New Ireland Lottery operator expected to raise prices

Comment #9

HaveABall — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:42:11 GMT

Thanks, mypiemaster, you were the only one who answered by first looking at the symbol I had typed. Kudos!

I don't think that this lottery game should increase in price. Unless, it is only a once a week drawing! Certainly, if I had to begin paying over $6 U.S./drawing to buy an equivalent jackpot earning Powerball or Megaball ticket (w/'multiplier insurance fee' added), I wouldn't be able to participate in EVERY drawing for both games if each game had a drawing more than once a week.

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Comment #8

mikeintexas — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:49:21 GMT

Sorry, I just glanced at it, didn't pay close enough attention to the symbol, figured the Irish were still using the pound. I believe N. Ireland still does.

My figure was correct...for yesterday.

The dollar's up, down, you'd better buy the pound!

Moneytalks - AC/DC

Comment #7

mypiemaster — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:45:04 GMT

5.00

GBP - British Pound

$7.85

USD - United States Dollar

Comment #6

mypiemaster — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:26:36 GMT

5.00

EUR - Euro Member Countries Eur

$6.22

USD - United States Dollar

That symbol is the EURO. As of this morning, 1 EUR =1.2445 USD, and $1 =0.8030 EUR. Hope that helps.

Comment #5

mikeintexas — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 06:12:56 GMT

5 = $7.86 at the current exchange rate.

Just go to Google, type in currency converter .

Comment #4

HaveABall — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 05:56:37 GMT

Does anyone from Ireland, or here, know what this proposed 5 would convert to in this week's U.S. dollars value? [I'm not sure what the name of this symbol is called.] Thanks, in advance, for educating us

Comment #3

mypiemaster — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:00:36 GMT

What else is new?.

Comment #2

myturn — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:00:45 GMT

Players can subscribe to the Irish Lottery online, but you do need to an Irish address and bank account to register.

Comment #1

RedStang — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:06:50 GMT

This game will fall like Monopoly. It can't compete against Euro-millions.

New Ireland Lottery operator expected to raise prices

Lottery Post — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:00:09 GMT

Ireland's National Lottery is expected to raise ticket prices next year as part of a shake-up of the business aimed at halting several years of declining sales.

The new operator, Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), is under pressure to recoup its 405 million outlay for the licence and is known to have set ambitious growth targets for its 20-year tenure in charge.

While higher ticket prices would, in theory, generate bigger jackpots and potentially more publicity around its weekly draws, the m... [ More ]