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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Before beginning the program, the Department of the Lottery | ||||||
17 | must submit a request to the United States Department of | ||||||
18 | Justice for review of the State's plan to implement a program | ||||||
19 | for the sale of lottery tickets on the Internet and its | ||||||
20 | propriety under federal law. The Department shall implement the | ||||||
21 | Internet program only if the Department of Justice does not | ||||||
22 | object to the implementation of the program within a reasonable | ||||||
23 | period of time after its review. | ||||||
24 | The Department is obligated to implement the program set | ||||||
25 | forth in this Section and Sections 7.15 and 7.16 only at such | ||||||
26 | time, and to such extent, that the Department of Justice does |
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1 | not object to the implementation of the program within a | ||||||
2 | reasonable period of time after its review. While the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Lottery may only offer Lotto, Mega Millions, and Powerball | ||||||
4 | games through the program, the Department shall request review | ||||||
5 | from the federal Department of Justice for the Illinois Lottery | ||||||
6 | to sell lottery tickets on the Internet on behalf of the State | ||||||
7 | of Illinois that are not limited to just these games. | ||||||
8 | The Department shall authorize the private manager to | ||||||
9 | implement and administer the program pursuant to the management | ||||||
10 | agreement entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner | ||||||
11 | consistent with the provisions of this Section. If a private | ||||||
12 | manager has not been selected pursuant to Section 9.1 at the | ||||||
13 | time the Department is obligated to implement the program, then | ||||||
14 | the Department shall not proceed with the program until after | ||||||
15 | the selection of the private manager, at which time the | ||||||
16 | Department shall authorize the private manager to implement and | ||||||
17 | administer the program pursuant to the management agreement | ||||||
18 | entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner consistent with | ||||||
19 | the provisions of this Section. | ||||||
20 | Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting | ||||||
21 | the Department from implementing and operating a website portal | ||||||
22 | whereby individuals who are 18 years of age or older with an | ||||||
23 | Illinois mailing address may apply to purchase lottery tickets | ||||||
24 | via subscription. Nothing in this Section shall also be | ||||||
25 | construed as prohibiting the sale of Lotto, Mega Millions, and | ||||||
26 | Powerball games by a lottery licensee pursuant to the |
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1 | Department's rules. | ||||||
2 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
3 | (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2022 2017 . | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 98-499, eff. 8-16-13; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16.)
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5 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
6 | becoming law.
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