Title 12 — Title 12: Taxation

Sec. 12-800. Short title: Connecticut Lottery Corporation Act. Sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, may be cited as the “Connecticut Lottery Corporation Act”. (P.A. 96-212, S. 1, 32.) History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996.

Sec. 12-801. Definitions. As used in section 12-563a and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning: (1) “Board” or “board of directors” means the board of directors of the corporation…

Sec. 12-802. Connecticut Lottery Corporation. Establishment. Board membership. Meetings. Employees. (a) There is created a body politic and corporate, constituting a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state created for the performance of an essential governme…

Sec. 12-802a. Employee licenses. No person shall be employed by the Connecticut Lottery Corporation until such person has obtained an occupational license issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with regulations adopted under section 12-568a. (P.A. 97-277,…

Sec. 12-802b. Information required for licensing. Criminal history records checks. Licensing and regulation of employees. Section 12-802b is repealed, effective July 1, 2005. (P.A. 97-277, S. 5, 13; P.A. 01-175, S. 7, 32; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 117.)

Sec. 12-803. Perpetual succession. Termination. The corporation shall have perpetual succession. Such succession shall continue until the existence of the corporation is terminated by law, provided no such termination shall affect any outstanding contractual obligation of the cor…

Sec. 12-804. Board of directors. (a) The powers of the corporation shall be vested in and exercised by the board of directors. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 1-121, until the appointment of five directors, a majority of the ex-officio directors then in office or their …

Sec. 12-805. Officers of the corporation. (a) The board shall appoint officers of the corporation, which shall include a president, a secretary, and such other officers as the board may approve. Such officers shall not be members of the board, shall serve at the pleasure of the b…

Sec. 12-806. Purpose. Powers. (a) The purposes of the corporation shall be to: (1) Operate and manage the lottery, and retail sports wagering, online sports wagering and fantasy contests if licensed pursuant to section 12-853, in an entrepreneurial and business-like manner free f…

Sec. 12-806a. Regulation of activities. Approval of procedures. Testing and certification of lottery gaming system, lottery draw games and keno. Approval of lottery draw game or keno. (a) As used in this section, “procedure” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-120. (b) …

Sec. 12-806b. Assessment of Connecticut Lottery Corporation. Payments to Office of Policy and Management. Lottery assessment account. (a) Commencing July 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, the Office of Policy and Management shall assess the Connecticut Lottery Corporation in an a…

Sec. 12-806c. Agreements with Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut re keno. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-6c, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on behalf of the state of Connecticut, may enter into separate agreements wi…

Sec. 12-806d. Exclusive operation and management of lottery games. Exception. The Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall exclusively operate and manage the sale of lottery games in the state of Connecticut except on the reservations of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan…

Sec. 12-807. Duties. (a) The corporation shall: (1) Comply with all laws, rules and regulations of the United States and the state of Connecticut; (2) Comply with regulations, adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection in accordance with chapter 54; (b) The corporation shal…

Sec. 12-808. Transfer of lottery. (a) As soon as practicable after July 1, 1996, and the organization of the corporation, the corporation shall enter into such agreements as the board shall authorize in order to effect the transfer, assignment and delivery to the corporation from…

Sec. 12-809. Performance bonds. Each director and the president shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars. The chairman of the board may execute a blanket position surety bond, or arrange for separate surety bonds, covering each director, the presiden…

Sec. 12-810. Compliance with Freedom of Information Act. Exceptions. (a) The Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, shall apply to all actions, meetings and records of the corporation, except (1) where otherwise limited by subsection (c) of this section as to ne…

Sec. 12-811. Conflict of interest. (a) The president and all directors, officers and employees of the corporation shall be state employees for purposes of sections 1-79 to 1-89, inclusive. (b) No director, officer or employee of the corporation shall, directly or indirectly, part…

Sec. 12-812. Duties of president. (a)(1) The president of the corporation, subject to the direction of the board, shall conduct daily, weekly, multistate, special instant or other lottery games and shall determine the number of times a lottery shall be held each year, the form an…

Sec. 12-813. Sale of lottery tickets. Deposit of receipts. Compensation of agents. (a) The corporation may sell lottery tickets for lottery draw games through the corporation's Internet web site, an online service or a mobile application, if licensed to do so pursuant to section …

Sec. 12-814. Lottery advertising and promotions. (a) In each advertisement intended to promote the purchase of lottery tickets issued for games authorized under sections 12-563a, 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and 12-850 to 12-872, inclusive, the corporation shall include a promine…

Sec. 12-815. Purchasing and contracting. (a) The corporation shall establish and adopt specific policies, rules and procedures on purchasing and contracting. Such policies, rules and procedures or amendments thereto shall be approved by a two-thirds vote of the entire board. Notw…

Sec. 12-815a. Vendor, affiliate, lottery sales agent and occupational licenses. Suspension or revocation of license. Compliance by licensees. Provisional authorization for occupational license applicant. Incidents involving lottery gaming system. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner…

Sec. 12-816. Tax exemption. The exercise of the powers granted by sections 1-120, 1-121, 1-125, 12-563, 12-563a, 12-564, 12-566, 12-568a and 12-569, subsection (c) of section 12-574, sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, 12-853, 12-854, 12-863 to 12-865, inclusive, and 12-867 and…

Sec. 12-817. Jurisdiction. (a) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to enter judgment against the corporation founded upon any express contract between the corporation and any person or party thereto for the provision of goods, services or professional advice to the corpora…

Sec. 12-818. Funding for chronic gamblers treatment rehabilitation account. (a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall transfer two million three hundred thousand dollars of the revenue received from th…

Secs. 12-819 to 12-828. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 12-829. Deduction and withholding of delinquent taxes, penalties and interest from lottery winnings. Limitations on inspection or disclosure of tax returns or return information. (a)(1) On or after January 1, 2012, but prior to July 1, 2018, when any person redeems a winning…

Sec. 12-830. Assignment of lottery prize authorized. The right of any person to a lottery prize that is paid in installments over time awarded pursuant to section 12-568 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1995, or section 12-812 may be voluntarily as…

Sec. 12-831. Execution and approval of assignment. (a) Except as provided in section 12-833, no assignment of a lottery prize, in whole or in part, including an assignment of a lottery prize to be used as collateral to secure a loan pursuant to title 42a, shall be valid unless it…

Sec. 12-832. Confirmation of assignment. Agreement by assignee. Further assignments. (a) Not later than twenty days after receipt of a certified copy of a court order required under subsection (c) of section 12-831, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall issue written confirma…

Sec. 12-833. Persons prohibited from assigning lottery prize. No person may assign a lottery prize if (1) such person is liable for support under the provisions of section 52-362d, (2) such person is liable for any debt owed to the state under section 4a-12, (3) such person who d…

Sec. 12-834. Fee. Discharge of liability. (a) The Connecticut Lottery Corporation may establish a reasonable fee for any administrative expenses associated with assignments made pursuant to section 12-831, including the cost to the Connecticut Lottery Corporation of any processin…

Secs. 12-835 to 12-849. Reserved for future use.