Italy's Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) said online instant-lottery prizes won from 1 July 2026, from €10,000.01 to €50,000 gross, will be credited to the account used to place the bet. Winners of prizes above €50,000 must continue to claim them through the existing procedures.
Online lottery operators must account for direct crediting of qualifying prizes to player accounts.
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Bavaria's state lottery and casino administration has reopened sales for the seasonal BayernMILLIONEN lottery. Two top prizes of €1m are offered, with ticket numbers limited to 500,000, giving odds of 1:250,000 for a million-euro win; tickets cost €10.50 including a processing fee, and the official sales end is 6 January 2027.
Sales of BayernMILLIONEN tickets began today, according to Bavaria's Staatliche Lotterie- und Spielbankverwaltung. This seasonal lottery offers exactly two top prizes, each worth one million euros. Ticket numbers are capped at 500,000, giving each one odds of 1:250,000 for a million-euro prize.
Lotería de Río Negro and the National University of Río Negro awarded prizes in the second edition of their student competition, which received 44 entries from three university campuses. The works addressed healthy habits, social responsibility, environmental care and prevention of problematic consumption; prizes included tablets and headphones.
Lotería de Río Negro and the Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) awarded prizes in the second edition of the student competition "Elegir(te) es ganar", the lottery said. The awards event was held at the Lotería de Río Negro headquarters in Viedma in a hybrid format.
Spain's Real Decreto 813/2026, published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 8 October, requires online gambling operators from 28 October to check that the card or account used for deposits and withdrawals belongs to the holder of the gambling account. Existing customers have six months to complete the check; until then they may deposit and play but winnings stay on the account, after which the operator terminates the contract, notifies the regulator and returns the balance including winnings. Reported by Jamma.
Spain will require online gambling operators from 28 October to check that the card or account a player uses to deposit, and to which the player requests a withdrawal, is held in the name of the same person who holds the gambling account. The requirement is set by Real Decreto 813/2026 of 7 October, published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 8 October, which amends Spain's anti-money-laundering regulation.
Police in Germany have frozen the accounts of an anonymous Bundesliga player who says he has gambled on the platform Stake for about eight years, citing an RTL "Extra" report. The player, identified only as "Stefan", said officers broke open his door and seized devices. The report says Stake holds no German licence.
Norwegian organisations must report lottery accounts to Lotteritilsynet within four months after a lottery ends. They must also confirm that prizes were distributed or that unclaimed prizes went to the lottery’s purpose; an assistant may report on an organisation’s behalf in some cases.