Title 31, Title 31: Recreation and Sports

§ 655. Duties of the Commissioner (a) The State Lottery shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery. (b) The Commissioner shall: (1) Supervise and administer the operation of the Lottery within the rules adopted by the Board of…

§ 656. State Lottery Fund (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury a separate fund to be known as the State Lottery Fund. The Fund shall consist of all revenues received from the Treasurer for initial funding, from sale of lottery tickets, from license fees, and from all…

§ 657. Report of the Department The Department of Liquor and Lottery shall make an annual report to the Governor and to the General Assembly on or before the 10th day of March in each year. The report shall include an account of the Board’s actions and the receipts derived under …

§ 658. Postaudits All State Lottery accounts and transactions of the Board of Liquor and Lottery shall be subject to annual postaudits conducted by independent auditors retained by the Board for this purpose. The Board may order other audits as it deems necessary and desirable. (…

§ 659. Sales and purchase of lottery tickets The following acts relating to the purchase and sale of lottery tickets are prohibited: (1) Persons convicted of a felony within five years of the date of making application shall not be licensed to sell lottery tickets. (2) No tickets…

§ 660. Unclaimed prize money Lottery prize winners will be allowed one year from their prize eligibility date to claim a prize. All prize money that is unclaimed after one year shall revert to the State Lottery Fund. (Added 1977, No. 82, § 2, eff. April 27, 1977; amended 2018, No…

§ 661. State gaming laws inapplicable as to lottery 13 V.S.A. chapter 51, subchapters 1, 2, and 3 shall not apply to the sale of lottery tickets as provided in this chapter. No law providing for any penalty or disability for the sale of lottery tickets or any acts done in connect…

§ 662. Penalties Any person who is convicted of violating a provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. (Added 1977, No. 82, § 2, eff. April 27, 1977; amended 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 102.)

§ 663. Publication of odds Any promotional advertising shall, to the extent practicable, estimate the general odds of winning. (Added 1977, No. 82, § 2, eff. April 27, 1977; amended 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 103.)

§ 664. Fiscal Committee review (a) Whenever the gross receipts of the State Lottery fall below $450,000.00 during any three-month period after the commencement of the first game, the Joint Fiscal Committee shall immediately investigate the condition of the State Lottery, and its …

§ 671. Short title This Compact shall be known and may be cited as the “Tri-State Lotto Compact.” (Added 1985, No. 28, § 2.)

§ 672. Compact The State of Vermont enters into the following Compact with the states of Maine and New Hampshire subject to the terms and conditions stated in the Compact. (Added 1985, No. 28, § 2.)

§ 673. General provisions—Article I A. Statement of policy and purpose. This Compact is enacted to implement the operation of Tri-State Lotto, for the purpose of raising additional revenue for each of the party states. Tri-State Lotto is not intended to replace any existing lotte…

§ 674. Procedures and conditions governing the tri-state lottery—Article II A. Creation of the Tri-State Lotto Commission. The party states, for the purpose of operating Tri-State Lotto, establish the Tri-State Lotto Commission. B. Nature of the Commission. The Commission shall b…

§ 675. Criminal provisions—Article III A. No person shall sell a ticket or share in a ticket at a price greater than that fixed by the Commission. No person other than a lottery agent shall sell lottery tickets. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any individual…

§ 676. Reducing or expanding Compact This Compact may be reduced or expanded among the New England states as to the number of member states, with the consent of the individual states’ commissions. (Added 1985, No. 28, § 2.)

§ 677. Allocation of profits The profits received by the State of Vermont through the sale of the Tri-State Lotto tickets shall be deposited in the Education Fund established by 16 V.S.A. § 4025 and used solely for the purposes of State and local funding of public education. (Add…

§ 678. Effective date—Article IV This Compact shall become effective when bills of the Maine and the New Hampshire general assemblies that incorporate the Compact become law in Maine and New Hampshire. (Added 1985, No. 28, § 2.)