in would-be revenue.

A report found that the Irish National Lottery may be losing out on a significant amount of revenue to bookmakers and mobile apps that