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Senate rejects proposal to raise lottery purchase age to 21 after amendment delays start date
2348018 · February 18, 2025
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Summary
Senate Bill 203, which would have raised the minimum age to purchase a lottery ticket from 18 to 21, failed after senators adopted a one-year implementation delay amendment and then voted down final passage 12–23.
Senate Bill 203, a proposal to align lottery scratch-ticket purchase age with other gambling-age limits by raising it from 18 to 21, failed in the Senate after debate and a successful amendment to delay implementation.
Senator Roll, the prime sponsor, argued the measure would make state law consistent: "I think we should have 1 age to gamble," he said,…
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