Title 5, Title 5: AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS

5:9-12.1. Additional sanctions against licensees In addition to any penalty, fine or term of imprisonment authorized by law, the commission shall, after appropriate hearings and factual determinations, have the authority to impose the following sanctions upon any person licensed …

5:9-13 Assignment of prizes drawn; procedure. 13. a. The right of any person to a prize drawn shall not be assignable, except as permitted by this section. b. The payment of any prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner upon receipt by the State Lottery of …

5:9-13.1 Initiation of data exchange; prohibition on assignments, certain. 1. a. The Director of the Division of the State Lottery in the Department of the Treasury and the Director of the Division of Family Development in the Department of Human Services shall initiate an ongoin…

5:9-13.10 Ongoing data exchange on student assistance. 1. The Director of the Division of the State Lottery in the Department of the Treasury and the Executive Director of the Office of Student Assistance in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury shall initiate an ongoing da…

5:9-13.11 List of individuals in default of student loan. 2. The Executive Director of the Office of Student Assistance shall periodically supply the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a list of those individuals in default of student loan repayments to the…

5:9-13.12 Provision of list of lottery prize winners. 3. The Director of the Division of the State Lottery shall promptly provide the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a prize winners list, which shall include the prize claimant's name, address and social …

5:9-13.13 Cross-checking of lottery list. 4. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall cross check the lottery list with the data supplied by the Executive Director of the Office of Student Assistance for a social security number match. If a match is made, th…

5:9-13.14 Notification; withholding of lottery prize. 5. If a lottery prize claimant is on the list of individuals in default of a student loan as reported pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1997, c.306 (C.5:9-13.11), the Office of Student Assistance shall promptly notify the Departmen…

5:9-13.15 Payment of remainder of prize to claimant. 6. Any of the claimant's lottery prize funds remaining after withholding pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1997, c.306 (C.5:9-13.14) shall be paid to the claimant in accordance with lottery procedures. L.1997,c.306,s.6.

5:9-13.16 Rules, regulations, safeguards against disclosure, inappropriate use of information. 7. The State Treasurer, in consultation with the Office of Student Assistance, shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), su…

5:9-13.17 Offset of certain lottery prizes required for payment of certain debts to State agencies. 1. a. Whenever any claimant of a lottery prize greater than $600 is indebted to any agency or institution of State Government, including, but not limited to the Victims of Crime Co…

5:9-13.18 Regulations. 2. The Department of the Treasury shall promulgate regulations concerning the procedures and methods to be employed by all agencies and institutions in the executive branch in the collection or the setting off of delinquent accounts. The regulations shall b…

5:9-13.2 Provision of child support arrears and public assistance overpayment lists. 2. The Commissioner of Human Services shall periodically supply the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a list of: a. those individuals in arrears of a court ordered child s…

5:9-13.3. Provision of list of prize winners 3. The Director of the Division of the State Lottery shall promptly provide the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a prize winners list, which shall include the prize claimant's name, address and social security …

5:9-13.4 Cross check of social security numbers with lottery list. 4. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall cross check the lottery list with the data supplied by the Commissioner of Human Services for a social security number match. If a match is made, t…

5:9-13.5 Withholding of certain lottery winnings. 5. If a lottery prize claimant is in arrears of a child support order, or is a former recipient of Aid to Families with Dependent Children or Work First New Jersey, food stamp benefits or low-income home energy assistance benefits…

5:9-13.6 Lien on lottery proceeds. The county welfare agency which provided the public assistance benefits or the Probation Division, acting as agent for the child support payee, shall have a lien on the proceeds of the State lottery prize in an amount equal to the amount of chil…

5:9-13.7. Remaining funds paid to claimant 7. Any of the claimant's lottery prize funds remaining after withholding pursuant to the lien established pursuant to this act shall be paid to the claimant in accordance with lottery procedures. L.1991,c.384,s.7.

5:9-13.8. Rules, regulations; hearing; confidentiality 8. The State Treasurer shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act including, b…

5:9-13.9 Implementation costs. 9. The costs associated with or necessary for the implementation of P.L.1991, c.384 (C.5:9-13.1 et seq.) shall be borne by the Department of Human Services. L.1991,c.384,s.9; amended 1998, c.1, s.37.

