Paradise windfall cancellation explained

Celtic fans were horrified at the recent friendly against Manchester United when the paradise windfall half time draw was cancelled. Many of us (including myself) thought that the Club was money grabbing and did not want to have the draw because of a possible loss due to the low turnout. Kieran Doyle however has been in contact with Celtic and has found out the real story behind the cancellation of the windfall draw.


John Maguire (Celtic pools) said that Celtic pools were disappointed that they couldn't do the windfall draw on Wednesday but lotteries legislation requires that no more than 50% of the proceeds be paid back in prize money, this would have meant that the £7,500 top prize would have been drastically reduced due to the numbers attending the match. John said that Celtic Pools jealously guarded the big prize and did not want to pay out anything less than £7,500

The decision on whether or not to operate a windfall is not down to what is donated to youth development but whether the £7,500 can be paid out legally, he said there have been many matches in the past with smaller attendances which have paid out big cash prizes to the supporters and this will continue.