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Italy's government adds Wednesday draws for Lotto and SuperEnalotto

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In brief

  • Italy's 2027 budget law adds a Wednesday draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto and linked optional and complementary games.
  • The ADM must set up the draw within 60 days of the law taking effect.
  • Holiday clashes may see the draw moved to the next or previous working day.

Italy's 2027 budget law provides for an additional weekly draw for Lotto and SuperEnalotto, to be held on Wednesdays, according to the text of a government decree. The provision extends the new draw to the optional and complementary games linked to the two contests. The ADM must establish the draw within 60 days of the law taking effect, through specific directoral measures adopted under the decree of the Minister of Economy and Finance of 3 December 2025, n. 214.

The measure covers the main draws of both games as well as their optional and complementary games, which will follow the new calendar under operating arrangements set by the administration. The decree also addresses cases where the Wednesday draw coincides with holidays recognised for civil purposes across the whole national territory. In those circumstances the ADM may, by its own measure, defer the draw to the first following working day or, in exceptional cases, bring it forward to the first preceding working day. The choice must ensure the regular succession of the contests and their draws, avoiding overlaps or interruptions in the schedule.

The actual start of the new weekly draw depends on the ADM adopting its directoral measures, which the agency is called on to define within the 60-day deadline set by the provision. The government measure changes the calendar of numerical totaliser games and Lotto by increasing the weekly frequency of draws and adding a fixed Wednesday appointment.

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