Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 229a - Connecticut Lottery Corporation
Section 12-814. - Lottery advertising and promotions.

(a) In each advertisement intended to promote the purchase of lottery tickets issued for games authorized under sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, the corporation shall include a prominent and clear statement of the average chances of winning per lottery ticket.

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply only to (1) advertisements in newspapers, magazines and brochures and on posters, and (2) television and radio advertisements thirty seconds or longer for one game.
(c) On or before October 1, 1999, the corporation shall implement a code of standards for all advertisements and other activities intended to promote the purchase of lottery tickets for games authorized pursuant to this chapter. The code of standards shall include the requirement that no advertisement or promotion shall denigrate the character or conduct of nonlottery players or praise the character or conduct of lottery players.
(d) The corporation shall not publish the photograph of any person who redeems a winning lottery ticket on the corporation's Internet web site without the prior written consent of such person.
(e) If a person who redeems a winning lottery ticket requests to be excluded from the list of winners published on the corporation's Internet web site, the corporation shall remove such person's name from such list not later than five days after receiving such request.
(P.A. 96-212, S. 15, 32; P.A. 99-173, S. 57, 65; P.A. 21-63, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 96-212 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 99-173 added new Subsec. (c) re implementation of code of standards, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 21-63 added Subsec. (d) re publication of photograph on Internet web site, added Subsec. (e) re list of winners on Internet web site and made technical changes in Subsec. (b)(1), effective July 1, 2021.

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