Playing the Irish National Lottery

Posted on September 14th, 2010

Today’s Irish Lottery is a direct descendant of the old Irish Hospitals Sweepstake which was established in the Irish Free State in 1930. The original Irish Sweepstakes provided money for cash strapped hospitals in Dublin and funded other hospitals for over fifty years. This lottery brought in millions of pounds of much needed foreign money [...]



Playing the Ireland National Lottery

Posted on May 22nd, 2008

Playing the Ireland National Lottery
The Irish National Lottery has been in operation since 1987. In 2007, the largest jackpot of 16,185,749 euros was won in Ireland. The Ireland National Lottery began initially with scratch card games. It then expanded to include drawing games, television bingo and finally, participation in the transnational EuroMillions lottery. Unlike lotteries [...]