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1    AN ACT concerning gaming.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Lottery Law is amended  by changing 
5Section 9 as follows:
 



6    (20 ILCS 1605/9)  (from Ch. 120, par. 1159)


7    Sec. 9. The Director, as administrative head of
the 
8Department, shall direct and supervise all its administrative 
9and
technical activities.  In addition to the duties imposed 
10upon him
elsewhere in this Act, it
shall be the Director's 
11duty:

12        a.  To supervise and administer the operation of the 
13    lottery in
accordance with the provisions of this Act or 
14    such
rules and regulations of the Department
adopted 
15    thereunder.

16        b.  To attend meetings of the Board or to appoint a 
17    designee to
attend in his stead.

18        c.  To employ and direct such personnel in accord with 
19    the Personnel Code,
as may be necessary to carry out the 
20    purposes of this Act.
 In addition, the Director

may by 
21    agreement secure such services as he or she may deem 
22    necessary
from any other department, agency, or unit of the 
23    State government, and
may employ and compensate such 
 
 
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1    consultants and technical assistants as may
be required and 
2    is otherwise permitted by law.

3        d. To license, in accordance with the provisions of 
4    Sections 10 and 10.1
of this Act and the rules and 
5    regulations of the Department
adopted thereunder,
as 
6    agents to sell lottery tickets such persons as in his 
7    opinion will best
serve the public convenience and promote 
8    the sale of tickets or shares.
The Director may require a 
9    bond from every licensed agent, in such
amount as provided 
10    in the rules and regulations of the Department.  Every 
11    licensed
agent shall prominently display his license, or a 
12    copy thereof, as provided
in the rules and regulations of 
13    the Department.

14        e. To suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to 
15    this Act or the
rules and regulations promulgated by the 
16    Department thereunder.

17        f. To confer regularly as necessary or desirable and 
18    not
less than once
every month with the Lottery Control 
19    Board on the operation and administration
of the Lottery; 
20    to make available for inspection by the Board or any member

21    of the Board, upon request, all books, records, files, and 
22    other information
and documents of his office; to advise 
23    the Board and recommend such rules
and regulations and such 
24    other matters as he deems necessary and advisable
to 
25    improve the operation and administration of the lottery.

26        g. To enter into contracts for the operation of the 
 
 
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1    lottery, or any part
thereof, and into contracts for the 
2    promotion of the lottery on behalf of
the Department with 
3    any person, firm or corporation, to perform any of the

4    functions provided for in this Act or the rules and 
5    regulations promulgated
thereunder.  The Department shall 
6    not expend State funds on a contractual
basis for such 
7    functions unless those functions and expenditures are 
8    expressly
authorized by the General Assembly.

9        h. To enter into an agreement or agreements with the 
10    management of state
lotteries operated pursuant to the laws 
11    of other states for the purpose of
creating and operating a 
12    multi-state lottery game wherein a separate and
distinct 
13    prize pool would be combined to award larger prizes to the 
14    public
than could be offered by the several state 
15    lotteries, individually.  No
tickets or shares offered in 
16    connection with a multi-state lottery game
shall be sold 
17    within the State of Illinois, except those offered by and

18    through the Department.  No such agreement shall purport to 
19    pledge the full
faith and credit of the State of Illinois, 
20    nor shall the Department expend
State funds on a 
21    contractual basis in connection with any such game unless

22    such expenditures are expressly authorized by the General 
23    Assembly,
provided, however, that in the event of error or 
24    omission by the Illinois
State Lottery in the conduct of 
25    the game, as determined by the multi-state
game directors, 
26    the Department shall be authorized to pay a prize winner or

 
 
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1    winners the lesser of a disputed prize or $1,000,000, any 
2    such payment to
be made solely from funds appropriated for 
3    game prize purposes.  The
Department shall be authorized to 
4    share in the ordinary operating expenses
of any such 
5    multi-state lottery game, from funds appropriated by the 
6    General Assembly,
and in the event the multi-state game 
7    control offices are physically
located within the State of 
8    Illinois, the Department is authorized to
advance start-up 
9    operating costs not to exceed $150,000, subject to

10    proportionate reimbursement of such costs by the other 
11    participating state
lotteries.  The Department shall be 
12    authorized to share proportionately in
the costs of 
13    establishing a liability reserve fund from funds 
14    appropriated
by the General Assembly.  The Department is 
15    authorized to transfer prize
award funds attributable to 
16    Illinois sales of multi-state lottery game tickets to
the 
17    multi-state control office, or its designated depository, 
18    for deposit
to such game pool account or accounts as may be 
19    established by the
multi-state game directors, the records 
20    of which account or accounts shall
be available at all 
21    times for inspection in an audit by the Auditor General
of 
22    Illinois and any other auditors pursuant to the laws of the 
23    State of
Illinois.
No multi-state game prize awarded to a 
24    nonresident of Illinois, with
respect to a ticket or share 
25    purchased in a state other than the State of
Illinois, 
26    shall be deemed to be a prize awarded under this Act for 
 
 
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1    the
purpose of taxation under the Illinois Income Tax Act.


2    The Department shall promulgate such rules as may be 
3    appropriate to
implement the provisions of this Section.

4        i. To make a continuous study and investigation of (1) 
5    the operation and
the administration of similar laws which 
6    may be in effect in other states
or countries, (2) any 
7    literature on the subject which from time to time
may be 
8    published or available, (3) any Federal laws which may 
9    affect the
operation  of the
lottery,  and  (4) the reaction 
10    of Illinois citizens to existing and potential
features of 
11    the lottery with a view to recommending or effecting 
12    changes
that will tend to serve the purposes of this Act.

13        j. To report monthly to the State Treasurer and the 
14    Lottery Control Board
a full and complete statement of 
15    lottery revenues, prize disbursements and
other expenses 
16    for each month and the amounts to be transferred to the 
17    Common
School Fund pursuant to Section 7.2, and to
make an 
18    annual report, which shall include a full and complete 
19    statement
of lottery revenues, prize disbursements and 
20    other expenses, to the Governor
and the Board.  All reports 
21    required by this subsection shall be public
and copies of 
22    all
such reports shall be sent to the Speaker of the House, 
23    the President of
the Senate, and the minority leaders of 
24    both houses.
25        k. To keep the name and municipality of residence of  
26    the prize winner of a prize of $250,000 or greater 
 
 
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1    confidential upon the prize winner making a written request 
2    that his or her name and municipality of residence be kept 
3    confidential. The prize winner must submit his or her 
4    written request at the time of claiming the prize.  The 
5    written request shall be in the form established by the 
6    Department. Nothing in this paragraph k supersedes the 
7    Department's duty to disclose the name and municipality of 
8    residence of a prize winner of a prize of $250,000 or 
9    greater pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. 

10(Source: P.A. 98-499, eff. 8-16-13; 99-933, eff. 1-27-17.)