More than 70 million euros paid in three years to the Loto du patrimoine

More than 70 million euros have been allocated since 2018 to the restoration of sites in France thanks to the Heritage Loto, announced Wednesday June 23 the Minister of Public Accounts, Olivier Dussopt.

“Under the third edition, launched on August 31, 2020, more than 25 million euros have been donated to the Heritage Foundation”, informed the Minister in a press release, specifying that this amount increases to “Nearly 72 million euros” in three years “State support under the“ Heritage Mission ””. The Heritage Lottery “Made it possible to restore 100 sites” and “182 other sites are being restored”, adds the press release.

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Since 2018, the Française des Jeux (FDJ) has been organizing, at the request of the State, a special offer of lottery games in the form of scratch cards and special lottery draws, called “Heritage Mission”. Every year, “The State pays all taxes levied on heritage games, which should normally have been allocated to the general budget of the State, to the benefit of the Heritage Foundation to finance the restoration of historical monuments located in metropolitan France and overseas “, details the press release.

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The World with AFP