Brightstar Lottery PLC

Foreign Filer Report • Jan 15, 2026

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of January 2026

Commission File Number 001-36906

BRIGHTSTAR LOTTERY PLC

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

2 and 3 Eldon Street, Fifth Floor

London, EC2M 7LS

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: — Form 20-F	☒	Form 40-F	☐

Brightstar Lottery PLC Announces Repurchase of Ordinary Shares

Brightstar Lottery PLC (NYSE: BRSL) (the “Company”) announced today that it has repurchased the following number of its ordinary shares pursuant to the Company’s $500 million share repurchase program announced on July 1, 2025.

Class of Shares (e.g., ordinary/preference, etc.)	Number of shares purchased	Nominal value of each share	Date the shares were delivered to the Company	Maximum price paid for shares	Minimum price paid for shares
Ordinary	370,900	$0.10	12/19/2025	$16.03	$15.78
Ordinary	301,200	$0.10	12/26/2025	$16.15	$15.67
Ordinary	334,200	$0.10	01/02/2026	$15.67	$15.50
Ordinary	436,400	$0.10	01/09/2026	$15.66	$14.98

The aggregate amount paid by the Company for the 1,442,700 ordinary shares listed in the table above was $22,586,492.64. The repurchased shares are being held in treasury.

Change of Address of Principal Executive Office

The Company has changed the address of its principal executive office from 10 Finsbury Square, Third Floor, London, EC2A 1AF, United Kingdom to 2 and 3 Eldon Street, Fifth Floor, London, EC2M 7LS, United Kingdom, effective January 12, 2026.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report may contain forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) concerning the Company and other matters. These statements may discuss goals, intentions, and expectations as to future plans and strategies, based on current beliefs of the management of the Company as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, such management. Forward-looking statements may be accompanied by words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “shall," “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “future,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” "outlook," “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project”, “target” or the negative or other variations of them. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company’s control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from those predicted in the forward-looking statements and from past results, performance, or achievements. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include (but are not limited to) macroeconomic, regulatory and political uncertainty, including as a result of new or increased tariffs, trade wars, and

other restrictions on trade between or among countries in which the Company operates, and related changes in discretionary consumer spending and behavior, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, changes in prevailing interest rates, changing inflation rates, impacts from increased U.S. national deficits, and the other factors and risks described in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the financial year ended December 31, 2024 and other documents filed or furnished from time to time with the SEC, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.brightstarlottery.com. Except as required under applicable law, the Company does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider these factors and other risks and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s business, including management's discussion and analysis of potential or actual impacts to operations and financial performance. All forward-looking statements contained in this report are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, or persons acting on its behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 15, 2026
By:	/s/ Pierfrancesco Boccia
	Pierfrancesco Boccia
	Corporate Secretary