Uruguay makes electronic lottery prize controls permanent

Uruguay's National Directorate of Lotteries and Quinielas has made its electronic system for registering, consulting and checking winning tickets and paid prizes permanent. 

Resolution 212/2026 was dated October 30 and published on the authority's news page under the heading "Electronic Registration System".

The decision follows a pilot authorized in January. That earlier measure allowed the directorate to test real-time consultation and control of prize payments across the country's quiniela networks, beginning on February 1. 

The pilot was designed to give the regulator direct access to information about a paid winning ticket while retaining the existing image-capture procedure as a payment safeguard during the trial.

The January resolution specified that the information available to the directorate at payment would include the draw date, ticket number, game, winning details and payment details. It also required the networks to maintain a secure line for updated access, transmit electronic records over a private encrypted network and send images with electronic signatures. 

Those requirements describe the pilot framework; the October resolution is the separate decision that turns electronic registration and control into a standing arrangement.

Monthly reports from the directorate's inspection and information-technology teams were built into the trial. This gave the authority a formal way to assess how the system performed before deciding whether to keep it. 

The new resolution confirms that the electronic system will no longer operate only as a trial, although the summary on the authority's website does not provide implementation figures or quantify any savings from the change.

The measure concerns the verification and recording of lottery and quiniela prize payments. It applies to oversight of existing prize-payment processes rather than changing the games themselves. It does not announce a new game, alter the value of prizes or report draw results. 

For the directorate, the permanent system formalizes access to digital records at the point where winning claims are paid and checked.

In September, Spain extended its tax data-sharing agreement with state lottery operator SELAE. That agreement covers prize and payment information supplied to the tax authority, while Uruguay's resolution concerns its own prize-control system.