Chilean Lottery (Polla) Numbers for 2011

We looked at the financial numbers for 2011 and 2010 for Polla Chilena, one of the two official lotteries in Chile.

The basic numbers look as follows (in thousand CLP):

* Lottery Revenues can be categorized in the various games as follows (most of the revenues are from traditional lotto):

** From the Payouts there is a 2% fee going to the Handling Agent and a 15% tax on lottery winnings.

*** The Various Beneficiaries are detailed as follows

This gives the following overview on where the revenues go (handling agent fee added to administration cost, all taxes and state beneficiary summed up):

The following comments can be made when comparing these metrics to other lotteries:

• low winner payout (typically in the 40-50% range)
• high administration cost (normally less than 10%)
• high take by the state (normally less than 20%, if that)
• very low distribution to good causes (even when including the amount given to the "Instituto Nacional del Deporte", normally above 30%)

Reader comments as always welcome.