Lottery breached problem-player protections

The operator of the National Lottery breached regulations aimed at preventing problem game playing, according to the body which regulates it.

The Regulator of the National Lottery (RNL) annual report for 2016 shows that it appointed an investigator to look at apparent breaches by Premier Lotteries Ireland of the self-exclusion provisions which can lock out a player from their account for a set period of time and ensures they do not receive marketing messages in the same timeframe.

The report states that in April last year the RNL issued a direction to Premier Lotteries Ireland “specifying that the Operator had breached terms and conditions of the Licence as identified by the investigation”.