Illinois Administrative Code › Title 11 - ALCOHOL, HORSE RACING, LOTTERY, AND VIDEO GAMING › Part 1770 - LOTTERY (GENERAL) › Section 1770.20 - Selection of Lottery Sales Agents; License Application and Fee

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The Director
			 shall license Agents as authorized persons engaged in business activity dealing
			 with the public, provided that the sole proprietors, partners, corporate
			 officers or principals of an applicant must be 18 years of age or older to be
			 eligible to apply for a license. The total number of Agents shall be sufficient
			 to assure that Lottery products are conveniently available to the public
			 throughout the State, consistent with the constraints of the Department's
			 budget. To obtain a license, any interested person must first complete
			 application forms provided by the Department. Information to be included on
			 application forms will include, but is not limited to: type of business; tax
			 identification numbers; retailer agreement for the sale of Lottery tickets;
			 retailer contract for the sale of Lottery tickets; and acknowledgement of the
			 requirement for a Lottery trust fund account. Upon receipt of the completed
			 application, the Department will have a representative meet with the applicant
			 to discuss the responsibilities of selling Lottery products and to gather
			 information concerning the applicant and the applicant's business establishment
			 considering the factors listed in this subsection (a). The Director shall give
			 careful consideration to the following factors in selecting as Agents those
			 persons that one may expect to provide a high level of sales volume of Lottery
			 products, proper security for the Lottery equipment, Lottery game tickets and
			 money, and a good public image for the State's Lottery products:
1) The credit worthiness and financial
			 responsibility of the applicant as disclosed by standard credit reporting
			 services, the records of the State, and other credible information bearing upon
			 the credit worthiness of the applicant as may be brought to the attention of
			 the Director;
2) The criminal
			 history and tax status of the applicant as disclosed in the application or in
			 records of federal, State or local governments;
3) The physical security of the applicant's
			 establishment in terms of the physical structure and design of the applicant's
			 facilities as it would relate to the placement of Lottery equipment, the sale
			 of Lottery products and the storage of Lottery receipts;
4) The public accessibility of the
			 applicant's place of business or activity, including accessibility from roads,
			 major highways, parking facilities and public transit routes, accessibility by
			 the disabled, proximity of pedestrian traffic, hours of operation of
			 applicant's business, and the cleanliness, attractiveness and physical security
			 of the premises;
5) The number of
			 existing Lottery sales licenses in the vicinity that are of similar tradestyle
			 and overall type of operation to the extent that entering into a retailer
			 agreement might jeopardize the Lottery's integrity, security, honesty, or
			 fairness of the operation and administration of the Lottery games or undermine
			 the public's confidence relevant to a positive perception of the Lottery,
			 including but not limited to pawn shops, gun shops, adult entertainment
			 establishments (18 years or older), payday loan services, or currency
			 exchanges;
6) The nature of the
			 applicant's business and the volume of in store sales from the applicant's
			 regular business in order to assure that the sale of Lottery products will be
			 ancillary to the applicant's regular business;
7) The level of anticipated or projected
			 sales from the general area in which the applicant's business is located,
			 taking into consideration the demographics of the neighborhood or locality, the
			 proximity of the location to population centers and the average sales for other
			 comparable Lottery retailers;
8)
			 The character of the applicant and the applicant's reputation for honesty and
			 integrity in the community;
9) The
			 veracity of the information supplied in the license application;
10) The merchandising skills and business
			 experience of the applicant, including the tenure of applicant's business at
			 the proposed location;
11) Any
			 information relating to these listed factors that the applicant provides to the
			 Department's representative at the time of the site visit or at the time of
			 submission of the application.