"AN ACT CONCERNING GAMING PRODUCTS AND RAFFLE PRIZES. "

Before line 1, insert the following and renumber remaining sections and internal references accordingly:

"Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding the deadline for the presentation to the Connecticut Lottery Corporation of a winning lottery ticket to claim a prize for any Lotto lottery game, any person who presents any winning Lotto lottery ticket no later than seventy-two hours after the end of the time period for presenting claims for any lottery game expiring on or after July 1, 1996, may file a claim for such prize until August 1, 2006. Upon such application, said corporation shall award such prize as follows: Ninety per cent of such prize shall be paid to such person, and ten per cent of such prize shall be paid to the Division of Special Revenue.

(b) The Division of Special Revenue shall use any funds received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to (1) conduct state and national criminal history records checks pursuant to section 12-568a of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and (2) fund the purchase by the state of sheets of coupons, as required pursuant to subsection (e) of section 7-185 of the general statutes, as amended by this act.

Sec. 2. Section 12-568a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2006):

(a) The Division of Special Revenue shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the purpose of assuring the integrity of the state lottery, concerning the regulation of the state lottery under the operation and management of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation. Such regulations shall include: (1) The licensing of employees of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation and any person or business organization awarded the primary contract by said corporation to provide facilities, components, goods or services which are necessary for the operation of the activities authorized by chapter 229a; (2) the approval of procedures of the corporation; (3) the time period for complying with the regulations governing said approval of procedures; (4) offerings of lottery games; (5) minimum prize payouts and payments; (6) regulation of lottery sales agents including qualifications for licensure and grounds for license suspension and revocation; (7) assurance of the integrity of the state lottery including the computer gaming system, computer internal control and system testing; and (8) limitations on advertising and marketing content to assure public information as to the odds of winning the lottery and the prohibition of sales of tickets to minors.

(b) The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of this section shall include a requirement that each applicant for an initial license as a lottery sales agent and an employee designated by the applicant to oversee lottery sales for the applicant submit to state and national criminal history records checks conducted in accordance with section 29-17a of the 2006 supplement to the general statutes before such license is issued."

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