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MO Rev Stat § 313.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.210 - Commission established — offices — assignment to department.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014   313.210. Commission established — offices — assignment to department. — The "State Lottery Commission" is hereby created. The commission shall control and manage the state lottery. The principal office of the commission shall be located in Jefferson City in quarters provided by the division of facilities management, design and construction. That division shall also arrange for other needed office space for the commission or its staff. The commission shall be assigned to the department of revenue as a type III division, but the director of the department of revenue has no supervision, authority or control over the actions or decisions of the lottery commission or the director of the state lottery. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 3, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
MO Rev Stat § 313.215 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.215 - Commission members — terms, qualifications — expense reimbursement.

Effective - 01 Sep 1988   313.215. Commission members — terms, qualifications — expense reimbursement. — The commission shall consist of five members appointed by the governor with advice and consent of the senate, no more than three of whom shall be of the same political party. Members shall be appointed for terms of three years except for the initial members, two of whom shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. No person shall be appointed as a commissioner who has been convicted of a felony or gambling related offense. The commission shall elect one of its members as chairman of the commission. All appointments shall be made within thirty days after expiration of a term. Vacancies shall be filled within thirty days by the governor for the unexpired portion of the term. The governor may remove any commissioner for cause following a hearing. Commissioners shall not be compensated for their services, but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties from the state lottery fund. Each member of the commission at the time of his appointment and qualification shall have been a resident of this state for at least five years next preceding his appointment and qualification and shall also be a registered voter and at least thirty years of age. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 4, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643)  Effective 9-01-88
MO Rev Stat § 313.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.220 - Rules and regulations — procedure generally, this chapter — background checks may be required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories   313.220. Rules and regulations — procedure generally, this chapter — background checks may be required, when. — 1. The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations governing the establishment and operation of a state lottery as it deems necessary and desirable to fully implement the mandate of the people expressed in the approval of the lottery amendment to Article III of the Missouri Constitution. Such rules and regulations shall be designed so that a lottery may be initiated at the earliest feasible and practicable time. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.  2. The commission shall have the authority to require a fingerprint background check on any person seeking employment or employed by the commission, any person seeking contract with or contracted to the commission and any person seeking license from or licensed by the commission. The background check shall include a check of the Missouri criminal records repository and when the commission deems it necessary to perform a nationwide criminal history check, a check of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's criminal records file. Fingerprints shall be submitted to the Missouri criminal records repository as required. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120, the commission shall have access to closed criminal history information when fingerprints are submitted. The commission shall not prohibit a person from participating in the sale of lottery tickets solely on the basis of the person being found guilty of any criminal offense; except that, the person shall not be eligible to be a licensed lottery game retailer under subsection 2 of section 313.260. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 5, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2003 S.B. 294, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26)
MO Rev Stat § 313.225 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.225 - Commission meetings — quorum.

Effective - 01 Sep 1988   313.225. Commission meetings — quorum. — The commission shall meet at least quarterly in accordance with its rules therefor. No action of the commission shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which at least three of the five members are present and shall vote in favor thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 6, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643)  Effective 9-01-88
MO Rev Stat § 313.235 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.235 - Director — appointment, qualifications, compensation.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.235. Director — appointment, qualifications, compensation. — The commission shall appoint a director. The director shall perform his duties subject to the direction of the commission. He may be removed by the commission for good cause shown after notice and an opportunity to be heard. He shall be qualified to direct the operations of a state-operated lottery. No person shall be appointed as lottery director who has been convicted of a felony or any gambling-related offense. The director shall receive a salary as set by the commission and subject to appropriation. He shall devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office, and he shall not engage in any other profession or occupation. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 8)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.240 - Duties of director.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.240. Duties of director. — The director shall, subject to the approval of the commission, perform all duties, exercise all powers, and assume and discharge all responsibilities to carry out the purpose of sections 313.200 to 313.350. The director shall act as secretary of the commission and keep all books, records, files and documents of the commission. The director shall supervise and administer the operation of the lottery in accordance with the provisions of sections 313.200 to 313.350 and the rules and regulations promulgated by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 9)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.245 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.245 - Personnel — employment, qualifications, compensation.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.245. Personnel — employment, qualifications, compensation. — The director shall employ such professional, clerical, technical and administrative personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 313.200 to 313.350. No person shall be employed by the lottery who has been convicted of a felony. Any person employed by the lottery in a management or policy-making position shall be a resident of this state or become a Missouri resident within six months of his appointment. Personnel shall be employed without regard to any political affiliation. Personnel shall receive a salary comparable to the salaries received by other state employees doing comparable duties. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 10)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.250 - Budget preparation.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.250. Budget preparation. — The director shall annually prepare and submit to the commission, for its approval, a proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal year, which budget shall present a complete financial plan setting forth all proposed expenditures and anticipated revenues of the state lottery. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 11)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.255 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.255 - Licenses — issuance, suspension, revocation — allocation — qualifications of licensees — commission may sell tickets, when — bond.

