A consortium comprising of UK National Lottery operator Camelot and Irish state-owned postal services provider An Post has been granted the next licence to operate the National Lottery in Ireland.
Premier Lotteries Ireland signed the exclusive twenty-year licence agreement today (Thursday), with the first instalment of the €405m upfront payment to be made to the Irish government in the coming days.
The new operator – whose investors are Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (owner of the Camelot Group), [...]