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House committee reviews bill to allow online lottery sales; commissioner cites safeguards and modest revenue for education
Summary
A House committee reviewed H.669, which would let Vermont’s Department of Liquor and Lottery sell state lottery tickets by mobile app and web; the commissioner described age verification, geolocation and retailer revenue-sharing, and projected $2.4M (partial) in the first operational year to the Education Fund.
A House committee on Feb. 4 heard testimony on H.669, a bill that would authorize the Department of Liquor and Lottery to sell Vermont lottery tickets online and via mobile apps, with the department proposing enhanced procedures and a retailer revenue-sharing model, department officials told lawmakers.
The bill (identified in counsel’s summary as H.669) would add explicit authority in the state lottery chapter (31 VSA, chapter 14) to permit the Board of Liquor and Lottery, through the commissioner, to sell tickets, products and subscriptions over the Internet and by mobile device. Legislative counsel Tucker Anderson told the committee that purchases would be required to be initiated and received within Vermont and that the bill includes Public Records Act exemptions for personal financial and wagering information, business trade secrets/financial records and security/technology records, which the bill would treat as confidential when produced to the department.
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