Notice2025-11051
Agency Information Collection Activities: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Reporting of Lottery and Gambling, and Resource Verification
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June 16, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentFood and Nutrition Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on this proposed information collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection and existing burden in use in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This information collection captures the burden associated with the requirement that States make ineligible SNAP participants with substantial lottery or gambling winnings and establish cooperative agreements with gaming entities within their States to identify SNAP participants with substantial winnings. Individuals and households are required to report substantial winnings.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25203-25207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11051]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program: Reporting of Lottery and Gambling, and Resource
Verification
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection and existing burden in use in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This information
collection captures the burden associated with the requirement that
States make ineligible SNAP participants with substantial lottery or
gambling winnings and establish cooperative agreements with gaming
entities within their States to identify SNAP participants with
substantial winnings. Individuals and households are required to report
substantial winnings.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Program Design Branch, Program
Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314.
Comments may also be submitted via email to Jessica Luna at 703-305-
4391 or via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#10435d3e565e433e435e514040545242657c756350656374713e777f66"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85d6c8abc3cbd6abd6cbc4d5d5c1c7d7f0e9e0f6c5f0f6e1e4abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments will also
be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Jessica
Luna at 703-305-4391.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Reporting of
Lottery and Gambling, and Resource Verification.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0621.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2025.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract:
Lottery and Gambling
In accordance with section 4009 of the Agricultural Act of 2014,
households in which members receive substantial lottery and gambling
winnings are ineligible for SNAP until they meet allowable financial
resources and income eligibility requirements. Substantial winnings are
defined as winnings that are equal to or greater than the resource
limit for elderly or disabled households as defined in 7 CFR 273.8(b).
States are also required to work cooperatively with entities
responsible for gaming in their State to identify individuals or
households with substantial winnings. SNAP individuals or households
must report substantial winnings to State SNAP agencies.
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In the previous approval for this collection, the Agency assumed
that 3 State SNAP agencies did not have lottery or gambling entities
and were not likely to incur burden related to the lottery and gambling
requirements. After further research, the Agency is adjusting this
assumption for the purposes of this renewal. Five States, AL, AK, HI,
NV, and UT, do not have lottery entities, though NV has a gambling
entity.<SUP>1 2</SUP> Therefore, the Agency assumes that four State
SNAP agencies are not likely to incur burden related to the lottery and
gambling requirements.
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\1\ 2022 Annual Survey of State Government Finances Tables,
Income and Apportionment of State-Administered Lottery Funds: 2022.
<a href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2022/econ/state/historical-tables.html">https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2022/econ/state/historical-tables.html</a>.
\2\ American Gaming Association's Commercial Gaming Revenue
Tracker, Calendar Year 2023. <a href="https://www.americangaming.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CY-2024_CGRT_v2.pdf">https://www.americangaming.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CY-2024_CGRT_v2.pdf</a>.
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The Agency assumes that the 49 State SNAP agencies subject to this
requirement have already established cooperative agreements with the
public agency gaming entities (1 per State, 49 total) and private
gaming entities (4 per State, 196 total) in their State. These
agreements use computerized data matching personal identifiable
information to identify winnings within the SNAP participation list.
The gaming entities must input data on each individual with winnings
over the winnings threshold into the matching system, which FNS
estimates to take 5 minutes (.0835 hours). There is no national
database of how many people win large amounts of money in State
lotteries or through gaming activities. Therefore, FNS will continue to
use the previously approved estimates as there has been no indication
that they require adjustment. The Agency assumes that each of the
public and private gaming entities would have 6,000 SNAP individuals
who win over the threshold each year and whose data would need to be
uploaded to the matching system. For clarity, these individuals are not
necessarily SNAP applicants or participants, they are members of the
general public with winnings that, if they applied for SNAP, would be
over the threshold. The information technology staff from each State
SNAP agency maintains the matching system, which the Agency estimates
take 320 hours per year. Once the data is uploaded, the Agency assumes
that matches occur automatically.
