SF 1788

1st Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to the lottery; requiring certain information 
  1.3             to be included in lottery publications, prize 
  1.4             announcement signs, electronic messages, and on-line 
  1.5             lottery tickets; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
  1.6             section 349A.09, subdivision 1. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 349A.09, 
  1.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [ODDS; REQUIRED INFORMATION.] (a) The 
  1.11  director shall include on each brochure, pamphlet, booklet, or 
  1.12  other similar material the director publishes to promote or 
  1.13  explain any lottery game, (1) a prominent and clear statement of 
  1.14  the approximate odds of winning each prize offered in that 
  1.15  lottery game, and (2) in the case of on-line lottery games, 
  1.16  messages substantially complying with paragraph (c), clauses (2) 
  1.17  and (3).  Each lottery retailer must post prominently at or near 
  1.18  the point of ticket sale a notice or notices printed and 
  1.19  provided by the director of the approximate odds of winning each 
  1.20  prize in each game for which the lottery retailer sells tickets. 
  1.21     (b) In any poster, sign, or other display material that the 
  1.22  director distributes to lottery retailers that allows a retailer 
  1.23  to write in and display the amount of any lottery prize offered 
  1.24  in an on-line lottery game, the director must include a 
  1.25  prominent space for showing the current monetary value of that 
  1.26  prize.  The director shall include the current monetary value in 
  2.1   any communication to lottery retailers that informs retailers of 
  2.2   the actual or estimated amount of a prize in an on-line lottery 
  2.3   game.  A retailer who posts in the retailer's premises a poster, 
  2.4   sign, or other display material, whether furnished by the 
  2.5   lottery director or otherwise, that announces the actual or 
  2.6   estimated value of a prize in an on-line lottery game must 
  2.7   include on that material the current monetary value of that 
  2.8   prize.  This paragraph applies only to lottery prizes that are 
  2.9   payable in more than one installment. 
  2.10     (c) If the director maintains changeable electronic message 
  2.11  signs on on-line lottery computer terminals on the premises of 
  2.12  retailers, and uses such a sign to display an actual or 
  2.13  estimated prize in an on-line lottery game that is payable in 
  2.14  more than one installment, the message that displays the amount 
  2.15  of such a prize must include the following information: 
  2.16     (1) the current monetary value of that prize; 
  2.17     (2) a message to the effect that prizes are subject to 
  2.18  federal and state taxation; and 
  2.19     (3) a message to the effect that prizes may be divided 
  2.20  among two or more winners. 
  2.21     (d) An on-line game lottery ticket issued to a ticket 
  2.22  purchaser that contains numbers selected by the purchaser or 
  2.23  randomly assigned to the purchaser must contain messages that 
  2.24  substantially comply with paragraph (c), clauses (2) and (3). 
  2.25     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.26     Section 1 is effective on August 1, 1996, and only applies 
  2.27  to new materials published by the state lottery.