Togo's National Lottery (LONATO) began deducting a 5% levy from lottery prizes of CFA 500,000 or more on 1 January 2026, according to its announcement. LONATO said it remits the proceeds to the Office Togolais des Recettes; a prize at the threshold incurs a CFA 25,000 deduction.
Lottery operators must account for the 5% deduction on qualifying prizes and remit proceeds to the revenue office.
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Virginia’s lottery anonymity law took effect on 1 July, allowing winners of prizes of any value to keep their identities private. The Virginia Lottery will stop publishing winner names online and will seek written consent before publishing names or photographs; it will notify Lottery Rewards and second-chance winners privately.
Italy's Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) said online instant-lottery prizes won from 1 July 2026, from €10,000.01 to €50,000 gross, will be credited to the account used to place the bet. Winners of prizes above €50,000 must continue to claim them through the existing procedures.
Caixa Econômica Federal reported that lottery winners in Brazil left more than R$4.01 billion unclaimed between 2016 and 2025. The amounts are transferred to the Fundo de Financiamento Estudantil (FIES); R$587 million went unclaimed in 2021, the period’s highest annual figure. Winners have 90 days from the draw to claim prizes, according to the report.
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.
Lotería de Río Negro and the National University of Río Negro awarded prizes in the second edition of their student competition, which received 44 entries from three university campuses. The works addressed healthy habits, social responsibility, environmental care and prevention of problematic consumption; prizes included tablets and headphones.
Lotería de Río Negro and the Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (UNRN) awarded prizes in the second edition of the student competition "Elegir(te) es ganar", the lottery said. The awards event was held at the Lotería de Río Negro headquarters in Viedma in a hybrid format.