The German state lottery association DLTB reportedly recorded lottery sales of €8.3bn in 2025, down 3.6%.
The sales decline gives lottery stakeholders a measure of performance across Germany’s state lottery sector.
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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.
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.
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.
Ontario’s AGCO lottery standards prohibit selling tickets to people under 18 or to specified groups, including people who appear intoxicated. The rules also restrict who may play or win prizes and require operators and sellers to monitor and prevent prohibited betting activities.
Ontario's AGCO lottery standards bar sellers from selling lottery tickets to anyone under 18 and to a list of designated groups, according to a regulator's notice. Sellers may not sell to a person who appears intoxicated, to the seller's own directors, officers or partners, or to registered gaming assistants working at the site where the tickets are sold. The same restriction covers officers or staff of a union representing or bargaining for employees at that site, employees of registered suppliers who maintain or repair gaming equipment there, and board members or employees of the CAJO.
China’s Ministry of Finance reported that lottery sales rose 27.3% year on year to $10.4 billion in September 2026. Sports betting sales increased 73.1% to $5.87 billion, while sales for the year through September rose 14.6% to $81.33 billion.