National Lottery Act, 1986

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Provisions relationg to names “National Lottery” and “Irish National Lottery”.

31.—(1) A person, other than the Minister, the Company or a licensee or a person authorised to do so by any of them, shall not, for the purposes of a lottery game other than the National Lottery, make use of the names “Irish National Lottery” or “National Lottery” or of their equivalents in the Irish language or of any name so closely resembling either of those names or either of their equivalents in the Irish language as to be reasonably capable of leading to the belief that either of those names or either of those equivalents is being referred to.

(2) The goodwill attaching to the names “Irish National Lottery” and “National Lottery” and their equivalents in the Irish language and to the name of any lottery game held by the Minister or under a licence shall vest in the Minister.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £20,000.