Section 24. The commission is hereby authorized to conduct a state lottery and shall determine the types of lottery or lotteries, to be conducted, the price, or prices, of tickets or shares in the lottery, the numbers and sizes of the prizes on the winning tickets or shares, the manner of selecting the winning tickets or shares, the manner of payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares, the frequency of the drawings or selections of winning tickets or shares and the type or types of locations at which tickets or shares may be sold, the method to be used in selling tickets or shares, the licensing of agents to sell tickets or shares; provided, however, that no tickets or shares, other than season tickets, so-called, shall be sold, offered for sale, or purchased from a licensed sales agent or the lottery commission by telephone or by the use of computer or facsimile services; provided, further, that said restriction shall not govern the transmittal of lottery information and sales through telephone services strictly between the lottery commission and its duly licensed sales agents; provided, further, that no person under the age of eighteen shall be licensed as an agent, the manner and amount of compensation, if any, to be paid licensed sales agents, and such other matters necessary or desirable for the efficient and economical operation and administration of the lottery and for the convenience of the purchasers of tickets or shares and the holders of winning tickets or shares; provided, however, that the amount of compensation, if any, to be paid to licensed sales agents as a commission pursuant to this section shall be calculated on the total face value of each ticket or share sold and not on any discounted price of any such ticket or share sold. The commission is authorized to operate the daily numbers game seven days a week. Each state lottery ticket or share shall have imprinted thereon the state seal and a serial number. The commission may establish, and from time to time revise, such rules and regulations as it deems necessary or desirable and shall file the same with the office of the state secretary. The commission shall advise and make recommendations to the director regarding the operation and administration of the lottery. The commission shall report monthly to the governor, the attorney general and the general court, the total lottery revenues, prize disbursements and other expenses for the preceding month, and shall make an annual independently audited financial report to the same which shall include a full and complete statement of lottery revenues, prize disbursements and other expenses, including such recommendations as it may deem necessary or advisable, which shall be made available electronically to the general public not later than the earliest date established for reports in section 12 of chapter 7A. The commission shall report immediately to the governor and the general court any matters which require immediate changes in the laws of the commonwealth in order to prevent abuses and evasions of the lottery law or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or to rectify undesirable conditions in connection with the administration or operation of the state lottery.
The commission is authorized to carry on a continuous study and investigation of said lottery throughout the commonwealth in order (1) to ascertain any defects in the state lottery law or in the rules and regulations issued thereunder whereby any abuse in the administration and operation of the lottery or any evasion of said law or said rules and regulations may arise or be practiced, (2) to formulate recommendations for changes in said law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to prevent such abuses and evasions, and (3) to guard against the use of said law and rules and regulations issued thereunder as a cloak for the carrying on of organized gambling and crime.
The commission shall make a continuous study and investigation of the operation and administration of similar laws in other states or countries, of any literature on the subject which from time to time may be published or available, of any federal laws which may affect the operation of the lottery, and of the reaction of citizens of the commonwealth to existing and potential features of the lottery with a view to recommending or effecting changes that will tend to better serve and implement the purposes of the state lottery law.
The concurrence of the chairman and of not less than two other members of the commission shall be required for all official actions of the commission. A copy of the minutes of each meeting of the commission, including any rules and regulations adopted by the commission or any amendments thereof, shall be forthwith transmitted, by and under the certification of the secretary thereof, to the governor.
The commission shall have the power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records and other evidence before it in any matter over which it has jurisdiction, control or supervision. The commission shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations to persons whose testimony is required.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer
Section 1 - State Treasurer; Supervision of Department; Salary; Other Sources of Income
Section 2 - Treasurer's Bond; Contents
Section 3 - Treasurer's Bond; Deposit With State Secretary; Actions Thereon
Section 4 - First Deputy Treasurer; Duties; Absence, Disability or Removal of Treasurer
Section 5a - Annual Personnel Report
Section 5c - Investment Division; Responsibilities
Section 7 - Receipt of Federal Funds for Soldiers' Homes
Section 8 - Receipt of Federal Funds for Highways
Section 8a - Receipt of Federal Funds for Forest Fire Prevention
Section 10 - Annual Report to General Court; Statement of Transactions
Section 12 - State Treasurer; Death; Vacancy; Care of Property and Funds
Section 13 - State Treasurer; Death; Vacancy; Inventory of Property and Funds
Section 14 - State Treasurer; Duplicate Receipts by New Treasurer
Section 15 - Trust Funds; Massachusetts Training Schools; Authority to Receive; Duties
Section 17a - Trust Funds; Military Forces; Authority to Receive; Duties
Section 17b - Trust Funds; Receipt, Disbursement and Investment
Section 18 - State Board of Retirement; Membership, Tenure
Section 19 - State Board of Retirement; Reimbursement of Expense or Loss
Section 20 - Clerical and Other Assistants, Appointment
