Lotto boss refuses to comment on changes

Lotto bosses are refusing to comment on claims that prices for National Lottery games will increase within the next few months and that more balls will be added to draws — decreasing the chances of winning.

Representatives from Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), the new operators of the lottery licence, appeared before a finance committee in the Oireachtas yesterday.

Despite repeated questions from Sinn Féin TD Mary Lou McDonald, PLI chief executive Dermot Griffin refused to say whether there are proposals to raise prices or add more numbers to draws.