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90_SB1709

      20 ILCS 1605/19           from Ch. 120, par. 1169
          Amends the Illinois Lottery Law.  Provides that unclaimed
      multi-state game prize money may (now shall) be  included  in
      the  multi-state  prize  pool  for  special  drawings  as the
      multi-state game directors may designate.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  Illinois  Lottery  Law  by  changing
 2    Section 19.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  Illinois  Lottery  Law  is  amended  by
 6    changing Section 19 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 1605/19) (from Ch. 120, par. 1169)
 8        Sec.  19.   The Department shall establish an appropriate
 9    period for the claiming  of  prizes  for  each  lottery  game
10    offered.  Each claim period shall be stated in game rules and
11    written   play   instructions   issued  by  the  Director  in
12    accordance with  Section  7.1  of  this  Act.   Written  play
13    instructions  shall  be made available to all players through
14    sales agents licensed to sell game tickets or shares.  Prizes
15    for  lottery  games  which involve the purchase of a physical
16    lottery ticket may be claimed only by presentation of a valid
17    winning lottery ticket that  matches  validation  records  on
18    file with the Lottery; no claim may be honored which is based
19    on  the  assertion  that  the  ticket was lost or stolen.  No
20    lottery ticket which has been altered, mutilated, or fails to
21    pass validation tests shall be deemed to be a winning ticket.
22        If no claim is made for the money within the  established
23    claim  period, the prize may be included in the prize pool of
24    such special drawing or drawings as the Department may,  from
25    time  to time, designate, provided that unclaimed multi-state
26    game prize money may shall be  included  in  the  multi-state
27    prize  pool  for  such  special  drawing  or  drawings as the
28    multi-state game directors may, from time to time, designate.
29    Any bonuses offered by the Department  to  sales  agents  who
30    sell  winning  tickets  or  shares  shall  be payable to such
31    agents regardless of whether or not the prize  money  on  the
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 1    ticket  or  share  is claimed, provided that the agent can be
 2    identified as the vendor of the winning ticket or share,  and
 3    that the winning ticket or share was sold on or after January
 4    1, 1984.
 5    (Source: P.A. 87-860; 88-676, eff. 12-14-94.)

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