Bill Text: FL S1264 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lottery Games

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology [S1264 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-S1264-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1264
       
       
        
       By Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       8-01486A-19                                           20191264__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to lottery games; creating s. 24.1056,
    3         F.S.; prohibiting the use of personal electronic
    4         devices to play, store, redeem, sell, or purchase
    5         lottery tickets or games; providing exceptions;
    6         defining the term “personal electronic device”;
    7         providing criminal penalties; amending s. 24.107,
    8         F.S.; requiring the Department of the Lottery to
    9         include a specified warning in advertisements or
   10         promotions of lottery games; providing requirements
   11         for such warning; amending s. 24.111, F.S.; requiring
   12         contracts between the department and a vendor to
   13         include a provision that requires the vendor to print
   14         a specified warning on all lottery tickets; providing
   15         requirements for such warning; providing an effective
   16         date.
   17          
   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   19  
   20         Section 1. Section 24.1056, Florida Statutes, is created to
   21  read:
   22         24.1056 Prohibition against use of personal electronic
   23  devices in lottery games.—
   24         (1) The provisions of this chapter are strictly limited to
   25  lottery tickets that are exclusively in paper form, purchased
   26  from and conveyed by an authorized retailer within the physical
   27  premises of the authorized retailer, and redeemed in a manner as
   28  prescribed in this chapter.
   29         (2) A person may not use a personal electronic device to
   30  play, store, or redeem a lottery ticket or game or
   31  representation thereof. However, the storage of a photographic
   32  image of a lottery ticket or game on a personal electronic
   33  device exclusively for personal use is permissible, provided the
   34  image is not used in any manner in conjunction with or in lieu
   35  of the paper ticket or game for purposes of playing or redeeming
   36  the paper ticket or game.
   37         (3) A person may not use or solicit the use of a personal
   38  electronic device in order to sell or purchase a lottery ticket
   39  or game or representation thereof unless the device is used
   40  exclusively to render payment for a lottery ticket or game
   41  purchased from and conveyed by an authorized retailer within the
   42  physical premises of the authorized retailer.
   43         (4) For purposes of this section, the term “personal
   44  electronic device” means a cellular telephone, smart phone,
   45  smart watch, tablet, laptop computer, desktop computer, or any
   46  other electronic device capable of connecting to the Internet or
   47  any other communications network or data system, but does not
   48  include a device operated solely by the department, a retailer,
   49  or a vendor, or a vending machine authorized pursuant to s.
   50  24.112(15).
   51         (5) A person who violates this section commits a
   52  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
   53  775.082 or s. 775.083.
   54         Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 24.107,
   55  Florida Statutes, to read:
   56         24.107 Advertising and promotion of lottery games.—
   57         (3) Beginning January 1, 2020, every advertisement or
   58  promotion of lottery games under this chapter shall include the
   59  following statement: “WARNING: PLAYING A LOTTERY GAME
   60  CONSTITUTES GAMBLING AND MAY LEAD TO ADDICTION AND/OR COMPULSIVE
   61  BEHAVIOR. THE CHANCES OF WINNING A BIG PRIZE ARE VERY LOW.” The
   62  statement must:
   63         (a) If on television, on the Internet, or in any other
   64  electronic medium, appear in black font on a white background
   65  and occupy at least 10 percent of the surface area of the
   66  advertisement or promotion.
   67         (b) If in print, including in a newspaper, in a magazine,
   68  or on a billboard, appear in prominent text and occupy at least
   69  10 percent of the surface area of the advertisement or
   70  promotion.
   71         (c) If on radio, be audibly announced at the conclusion of
   72  the advertisement or promotion.
   73         Section 3. Subsection (8) is added to section 24.111,
   74  Florida Statutes, to read:
   75         24.111 Vendors; disclosure and contract requirements.—
   76         (8) Beginning January 1, 2020, all contracts subject to
   77  this section shall contain a provision that requires the vendor
   78  to print the following statement on every lottery ticket sold
   79  under this chapter: “WARNING: PLAYING A LOTTERY GAME CONSTITUTES
   80  GAMBLING AND MAY LEAD TO ADDICTION AND/OR COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR.
   81  THE CHANCES OF WINNING A BIG PRIZE ARE VERY LOW.” The statement
   82  must:
   83         (a) Appear in prominent text on the front side of each
   84  lottery ticket.
   85         (b) Occupy at least 10 percent of the total face of the
   86  lottery ticket.
   87         (c) Appear on every lottery ticket printed on or after
   88  January 1, 2021, pursuant to this chapter.
   89         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.