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Treasury does not leave anything to chance, to take control of the lottery

Hapais Hapayis must inform the State in all major management decisions, such as the money is distributed and to whom.

After years of harsh criticism of the State Comptroller, as Mifal Hapayis National Lottery is run, takes over the Ministry of Finance. The Treasurer and the lottery have reached agreement on a new operating license, the radical reform of the relationship between the state and the state lottery.

Mifal Hapayis has a virtual monopoly on legal gambling in Israel and has a turnover of about NIS 5 billion per year. But there was little public scrutiny of management in recent years, apart from occasional reports of the State Comptroller.
After such a report in 2007, called the State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss to consider termination of the mandate of the then Director General Shaul Sutnik Payis. But thanks to the absence of state control over Hapayis Hapais Sutnik did not leave for another four years.

Count Michal Abadi-Boiangiu generally overseeing the new license, which requires government approval of each main event in the lottery. Presented to the supervision of the Ministry of Finance in width, which is already implemented. The accountant in the office.

The Cabinet decided this week to supervise the establishment of an authority on legal gambling in Israel, Hapayis Hapais and body of another legal game: Toto-Israel Council for Sports in Paris.

The new license also sets out how the lottery money raised will be distributed - perhaps the most important problem in connection with Hapayis Hapais. Today, money is distributed to various projects in the communities. Mifal Hapayis annually distributes 46% of their "profits" or 10% of sales - this is the highest - for the construction of classrooms and daycare centers. A further 46% will go to local governments and 7.5% is distributed to other projects.

As local authorities will receive money in a given year, requires the new license Hapais Hapayis, the criteria for the award of grants to publish. These criteria are of a public committee, former Chief Justice Meir Shamgar the line to be established.

Prevention of Money Laundering

The lottery must also say how much I have really affected - and to whom. Willl also the procedure, like all his other funds, to allocate given, including the release of the culture and the arts, scholarships and various public projects.

A portion of lottery money allocated by the local authorities do not, your goals, the recently unveiled. The total amount will be used to NIS 2.7 billion euros. The money is still sitting in bank accounts Hapais HaPayis the local authorities to fight, because a lot can be achieved with the approved - and budget - projects for various reasons. The Treasury Department has already ordered Hapais Hapayis to accumulate a plan for the use of these agents in the two months to prepare. The Treasury had thought of appropriating money for the treasury, but declined.

The Treasury will also limit the costs of the lottery, including salaries and commissions to agents responsible for the sale of lots. Mifal Hapayis spends about 20% of income over operating expenses, or about 1 billion years to NIS. The Treasury Department wants to keep these costs within 18% of sales - about the same NIS 1 billion, although the lottery revenues to increase significantly. But the real goal is to enforce it, that the treasure Hapayis Hapais to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs.

Those responsible for the marketing and sale of lots to collect, over 10% of the total lottery revenues, and the franchise is considered to be very profitable. But in spite of the large amounts of game, there are no clear rules for the selection of the franchisee or no supervision of them. New requirements for the licensing of the election of these officers, including the approval of cash and a health check of the police.

Also included in the new regime's plans are strictly to prevent money laundering through the lottery. It seems that there are cases in which a winning ticket at a premium by the original winner for anyone who wants to hide their income, will be sold. For example, a winning ticket worth NIS 1000000, criminals can be sold for NIS 1.1 to 1.2 million, which is used to hide their illegal and unreported income from the authorities. Criminals can cost hundreds of thousands of shekels in order to launder their money, but it is not expensive compared to taxes due, and easier to explain to the police, how he got the money first. One of the new requirements to prevent money laundering, the identification of all purchasers of lottery by an identity card or other identification documents.

The new license will also require the appointment of officials to Hapais Hapayis to monitor from the inside, including legal counsel, internal auditors, the CFO and Audit Committee. All these items are of limited companies is required by law, and now Hapais Hapayis to meet these standards. And the Treasury have all these appointments.

The new license also sets limits on the advertising of the lottery, such as the ban on advertising directed at children and ads that glorify the game

Finally, the license to the general powers of the Treasury is granted, to act against Hapais Hapayis if he violates the conditions, and even license revocation or cancellation of the lotteries.