MINISTRY FOR FINANCE
Regulations for the Fiscal Receipts Lottery
Conditions regulating the Lottery
(a) The Lottery shall be drawn twice a month and shall include fiscal receipts issued by means of fiscal cash registers or by means of other devices connected to a computer system approved by the Commissioner for Tax and Customs, and fiscal receipts issued manually.
(b) Only original receipts which contain the information specified in the Value Added Tax Act, Cap. 406 of the Laws of Malta and regulations made under that Act shall be eligible to participate in the draws. Any other receipts shall be considered invalid if drawn.
(c) The draws shall be held on the fifteenth (15) day and the twenty third (23) day of each month. If the fifteenth day and/or twenty third day of the month fall on a Saturday, a Sunday or a Public Holiday, the draws shall be held on the first following working day. The date and place of the draws shall be established by the officer in charge of Fiscal Receipts Lottery from time to time.
(d) The receipts received in a given month shall be divided in two lots. Receipts received at the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit up to 14:00hrs of the 5th day of the month shall be drawn in Draw 1. Receipts received at the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit by not later than noon of the 10th day of the month shall be drawn in Draw 2, as indicated in paragraph (c).
(e) The prize fund shall be EUR 60,000 for each draw taking place every month, or any other amount which the Minister responsible for Finance may establish from time to time.
(f) The draws of the winning receipts shall be carried out from an urn located at the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit.
(g) In each draw a win shall be determined by the drawn receipt being declared valid and, afterwards, the value of the receipt, namely the total final amount payable, shall be multiplied by one hundred (x 100). In this respect, a receipt having a value of EUR 23.29 shall be multiplied by one hundred (x 100) and the prize will be EUR 2,329.
(h) Where a receipt includes items that fall under the Beverage Container Refund Scheme (BCRS), the value of the receipt (i.e. the total final amount payable) on which a win shall be determined, shall be the amount excluding any BCRS refundable deposits but including any amounts paid by way of redemption of BCRS deposit vouchers, as the case may be.
(i) Each winning receipt shall entitle the winner to a minimum prize of EUR 233, while the maximum entitlement shall be limited to EUR 11,647. In this respect, receipts with a value of up to EUR 2.33 shall entitle the winner to a prize of EUR 233 but a winning receipt with a value of EUR 139.76 shall entitle the winner to a prize of only EUR 11,647 and not EUR 13,976.
(j) For each of the two draws, receipts will continue to be drawn until the total prize fund of EUR 60,000 is reached. The last valid receipt drawn before the maximum total of EUR 60,000 allocated to the prize fund is reached shall be honoured even if, through the drawing of this last receipt, the allocated sum of EUR 60,000 is surpassed.
(k) Undrawn receipts shall be destroyed within a reasonable time from the date of each draw.
(l) The draws shall be carried out under the supervision of a Board composed of the following:
Members:
(i) a representative from the Ministry responsible for Finance;
(ii) a notary from the Office of the Notary to Government;
(iii) a representative familiar with VAT legislation from the Office of the Commissioner for Tax and Customs.
Observers:
(i) a representative appointed from among the general public by the Minister responsible for Finance; and
(ii) a representative from the Office of the Auditor General.
(m) Members, observers and members of staff of the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit are not eligible to participate in the lottery.
How to participate in the Lotteries
1. Persons aged sixteen (16) years or over may participate in the lotteries. Receipts submitted by individuals under this age shall be considered by the Board as invalid. Members of the Board, observers, employees of the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit and the person responsible for drawing up the receipts from the urn who will be present during the draws shall not be eligible to participate in the said lotteries.
2. In order to participate, one should retain the original fiscal receipts of the particular month to be drawn.
3. On the reverse side of each receipt, persons wishing to participate should write in ink their full surname and full identity card number (including the end letter) in a clear and legible manner and, if they so desire, their name, full address and telephone number.
4. In cases where the reverse side of a receipt contains the details of more than one participant, the prize shall be awarded to the participant whose identity card number appears first in order of listing and is clearly legible. If that participant is under the age of sixteen (16) years, the prize shall be awarded to the next participant whose identity card number is legible and satisfies the age requirement.
5. At the beginning of each month, and in any case not later than noon of the tenth (10) day of that month, the participants should post or deliver the receipt they wish to submit for the draw to the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit.
6. Receipts which are received at the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit after the closing time of the tenth (10) of the month shall not be considered valid for any of the draw of the given month.
7. Where the tenth (10) of the month falls on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday, the date on which the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit may receive, receipts shall be extended to noon of the following first working day.
8. The bags containing the fiscal receipts as explained in paragraph (d) shall be deposited to an urn in the presence of two public officers from the Ministry responsible for Finance, which subsequently it will be sealed.
