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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-08-07</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000750004</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Light &amp; Wonder, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LNW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001824876</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Odell Jamie</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LIGHT &amp; WONDER, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>6601 BERMUDA ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LAS VEGAS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NV</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>89119</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15470</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-08-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>78.73</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>7000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-08-07</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1275</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>79.25</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>8275</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Superannuation Fund</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects an open market purchase of 7,000 of the Issuer's Chess Depositary Interests (&quot;CDIs&quot;) on August 8, 2025 (Australia)/August 7, 2025 (U.S.). CDIs are units of beneficial ownership in shares of common stock of the Company that are publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange (the &quot;ASX&quot;) and held by CHESS Depositary Nominees Pty. Limited, a subsidiary of ASX Limited, the company that operates the ASX. Each CDI represents one fully paid share of common stock.  The transaction was executed in multiple block trades at prices ranging from $78.41 to $78.94. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. Details regarding aggregated purchase transactions will be provided upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reflects an open market purchase of 1,275 of the Issuer's CDIs on August 8, 2025 (Australia)/August 7, 2025 (U.S.).  The transaction was executed in multiple block trades at prices ranging from $79.19 to $79.50. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. Details regarding aggregated purchase transactions will be provided upon request by the Commission staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Price converted from Australian dollars into U.S. Dollars based on an exchange rate of $1 AUD to $0.6527 USD.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents shares of common stock held by New Dusk Pty Ltd (Odell Family Trust), of which Mr. Odell serves as a director and a shareholder and is a beneficiary of the trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Represents shares of common stock held by the Jamie and Caroline Odell Superannuation Fund, a fund of which Mr. Odell is the beneficiary.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James Sottile, attorney-in-fact for Jamie Odell</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-08-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
