Facelift just the ticket for National Lottery

The National Lottery is to undergo a significant facelift as its new owners swap the yellow ticket slips for green, allow shops to cash larger amounts of money and revamp scratch card designs.

The changes, which are expected to be implemented in the coming months, are the brainchild of new owners Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI) — a group which includes UK lottery giants Camelot and previous owners An Post.

In February PLI bid €405m — €100m more than its nearest bidder — to operate the licence for the next 20 years, becoming the first private owners of the Irish Lottery.