# €43 million lost to charitable causes over 10 years in Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/12/e43-million-lost-to-charitable-causes-over-10-years-in-ireland/
- Published: 2018-11-12T16:15:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Independent lotteries in Ireland are not to blame for the fall in contributions
to charitable causes from the National Lottery in Ireland, according to a new report
on lotteries.**

Over the last 10 years charitable causes have lost €43 million in grants, from €
268 million in 2008 to €225 million last year. When the government privatised the
lottery a number of years ago it said funding to charities would not be affected.

The report, _An Assessment of the Online Gambling Market in Ireland_, published 
by economist Jim Power for independent players Lottoland and Mylotto24, found no
evidence that lottery betting undermines funding for good causes from their State-
controlled competitor.

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The report put the fall in charitable causes down to a lack of growth in lottery
income since 2008 because of poor online sales.

Premier Lotteries Ireland, which runs the Irish national lottery, challenged the
argument that private-sector competitors posed no threat to good-cause funding.

“These operators are clearly cannibalising our games and denying good causes from
additional funding, which is incredibly impactful on communities across the country,”
the company told the Irish Times.

Premier Lotteries said lottery sales had increased over the last three years and
part of the fee the company paid for the lottery licence is being used to build 
a new national children’s hospital.

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