The use of electronic payments continues to be rewarded through the monthly tax lottery by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR), as the new draw for April 2026 transactions has been completed. Now, hundreds of taxpayers are waiting to find out if they are among the lucky winners who earned cash prizes. This measure has become a stable tool for promoting electronic payments, aimed at encouraging the use of cards and digital transactions in daily life.
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The process involves those who made purchases or payments through electronic means during the previous month, with the draw awarding amounts starting from €1,000 and reaching up to €50,000.
How the tax lottery works
The tax lottery is based on the amount of electronic transactions that taxpayers make and are cleared by banking institutions each month. For every euro spent through cards or other electronic payment methods, one lottery ticket is earned for participation in the draw.
The maximum limit of monthly expenses taken into account reaches €10,000, which means taxpayers can accumulate up to 10,000 tickets per month from their daily transactions. The IAPR conducts an electronic draw each month, through which a total of 556 lucky winners are selected.
Prizes
The distribution of amounts in the monthly tax lottery is tiered. One super lucky winner receives the grand prize of €50,000, while five taxpayers secure €20,000 each. Additionally, fifty lucky winners receive €5,000 each, while the remaining five hundred winners collect €1,000 each. The amounts are deposited directly into the beneficiaries’ bank accounts without requiring additional application procedures. The logic behind this measure is twofold: to enhance the use of electronic transactions and to reduce tax evasion through payment recording.
The system rewards even more those who use electronic payments to a greater extent relative to their declared income. Specifically, when electronic expenses exceed certain percentages of monthly income – that is, one-twelfth of annual income – the tickets are multiplied. If expenses exceed 30% of monthly income, tickets are doubled.
When they exceed 50%, tickets are tripled, while if electronic transactions reach above 70% of income, participations are quadrupled. In this way, the IAPR attempts to provide stronger incentive for using digital transactions even for everyday small-value purchases.
How winners are notified
Taxpayers can stay informed about results through the IAPR’s special platform, where winning tickets are posted each month. Additionally, winners are notified through the contact information they have declared on Taxisnet.
The tax lottery has evolved in recent years into one of the main mechanisms for promoting electronic payments in the Greek market, with the expansion of POS usage and digital transactions gradually changing consumer habits. At the same time, increased use of electronic payment methods enhances transaction transparency and limits cash usage in a large part of the market. For many taxpayers, participation in the tax lottery now functions as an additional small financial incentive for choosing cards and digital payments in their daily lives.
