Spain’s Court of Auditors says SELAE failed to reclaim €14.8m
Spain’s Court of Auditors said SELAE had not sought repayment of €14.8 million linked to 519 prize-payment files with missing or incomplete supporting documents. The files represented 0.31% of 168,449 major-prize payments processed through financial institutions from 2023 to 2025. SELAE argued that reclaiming the amounts was appropriate only where a payment might have been improper; the court rejected that interpretation.
The finding raises questions about SELAE’s recovery rights and controls over prize-payment documentation.