Effective - 01 Sep 1988   313.255. Licenses — issuance, suspension, revocation — allocation — qualifications of licensees — commission may sell tickets, when — bond. — 1. The director shall issue, suspend, revoke, and renew licenses for lottery game retailers pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the commission. Such rules shall specify that at least ten percent of all licenses awarded to lottery game retailers in constitutional charter cities not within a county and constitutional charter cities with a population of at least four hundred fifty thousand not located wholly within a county of the first class with a charter form of government shall be awarded to minority-owned and -controlled business enterprises. Licensing rules and regulations shall include requirements relating to the financial responsibility of the licensee, the accessibility of the licensee's place of business or activity to the public, the sufficiency of existing licenses to serve the public interest, the volume of expected sales, the security and efficient operation of the lottery, and other matters necessary to protect the public interest and trust in the lottery and to further the sales of lottery tickets or shares. Lottery game retailers shall be selected without regard to political affiliation.  2. The commission may sell lottery tickets at its office and at special events.  3. The commission shall require every retailer to post a bond, a bonding fee or a letter of credit in such amount as may be required by the commission, and upon licensure shall prominently display his license, or a copy thereof, as provided in the rules and regulations of the commission.  4. All licenses for lottery game retailers shall specify the place such sales shall take place.  5. A lottery game retailer license shall not be assignable or transferable.  6. A license shall be revoked upon a finding that the licensee:  (1) Has knowingly provided false or misleading information to the commission or its employees;  (2) Has been convicted of any felony; or  (3) Has endangered the security of the lottery.  7. A license may be suspended, revoked, or not renewed for any of the following causes:  (1) A change of business location;  (2) An insufficient sales volume;  (3) A delinquency in remitting money owed to the lottery; or  (4) Any violation of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this section by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 12, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643)  Effective 9-01-88
MO Rev Stat § 313.260 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.260 - Restrictions for licensees.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.260. Restrictions for licensees. — 1. No license shall be issued to any person to engage in business primarily as a lottery game retailer.  2. No person shall be licensed as a lottery game retailer who:  (1) Has been convicted of a felony;  (2) Is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;  (3) Has been convicted of bookmaking or any other form of illegal gambling;  (4) Has been convicted of a crime involving fraud or misrepresentation;  (5) Has purchased a federal tax stamp for wagering or gambling activity;  (6) Has been convicted of or pleaded nolo contendere to any illegal gambling activity;  (7) Has had his ticket retailer's license revoked by the commission;  (8) Is a lottery contractor or lottery vendor;  (9) Is an employee of the commission or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent of an employee of the commission; or  (10) Is under the age of twenty-one;  (11) Is a firm, corporation or organization in which a person defined in subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection is to participate in the management or sales of lottery tickets or shares. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 13)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.265 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.265 - Denial of license, grounds — cause to be cited.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.265. Denial of license, grounds — cause to be cited. — No person otherwise qualified under the provisions of sections 313.200 to 313.350 shall be denied a license as a lottery game retailer except for cause or for refusal to acquire such equipment and materials or meet such minimum sales requirements as the commission may deem necessary for a person to conduct a lottery game on his business premises. The reason for denial of a license shall be specified in writing by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 14)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.275 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.275 - Financial interests and gifts prohibited.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.275. Financial interests and gifts prohibited. — 1. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall have any personal pecuniary interest in any lottery or in the sale of any lottery tickets or shares or in any corporation, association, or firm contracting with the state to supply gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the lottery or in any corporation, association, or firm licensed as a lottery game retailer.  2. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall receive any gift, gratuity, or other thing of value from any person, corporation, association, or firm contracting with the state to supply gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the lottery or from any person, corporation, association, or firm licensed as a lottery game retailer.  3. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall be eligible to receive any prize awarded in such a lottery.  4. No person, firm, association, or corporation contracting to supply gaming equipment or materials to the state for use in the operation of the state lottery shall be directly connected with any person, firm, association, or corporation licensed as a lottery game retailer or a member of the commission, the director or its employees. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 16)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.280 - Sale of tickets to minors.

Effective - 11 Jun 1985   313.280. Sale of tickets to minors. — No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than that age. The license of any licensee who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to any person under the age of eighteen shall be suspended or forfeited as prescribed by the rules adopted by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 17)  Effective 6-11-85
MO Rev Stat § 313.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.290 - Ticket or share prices fixed — counterfeiting prohibited — penalty.

