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Lottery director testimony on profit-margin change postponed after technical difficulties; bill HB1058 noted
Summary
Committee planned a discussion and testimony on a bill (House Bill 1058) to change Pennsylvania Lottery profit-margin language to allow lower guaranteed profit margins and potentially increase revenue; technical difficulties prevented testimony from the lottery director and the item was postponed to a future meeting.
Chairman Samuelson said the committee intended to hear testimony from Drew Slivko, director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, about a bill (House Bill 1058) that would lower the guaranteed profit margin in lottery-fund language to allow additional product sales and potentially raise overall revenue. The chair described prior changes that had lowered a guaranteed profit margin from 27% to 25% and said a lower guaranteed profit margin can encourage additional sales of products such as scratch-off tickets, which might raise total revenue.
The committee experienced technical difficulties in the legislative building and attempted to connect the director for live testimony; the connection issues persisted. Chairman Samuelson said he would invite Drew Slivko to testify at the committee’s next meeting (week of April 22) and adjourned the meeting after unsuccessful attempts to secure the testimony.
No committee action, votes, or formal discussion of the bill’s specific statutory language or fiscal impacts occurred at this meeting. Representative Samuelson referenced House Bill 1058 as the vehicle for the change and suggested the director attend a subsequent meeting to answer questions.
