HB 246 Summary

• Establishes the Alaska Lottery Corporation as a public corporation within the Department of Revenue to create and operate a state lottery for revenue generation.

• Creates a seven-member board of directors consisting of the revenue commissioner, another department head, and five public members appointed by the governor; public directors serve five-year terms and cannot have gambling or fraud convictions.

• Allows the corporation to conduct various lottery games including draw games, instant tickets, sports betting, and keno; lottery winners remain anonymous unless they consent to waive anonymity.

• Establishes a lottery profits fund in the general fund to receive net profits from lottery operations, with 90 percent available for social programs (domestic violence, drug abuse, foster care, seniors, homelessness) and 10 percent for education endowment.

• Creates the crime of unlawful sale of a lottery ticket as a Class A misdemeanor, prohibiting unauthorized lottery ticket sales, sales above corporation-set prices, and sales to minors.