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories   313.290. Ticket or share prices fixed — counterfeiting prohibited — penalty. — 1. No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price other than that fixed by rule or regulation of the commission. No person other than a licensed lottery game retailer shall sell lottery tickets or shares, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from giving lottery tickets or shares to another as a gift. Any violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.  2. Any person who falsely or fraudulently makes, forges, alters or counterfeits, or causes or procures to be made, forged, altered or counterfeited, any state lottery ticket, or any part thereof, or who knowingly and willfully utters, publishes, passes or tenders as true, any forged, altered or counterfeited state lottery ticket is guilty of a class D felony. Any person who with intent to defraud secures, manufactures, or causes to be secured or manufactured, or has in his possession any counterfeit state lottery ticket or device, is guilty of a class E felony. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 19, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)  Effective 1-01-17
MO Rev Stat § 313.295 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.295 - Payment of prizes to minors and disabled adults under personal custodian law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   313.295. Payment of prizes to minors and disabled adults under personal custodian law. — 1. If the person entitled to a prize, or payment of the prize after the prize winner's death, is* under the age of eighteen years or is a disabled adult person, the payment of the prize shall be made by delivery of a check or draft payable to the order of the minor's or disabled adult person's conservator, if any.  2. If the minor or disabled adult person does not have a conservator, payments not over ten thousand dollars may be made to a guardian, an adult member of the person's family or a financial institution as custodian for the minor under the Missouri transfers to minors law, or as custodian for the disabled adult person under the Missouri personal custodian law. If the payment is over ten thousand dollars and is not paid to a conservator, trustee or personal custodian designated by the prize winner, or a financial institution, the approval of the probate division of the circuit court shall first be obtained for any payment to a custodian, under subsection 3 of section 404.031, for minors and subsection 2 of section 404.490 for disabled adult persons, and payment shall be made in accordance with the court's order.  3. The commission and the director shall be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize to a minor or disabled adult person pursuant to this section. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 20, A.L. 1993 S.B. 215)  *Word "if" appears in original rolls, an apparent typographical error.
MO Rev Stat § 313.300 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.300 - Unclaimed prizes — moneys to revert to state lottery fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   313.300. Unclaimed prizes — moneys to revert to state lottery fund. — Unclaimed prize money shall be retained by the commission for the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the time at which the prize was awarded. If no claim is made for the prize within one hundred eighty days, the prize money shall be reverted to the state lottery fund. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 21, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1248, A.L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision)
MO Rev Stat § 313.303 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.303 - Prohibits publishing names and other information concerning lottery winners — publish defined — violations, penalty — inapplicable, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021   313.303. Prohibits publishing names and other information concerning lottery winners — publish defined — violations, penalty — inapplicable, when. — 1. The lottery commission, the state lottery or any employee of the state lottery, or any organization with whom the state has contracted to operate the state lottery or any of that organization's employees shall not publish the name, address, or any other identifying information of any person who wins the state lottery.  2. As used in this section, "publish" means to issue information or material in printed or electronic form for distribution or sale to the public.  3. Any person or entity who violates the provisions of this section by publishing identifying information protected under this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.  4. (1) This section shall not apply to any entity described in subsection 1 of this section if the person who wins the state lottery authorizes in writing, on a form to be provided by the lottery commission, the public disclosure of his or her name, address, or any other identifying information.  (2) The form provided by the lottery commission under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall only be provided upon the request of a lottery winner and shall not be offered unsolicited, and shall clearly state in no less than fourteen-point bolded font at the top of such form that the signing of such form allowing the public disclosure of identifying information is not required for the person to claim his or her lottery winnings, and that the person may claim his or her lottery winnings while remaining anonymous to the public. ­­-------- (L. 2021 H.B. 402)
MO Rev Stat § 313.310 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXI - Public Safety and Morals|Chapter 313 - Licensed Gaming Activities|Section 313.310 - Duties of attorney general and highway patrol.

Effective - 01 Sep 1988   313.310. Duties of attorney general and highway patrol. — 1. The attorney general shall provide legal services for the commission. The attorney general shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that there is continuity in the legal services provided, and that the attorneys providing legal services to the commission have expertise in such field. No counsel outside the attorney general's office shall be employed to provide legal services for the commission or director without the expressed approval of the attorney general. The attorney general may hire any expert counsel necessary to protect the state's interest.  2. The commission or director may request that the attorney general make investigations, on behalf of and in the name of the commission, and bring suits or institute proceedings for any of the purposes necessary and proper for carrying out the functions of the division.  3. The Missouri state highway patrol, including the division of drug and crime control, shall have authority to make investigations relative to the operation and administration of Missouri gaming operations as authorized by law and to report suspected violations of state law or federal law to the proper prosecuting authorities. In the event that a violation of state law is reported to the proper prosecuting authority and no prosecution is commenced within thirty days for alleged violations, the attorney general shall have authority to commence prosecution for alleged violations of the state lottery law or other criminal statutes alleged to have been violated. The cost of personnel and related expenses in the Missouri state highway patrol, including the division of drug and crime control, to accomplish the purposes of this section shall be paid within the limits of appropriations from general revenue, or from such other funding as may be authorized by the general assembly. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 44 § 23, A.L. 1988 S.B. 643)  Effective 9-01-88