Bill Text: IL SB3756 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the Department of the Lottery's rules shall allow a consumer to redeem all sums of winnings and to withdraw unspent money deposited in the consumer's internet lottery account in the same manner in which it was deposited.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB3756 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB3756-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB3756 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Bill Cunningham SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1605/7.12
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the Department of the Lottery's rules shall allow a consumer to redeem all sums of winnings and to withdraw unspent money deposited in the consumer's internet lottery account in the same manner in which it was deposited.
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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(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025)
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.
These rules shall also allow a consumer to redeem all sums of
winnings and to withdraw unspent money deposited in the
consumer's internet lottery account in the same manner in
which it was deposited. 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.
The Department is obligated to implement the program set
forth in this Section and Sections 7.15 and 7.16. The
Department may offer Lotto, Lucky Day Lotto, Mega Millions,
Powerball, Pick 3, Pick 4, and other draw games that are
offered at retail locations through the Internet program. The
private manager shall obtain the Director's approval before
providing any draw games. Any draw game tickets that are
approved for sale by lottery licensees are automatically

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