The Independent Platform of Lottery Administrators (Pidal) from Spain has asked the state-owned company SELAE to update the commissions related to lottery sales, which have not been modified in 16 years.
Pidal, a member of the National Federation of Self-Employed Associations (ATA), said in a meeting with the President of SELAE Jesús Huertas that it’s necessary “to update some commissions that have been stuck for more than three decades.”
He assured that these commissions are “the main source of income for around 4,000 independent workers who run lottery shops in our country, which employ over 17,000 people.”
As described by Lanza Digital, ATA assured that the crisis has aggravated the situation that lottery vendors are experiencing, as “they have lost up to 40% sales due to the pandemic,” because most sales are made in person.
“Currently, the commission that an administrator receives on a ticket sale from the Lotería de Navidad —the most important lottery in Spain— is 80 cents per ticket, something completely insufficient to meet the expenses that the independent workers bear each day or the investments to expand the business,” he added.
Moreover, Paloma de Marco, President of Pidal, said that around 30% of the total income comes from the Christmas draw, but the commission is 4% before expenses and taxes. This, she said, is “very far from the 6% that they get from the rest of the draws, or an overall 33% less, in a draw that requires more work and more management expenses.”
“It’s urgent and necessary to update these completely outdated commissions, as they are far removed from those established in the European Union countries,” said José Luis Perea, Secretary General of ATA.
