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Bill would bar sale of winning lottery tickets and allow winners to remain anonymous
Summary
House Bill 3115A would prohibit the sale or assignment for compensation of winning lottery tickets and allow winners to keep name and address private unless they consent; sponsors said the change is intended to reduce schemes that evade child support and tax collection and to protect winners' privacy.
House Bill 3115A was the subject of a public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor and Business on April 15. Representatives Kim Wallen and John Lively, sponsors from the House, told the committee the bill clarifies that selling, purchasing or claiming a winning lottery ticket for compensation is prohibited and adds two main components: a tax-related provision to prevent buyers of tickets from avoiding Oregon taxable income and a privacy provision that exempts a prize winner’s name and address from public disclosure unless the winner signs authorization to release it.
Representative Kim Wallen, of Medford, described the…
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