{"id":176640,"date":"2025-10-14T01:44:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/lotteries-are-requesting-an-increase-in-the-christmas-jackpot-to-25-euros-which-company-keeps-the-same-prices-for-its-products-for-over-20-years\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T01:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T01:44:28","slug":"lotteries-are-requesting-an-increase-in-the-christmas-jackpot-to-25-euros-which-company-keeps-the-same-prices-for-its-products-for-over-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/lotteries-are-requesting-an-increase-in-the-christmas-jackpot-to-25-euros-which-company-keeps-the-same-prices-for-its-products-for-over-20-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotteries are requesting an increase in the ‘Christmas jackpot’ to 25 euros: “Which company keeps the same prices for its products for over 20 years?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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While the Spanish prepare to try their luck with the \u00a0Christmas Lottery\u00a0, the sector is already beginning to plan for next year. For several months, a proposal has emerged indicating that 2026 will be a \u00a0different year\u00a0. The prices for various lottery draws are \u00a0remarkably the same\u00a0 as those established back in 2002. \u201cWhat company maintains the same prices for its products for more than 20 years?\u201d<\/strong> explained \u00a0Jon Urkiola\u00a0, president of the \u00a0Association for the Digital Defense of Lottery Administrations (Dedit)\u00a0, in an interview with EL MUNDO.<\/p>\n

For this reason, associations comprising a total of \u00a04,100 lottery administrations\u00a0 across the country, which include the \u00a0National Group of Provincial Associations of Lottery Administrators (Anapal)\u00a0 and the \u00a0Fighting Lottery Association (Lell)\u00a0, are advocating for a \u00a0price increase\u00a0. Proposed changes entail heightening the cost of the current draws, such as raising the price of the \u00a0Thursday ticket from three to five euros\u00a0, while Saturday draws would see an increase from six to ten euros. The extraordinary draws\u2014 Christmas and Children\u2019s lotteries, which traditionally attract massive participants\u2014would increase from 20 to 25 euros. Therefore, only special draws like Valentine\u2019s Day would remain priced at 15 euros.<\/p>\n

Industry experts highlight that while the lottery ticket price has stayed stagnant for over two decades, \u00a0accumulated inflation has reached 64%\u00a0. This persistent \u00a0price freeze\u00a0 has led many lottery administrations into a \u00a0critical financial landscape\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Anapal emphasizes that this situation of non-adjustment hasn’t occurred in over \u00a075 years\u00a0, during which ticket prices used to increase regularly by \u00a0500 pesetas (three euros)\u00a0 approximately every decade. Accordingly, after nearly two decades, the ticket price should have increased by \u00a0ten euros\u00a0, meaning the current cost should realistically stand at \u00a030 euros\u00a0\u2014\u00a0ten euros more than its existing price\u00a0.<\/p>\n

“We have been without any modification for over 20 years, despite the dramatic enhancement in the cost of living and operational expenses,\u201d representatives from Anapal stated. They launched a petition for price adjustments earlier this year.<\/p>\n

REQUEST FOR COMMISSION INCREASE<\/h2>\n

Along similar lines, the three associations are urging an increase in the \u00a0commissions\u00a0 that lottery administrations earn during the Christmas draw from \u00a04.5% to 6%\u00a0, aligning it with the commission rates of other draws throughout the year. \u201cThe \u00a0commissions\u00a0 for this particular draw have virtually remained unchanged, creating a disparity when compared with commissions from the rest of the games,\u201d Anapal contended.<\/p>\n

The \u00a0State Lottery and State Betting Society (Selae)\u00a0 is accountable for proposing these alterations, but they must be formally sanctioned through a \u00a0ministerial order\u00a0. According to the guidelines regulating games in Spain, modifications to ticket prices or prize amounts require government approval to ensure public oversight and maintain regulatory clarity. However, Urkiola noted that they have approached Selae numerous times regarding profitability concerns without any fruitful response or dialogue opportunities.<\/p>\n

Urkiola has pointed out that achieving necessary profitability is not solely about adjusting prices and commissions; it must also consider the \u00a0digital transformation in the sector\u00a0 and the rise of \u00a0online sales\u00a0, which now represent over \u00a030% of revenue\u00a0 for many administrations. This particular point has roused their concern as they argue that Selae is attempting to monopolize online sales through their platform, where they only receive a mere \u00a04% commission\u00a0, jeopardizing the viability of smaller organizations, especially in rural areas.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, accusations are emerging directed toward the state entity regarding expanding profits at the expense of small lottery administrations, which are already grappling with profitability issues. The previous fiscal year saw Selae clock in a \u00a0net profit of 2,437 million euros\u00a0, marking an \u00a011.3%\u00a0 rise compared to the 2,188.7 million from the preceding year, coupled with a \u00a04.4% increase\u00a0 in turnover, reaching \u00a010,396 million euros\u00a0. This rising trend has been evident since 2021, after the pandemic. Nevertheless, those benefits haven\u2019t translated to the administrations themselves, raising alarm about numerous complaints arising in the lottery sector.<\/p>\n

Urkiola narrates the multiple attempts made to foster a dialogue with Selae, all of which ended in refusal. Consequently, Dedit and Lell launched a \u00a0Table for the Profitability and Digitalization of the Lottery Online\u00a0 to advocate for \u201creasonable economic conditions\u201d for lottery administrations, with plans to present their findings in Congress, an initiative endorsed by the \u00a0Popular Party (PP)\u00a0.<\/p>\n


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Updated Tuesday, October 14, 2025 – 02:43 While the Spanish prepare to try their luck with the \u00a0Christmas Lottery\u00a0, the sector is already beginning to plan for next year. For several months, a proposal has emerged indicating that 2026 will be a \u00a0different year\u00a0. The prices for various lottery draws are \u00a0remarkably the same\u00a0 as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23832],"tags":[2873,541,1834,4849,1752,27068,43587,767,3118,12175,45],"class_list":["post-176640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance","tag-christmas","tag-company","tag-economy","tag-euros","tag-increase","tag-jackpot","tag-lotteries","tag-prices","tag-products","tag-requesting","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}