Bill Text: MA H294 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: That the State Lottery Commision be authorized to enter into multijurisdictional games
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/9 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H294 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H294-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael J. Rodrigues
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to multi-jurisdictional lottery games.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Michael J. Rodrigues |
8th Bristol |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to multi-jurisdictional lottery games.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 1: Section 24 of Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence of Paragraph (a) and inserting in place thereof the following:
The commission is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with one or more states or other jurisdictions, hereinafter referred to as a group, for the purpose of creating and maintaining multi-jurisdictional lottery games; provided however, that a group agreement shall not include the state lottery games created pursuant to section twenty-four; provided further, that nothing in this section and nothing in a group agreement shall authorize the commission to make expenditures that are not consistent with restrictions on expenditures by the commission provided in any other general or special law. Each group shall determine the types of lotteries to be conducted, the prices of tickets or shares, the manner of selecting the winning tickets or shares, the manner of payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares and the frequency of the drawings or selection of winning tickets or shares.