5:9-14. Sale above fixed price; unlicensed sales; gifts No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule or regulation of the commission. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent shall sell lottery tickets or shares, except that nothing…

5:9-14.1. State lottery ticket; false or fraudulent making, forgery, alteration or counterfeiting Any person who falsely or fraudulently makes, forges, alters or counterfeits, or causes or procures to be made, forged, altered or counterfeited, any New Jersey State Lottery ticket,…

5:9-14.2 Fraudulent use of SSN to collect lottery winnings, fourth degree crime. 1. Any person who fraudulently uses a social security number that is not that person's social security number to collect lottery winnings to evade detection for the purposes of section 1 of P.L.2007,…

5:9-14.3 Lottery courier services. 1. a. For the purposes of this act, "courier service" means a person or business entity that is registered with the State Lottery Commission to purchase State Lottery tickets on behalf of individuals within the State and deliver those tickets to…

5:9-14.4 Purchase of lottery tickets through decoupled debit. 1. a. For the purposes of this act, P.L.2019, c.155, "decoupled debit" means an electronic fund transfer by an entity that does not hold the enrolled user's bank account and uses the automated clearing house network to…

5:9-15. Sales to person under eighteen years; gifts No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under the age of 18, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person 18 years of age or older to a person les…

5:9-16. Persons prohibited from purchasing tickets or shares No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any of the following persons: any officer or employee of the division or to any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of th…

5:9-17 Unclaimed prize money. 17. Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or share shall be retained by the director for the person entitled thereto for 1 year after the drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made for said money within such year, the p…

5:9-18 Deposit of receipts; reports. 18. The director may, in his discretion, require any or all lottery sales agents to deposit to the credit of the operations account of Common Pension Fund L, as provided in the "Lottery Enterprise Contribution Act," P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.5 …

5:9-19. Other laws; applicability No other law providing any penalty or disability for the sale of lottery tickets or any acts done in connection with a lottery shall apply to the sale of tickets or shares performed pursuant to this act. L.1970, c. 13, s. 19, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.

5:9-2. Purpose of act This act is enacted to implement the amendment of Article IV, Section VII, paragraph 2, of the Constitution of New Jersey, approved by the people in the general election of November, 1969, and to carry out the mandate thereof by establishing a lottery to be …

5:9-20. Persons under eighteen years; payment of prizes If the person entitled to a prize or any winning ticket is under the age of 18 years, and such prize is less than $5,000.00, the director may direct payment of the prize by delivery to an adult member of the minor's family o…

5:9-21 State lottery fund, certain proceeds diverted to Common Pension Fund L. 21. There is hereby created and established in the Department of the Treasury a separate fund, to be known as the "State Lottery Fund," to be deposited in such depositories as the State Treasurer may s…

5:9-22 Appropriation of moneys; report; publication. 22. The moneys in said State Lottery Fund shall be appropriated only (a) for the payment of prizes to the holders of winning lottery tickets or shares, (b) for the expenses of the division in its operation of the lottery, (c) f…

5:9-22.1. Eligibility for lottery proceeds 1. For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), any program of education approved by the Department of Education or by institutions of higher education licensed by the Commission on Higher Education which is intended, in whole o…

5:9-22.10 Common Pension Fund established; subaccounts. 6. a. In order to receive the lottery contribution on behalf of the retirement systems, a Common Pension Fund L is hereby established within the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury. Common Pension Fund L…

5:9-22.11 Construction of act. 7. Nothing in this act, P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.5 et al.), shall be construed as a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the State or a relinquishment of the sovereign powers of the State. The Superior Court of New Jersey shall have exclusive origina…

5:9-22.12 Liberal construction; severability. 8. This act, P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.5 et al.), shall be construed liberally. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or…

5:9-22.2. State aid for higher education facilities trust fund 10. For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), any trust fund established to provide grants to New Jersey's public and private institutions of higher education for the construction, reconstruction, developm…

5:9-22.3 County juvenile offender rehabilitation programs eligible for State aid 10. For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), a juvenile offender rehabilitation program established and maintained pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1997, c.81 (C.30:8-61 et al.) shall b…

5:9-22.4 Higher education capital improvement, eligibility for State aid through lottery proceeds. 9. For the purposes of P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), any capital improvement fund established to provide grants to New Jersey's four-year public and private institutions of high…

5:9-22.5 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Lottery Enterprise Contribution Act." L.2017, c.98, s.1.

5:9-22.6 Findings, declarations relative to State lottery contributions. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The State Lottery, as established by and operated pursuant to Article IV, Section VII, paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and the "State…

5:9-22.7 Definitions relative to State lottery contributions. 3. As used in this act, P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.5 et al.): "Adult or juvenile correctional facilities or institutions" means adult or juvenile correctional facilities or institutions as defined pursuant to section 8 o…

5:9-22.8 Contributions to the lottery enterprise to benefit retirement systems; memorandum of Lottery Contribution. 4. a. The State Treasurer shall make a contribution of the Lottery Enterprise for a period of 30 years for the benefit of the retirement systems, which shall be dep…

5:9-22.9 Value of Lottery Enterprise. 5. a. For the purposes of this act, P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.5 et al.), the Lottery Enterprise shall be valued at $13,535,000,000, as that value was determined by the independent valuation service provider engaged by the State. b. The lottery…