The State Accounting Office believes that the state revenue deriving from the third extraction of Lotto and SupeEnalotto, introduced with the so-called 'Milleproroghe', according to a conservative estimate, should be quantified at 48,5 million per year.
“From a strictly financial point of view – observes the Accounting Office – 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, it was estimated that the greater revenue expected from the fourth draw of Lotto and the Superenalotto in the second half of 2023 they amounted to approximately 45 million euros.
The final data were found to be 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 two aforementioned 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 conservative estimate, the increased annual revenue, starting from 2024, deriving from the holding of the four weekly draws of the games in question, may amount to approximately 50% of the aforementioned amount and, therefore, may be equal to at least 48.500.000 euros. The resulting increased revenue will be allocated to the National Emergency Fund.”
