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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1790 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 169
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Paul R. Feeney
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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 adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act modernizing lottery operations.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Paul R. FeeneyBristol and NorfolkDeborah B. Goldberg, Treasurer
and Receiver General
TreasurerLindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire2/28/2023 1 of 2
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1790 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 169
By Mr. Feeney, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 169) of Paul R. Feeney, Deborah B.
Goldberg, Treasurer and Receiver General and Lindsay N. Sabadosa for legislation to modernize
lottery operations. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act modernizing lottery operations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Section 31 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020
2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 3, after the words “any member or
3employee of the commission" the following words:- except as authorized by the director for
4investigative purposes,
5 SECTION 2. Section 27A of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
6amended by striking out, in lines 31 through 33, the words “in a newspaper of general circulation
7in the area including the municipality where said Keno licensee will operate” and inserting in
8place thereof the following words:- on the commission’s website
9 SECTION 3. Section 26 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
10amended by striking out the words “, provided, however that no person shall be assigned more
11than one license to sell lottery tickets or shares”. 2 of 2
12 SECTION 4. Section 27 of said chapter 10, as so appearing, is hereby amended by
13striking out the sentence “No federal employee and no state, county or municipal employee, or
14member of the immediate family, as defined in section one of chapter two hundred sixty-eight A,
15shall sell or be issued a license to sell lottery tickets.” and inserting in place thereof the following
16sentence:- No member or employee of the commission or any person residing in the same
17household in the principal place of abode of any member or employee of the commission, or
18legal entity that includes such a person as an officer, director, member, partner, owner, investor
19or an individual that has a financial interest in the entity unless said interest is in a publicly
20traded company by ownership of shares of less than ten percent of all issued stock, shall be
21issued a license to sell lottery tickets.
22 SECTION 5. Section 26 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby
23amended by striking the first sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The
24state treasurer shall, subject to the approval of the governor, appoint a director of the state
25lottery, hereinafter called the director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the state treasurer, shall
26devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office and to such official duties specified
27by the state treasurer, and shall receive such salary as the commission may determine.