The government of Rio Grande do Sul held an online public hearing on January 26, 2026, at Procergs headquarters, as part of its plan to concession (privatize operations of) statewide lottery services. The session was led by the Secretariat for the Reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul (Serg) and included the Shimata & Kikuchi consortium, which produced the technical studies structuring the project.
Officials say the concession is designed to delegate the implementation and operation of lottery services to the private sector while strengthening state oversight and consumer safeguards. The model covers fixed-odds betting (quota fixa), prediction lotteries, instant lotteries, and traditional lotteries, and it may expand to other modalities if authorized by federal law.
A key detail in the official outline is that contract duration varies by product: the traditional lottery concession is set for 20 years, while fixed-odds operates under a five-year framework, with an accreditation process that can be renewed. Serg’s undersecretary for partnerships, Anna Clara Yaginuma, said the proposal aims to “regularize” the market, enable stronger inspection, and provide greater user protection.
The public consultation remains open until January 29, 2026. Stakeholders can submit suggestions via the RS Parcerias contribution form and send them to Serg’s official consultation channel, after which the government says it will publish responses in the minutes and prepare a final version of the project. In regulatory terms, this is an imbatible step toward a more predictable framework—often the difference between opportunistic fragmentation and an inversión segura for compliant operators.
