Midweek lotto postponed to tonight
The forced move, one of the first times it has happened in the history of the lottery, is a blow to new owners Premier Lotteries Ireland just a year after it bid €405m to operate the licence for the next 20 years.
It issued a statement yesterday evening in which it said: “The National Lottery can confirm that there were technical problems this morning following a service outage related to the 3G telecommunications infrastructure provided by Telefónica.
