Over €100m of unclaimed Lottery prizes spent on promotional activities since 2015

The National Lottery is seeking approval for a 'must-be-won' jackpot, as has happened in some other countries, to stop the jackpot rolling, as it has done for six months

Lottery chiefs are seeking regulatory approval to introduce a must-be-won draw to avoid jackpots rolling over for months without a winner.

The National Lottery has spent some €107m of unclaimed prize money on promotional activities since 2015, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Andrew Algeo, chief executive of Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), which runs the lottery, appeared before today's Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, where he announced that lottery chiefs were seeking regulatory approval to introduce a must-be-won draw to avoid jackpots rolling over for months without a winner.