Lotto hopes Lidl and Aldi can push it to €1bn in sales

Premier Lotteries testing new technologies in discounters as well as growing its core network

The company that runs the National Lottery aims to hit a billion euro in revenue by rolling out its games nationally in supermarkets and discount retailers such as Lidl and Aldi.

It’s part of a new retail strategy for Premier Lotteries Ireland, the company owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension fund, which last week announced it had racked up €750.2 million in lottery ticket and scratch card sales, compared to €670.4 million in ...