Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) published the official winning-ticket bulletin for Lotteria Italia 2025. Ticket holders must submit original winning tickets within 180 days of the bulletin’s publication to claim prizes, which Lotterie Nazionali pays after verification.
The 180-day claim period sets the deadline for lottery winners to present their tickets and receive prizes.
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Caixa Econômica Federal will stop selling Federal Lottery tickets throughout July, describing the suspension as an exceptional adjustment. Draws will continue, and Caixa said ticket sales will resume in August; the results will remain available for legally permitted uses, including approved commercial promotions.
The Hoosier Lottery halted sales of its $5 Space Invaders Cash Invasion scratch-off game after a technical issue led a player to believe he had won $100,000, the report said. Lottery officials told the player his actual prize was $20; another player reportedly encountered a similar error involving a supposed $2,500 win.
Ontario’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says lottery retailers must follow sales standards, including restrictions that took effect on 1 June 2012. Retailers must not sell tickets to people who appear intoxicated or to specified gaming, retail, supplier and AGCO personnel.
Costa Rica’s Comptroller General identified shortcomings in controls over unsold and returned lottery tickets, according to an audit report cited in the coverage. The Junta de Protección Social said it was reviewing protocols, including procedures for prize claims on tickets recorded as unsold, and considering risk-assessment and IT measures.
Sweden’s Spelinspektionen has started inspections of physical lotteries run by licensees for state-reserved and public-benefit games when prizes exceed a threshold set by law. Checks cover technical requirements, fixed prize plans, ticket conformity and player information; the authority said it will publish the results after the inspections.