2007 Minnesota Statutes

299L.09 LOTTERY SERVICE BUSINESS.
    Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section:
(a) A "lottery service business" is a commercial enterprise that for a fee or commission
purchases lottery tickets on behalf of customers or subscribers.
(b) "Division" means the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the Department
of Public Safety.
(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety acting through the division.
(d) "Disqualifying offense" means any felony, gross misdemeanor, and any criminal offense
involving fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit.
    Subd. 2. Required statements. (a) All print advertising in any medium published by or on
behalf of a lottery service business, and all print communications intended to solicit members,
including Internet solicitations, for each lottery pool or subscription service offered, must contain
a clear and prominent statement that discloses to the subscriber, either in print or in electronic
format, a statement that describes how much of each subscriber's fees are used to buy tickets.
(b) All advertising and solicitation described in paragraph (a) must contain the following
statement in clear and readable type: "This business is not affiliated with and is not an agent of the
Minnesota State Lottery."
    Subd. 3. Prohibitions. (a) A lottery service business may not accept as a customer or
subscriber any person under age 18, or make a payment of lottery winnings to a person under
age 18.
(b) Except as necessary for the lottery service business to fill a pool, a lottery service
business and any officer, director, or employee of the business may not have any stake or own any
shares in any lottery pool it creates for customers or subscribers.
    Subd. 4. Lottery prize account. A lottery service business must deposit all money received
as winnings from lottery tickets bought for or on behalf of customers or subscribers into a
lottery prize account that it maintains separately from all other accounts of the business. The
business may expend money from the account, including interest thereon, only to pay winnings to
customers or subscribers and to make payments required under subdivision 5.
    Subd. 5. Unclaimed prizes. (a) A lottery service business must make all good-faith efforts to
distribute money in its lottery prize account to customers and subscribers entitled thereto.
(b) Any prizewinning money deposited in the lottery prize account that has not been
distributed to customers or subscribers as winnings within one year after the date of the drawing
becomes an unclaimed prize. On July 1 of each year, a lottery service business must transmit all
unclaimed prizes, including all interest earned thereon while the prize was in the lottery prize
account, to the commissioner. The commissioner shall deposit all payments under this subdivision
in the general fund. This subdivision does not apply if the amount of prizewinning money in
the account is less than $25.
    Subd. 6. Books and records. A lottery service business must keep a complete accounting
and all records necessary to show fully the lottery service business's lottery transactions, including
incoming revenue, tickets purchased, and winnings distributed.
History: 2005 c 166 art 2 s 1