Concerns raised about lottery funds as 98% of unclaimed prizes spent on marketing
Between 2015 and 2021 just over €124m of expired unclaimed prizes was forfeited — an average of around €17.7m per year.
Concerns have been raised concerning the National Lottery after it was revealed that 98%, or some €120m, of unclaimed prizes goes into marketing.
Winning lottery players failed to claim more than €124m between 2015 and 2021, an investigation by Comptroller and Auditor General Seamus McCarthy into the lottery operator accounts showed.
