SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2627
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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SENATE, April 1, 2024.
The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, to whom was
referred the petitions (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; and (accompanied by bill, House, No. 256) of Daniel Cahill and Angelo J.
Puppolo, Jr. relative to lottery operations, report the accompanying bill (Senate, No.2627).
For the committee,
John J. Cronin 1 of 2
FILED ON: 2/6/2024
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2627
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 2022
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”.
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 2 of 2
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.