CAIXA Loterias will move draws for the affected lottery contests from Saturdays to Sundays at 11am in São Paulo, starting 19 July. Bets for Sunday draws may be placed until 10pm on Saturday, while online pool sales will close 15 minutes before the draw; CAIXA said other product features remain unchanged.
Lottery retailers and customers must adjust to the revised draw and sales cut-off times.
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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.
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.
CAIXA Loterias S.A., operator of Brazil’s federal lottery, reported sales of R$5.97 billion in Q1 2026. The report also gave a euro equivalent of €1.01 billion.
Brazil’s Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) opened an investigation into possible CAIXA Loterias system failures during the 2025 Mega da Virada. The inquiry follows reports that bettors were charged for bets the system did not process; CAIXA had not commented on the investigation.
Caixa Econômica Federal has deferred its planned sports betting platform launch in Brazil to 2027, and has not guaranteed the project will resume, according to the report. Caixa Loterias paid R$30 million for federal authorisation, which permits sports betting and online games under three brands. The TCU is monitoring the delay and ordered Caixa Loterias to provide a timetable; the supplied text ends before giving the response deadline.