FNS estimates that 27,500 SNAP households will receive substantial
lottery winnings per year, with most instances identified via the
matching systems. FNS assumes that the matching systems will identify
approximately 35,280 SNAP participants (average 720 per State agency)
nationally each year. Of these, the State agencies will find that an
estimated 22,540 (average 460 per State agency) have actual substantial
winnings (the others may be simply misidentified because of a similar
name, inaccurate reporting, etc.). These matches are hereinafter
referred to as ``substantive matches.'' Under 7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR
273.11(r), FNS estimates that the 49 State SNAP agencies will receive
approximately 6,860 records (average 140 per State agency) annually
with misidentified participants. It will take about 40 minutes (.668
hours) for eligibility workers to identify each misidentification.
For each substantive match, an eligibility worker will do the
following:
<bullet> The eligibility worker will generate a request for contact
(RFC) requesting more information. The burden associated with RFCs is
already accounted for in OMB Control Number 0584-0064 (expiration 6/30/
2027) regarding RFCs. Therefore, FNS estimates that eligibility workers
will handle approximately 18,032 returned RFCs (average 368 per State
agency) from substantive matches.
<bullet> If the matched participant responds to the RFC and the
eligibility worker finds them to be a substantial winner, the worker
will close the case and send a notice of adverse action. If the
participant does not return the RFC (an estimated 20 percent), the
worker will close the case and send a notice of adverse action for
failure to return the RFC. The burden associated with notices of
adverse action is accounted for in OMB Control Number 0584-0064
(expiration 6/30/2027) and is not counted in the total burden of this
collection.
Under 7 CFR 273.11(r), individuals or households are also required
to report their substantial winnings to their State SNAP agency. Out of
the 27,500 SNAP individuals or households who will receive substantial
lottery winnings, FNS estimates 23,000 substantial winners will be
identified through the matching process and 4,410 individuals or
households will self-report lottery and gambling winnings. In response
to the 4,410 (average 90 per State agency) households that self-report
winnings, State eligibility workers will do the following:
<bullet> Under 7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r), eligibility
workers will review the information submitted by the participant. FNS
estimates that this will take eligibility workers approximately 11
minutes (0.1837 hours). This estimate is based on a prior estimate in
OMB Control Number 0584-0064 (expiration 6/30/2027) for a similar
simplified reporting requirement for able-bodied adults without
dependents.
<bullet> If the eligibility worker finds the participant to be a
substantial winner, the worker will close the case and send notice of
adverse action. Again, this burden is accounted for in OMB Control
Number 0584-0064 (expiration 6/30/2027) and is not counted in the total
burden of this collection.
Under 7 CFR 273.11(r), SNAP individual and household participants
identified as substantial lottery winners via the matching process will
receive and potentially respond to RFCs and notices of adverse action.
The participant burdens associated with RFCs and notices of adverse
action are accounted for in OMB Control Number 0584-0064 (expiration 6/
30/2027) and are not counted in the total burden of this collection.
FNS estimates that self-reporting households will spend 10 minutes
(.167 hours) per response to report their substantial winnings to the
State SNAP agency. FNS utilized the estimate of 10 minutes based on a
prior estimate in OMB Control Number 0584-0064 (expiration 6/30/2027)
for the time it takes a household to complete a periodic report.
FNS recognizes that households who previously lost eligibility for
SNAP due to lottery or gambling winnings may later re-apply to the
program. The burden associated with submitting and processing
applications is accounted for in OMB 0584-0064 (expiration 6/30/2027)
and is not counted in the total burden of this collection. This section
of the information collection does not require any recordkeeping
burden.
Resource Verification
Per Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act, all applicant
households must meet the SNAP resource limits unless they are
considered categorically eligible (Section 5(j) of the Food and
Nutrition Act) for SNAP benefits. State eligibility workers must
evaluate the resources available to each household to determine whether
these households meet the SNAP resource limits as defined by 7 CFR
273.8(b). Resources are one of several criteria that SNAP State
agencies use to determine SNAP eligibility, and States may elect to
mandate verification of resources (7 CFR 273.2(f)(3)). All States must
verify any resource information that appears to be questionable, in
accordance with 7 CFR 273.2(f)(2)(i).
Individuals or households are considered categorically eligible for
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SNAP if each member receives certain cash assistance benefits,
including Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Temporary Assistance
for Needy Families (TANF) assistance. States also have the option to
implement broad-based categorical eligibility policies to deem
recipients of non-cash or in-kind TANF benefits or services to be
categorically eligible for SNAP. Out of 53 SNAP State agencies, 44 have
adopted broad-based categorical eligibility policies. Therefore, only 9
States currently collect resource information as part of the SNAP
eligibility determination process.\3\ State agencies conducting this
process may need to contact financial institutions, Departments of
Motor Vehicles, and other entities to obtain documentation of a
household's resources. Households may need to submit proof of their
available resources.
