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In June 2007, the Irish National Lottery introduced "Plus," an add-on to the main EuroMillions game available only to Irish players. For an extra €1 per line, players can enter their five main EuroMillions numbers in an additional draw for a fixed, non-rolling jackpot of €500,000.
The National Lottery (Irish: An Crannchur Náisiúnta) is the state-licensed lottery of Ireland. Established in 1986 to raise funds for good causes, it began operations on 23 March 1987 when it sold its first scratchcards. It launched the weekly drawing game Lotto the following year, holding the first draw on 16 April 1988.
0 numbers: £1 Daily Play Lucky Dip Ticket: 1 in 11.5 4 numbers: £5: 1 in 22.3 5 numbers: £30: 1 in 222.6 6 numbers: £300: 1 in 6,343.1 7 numbers: £30,000: 1 in 888,030 The overall odds of winning a prize were 1 in 7.4 Source: National Lottery Daily Play Game Rules & Procedures
The first French lottery was created by King Francis I in or around 1505. After that first attempt, lotteries were forbidden for two centuries. They reappeared at the end of the 17th century, as a "public lottery" for the Paris municipality (called Loterie de L'Hotel de Ville) and as "private" ones for religious orders, mostly for nuns in convents.
In 1986, the Irish government created a new public lottery, and the company failed to secure the new contract to manage it. The final sweepstake was held in January 1986 and the company was unsuccessful in a licence bid for the Irish National Lottery, which was won by An Post later that year. The company went into voluntary liquidation in March ...
The National Lottery 10th Birthday Celebration, which aired on 6 November 2004 was the only National Lottery gameshow to feature celebrity contestants who played for money to their chosen charities, and the show featured six celebrities playing the first round on Wright Around the World, the remaining five playing the In The Red round of Jet ...
Deal or No Deal is the Irish version of the Endemol game show, [1] which was first broadcast on TV3 in Ireland on 13 November 2009. [2] The show is hosted by magician and entertainer Keith Barry. The show is sponsored by Ireland's National Lottery, which sells scratch cards for a chance to appear on the show.
A lottery drawing being conducted at the television studio at Texas Lottery Commission headquarters Lottery tickets for sale, Ropar, India. 2019. A lottery (or lotto) is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national ...