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LA HB228
Bill
Status
4/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Vanessa Caston Lafleur
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the Louisiana Lottery Corporation to sell lottery tickets through the internet ("i lottery"), creating a legal exemption from state gambling and gambling-by-computer laws for online lottery purchases
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Requires the Lottery Corporation board to adopt rules mandating age verification to prohibit purchasers under 21 and location verification to ensure buyers are physically located within Louisiana
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Defines "i lottery gross revenues" as gross revenue from instant-win online lottery tickets minus total winnings paid out to winners
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Requires the Lottery Corporation to transfer at least 25% of both traditional lottery gross revenues and i lottery gross revenues to the state treasury annually after the first year of operation
Legislative Description
Provides for the purchase of certain lottery tickets through the internet (OR INCREASE SD RV See Note)
LOTTERY
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.
4/14/2025