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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
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 7.12 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1605/7.12)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2017)
8    Sec. 7.12. Internet program.   
9    (a) The General Assembly finds that: 
10        (1) the consumer market in Illinois has changed since 
11    the creation of the Illinois State Lottery in 1974;
12        (2) the Internet has become an integral part of 
13    everyday life for a significant number of Illinois 
14    residents not only in regards to their professional life, 
15    but also  in regards to personal business and communication; 
16    and
17        (3) the current practices of selling lottery tickets 
18    does not appeal to the new form of market participants who 
19    prefer to make purchases on the Internet at their own 
20    convenience.
21    It is the intent of the General Assembly to create an 
22Internet program for the sale of lottery tickets to capture 
23this new form of market participant. 
 
 
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1    (b) The Department shall create a program that allows an 
2individual 18 years of age or older to purchase lottery tickets 
3or shares on the Internet without using a Lottery retailer with 
4on-line status, as those terms are defined by rule. The 
5Department shall restrict the sale of lottery tickets on the 
6Internet to transactions initiated and received or otherwise 
7made exclusively within the State of Illinois.  The Department 
8shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this 
9program. These rules shall include, among other things, 
10requirements for marketing of the Lottery to infrequent 
11players, as well as limitations on the purchases that may be 
12made through any one individual's lottery account.  The 
13provisions of this Act and the rules adopted under this Act 
14shall apply to the sale of lottery tickets or shares under this 
15program.
16    Before beginning the program, the Department of the Lottery 
17must submit a request to the United States Department of 
18Justice for review of the State's plan to implement a program 
19for the sale of lottery tickets on the Internet and its 
20propriety under federal law.  The Department shall implement the 
21Internet program only if the Department of Justice does not 
22object to the implementation of the program within a reasonable 
23period of time after its review.
24    The Department is obligated to  implement the program set 
25forth in  this Section and Sections 7.15 and 7.16 only at such 
26time, and to such extent, that the Department of Justice does 
 
 
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1not object to the implementation of the program within a 
2reasonable period of time after its review. While the Illinois 
3Lottery may only offer Lotto, Mega Millions, and Powerball 
4games through the program, the Department shall request review 
5from the federal Department of Justice for the Illinois Lottery 
6to sell lottery tickets on the Internet on behalf of the State 
7of Illinois that are not limited to just these games. 
8    The Department shall authorize the private manager to 
9implement and administer the program pursuant to the management 
10agreement entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner 
11consistent with the provisions of this Section.  If a private 
12manager has not been selected pursuant to Section 9.1 at the 
13time the Department is obligated to implement the program, then 
14the Department shall not proceed with the program until after 
15the selection of the private manager, at which time the 
16Department shall authorize the private manager to implement and 
17administer the program pursuant to the management agreement 
18entered into under Section 9.1 and in a manner consistent with 
19the provisions of this Section.
20    Nothing in this Section shall be construed as prohibiting 
21the Department from implementing and operating a website portal 
22whereby individuals who are 18 years of age or older with an 
23Illinois mailing address may apply to purchase lottery tickets 
24via subscription. Nothing in this Section shall also be 
25construed as prohibiting the sale of Lotto, Mega Millions, and 
26Powerball games by a lottery licensee pursuant to the 
 
 
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1Department's rules.
2    (c) (Blank).
3    (d) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2018 2017. 
4(Source: P.A. 98-499, eff. 8-16-13; 99-523, eff. 6-30-16.)
 
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
6becoming law.