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\3\ SNAP State Options Report, 16th Edition. <a href="https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-16th-state-options-report-june24.pdf">https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/snap-16th-state-options-report-june24.pdf</a>.
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In 2025, FNS consulted with all 9 States operating the resource
test to estimate the amount of time that State agency staff spent
verifying resources with clients at initial certification and
subsequent recertifications. Through this consultation, FNS learned
that 3 States verify resources when reported resources are close to the
limit or questionable (hereinafter referred to as ``High Limit''
States), 2 States only verify when the report is questionable (``Self-
Attestation'' States), and 2 States always verify resources (``Always''
States). For the purposes of this estimate, FNS assumes the 8th State
verifies resources for all cases (``Always'') and the 9th State
verifies when a household is close to the asset limit or questionable
(``High Limit'').
Using the estimates obtained during State consultation on resource
verification, FNS estimates that State SNAP agency staff spend the
following average times on resource verification:
<bullet> ``Always'' Staff: 32.04 minutes (0.534 hours) per case at
initial certification and 19.26 minutes (0.321 hours) (per case at
recertification).
<bullet> ``High Limit'' Staff: 33.15 minutes (0.554 hours) per case
at initial certification and 33.2 minutes (0.550 hours) per case at
recertification.
<bullet> ``Self-Attestation'' Staff: 6.44 minutes (0.201 hours) per
case at initial certification and 8.1 minutes (0.135 hours) per case at
recertification.
To estimate the total burden hours on State agencies, FNS applied
these average times to the most recently available participation data
(FY24) for SNAP initial applicants and recertification applicant
households in the 9 States that verify resources.\4\
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\4\ National Data Bank data from FY2024, FNS 366-B, Initial
Applications Approved and Recertification Applications Approved. OMB
Control Number 0584-0594 (expiration 9/30/2026).
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FNS then estimated the burden hours for households to provide
verification using the same FY24 participation data. The Agency
estimates that providing verification would take 4 minutes (0.0668
hours) per household at initial certification and 6 minutes (.1002
hours) at recertification. These time estimates come from other
verification activities in OMB Control Number 0584-0064 (expiration 6/
30/2027). Using the estimates above for the number of households in
each State subject to verification requirements, FNS then calculated
the total number of households in each State that would have to
participate in this annual burden in the chart below.
This information collection does not require any new recordkeeping
burden. The related recordkeeping burden for State agencies is
currently covered under the approved information collection burden for
application processing, OMB Control Number 0584-0064 (expiration 6/30/
2027), which accounts for the case file documentation the States
maintain for each SNAP household at 7 CFR 273.2(f)(6).
Reporting
Affected Public Individuals/Household
Respondent Type: SNAP households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,744,793.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.00.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1,744,793.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.082.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 142,426.08.
Affected Private Businesses
Respondent Type: SNAP households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 196.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6,000.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1,176,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0835.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 98,196.00.
Affected Public State Agencies
Respondent Type: State SNAP agencies (51), State gambling and
gaming entities (49).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 20,637.35.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2,063,735.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.377.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 778,528.90.
Total Affected Public
Respondent Type: SNAP households, State SNAP agencies, State
gambling and gaming entities, and business private gambling and gaming
entities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,745,089.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.86.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 4,984,528.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.204.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,019,150.98.
Reference Burden Table Below
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Estimated Estimated
Description of Estimated Estimated total number of Estimated
Burden activities Reg. section Respondent type activity number of frequency annual burden hours total burden
respondents of response responses per response hours
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Lottery & Gambling........... 7 CFR 273.11(r). SNAP * Self-report 4,410 1 4,410 0.1670 736.47
Individuals/ lottery or
Households. gambling
winnings to
State SNAP
Agency.
Resource Verification........ 7 CFR SNAP Verification of 978,945 1 978,945 0.0668 65,393.53
273.2(f)(1) & Individuals/ resources at
(2). Households. initial
application.
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7 CFR SNAP Verification of 761,438 1 761,438 0.1002 76,296.09
273.2(f)(8)(i). Individuals/ resources at
Households. recertificatio
n.
