Bill Text: HI HCR113 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Business, Economic Development, And Tourism To Convene A Working Group To Examine The Feasibility Of A State Lottery.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-28 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Amato, Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kapela, Perruso, Ward voting no (4) and Representative(s) Gates, Ichiyama, Kila, Lowen, Tam excused (5). [HCR113 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HCR113-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.C.R. NO. |
113 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the department of business, economic development, and tourism to convene a working group to examine the feasibility of a state lottery.
WHEREAS, according to the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries, forty-four states and the District of Columbia offer lotteries in the United States; and
WHEREAS, Gallup polls have found that state lotteries are the most popular form of gambling in the United States, with roughly half of respondents saying they purchased a lottery ticket in the past twelve months; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, Americans spent $105.26 billion on lottery tickets, and state governments on average take in about a third of each lottery jackpot in taxes and revenue; and
WHEREAS, according to the Tax Foundation, "state lotteries pay out an average of only 60 percent of gross revenues in prizes (compared to about 90 percent for casino slot machines or table games)"; and
WHEREAS, Hawaii is one of the few remaining jurisdictions without a state lottery; and
WHEREAS, a working group should be convened to study whether the a state lottery would be feasible; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism is requested to convene a working group to examine the feasibility of a state lottery; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2025; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
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State Lottery; Feasibility; Working Group