9. The result for the first and second draw shall be published on the fifteenth (15) and the twenty-third (23) day of each month respectively, on a website designated for this purpose. If the fifteenth day and/or twenty-third (23) day of the month fall on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the result shall be published on the following first working day.
10. Following the final result mentioned in paragraph ten (10), the winners shall receive the prize by registered mail from the Fiscal Receipts Lottery Unit in the form of a cheque.
11. Cheques which are not encashed within a period of six (6) months from the final result mentioned in paragraph ten (10), shall be forfeited and will be disposed of.
This notice supersedes the one published in the Government Gazette No. 20,175 of 23rd April, 2019.
16th October, 2026
EXAMINATIONS DEPARTMENT
Qualifying Examinations for Supply Learning Support Educators (SLSE) – November 2026
Written Examination
The Director of Examinations notifies that the timetable for the abovementioned examination has been sent by email to the candidates concerned.
Those applicants who have not received the timetable are advised to contact immediately the Department of Examinations via telephone number 2598 2958 or by email to ([email protected]).
16th October, 2026
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Parliament of Malta
Notice of Direct Order
In terms of Regulation 111 (2) of the Public Procurement Regulations L.N. 352 of 2016.
Memorandum of Understanding regulating the Agreement for Maintenance and Technical Support Services of Audio-Visual Equipment at the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta for a period of 12 months as from 1st May, 2026 to 30th April, 2027.
On Wednesday, 3rd June, 2026, the Ministry for Finance approved a request from the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta, to enter into contractual arrangements relative to a Memorandum of Understanding regulating the Agreement for Maintenance and Technical Support Services of Audio-Visual Equipment at the House of Representatives, Parliament of Malta, with TELMACO S.A., Chalandri of Attica., 23 Athens, Diakou Street, P.C. 152 33 Greece, from 1st May, 2026 to 30th April, 2027, for the sum of €39,000.00, excluding VAT.
16th October, 2026
FLORIANA LOCAL COUNCIL
Suspension of Traffic and Parking
The Floriana Local Council notifies that in terms of Legal Notice 101/97, the streets listed hereunder will be closed to private vehicles, and are to be classified as towing zones as indicated.
The Floriana Local Council notifies that the stopping of vehicles in the listed streets, and the parking in the parking bays indicated by 'No Parking' signs in the mentioned streets and times are prohibited.
From 5.00 p.m. of Saturday, 17th October, 2026 to 8.00 p.m. of Sunday, 18th October, 2026, through Triq il-Mall from Triq Vincenzo Bugeja to Triq Vincenzo Dimech.
During the times mentioned above, the parking lot in Triq Vincenzo Dimech will be reserved for the Floriana residential parking permit holders;
On Sunday, 18th October, 2026, from 7.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m., through Triq il-Konservatorju from Triq l-Iljun to Pjazza San Kalċidonju, Pjazza San Publju from Triq San Publju to Triq Sarria, Triq San Publju from Triq is-Suq to Pjazza E. S. Tonna, Triq il-Miratur from Triq SantʼAnna to Triq San Franġisk, and Triq Sarria from Pjazza E. S. Tonna to Pjazza San Publju.
Parking spaces in Triq Sarria from Pjazza E. S. Tonna to Pjazza San Publju will be reserved for participants of the Arts and Crafts Market.
Vehicles found in contravention of this notice are subject to be towed.
16th October, 2026
RABAT (MALTA) LOCAL COUNCIL
Suspension of Parking
The Rabat Local Council notifies that parking will be prohibited in the following street/area on the mentioned dates as indicated below:
From 7.00 a.m. of Saturday, 17th October, 2026 to 11.59 p.m. of Wednesday, 28th October, 2026, in one hundred parking spaces in the limits of Mtaħleb.
16th October, 2026
MELLIEĦA LOCAL COUNCIL
Suspension of Traffic and Parking
The Mellieħa Local Council notifies that on Sunday, 25th October, 2026, from 7.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., the parking area in Misraħ il-Parroċċa along Triq Dun Manwel Grima up to the corner with Triq San Ġużepp will be closed and cleared.
Public transport and vehicles will be diverted from Triq il-Mellieħa to the corner with Triq il-Mejjiesa and to the corner with Triq il-Mellieħa from 9.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Public transport will be diverted from Triq il-Mellieħa outwards, and enters into Triq il-Knisja l-Qadima.
16th October, 2026
Ħ'ATTARD LOCAL COUNCIL
Suspension of Parking
The Ħ'Attard Local Council notifies that parking will be prohibited in the following street/area on the mentioned dates as indicated below:
From 9.00 a.m. of Saturday, 17th October, 2026 to 11.59 p.m. of Sunday, 1st November, 2026, in forty parking spaces in the dog park's ringroad in the former runway's parking area behind Ta' Qali.
16th October, 2026
