The game of lottery is an addiction and people who are fond of playing the lottery game, cannot stay away from this game. One of the famous games is the Irish national lottery, which is the national lottery of the state of Ireland. The Irish national lottery was passed when the national lottery act was passed in the year 1986. Since then a huge amount of fund is raised from the sale of the lottery tickets and the government in good causes uses this fund. It was started mainly to support the sports and recreation, arts and welfare, health and national heritage and the most important to keep up the Irish language. The first operations of the national lottery were started in 1987 and it was in this year that the national lottery issued the first scratch cards. 

In the year 2008 it is said that Irish national lottery sold out 3675 national lottery products and around 17 billion has been raised by way of lottery. According to a survey, 2/3 of the Irish adults play the game of lottery. An post national lottery company is administering the Irish national lottery and it has the license to carry on the operations of this national game. This company works on behalf of the minister of finance who has the full right to issue and take back the license on their will. Nobody can question him. The minister of finance can take away the license if it thinks that the company is not carrying on the operations in smooth manner. The license is reissued in every 10 years and for this the highest bidder gets the license of the Irish national lottery. 

All the funds and the proceeds of the Irish national lottery go to the national lottery fund and are deposited in the central bank of Ireland. The finance minister uses the fund for good causes and it is spend on public and private projects. The Irish national lottery is involved in a lot of advertising and it keeps advertising its name, logo and sign on the TV and radio. Instant ticketing services has been introduced in the game of lottery. The Irish national lottery issues tickets, scratch cards, play sheets, websites or playing cards to the people who want to play. 

There are many games that are played and they are TV bingo, lotto family of games, all or nothing dares, the Monday million, TV game shows etc. the prices are totally tax free that should be claimed within 90 days. The winner must be above 18 years and should be the resident of Ireland. The Irish national lottery is a game of luck and chance. By buying the tickets the people are also contributing towards a good cause.