Bill Text: IL HB5181 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Extends the repeal date for provisions concerning a program that allows individuals 18 years of age or older to purchase lottery tickets online from July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2028. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5181 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5181-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5181 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1605/7.12
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Extends the repeal date for provisions concerning a program that allows individuals 18 years of age or older to purchase lottery tickets online from July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2028. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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 7.12 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1605/7.12)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2018)
Sec. 7.12. Internet program.
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) the consumer market in Illinois has changed since
the creation of the Illinois State Lottery in 1974;
(2) the Internet has become an integral part of
everyday life for a significant number of Illinois
residents not only in regards to their professional life,
but also in regards to personal business and communication;
and
(3) the current practices of selling lottery tickets
does not appeal to the new form of market participants who
prefer to make purchases on the Internet at their own
convenience.
It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an
Internet program for the sale of lottery tickets to capture
this new form of market participant.

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(b) The Department shall create a program that allows an
individual 18 years of age or older to purchase lottery tickets
or shares on the Internet without using a Lottery retailer with
on-line status, as those terms are defined by rule. The
Department shall restrict the sale of lottery tickets on the
Internet to transactions initiated and received or otherwise
made exclusively within the State of Illinois. The Department
shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this
program. These rules shall include, among other things,
requirements for marketing of the Lottery to infrequent
players, as well as limitations on the purchases that may be
made through any one individual's lottery account. The
provisions of this Act and the rules adopted under this Act
shall apply to the sale of lottery tickets or shares under this
program.
Before beginning the program, the Department of the Lottery
must submit a request to the United States Department of
Justice for review of the State's plan to implement a program
for the sale of lottery tickets on the Internet and its
propriety under federal law. The Department shall implement the
Internet program only if the Department of Justice does not
object to the implementation of the program within a reasonable
period of time after its review.
The Department is obligated to implement the program set
forth in this Section and Sections 7.15 and 7.16 only at such
time, and to such extent, that the Department of Justice does

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not object to the implementation of the program within a
reasonable period of time after its review. While the Illinois
Lottery may only offer Lotto, Mega Millions, and Powerball
games through the program, the Department shall request review
from the federal Department of Justice for the Illinois Lottery
to sell lottery tickets on the Internet on behalf of the State
of Illinois that are not limited to just these games.
The Department shall authorize the private manager to
implement and administer the program pursuant to the management
agreement entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner
consistent with the provisions of this Section. If a private
manager has not been selected pursuant to Section 9.1 at the
time the Department is obligated to implement the program, then
the Department shall not proceed with the program until after
the selection of the private manager, at which time the
Department shall authorize the private manager to implement and
administer the program pursuant to the management agreement
entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner consistent with
the provisions of this Section.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting
the Department from implementing and operating a website portal
whereby individuals who are 18 years of age or older with an
Illinois mailing address may apply to purchase lottery tickets
via subscription. Nothing in this Section shall also be
construed as prohibiting the sale of Lotto, Mega Millions, and
Powerball games by a lottery licensee pursuant to the

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Department's rules.
(c) (Blank).
(d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2028 2018.
(Source: P.A. 99-523, eff. 6-30-16; 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.