Bill Text: CT HB05387 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5387 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Keno.

Spectrum:

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-07 - Referred by House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [HB05387 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05387-Comm_Sub.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5387*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 1523
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT CONCERNING KENO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 12-801 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

As used in sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning:

(1) "Board" or "board of directors" means the board of directors of the corporation;

(2) "Corporation" means the Connecticut Lottery Corporation as created under section 12-802;

(3) "Division" means the former Division of Special Revenue in the Department of Revenue Services;

(4) "Lottery" means (A) the Connecticut state lottery conducted prior to the transfer authorized under section 12-808 by the Division of Special Revenue, (B) after such transfer, the Connecticut state lottery conducted by the corporation pursuant to sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and (C) the state lottery referred to in subsection (a) of section 53-278g; [, and (D) keno;]

[(5) "Keno" means a lottery game in which twenty numbers are drawn from a field of eighty numbers by a central computer system using an approved random number generator, a rabbit ear or wheel system device employing eighty numbered balls and the player holding a playslip matching the number of balls required for a particular spot game is awarded a prize as indicated on the approved rate card;]

[(6)] (5) "Lottery fund" means a fund or funds established by, and under the management and control of, the corporation, into which all lottery revenues of the corporation are deposited, from which all payments and expenses of the corporation are paid and from which transfers to the General Fund are made pursuant to section 12-812; and

[(7)] (6) "Operating revenue" means total revenue received from lottery sales less all cancelled sales and amounts paid as prizes but before payment or provision for payment of any other expenses. [; and]

[(8) "Playslip" means a lottery ticket issued for purposes of playing keno.]

Sec. 2. Subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 12-806 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(4) To introduce new lottery games, modify existing lottery games, utilize existing and new technologies, determine distribution channels for the sale of lottery tickets, [introduce keno pursuant to signed agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, in accordance with section 12-806c] and, to the extent specifically authorized by regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to chapter 54, introduce instant ticket vending machines, kiosks and automated wagering systems or machines, with all such rights being subject to regulatory oversight by the Department of Consumer Protection, except that the corporation shall not offer any interactive on-line lottery games, including on-line video lottery games for promotional purposes;

Sec. 3. Section 12-806c of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed. (Effective from passage)


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	12-801
Sec. 2	from passage	12-806(b)(4)
Sec. 3	from passage	Repealer section