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NJ S4668

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joseph Lagana

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Origin

Senate

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes registered courier services to receive and fulfill orders for instant lottery game tickets (scratch-off tickets) electronically within New Jersey, expanding their current authority beyond draw-based lottery games

  • Requires the State Lottery Commission to establish a voluntary self-exclusion list for problem gamblers who wish to be barred from participating in State Lottery games

  • Persons on the self-exclusion list forfeit the right to collect any prizes, winnings, or recover losses from lottery participation, with forfeited amounts going to the State General Fund for compulsive gambling treatment programs

  • Protects the commission, lottery agents, and courier services from liability for failing to prevent self-excluded persons from purchasing tickets, and keeps the self-exclusion list confidential from public records requests

  • Allows the commission to fine courier services up to $5,000 per incident for willful violations of self-exclusion regulations, plus potential license suspension and forfeiture of any winnings obtained from self-excluded persons

Legislative Description

Allows courier services to sell instant lottery game tickets electronically; establishes self-exclusion list for State Lottery games.

2nd Reading in the Senate

Last Action

Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading

11/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Budget and Appropriations6/23/2025

Full Bill Text

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