Receipt Lottery
The national receipt lottery is a prize competition introduced by the Italian Revenue Agency starting from February 1st, 2021. For all transactions paid using electronic payments or any cashless method, all citizens of legal age and resident in Italy can participate in the lottery, provided that the commercial document is issued via a telematic register or the web procedure.
For the lottery code to be applicable, the purchase amount of the receipt must be equal to or greater than 1 euro.
At the moment, there are two types of lotteries coexisting in Italy: the deferred lottery and the instant lottery.
For more information, please refer to the AdE Website for the receipt lottery.
Deferred Lottery
The deferred lottery is currently supported by the SIGN IT API in its Lite version, as it is also supported by the Revenue Agency’s web portal for issuing the online commercial document.
In order to participate in the deferred lottery, the consumer needs to have their own “customer lottery code”, which is associated to their TAX ID code. This code can be obtained through the following link.
At the time of sale, the merchant must acquire the consumer’s personal lottery code if the buyer wishes to participate in the lottery. This involves scanning the lottery code with an optical reader connected to the electronic cash register or entering it on the cash register's keypad. This information is provided to the SIGN IT Lite API through the optional field customer code (applicable only for customers of type EXTERNAL) when creating a new Record of type RECEIPT or CORRECTION.
Purchases for which the customer requests the inclusion of the TAX code in order to benefit from tax deductions or allowances are not eligible to participate in the receipt lottery.
Winners of the weekly/monthly/annual draw for the receipt lottery are announced on the website of the Customs and Monopolies Agency, with the winning receipt number and total purchase amount displayed.
Instant Lottery
Through the provision of January 18th, 2023, the Italian Revenue Agency introduced the technical specifications for the Instant Receipt Lottery. This “new” lottery will not require the input of the customer’s lottery code but will feature a QR code on the receipt, which the buyer can scan using a government app.
The SIGN IT API in its Full version will support both the instant and deferred lotteries. Stay tuned for more updates!