SENATE BILL 973

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2005

INTRODUCED BY

Carroll H. Leavell

AN ACT

RELATING TO GAMING; EXPANDING THE NEW MEXICO STATE LOTTERY TO PERMIT INSTANT WIN GAMES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE RUBBING OR SCRAPING OF PREPRINTED TICKETS; AMENDING THE NEW MEXICO LOTTERY ACT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     Section 1. Section 6-24-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1995, Chapter 155, Section 4) is amended to read: 

     "6-24-4. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the New Mexico Lottery Act:

          A. "authority" means the New Mexico lottery authority;

          B. "board" means the board of directors of the authority;

          C. "chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the authority appointed by the board pursuant to the New Mexico Lottery Act;

          D. "lottery" means the New Mexico state lottery established and operated by the authority pursuant to the New Mexico Lottery Act;

          E. "lottery contractor" means a person with whom the authority has contracted for the purpose of providing goods or services for the lottery;

          F. "lottery game" means any variation of the following types of games, but does not include any video lottery game:

                (1) an instant win game in which disposable tickets contain certain [preprinted] predetermined winners that [are determined by rubbing or scraping an area or areas on the tickets to] match numbers, letters, symbols or configurations, or any combination thereof, as provided by the rules of the game; provided, an instant-win game may also provide for preliminary and grand prize drawings conducted pursuant to the rules of the game; and

                (2) an on-line lottery game in which a lottery game is hooked up to a central computer via a telecommunications system through which a player selects a specified group of numbers or symbols out of a predetermined range of numbers or symbols and purchases a ticket bearing the player-selected numbers or symbols for eligibility in a drawing regularly scheduled in accordance with game rules;

          G. "lottery retailer" means a person with whom the authority has contracted for the purpose of selling tickets in lottery games to the public;

          H. "lottery vendor" means any person who submits a bid, proposal or offer as part of a major procurement contract and any person who is awarded a major procurement contract;

          I. "major procurement contract" means a contract for the procurement of any lottery game product or service costing in excess of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), including [but not limited to] major advertising contracts, annuity contracts, prize payment agreements, consulting services, equipment, tickets and other products and services unique to the lottery, but not including materials, supplies, equipment and services common to the ordinary operations of a corporation;

          J. "net revenues" means all lottery and nonlottery revenues received by the authority less payments for lottery prizes and operating expenses as provided in the New Mexico Lottery Act; and

          K. "person" means an individual or any other legal entity."

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