Premier Lotteries Ireland forgiven for scratch-card cockup

Ireland’s National Lottery operator has been spanked for misleading its customers, while Czech operator Sazka Group is gunning for Camelot’s UK National Lottery crown.

On Thursday, Ireland’s lottery regulator slammed Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI) for breaching (a) three provisions of the National Lottery Act 2013 and (b) PLI’s lottery license with the government.

National broadcaster RTE reported that the breaches involved three scratch card products in which “the stated number of top prizes available did not match the number approved for each originally.” Two of the games were available last year while the third ran in 2015.  

While PLI came forward last December after discovering its mistake, the company was heavily criticized due to its decision to keep the products in circulation without immediately informing customers.