€6m grant but still no scratch card profits from Rehab

The Rehab Group has not provided Justice Minister Alan Shatter with recent profits from its controversial scratch card game, despite receiving over €6m in public funding and providing assurances there was “complete transparency” over the running and costs of all of its lottery games.

The company’s lottery was embroiled in controversy after Mr Shatter revealed to the Dáil that in 2010 Rehab made a miniscule profit of €9,452 from scratchcard sales of €3.9m.

He has told the Dáil Rehab did not supply details on the profitability or otherwise of the scratch card games for 2011 and 2012. Despite the absence of the figures, the Department of Justice still paid €6.51m to Rehab under the Charitable Lotteries Scheme for its scratch card and bingo games.