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SNAP Individual/Household Subtotal Reporting................................. 1,744,793 1.00 1,744,793 0.0816 142,426.08
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Lottery & Gambling........... 7 CFR 272.17(a) State SNAP ** Establish 0 0 0 0.0000 0.00
& (b). Agency cooperative
Managers. agreements
with State
public agency
and private
business
gaming
entities.
7 CFR 272.17(c). State Public ** Establish 0 0 0 0.0000 0.00
Agency Gaming cooperative
Entity agreements
Managers. with State
SNAP agency.
7 CFR 272.17(c). State SNAP IT ** Create a 0 0 0 0.0000 0.00
Staff. data matching
system with
State public
agency and
private
business
gaming
entities.
7 CFR 272.17 and State SNAP Eligibility 49 140 6,860 0.6680 4,582.48
7 CFR 273.11(r). Agency worker follow-
Eligibility up (matched,
Worker. misidentified).
7 CFR 272.17 and State SNAP Eligibility 49 368 18,032 0.3340 6,022.69
7 CFR 273.11(r). Agency worker RFC
Eligibility follow-up
Worker. (matched,
substantive).
7 CFR 272.17 and State SNAP Eligibility 49 90 4,410 0.1837 810.12
7 CFR 273.11(r). Agency worker follow-
Eligibility up (self-
Worker. reported
winners).
8 CFR 272.17 and State SNAP *** Eligibility 0 0 0 0.0000 0.00
7 CFR 273.11(r). Agency worker work
Eligibility new
Worker. applications
(churn).
7 CFR 272.17(c). State Public Input data into 49 6,000 294,000 0.0800 23,520.00
Agency Gaming data matching
Entity Staff system for use
Member. by State SNAP
agency.
7 CFR 272.17(c). State SNAP IT Maintain a data 49 1 49 320.0000 15,680.00
Staff. matching
system with
State public
agency and
private
business
gaming
entities.
Resource Verification........ 7 CFR State SNAP Verification of 4 108,772 435,088 0.5340 232,336.99
273.2(f)(1) & Agency resources at
(2). Eligibility initial
Worker. application
(States
verifying all
resources).
7 CFR State SNAP Verification of 2 108,772 217,544 0.2010 43,726.34
273.2(f)(1) & Agency resources at
(2). Eligibility initial
Worker. application
(States
verifying
resources if
questionable).
7 CFR State SNAP Verification of 3 108,772 326,316 0.5540 180,779.06
273.2(f)(1) & Agency resources at
(2). Eligibility initial
Worker. application
(States
verifying
resources if
close to the
limit).
7 CFR State SNAP Verification of 4 84,604 338,416 0.3210 108,631.54
273.2(f)(8)(i). Agency resources at
Eligibility recertificatio
Worker. n (States
verifying all
resources).
7 CFR State SNAP Verification of 2 84,604 169,208 0.1350 22,843.08
273.2(f)(8)(i). Agency resources at
Eligibility recertificatio
Worker. n (States
verifying
resources if
questionable).
7 CFR State SNAP Verification of 3 84,604 253,812 0.5500 139,596.60
273.2(f)(8)(i). Agency resources at
Eligibility recertificatio
Worker. n (States
verifying
resources is
close to the
limit).
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State Agency Subtotal Reporting.............................................. 100 20,637.35 2,063,735 0.3772 778,528.90
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Lottery & Gambling........... 7 CFR 272.17(a) Private ** Establish 0 0 0 0.0000 0.00
& (b). Business cooperative
Gaming Entity agreements
Managers. with State
SNAP agency.
7 CFR 272.17(c). Private Input data into 196 6,000 1,176,000 0.0835 98,196.00
Business data matching
Gaming Entity system for use
Staff Member. by State SNAP
agency.
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Business Subtotal Reporting.................................................. 196 6,000 1,176,000 0.0835 98,196.00
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Reporting Grand Total Burden Estimates................................... 1,745,089 2.86 4,984,528 0.2045 1,019,150.98
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* FNS assumes that all participants reporting lottery and gambling winnings will also have either an initial or recertification application in the same
year. To avoid double counting, these households are not separately included in the total number of respondents for this section.
James C. Miller,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-11051 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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