Spain’s state lottery operator SELAE recorded €175m in unclaimed prizes that expired over the past three years, including €59.9m in 2024. The report also says lottery-sector organisations have sought higher ticket prices and Christmas draw commissions, while SELAE has declined to implement the proposed price increases.
The figures and proposed price changes bear on SELAE’s lottery income and retailers’ requested commercial terms.
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Italy’s 2027 budget bill would allow instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 to be paid on presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the recipient. An opinion column contrasts the proposal with rules requiring identification and transaction records for cash or other restricted-value deposits through online gambling recharge points, while noting that the activities have different purposes.
Instant receipt-lottery prizes below €3,000 could be paid upon presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the winner under Italy's budget bill, an opinion column on an Italian gambling industry site said.
Italy's 2027 budget bill authorises the Customs and Monopolies Agency to open dedicated bank or postal accounts for receipt lottery prizes, according to a report. It also allows prizes below the anti-money-laundering threshold to be paid without identifying the winner, upon presentation of the winning ticket. The report says the technical assessment expects no additional public spending.
The budget law is reported to authorise the Customs and Monopolies Agency to open one or more bank or postal accounts dedicated to paying out winnings from the receipt lottery.
Italy’s 2027 budget bill would let the Customs and Monopolies Agency open dedicated bank or postal accounts to pay instant receipt-lottery prizes, reportedly. For prizes below the €5,000 anti-money-laundering threshold, payment could be made on presentation of the winning ticket without identifying the winner.
Italy's 2027 budget bill contains a provision that would allow the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) to open one or more dedicated bank or postal accounts for managing and paying instant lottery prizes, according to the bill text as reported. The measure concerns the receipt lottery, also known as the scontrini lottery, and refers to article 78 of the consolidated text attached to legislative decree 19 June 2026, no. 117, which governs that lottery.
Lottopar reported that its instant lottery distributed R$340.5m in prizes from January to September 2026, exceeding the total for 2025. It said cumulative prizes since operations began in 2024 surpassed R$610m, while authorised concessionaires must follow financial controls, anti-money-laundering measures and responsible-gambling policies.
Lottopar, the lottery of the state of Paraná, reported that its instant lottery distributed R$340.5m in prizes between January and September 2026, according to figures the entity released. That exceeds the R$208.1m paid out in the whole of 2025.
The Buenos Aires City Lottery (LOTBA) signed an agreement with city authorities to prevent people registered for unpaid food-support obligations from collecting lottery prizes. The restriction will apply until the judge who ordered registration authorises payment, LOTBA president Jesús Acevedo said.