Public Act 90-0724 of the 90th General Assembly
Public Act 90-0724
SB1709 Enrolled LRB9007703LDbd
AN ACT to amend the Illinois Lottery Law by changing
Section 19.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended by
changing Section 19 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1605/19) (from Ch. 120, par. 1169)
Sec. 19. The Department shall establish an appropriate
period for the claiming of prizes for each lottery game
offered. Each claim period shall be stated in game rules and
written play instructions issued by the Director in
accordance with Section 7.1 of this Act. Written play
instructions shall be made available to all players through
sales agents licensed to sell game tickets or shares. Prizes
for lottery games which involve the purchase of a physical
lottery ticket may be claimed only by presentation of a valid
winning lottery ticket that matches validation records on
file with the Lottery; no claim may be honored which is based
on the assertion that the ticket was lost or stolen. No
lottery ticket which has been altered, mutilated, or fails to
pass validation tests shall be deemed to be a winning ticket.
If no claim is made for the money within the established
claim period, the prize may be included in the prize pool of
such special drawing or drawings as the Department may, from
time to time, designate., provided that Unclaimed multi-state
game prize money may shall be included in the multi-state
prize pool for such special drawing or drawings as the
multi-state game directors may, from time to time, designate.
Any bonuses offered by the Department to sales agents who
sell winning tickets or shares shall be payable to such
agents regardless of whether or not the prize money on the
ticket or share is claimed, provided that the agent can be
identified as the vendor of the winning ticket or share, and
that the winning ticket or share was sold on or after January
1, 1984. All unclaimed prize money not included in the prize
pool of a special drawing shall be transferred to the Common
School Fund.
(Source: P.A. 87-860; 88-676, eff. 12-14-94.)