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NJ S4668
Bill
Status
6/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseph Lagana
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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