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Brazil’s SPA schedules review of federal lottery rules for 2026–2027
Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) said it will include a review of rules for Caixa-operated lotteries in its 2026–2027 regulatory agenda. The review will allow formal consideration of an association proposal to replace printed Federal Lottery tickets with electronic records, but the SPA has not endorsed the proposal or set a completion date.
ANEL proposes digital changes to Brazil’s Federal Lottery
Brazil’s National Association of Lottery Entrepreneurs (ANEL) sent the Ministry of Finance’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting a proposal to restructure the Federal Lottery. It recommends digital ticket sales through a lottery terminal, ending mandatory ticket shares and introducing prize multipliers, according to the association’s document.
MEF reports €308m online instant-lottery sales in Italy for first nine months
Italy’s economy undersecretary Lucia Albano responded to a Democratic Party parliamentary question about six newly authorised online instant lotteries. She said the segment recorded €308m in sales in January-September 2026, 24% more than a year earlier, equal to 0.24% of public gaming sales; player spending was about €56m, or around 0.35% of total spending.
Italy's online instant lotteries recorded €308m in sales in the first nine months of 2026, up 24% on the same period a year earlier, economy undersecretary Lucia Albano told parliament. The segment accounted for 0.24% of total Italian public gaming sales, according to the response to a Democratic Party question on the authorisation of six new national instant lotteries with remote participation.
Iowa Lottery reports September sales of $36.2m after 16% fall
The Iowa Lottery reported September sales of $36.2 million, down 16% year on year.
The Iowa Lottery reported that its September sales fell 16% year on year to $36.2m.
Montana Lottery halts Millionaire sales after 2,010 instant wins
The Montana Lottery suspended Montana Millionaire ticket sales on 1 November after 2,010 of 12,919 tickets sold were instant winners, lottery director Bob Brown said. The lottery said it would honour $608,600 in prizes and replenish the prize pool, with Bally’s Intralot absorbing the additional cost; officials had not announced a reopening date by 3 November.