The Minister for Relations with Parliament, by letter dated 30 December 2023, presented the following bill to the Presidency, which was assigned pursuant to article 96-up to, paragraph 1, of the Regulation, in referring office, to the Joint Commissions I (Constitutional Affairs) and V (Budget): «Conversion into law of the decree-law of 30 December 2023, n. 215, containing urgent provisions regarding regulatory deadlines" (A.C. 1633) - Opinion of Commissions II, III, IV, VI (ex article 73, paragraph 1-up to, of the Regulation, for aspects relating to tax matters), VII, VIII, IX,up to, of the Regulation, relating to the provisions on social security matters), XII, XIII and XIV and of the Parliamentary Commission for regional issues. The aforementioned bill, for the purposes of expressing the opinion provided for in paragraph 1 of the aforementioned article 96-up to, was also assigned to the Committee on Legislation.
We remind you that the text, among the various measures, extends the additional extractions of Lotto and SuperEnalotto to the end of 2024. With reference to article 3 (Extension of deadlines in economic and financial matters) - paragraph 7 - of the bill, we read the following: "The proposed legislation provides that additional weekly draws for the game of Lotto and the game of Superenalotto, already established, for the year 2023 only, pursuant to article 21 of the legislative decree of 1 June 2023, n. 61, converted, with amendments, by law 31 July 2023, n. 100, continue to take place even after 31 December 2023. (…) The provision is aimed at allowing the carrying out of additional weekly draws of the game Lotto and the game of Superenalotto, established pursuant to article 21 of the legislative decree of 1 June 2023, n. 61, converted, with amendments, by law 31 July 2023, n. 100, even beyond the date of 31 December 2023. From a strictly financial point of view, it is noted that, in the year 2022, a tax profit of €599.166.583,25 was recorded for the game of Lotto and equal to 626.988.869,96 euros for the Superena gamelotto. On the basis of these data, for the purposes of preparing the technical report of the original rule, it was estimated that the greater revenue expected from the fourth draw of the Lotto and the Superenalotto in the second half of 2023 they amounted to approximately 45 million euros. The final data were in line with the aforementioned forecast, since, making a comparison between the actual data for the July/August/September 2023 quarter and the actual data for the previous quarter of the same year, April/May/June 2023, for gaming of the Lotto, an increase in tax profit of €16.532.254,49 was detected for the Superena gamelotto an increase in tax profit of €7.744.000 was recorded. Therefore, for the purposes of estimating the financial effects attributable to the measure, it can be considered that the greater tax profit over the course of an entire year, as a result of the fourth weekly draw of the two games in question, could be equal to approximately 97.000.000 euros, equal to the sum of the above two amounts, referring to a single quarter, multiplied by the 4 quarters that make up a year. However, since the period of collection of the actual data relating to the four weekly draws is short and limited, it is believed that, based on a prudential estimate, the increased annual revenue, starting from 2024, deriving from the holding of the four weekly draws of the games in question, could amount to approximately 50% of the aforementioned amount and, therefore, could be equal to at least 48.500.000 euros ,XNUMX. The related increased revenue will be allocated to the National Emergency Fund referred to in Article 44 of the Civil Protection Code referred to in Legislative Decree 2 January 2018, n. 1. (…) The provisions referred to in article 21, paragraph 4, first sentence, of the legislative decree of 1 June 2023, n. 61, converted, with amendments, by law 31 July 2023, n. 100, regarding games, also apply in the year 2024. The increased revenues deriving from the first period are allocated to the National Emergency Fund referred to in article 44 of the civil protection code referred to in the legislative decree of 2 January 2018, n. 1".
