<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001619762-26-000036.txt : 20260317
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20260317175820
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001619762-26-000036
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260317
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260317
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260317

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sala Marco
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001368508
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36906
		FILM NUMBER:		26763854

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		LOTTOMATICA S.P.A.
		STREET 2:		VIA DEL CAMPO BOARIO 56/D, 4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			ROME
		STATE:			L6
		ZIP:			00153

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Brightstar Lottery PLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001619762
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		EIN:				981193882
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION: 	YES
		STREET 1:		2 AND 3 ELDON STREET
		STREET 2:		FIFTH FLOOR
		CITY:			LONDON
		PROVINCE COUNTRY:   	X0
		ZIP:			EC2M 7LS
		BUSINESS PHONE:		44 (0) 20 7535 3200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION: 	YES
		STREET 1:		2 AND 3 ELDON STREET
		STREET 2:		FIFTH FLOOR
		CITY:			LONDON
		PROVINCE COUNTRY:   	X0
		ZIP:			EC2M 7LS

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	International Game Technology PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20150227

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Georgia Worldwide PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20141002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Georgia Worldwide, PLC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140917
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    <periodOfReport>2026-03-17</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001619762</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Brightstar Lottery PLC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BRSL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001368508</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Sala Marco</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>10 MEMORIAL BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PROVIDENCE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>RI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02903</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Executive Chair</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Ordinary Share</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1594423</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Olea Holding S.r.l.</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Held indirectly through Olea Holding S.r.l.; reporting person has pecuniary interest as usufructuary of quota interests in Quercus Societ? Semplice and Casia Societ? Semplice, which together own Olea Holding S.r.l.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Performance share units granted under the Issuer's Long-Term Incentive Plan for the three-year performance period shown in Column 1, based on the Compensation Committee's certified results for that period. Each performance share unit represents a contingent right to receive one ordinary share of the Issuer upon vesting, and has no expiration date. The performance share units do not accrue dividends. Following certification, the award vests 50% on May 1 of the year immediately after the performance period ends and 50% on May 1 of the following year.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Each restricted share unit represents a contingent right to receive one ordinary share of the Issuer upon vesting. The restricted share units vest in three substantially equal annual installments on July 14 of each of 2026, 2027 and 2028, and have no expiration date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These options are fully vested and immediately exercisable.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Rafael Rosillo, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-03-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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   <font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes, and appoints each of Christopher Spears, Rafael Rosillo and Pierfrancesco Boccia, or either of them acting individually, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned&#x2019;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</font>
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     <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">prepare, execute in the undersigned&#x2019;s name and on the undersigned</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the </font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">&#x201c;</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">SEC&#x201d;) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings through </font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">the SEC&#x2019;s enhanced Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system (&#x201c;EDGAR Next&#x201d;) </font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">of reports required by Section 13 or Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#x201c;Exchange Act&#x201d;), Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 (&#x201c;Rule 144&#x201d;), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;</font>
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     <font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">serve as an account administrator for the undersigned&#x2019;s account in EDGAR Next, which includes, among other things, the power to: (i) appoint and remove account administrators, users, technical administrators, and delegated entities; (ii) submit, or cause a person or entity so appointed to submit, filings through the EDGAR Next system on behalf of the undersigned; (iii) manage the undersigned&#x2019;s EDGAR access codes; and (iv) modify and annually confirm the information in the undersigned&#x2019;s EDGAR Next account, and delegate authority to </font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">Brightstar Lottery PLC</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, </font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the &#x201c;Company&#x201d;),</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> or cause the Company to accept a delegation of authority, as a delegated entity for the undersigned&#x2019;s EDGAR Next account;</font>
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     <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G, and Forms 144, each including amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) and Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder and Rule 144, respectively;</font>
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     <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G, or Form 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</font>
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     <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">s discretion.</font>
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   <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#x2019;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">s responsibilities to comply with Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144. </font>
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   <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G, and Form 144 with respect to the undersigned</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">&#x2019;</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier (a) revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact or (b) superseded by a new power of attorney regarding the purposes outlined herein at a later date.</font>
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   <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of </font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt;">February</font><font style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #1F1F1F;"> 2026.</font>
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