Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 229a - Connecticut Lottery Corporation
Section 12-801. - Definitions.

As used in section 12-563a and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and section 12-853a, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning:

(1) “Board” or “board of directors” means the board of directors of the corporation;
(2) “Corporation” means the Connecticut Lottery Corporation as created under section 12-802;
(3) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Protection;
(4) “Division” means the former Division of Special Revenue in the Department of Revenue Services;
(5) “Fantasy contest” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-850;
(6) “Lottery” means (A) the Connecticut state lottery conducted prior to the transfer authorized under section 12-808 by the Division of Special Revenue, (B) after such transfer, the Connecticut state lottery conducted by the corporation pursuant to sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and section 12-853, (C) the state lottery referred to in subsection (a) of section 53-278g, and (D) keno conducted by the corporation pursuant to section 12-806c, or sections 12-851 and 12-853;
(7) “Keno” means a lottery game in which a subset of numbers are drawn from a larger field of numbers by a central computer system using an approved random number generator, wheel system device or other drawing device;
(8) “Lottery and gaming fund” means a fund or funds established by, and under the management and control of, the corporation, into which all lottery, sports wagering and fantasy contest revenues of the corporation are deposited, other than revenues derived from online lottery ticket sales, from which all payments and expenses of the corporation are paid, other than those payments and expenses related to online lottery ticket sales, and from which transfers to the General Fund or the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund, established in section 10-183vv, are made pursuant to section 12-812, but “lottery and gaming fund” does not include the online lottery ticket sales fund established under section 12-853a;
(9) “Online lottery ticket sales” means the sale of lottery tickets for lottery draw games through the corporation's Internet web site, an online service or a mobile application, pursuant to a license issued to the corporation under section 12-853;
(10) “Online sports wagering” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-850;
(11) “Operating revenue” means total revenue received from lottery sales and sports wagering less all cancelled sales and amounts paid as prizes but before payment or provision for payment of any other expenses;
(12) “Retail sports wagering” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-850; and
(13) “Skin” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-850.
(P.A. 96-212, S. 2, 32; P.A. 11-51, S. 196; P.A. 13-184, S. 84; P.A. 14-47, S. 52; P.A. 15-244, S. 103; P.A. 19-117, S. 83; P.A. 21-23, S. 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 71.)
History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 11-51 added new Subdiv. (3) defining “division” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (3) to (5) as Subdivs. (4) to (6), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-184 redefined “lottery” to include keno in Subdiv. (4), added definitions of “keno” in new Subdiv. (5) and “playslip” in Subdiv. (8) and redesignated existing Subdivs. (5) and (6) as Subdivs. (6) and (7), effective June 18, 2013; P.A. 14-47 deleted Subpara. (D) re keno in Subdiv. (4), deleted former Subdivs. (5) and (8) re definitions of “keno” and “playslip” and redesignated existing Subdivs. (6) and (7) as Subdivs. (5) and (6), effective May 29, 2014; P.A. 15-244 redefined “lottery” in Subdiv. (4) to include keno conducted pursuant to Sec. 12-806c, added new Subdiv. (5) defining “keno”, redesignated existing Subdivs. (5) and (6) as Subdivs. (6) and (7), and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 19-117 redefined “Lottery fund” in Subdiv. (6), effective June 26, 2019; P.A. 21-23 added new Subdiv. (3) defining “department”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (3) as new Subdiv. (4), added new Subdiv. (5) defining “fantasy contest”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (4) as new Subdiv. (6) and amended same to redefine “lottery”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (5) as new Subdiv. (7) and amended same to redefine “keno”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (8) and amended same to change defined term from “lottery fund” to “lottery and gaming fund” and redefine, added Subdiv. (9) defining “online sports wagering”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (7) as Subdiv. (10) and amended same to redefine “operating revenue”, added Subdiv. (11) defining “retail sports wagering”, added Subdiv. (12) defining “skin” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2021; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 added reference to Sec. 12-853a in introductory language, redefined “lottery and gaming fund” in Subdiv. (8), added new Subdiv. (9) defining “online lottery ticket sales”, and redesignated existing Subdivs. (9) to (12) as Subdivs. (10) to (13), effective July 1, 2021.