Ex-Lottomatica Staff Face €25m Claim

Five former employees of Lottomatica Holding face an Italian public-accounting claim exceeding €25 million over an alleged scheme involving four Gratta e Vinci tickets. The Lazio regional prosecutor at the Court of Accounts alleges that privileged system access helped associates buy tickets carrying €24 million in prizes, while the former concessionaire is described as unrelated to the alleged misconduct. Rome’s provincial Guardia di Finanza carried out a conservatory seizure at the request of the Lazio regional prosecutor at Italy’s Court of Accounts. The five former employees also received a formal summons to appear in the public-accounting case.