GoLoud Cash Machine

Bauer is a national broadcaster, Their suite of youth stations (I include Red FM/spin Dublin in that suite of stations) cover the nation and I can see them starting to merge because of money concerns (Pat and Claire don't have such issues). They own the 2 national commercial stations. The own 2 Dublin stations (98FM, spin I place also with the local youth stations) and 1 cork station (Red FM, which I also kind of place in the youth station area but open iffy on that one TBH).

They are by far the biggest Radio broadcaster in the country, they have no local stations outside Cork and Dublin the two biggest population centres (for Irish broadcast licenses, before anyone gets at me).

cool fm cash call & there's this 553k

@batistuta9 and @NIMAN seems to be a weekly competition rather than daily. OfCom seem to have investigated the competition on a few occasions.

They aquired more radio stations (iRadio and Beat 102-103) and changed to a once weekly rather then a daily amount.

Isn't this a lottery and shouldn't there be a 'gambling aware' type warning every time a DJ announces details of this week's prize?

Its almost like the Cash Machine is now the reason for the radio stations to exist.

Id say the amount of money its pulling in must dwarf the money they get from advertisers.

Who spends money on a competition and misses the call?

Just block the number

The people entering it are likely the same people you see in your local shop spending €10 they can't afford on scratch cards, who then stand outside rubbing at them before chucking them in the bin, cursing their luck.

But they'll be back buying more....and more.

I think some people aren't aware of how many people are entered in the cash machine. I know a couple of people down here in Cork that think it's a Red FM competition only not realising it's national between multiple stations so the chances are a lot slimmer than they realise.