SB 22 (2021)

Allows the play of electric Lucky 7 games and sets a limit for the Lucky 7 deal size the commission may authorize (no deal sizes over 14,000 tickets).

According to the House Ways and Means Committee, "This bill, as amended, has three provisions related to Lucky 7. First, for electronic Lucky 7, the bill provides that the devices capable of displaying the outcome on a video monitor shall provide the player with the option of printing a paper ticket. Current rules require that the device print the paper result whether or not the paper result is requested by the player. Testimony made it clear that it is rare that a player will look at this paper that simply falls into a bucket on the floor near the machine. The committee agreed this was wasteful and served no purpose. Second, the bill changes the deal size from 3,500 to giving the Lottery Commission the ability to authorize deal sizes that do not exceed 14,000. With larger deal sizes comes the ability to offer larger dollar prizes for winning tickets which the committee endorsed. Third, this bill corrects an omission from last term when the legislature changed statute to allow a $1.00 Lucky 7 ticket pack or ticket card as long as a $0.50 option was still available. This action eliminated the $0.25 ticket completely. An amendment was required to modify the bill language to ensure that the $0.25 ticket can be offered only at charitable organizations that would like that ticket amount to be offered at their establishment. The amendment still requires $0.50 tickets to be sold when $1.00 tickets are sold."