Peru's Indecopi Commission for the Elimination of Bureaucratic Barriers ruled that the Health Ministry could not prohibit lottery and betting sales in pharmacies and drugstores. Its 2 June 2026 decision makes the restriction inapplicable nationwide, and the ministry must notify affected parties within five working days.
The ruling allows lottery sales in pharmacies and drugstores across Peru, expanding potential retail distribution.
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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.
Rhode Island Lottery sales fell 15% year on year to $24.5 million in September, reportedly.
Rhode Island Lottery sales fell 15% year on year to $24.5m in September.
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.
Panama’s National Beneficence Lottery director Isidro Carbonell submitted two draft bills to the Ministry of Economy and Finance to restructure the lottery’s legal framework and penalise illegal lottery sales and overpricing. The lottery estimates clandestine sales cost the state USD 200m to USD 300m annually; the proposals now face technical and legal review before possible submission to the National Assembly.