Source: Tax and Customs Board (Estonia)
Gambling operators must submit annex 9 and pay gambling tax in the month after the final distribution date for commercial lottery winnings set out in the game rules.
Operators must align annex 9 filing and tax payment with the final distribution date for lottery prizes.
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UK Gambling Commission acting chief executive Sarah Gardner called on Allwyn UK to increase National Lottery returns for good causes while maintaining player protections, according to a report of her conference remarks. Allwyn generated £1.8bn for good causes in 2025/26, while sales fell 12.5% year on year in the first quarter of 2026/27. Gardner said the technology upgrade created opportunities to improve safeguards, despite transition problems.
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.
Live shopping app Whatnot faces more than 70 arbitration claims alleging its card breaks operate as an illegal lottery. Lawyer Paul Lesko announced 15 requests for more than 30 clients in March 2026. The platform closed a $545m Series G round on 7 August, nearly doubling its valuation to $20bn, and moved more than $8bn in goods in 2025.
Whatnot faces more than 70 arbitration claims alleging that its card breaks operate as an illegal lottery. Lawyer Paul Lesko announced 15 arbitration requests on behalf of more than 30 clients against Whatnot in March 2026, and has since filed complaints for more than 70 people, the report said. The claims argue that breaks function as an illegal lottery and that part of what occurs on the platform amounts to fraud.
Liberia’s National Lottery Authority said prediction markets are licensed under the country’s International Gaming Licence framework. The authority said the framework covers business-to-consumer and business-to-business operators, including platform owners, technology suppliers, aggregators and retail operators.
It was reported that Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni declined to sign the 2026 income tax and excise duty amendment bills. He returned them to parliament for reconsideration after their earlier passage.