§ 27-115-75. Prohibited acts; penalties
Any person, with intent to defraud, who falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes or counterfeits a state lottery ticket shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one (1) year and not more than twenty (20) years, by a fine of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by both such fine and […]
§ 27-115-45. Coordination with Department of Human Services to withhold lottery prizes of persons who have outstanding child support arrearages; coordination with state agencies to withhold lottery prizes of persons who have outstanding debts owed state
The board shall coordinate with the Department of Human Services to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the withholding of lottery prizes of persons who have outstanding child support arrearages as reported to the corporation, beginning at prize levels to be determined by the board. The corporation may require any agency reporting current child support […]
§ 27-115-77. Employment of former board members or corporation officers by vendors of the corporation within one year after termination of service with corporation prohibited; exceptions; administration of provisions of section by State Ethics Commission
No former board member or officer of the corporation, or a corporation or other entity owned, in whole or in part, by a former board member or officer of the corporation, shall solicit or accept employment or enter into a contract for compensation of any kind with a vendor of the corporation within one (1) […]
§ 27-115-47. Prize awarded in deferred annuity payments may be voluntarily assigned to a person other than the winner under certain circumstances and with judicial approval
Under an appropriate judicial order, any prize, or any portion of a prize, or any right of any person to a prize awarded, payable by the corporation in deferred annuity payments, may be paid to any person other than the winner. The right of a person to a prize payable by the corporation in deferred […]
§ 27-115-49. Contracts for major procurements
The corporation shall enter into its contracts for major procurements after bidding. The corporation may adopt administrative rules and regulations pursuant to the provisions of this chapter providing for special procedures whereby the Mississippi Lottery Corporation may make any class of procurement. In its bidding processes, the corporation may do its own bidding and procurement […]
§ 27-115-51. Deposit of monies received from sale of lottery tickets into corporate operating account; investment of monies in corporate operating account; Lottery Proceeds Fund established; transfer of net proceeds from corporate operating account to Lottery Proceeds Fund
All monies received by the corporation from the sale of lottery tickets and all other sources shall be deposited into a corporate operating account. Such account shall be established in a custodian financial institution domiciled in the State of Mississippi and insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and collateralized as prescribed by Section 27-105-5. […]
§ 27-115-53. Acceptance and expenditure of monies; corporation intended to be self-sustaining and self-funded
The corporation may accept and expend such monies as may be appropriated by the Legislature or such monies as may be received from any source, including income from the corporation’s operations, for effectuating its corporate purposes, including the payment of the initial expenses of administration and operation of the corporation and the lottery. The corporation […]
§ 27-115-55. Selection of lottery retailers; disqualifying factors
The Legislature hereby recognizes that to conduct a successful lottery, the corporation must develop and maintain a statewide network of lottery retailers that will serve the public convenience and promote the sale of tickets, while ensuring the integrity of the lottery operations, games and activities. To govern the selection of lottery retailers, the board shall, […]
§ 27-115-57. Lottery retailer contract not transferable or assignable; issuance and public display of lottery retailer certificate
No lottery retailer contract awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be transferable or assignable. No lottery retailer shall contract with any person for lottery goods or services except with the approval of the board. Each lottery retailer shall be issued a lottery retailer certificate which shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where the lottery […]
§ 27-115-59. Lottery retailer to post bond or letter of credit
The corporation shall require each lottery retailer to post a letter of credit or a bond with the corporation using a surety acceptable to the corporation in an amount not to exceed twice the average lottery ticket sales of the lottery retailer for the period within which the lottery retailer is required to remit lottery […]