| 52 | | - | (c) “Commission” means the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission. 1 |
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| 54 | | - | (d) “Director” means the Director of the Agency. 2 |
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| 56 | | - | (e) “Governmental unit” means: 3 |
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| 58 | | - | (1) an instrumentality of the State; 4 |
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| 60 | | - | (2) a county or municipal corporation of the State; or 5 |
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| 62 | | - | (3) an instrumentality of a county or municipal corporation of the State. 6 |
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| 64 | | - | (f) “JACKPOT GAME ” MEANS A LOTTERY GAME FOR WHICH THE TOP PR IZE 7 |
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| 65 | | - | AMOUNT VARIES : 8 |
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| 67 | | - | (1) BASED ON SALES ; AND 9 |
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| 69 | | - | (2) IF THE PRIZE WAS WON IN THE PRECEDING DRA WING. 10 |
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| 71 | | - | (G) “License” means a license issued by the Director to act as a licensed agent. 11 |
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| 73 | | - | [(g)] (H) “Licensed agent” means a person or governmental unit licensed by the 12 |
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| 74 | | - | Director to act as a State lottery sales agent. 13 |
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| 76 | | - | (I) “MULTIJURISDICTIONAL G AME” MEANS A LOTTERY GAME OFFERED BY 14 |
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| 77 | | - | THE AGENCY AND: 15 |
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| 79 | | - | (1) ANY OTHER POLITICAL ENTITY OUTSIDE THE STATE OR OUTSIDE 16 |
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| 80 | | - | THE UNITED STATES; OR 17 |
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| 82 | | - | (2) ANY PRIVATE LICENSEE OF A STATE OR FOREIG N NATION. 18 |
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| 84 | | - | [(h)] (J) (1) “State lottery” means the lottery established and operated under 19 |
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| 85 | | - | this subtitle. 20 |
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| 87 | | - | (2) “State lottery” includes a raffle conducted by the Agency. 21 |
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| 89 | | - | (K) “SUBSCRIPTION” MEANS A METHOD OF PL AYING A 22 |
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| 90 | | - | MULTIJURISDICTIONAL OR JACKPOT LOTTERY G AME BY WHICH AN INDI VIDUAL 23 |
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| 91 | | - | SUBMITS TO THE AGENCY: 24 |
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| 93 | | - | (1) AN APPLICATION TO PL AY A GAME USING THE SAME GAME DATA 25 |
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| 94 | | - | FOR A SPECIFIED NUMB ER OF CONSECUTIVE DR AWINGS; AND 26 |
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| 95 | | - | HOUSE BILL 618 3 |
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| 98 | | - | (2) PAYMENT FOR THE DRAWINGS . 1 |
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| 100 | | - | 9–111. 2 |
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| 102 | | - | (e) (1) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (2) PARAGRAPHS (2) 3 |
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| 103 | | - | AND (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION , THE Agency may not allow the establishment of any 4 |
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| 104 | | - | system or program that allows a person to purchase a State lottery ticket through an 5 |
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| 105 | | - | electronic device that connects to the Internet, such as a personal computer or mobile 6 |
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| 106 | | - | device. 7 |
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| 108 | | - | (2) THE AGENCY MAY ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A S YSTEM OR 8 |
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| 109 | | - | PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR THE PURCHASE OF A STATE LOTTERY SUBSCRI PTION 9 |
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| 110 | | - | PLAN AN INDIVIDUAL TO PUR CHASE A SUBSCRIPTION THROUGH AN ELECTRONI C 10 |
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| 111 | | - | DEVICE THAT CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET, SUCH AS A PERSONAL C OMPUTER OR 11 |
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| 112 | | - | MOBILE DEVICE . 12 |
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| 114 | | - | (3) (I) THE AGENCY MAY ALLOW A LI CENSED AGENT TO SELL A 13 |
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| 115 | | - | VOUCHER THAT AN INDI VIDUAL MAY USE TO FU ND THE PURCHASE OF A 14 |
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| 116 | | - | SUBSCRIPTION . 15 |
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| 118 | | - | (II) THE AGENCY SHALL PAY A LI CENSED AGENT THAT SE LLS A 16 |
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| 119 | | - | VOUCHER DESCRIBED UN DER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH TH E 17 |
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| 120 | | - | COMMISSION RATE STAT ED IN § 9–117 OF THIS SUBTITLE. 18 |
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| 122 | | - | (III) THE AGENCY SHALL PAY A LI CENSED AGENT THE 19 |
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| 123 | | - | COMMISSION RATE STAT ED IN § 9–117 OF THIS SUBTITLE FOR THE RENEWAL OF A 20 |
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| 124 | | - | SUBSCRIPTION THAT WA S ORIGINALLY FUNDED BY A VOUCHER SOLD BY THE 21 |
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| 125 | | - | LICENSED AGENT AND I S RENEWED BEFORE THE SUBSCRIPTION ’S EXPIRATION FOR 22 |
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| 126 | | - | A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE FIRST RENEWAL . 23 |
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| 128 | | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before December 1, 24 |
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| 129 | | - | 2026, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency shall report to the Senate Budget and 25 |
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| 130 | | - | Taxation Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Ways and 26 |
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| 131 | | - | Means Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on State 27 |
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| 132 | | - | lottery subscription sales, including: 28 |
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| 134 | | - | (1) the number and amount of subscriptions sold directly by the Agency; 29 |
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| 136 | | - | (2) the number and amount of vouchers sold by licensed agents; and 30 |
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| 138 | | - | (3) the number of subscription renewals processed directly by the Agency 31 |
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| 139 | | - | that were originally funded by vouchers. 32 |
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| 141 | | - | SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 33 |
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| 142 | | - | July 1, 2025. 34 4 HOUSE BILL 618 |
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| 149 | | - | Approved: |
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| 150 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 151 | | - | Governor. |
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| 152 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 153 | | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |
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| 154 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 155 | | - | President of the Senate. |
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