Section 21 - Commissioners on Firemen's Relief; Membership
Section 24 - State Lottery Commission; Powers and Duties
Section 24a - Agreements for Creation of Multi-Jurisdictional Lottery Game; Revenues; Notice of Odds
Section 25 - Apportionment of Lottery Revenues
Section 26 - Director of the State Lottery; Appointment; Powers and Duties
Section 26a - Office of Performance Management and Innovation; Performance Management Systems
Section 27 - Sale of Tickets; Agents; Licensing; Restrictions
Section 27a - Keno; Licenses; Growth Revenues; Distribution
Section 28 - Assignability of Prizes; Liability of Commissioner and Director
Section 28a - Past-Due Child Support; Disbursement of Prizes
Section 29 - Prohibited Sales; Penalty
Section 30 - Forgery, Alteration, Etc. of Lottery Tickets; Penalties
Section 30a - Prohibited Acts Concerning State Lottery Commission Members or Employees; Penalties
Section 31 - Ineligible Persons
Section 32 - Unclaimed Prize Money
Section 34 - Minors; Payment of Prize Money
Section 35 - State Lottery and Gaming Fund; Expenditures
Section 35d - Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Fund
Section 35e - Organ Transplant Fund
Section 35e.5 - Organ and Tissue Donor Registration Fund
Section 35f - School Improvement Fund
Section 35i - Retirement Law Commission
Section 35m - Board of Registration in Medicine Trust Fund
Section 35n - Martin Luther King Commission Trust Fund
Section 35o - Massachusetts United States Olympic Fund
Section 35p - State House Special Event Fund
Section 35r - Massachusetts State Public Health HIV and Hepatitis Fund
Section 35s - Teacher, Principal and Superintendent Quality Endowment Fund
Section 35t - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority State and Local Contribution Fund
Section 35u - Mbta Infrastructure Renovation Fund
Section 35v - Division of Professional Licensure Trust Fund
Section 35x - Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund
Section 35z - Counsel for Indigent Salary Enhancement Trust Fund
Section 35aa - Smart Growth Housing Trust Fund
Section 35bb - School Modernization and Reconstruction Trust Fund
Section 35cc - Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund
Section 35dd - State Parks Preservation Trust Fund
Section 35ff - Massachusetts Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund
Section 35gg - Abandoned Vessel Trust Fund
Section 35hh - Ocean Resources and Waterways Trust Fund
Section 35ii - Rggi Auction Trust Fund
Section 35jj - Enhanced 911 Fund
Section 35kk - Harbormaster Training Trust Fund
Section 35ll - Nantasket Beach Reservation Trust Fund
Section 35nn - Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund
Section 35oo - Off–highway Vehicle Program Fund
Section 35pp - Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund
Section 35qq - Economic Empowerment Trust Fund
Section 35rr - Health Information Technology Trust Fund
Section 35ss - Build America Bonds Subsidy Trust Fund
Section 35tt - Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Grant Trust Fund
Section 35vv - Social Innovation Financing Trust Fund
Section 35ww - Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund
Section 35xx - Horseneck Beach Reservation Trust Fund
Section 35yy - Dockside Testing Trust Fund
Section 35zz - Scusset Beach State Reservation Trust Fund
Section 35aaa - Community First Trust Fund
Section 35bbb - Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund
Section 35ccc - Flood Control Compact Fund
Section 35ddd - Public Records Assistance Fund
Section 35eee - Commonwealth Facility Trust for Energy Efficiency
Section 35fff - Nickerson State Park Trust Fund
Section 35ggg - Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund
Section 35hhh - Transfer of Development Rights Revolving Fund
Section 35iii - Castle Island and Marine Park Trust Fund
Section 35jjj - Fishing Innovation Fund
Section 35kkk - Agricultural Innovation Fund
Section 35lll - Garden of Peace Trust Fund
Section 35mmm - Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Trust Fund
Section 35nnn - Twenty-First Century Education Trust Fund
Section 35ooo - Summer Camp Stabilization Trust Fund
Section 35ppp - Wellfleet Hollow State Campground Trust Fund
Section 35qqq - Revere Beach Reservation Trust Fund
Section 35rrr - Student Opportunity Act Investment Fund
Section 35sss - Broadband Innovation Fund
Section 38a - Council on Compulsive Gambling; Posting of Notice of Availability
Section 39 - Beano; Gross Receipt Tax; Returns; Disposition and Crediting of Receipts
Section 39a - Raffles and Bazaars; Information and Reports Required; Regulations
Section 40 - Violations of Secs. 38 and 39; Submitting False Information; Penalties
Section 42 - State Election Campaign Fund
Section 42a - Allocation of Funds
Section 42b - Primary Candidate Accounts
Section 42c - State Auditor Report
Section 46 - Anthracite Coal Mining Reclamation Fund
Section 48 - Milk Producers Security Fund
Section 50 - Children's Trust Fund
Section 52 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Creation
Section 53 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Powers and Duties
Section 54 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Hearings; Rules and Regulations
Section 55 - Federal Funding; Plan; Administration
Section 56 - Distribution of Arts Lottery Funds; Applications
Section 56a - Application of Other Laws to the Council
Section 57 - State Arts Lottery Fund
Section 58 - Local and Regional Cultural Councils
Section 58a - State-Designated Cultural Districts
Section 59 - Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund
Section 59a - Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund
Section 61 - Motor Vehicle Inspection Trust Fund
Section 63 1/2 - Central Artery and Statewide Road and Bridge Infrastructure Fund
Section 66 - Victims of Drunk Driving Trust Fund
Section 66a - Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund
Section 67 - Commonwealth Security Trust Fund
Section 68 - Worker and Small Investor Protection Fund
Section 69 - Securities Fraud Prosecution Fund
Section 69b - Endowment Incentive Holding Fund
Section 70 - Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission; Members
Section 71 - Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission; Duties
Section 72 - Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission; Appointments
Section 72a - Gaming Liquor Enforcement Unit
Section 75 - Water Supply Protection Trust; Water Supply Protection Program