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Rio Grande do Sul governor plans lottery bill with four modalities

Regulation

Governor Eduardo Leite plans to send an urgent bill to the Rio Grande do Sul legislature by the end of February to authorise four state lottery modalities. The final proposal is still being prepared, and the government has not decided whether to include sports betting; projections put first-year gross revenue at R$1.2bn.

Operators may face a proposed state concession for four lottery formats, but sports-betting inclusion remains undecided.

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Rio Grande do Sul opens consultation on 20-year lottery concession

Rio Grande do Sul's government launched a lottery-services concession project and opened a public consultation on 16 December, according to reports. The project estimates R$52.6m in private investment over a 20-year term and covers fixed-odds betting and several lottery formats, with sales allowed in physical and digital channels. The consultation is scheduled to last 44 days, with a final notice expected in April 2026 and a contract potentially signed after an auction next year.

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