House Bill No. 6038
Public Act No. 21-63
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROMOTION OF LOTTERY WINNINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 12-814 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021):
(a) In each advertisement intended to promote the purchase of lottery
tickets issued for games authorized under sections 12-563a and 12-800
to 12-818, inclusive, the corporation shall include a prominent and clear
statement of the average chances of winning per lottery ticket.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to
(1) advertisements in newspapers, magazines [,] and brochures and on
posters, and (2) television and radio advertisements thirty seconds or
longer for one game.
(c) On or before October 1, 1999, the corporation shall implement a
code of standards for all advertisements and other activities intended to
promote the purchase of lottery tickets for games authorized pursuant
to this chapter. The code of standards shall include the requirement that
no advertisement or promotion shall denigrate the character or conduct
of nonlottery players or praise the character or conduct of lottery
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(d) The corporation shall not publish the photograph of any person
who redeems a winning lottery ticket on the corporation's Internet web
site without the prior written consent of such person.
(e) If a person who redeems a winning lottery ticket requests to be
excluded from the list of winners published on the corporation's
Internet web site, the corporation shall remove such person's name from
such list not later than five days after receiving such request.