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Irish Lotto Tickets For Sale Globally
Irish Lotto Tickets For Sale Globally

In 1986 the Irish Lotto was brought in to replace another lottery called the Irish Hospital Sweepstakes. World wide internet usage has now enabled those people outside Ireland who wish to purchase Irish Lotto Tickets online to do so at no extra cost.

The Irish Lotto was created to fund good causes in Ireland. It's original format which involved a large draw taking place once a week has now grown to include multiple daily and weekly jackpots, scratches, and involvement with the Irish branch of the Euromillions Lottery. Irish Lotto Tickets are purchased for draws which take place every week on both Wednesday and Saturday evenings. A percentage of ticket sales will go back into the prize kitty, and then the rest of it will be put towards good causes including sporting resources, health and welfare, Irish Heritage and arts, and also recreational facilities.

Players can fill out their own Irish Lotto Tickets by choosing six numbers from one to forty five, or a quick pick option is also available where their numbers are automatically generated for them. In the lottery itself, seven numbers are drawn. This means that six main numbers and then one bonus will be drawn. If the player chooses all six main numbers in one game, they can win the jackpot prize.

A number of prize divisions are also available. These comprise of a combination of the main numbers and the bonus number. If you are unable to match the main six numbers to win the first division, the second division can be won if you match five main numbers and the bonus number. The top two prize categories are at a set amount of minimum payment, non dependant on the amount of tickets sold. Rollover jackpots may also generate larger payouts for following draws if not many people have bought winning tickets that week.

The third division is allocated to the person or persons who can match five of the six main numbers, but don't have the bonus number. The fourth division can be won by matching four main numbers and the bonus number. The fifth division is won with four main numbers. The sixth division is won by matching three main numbers and the bonus number. The seventh and final division is won by matching three of the main numbers only.

The total amount spent on tickets by people in a draw determines the amount won in divisions two to six, as these amounts are a percentage of the total prize pool. The prize for division seven is five Euros. A lump sum payment is made to all winners.

Unfortunately the increasing popularity of internet sales of Irish Lotto Tickets has also let to the evolution of lottery scams, which become more sophisticated and numerous every day. Scammers may send out an email telling consumers that they have won a prize, and in order to release this prize they must pay some fee or commission. The opportunists can quite clever, writing slick and convincing email messages to try and get you to pay the fee for the non existent cash prize that you won by supposedly buying Irish Lotto Tickets without even knowing that you did.




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