Full Text of SB3528 100th General Assembly
SB3528eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 7.12 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 1605/7.12) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2018) | 8 | | Sec. 7.12. Internet program. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that: | 10 | | (1) the consumer market in Illinois has changed since | 11 | | the creation of the Illinois State Lottery in 1974; | 12 | | (2) the Internet has become an integral part of | 13 | | everyday life for a significant number of Illinois | 14 | | residents not only in regards to their professional life, | 15 | | but also in regards to personal business and communication; | 16 | | and | 17 | | (3) the current practices of selling lottery tickets | 18 | | does not appeal to the new form of market participants who | 19 | | prefer to make purchases on the Internet at their own | 20 | | convenience. | 21 | | It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an | 22 | | Internet program for the sale of lottery tickets to capture | 23 | | this new form of market participant. |
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| 1 | | (b) The Department shall create a program that allows an | 2 | | individual 18 years of age or older to purchase lottery tickets | 3 | | or shares on the Internet without using a Lottery retailer with | 4 | | on-line status, as those terms are defined by rule. The | 5 | | Department shall restrict the sale of lottery tickets on the | 6 | | Internet to transactions initiated and received or otherwise | 7 | | made exclusively within the State of Illinois. The Department | 8 | | shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this | 9 | | program. These rules shall include, among other things, | 10 | | requirements for marketing of the Lottery to infrequent | 11 | | players, as well as limitations on the purchases that may be | 12 | | made through any one individual's lottery account. The | 13 | | provisions of this Act and the rules adopted under this Act | 14 | | shall apply to the sale of lottery tickets or shares under this | 15 | | program. | 16 | | The Department may offer Lotto, Lucky Day Lotto, Mega | 17 | | Millions, Powerball, Pick 3, and Pick 4 through the Internet | 18 | | program. The Department shall maintain responsible gaming | 19 | | controls in its policies. | 20 | | Before beginning the program, the Department of the Lottery | 21 | | must submit a request to the United States Department of | 22 | | Justice for review of the State's plan to implement a program | 23 | | for the sale of lottery tickets on the Internet and its | 24 | | propriety under federal law. The Department shall implement the | 25 | | Internet program only if the Department of Justice does not | 26 | | object to the implementation of the program within a reasonable |
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| 1 | | period of time after its review. | 2 | | The Department is obligated to implement the program set | 3 | | forth in this Section and Sections 7.15 and 7.16 only at such | 4 | | time, and to such extent, that the Department of Justice does | 5 | | not object to the implementation of the program within a | 6 | | reasonable period of time after its review. While the Illinois | 7 | | Lottery may only offer Lotto, Mega Millions, and Powerball | 8 | | games through the program, the Department shall request review | 9 | | from the federal Department of Justice for the Illinois Lottery | 10 | | to sell lottery tickets on the Internet on behalf of the State | 11 | | of Illinois that are not limited to just these games. | 12 | | The Department shall authorize the private manager to | 13 | | implement and administer the program pursuant to the management | 14 | | agreement entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner | 15 | | consistent with the provisions of this Section. If a private | 16 | | manager has not been selected pursuant to Section 9.1 at the | 17 | | time the Department is obligated to implement the program, then | 18 | | the Department shall not proceed with the program until after | 19 | | the selection of the private manager, at which time the | 20 | | Department shall authorize the private manager to implement and | 21 | | administer the program pursuant to the management agreement | 22 | | entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner consistent with | 23 | | the provisions of this Section. | 24 | | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting | 25 | | the Department from implementing and operating a website portal | 26 | | whereby individuals who are 18 years of age or older with an |
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| 1 | | Illinois mailing address may apply to purchase lottery tickets | 2 | | via subscription. Nothing in this Section shall also be | 3 | | construed as prohibiting the sale of Lotto, Mega Millions, and | 4 | | Powerball games by a lottery licensee pursuant to the | 5 | | Department's rules. | 6 | | (c) (Blank). | 7 | | (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2026 2018 . | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-523, eff. 6-30-16; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
| 9 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 | | becoming law.
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