5-551. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Commission" means the Arizona state lottery commission. 2. " Director" means the executive director of the Arizona state lottery commission. 3. " Lottery" or " state lottery" means the lottery created and operated pursuant to this chapter.
5-552. Arizona state lottery commission; membership; appointment; term; chairman; removal; reimbursement of expenses A. There is established the Arizona state lottery commission consisting of five members who shall be citizens and residents of this state and appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211. No more than three members may be from the same political […]
5-553. Executive director; appointment A. An executive director appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211 shall exercise immediate supervision over the lottery. The director shall be a person qualified by training and experience to administer the state lottery. The director shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at the pleasure of the […]
5-554. Commission; director; powers and duties; definitions A. The commission shall meet with the director not less than once each quarter to make recommendations and set policy, receive reports from the director and transact other business properly brought before the commission. B. The commission shall oversee a state lottery to produce the maximum amount of […]
5-555. Apportionment of revenue A. Not more than eighteen and one-half per cent of the total annual revenues accruing from the sale of lottery tickets or shares and from all other sources and not more than thirty-five per cent of the total annual revenues from the sale of special instant games authorized under section 5-554, […]
5-556. Powers and duties of director In addition to other powers and duties prescribed in this chapter, the director shall: 1. Supervise and administer the operation of the lottery in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter, subject to the continuous duty to take into account the particularly sensitive and responsible […]
5-557. Monthly reports; annual reports A. The director shall make a monthly report to the commission, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. The monthly report shall include the total lottery revenue, prize disbursements and other expenses for the preceding month. B. The commission shall make an […]
5-558. Studies and investigations A. The director shall conduct an ongoing study and investigation of the lottery for the following purposes: 1. To ascertain any defects in this chapter or in the rules through which any abuses in the administration and operation of the lottery or any evasion of this chapter or the rules may […]
5-559. Contracts; limitation; restrictions A. Notwithstanding any other statute, the director may: 1. Directly solicit bids and contract for the design and operation of the lottery or the purchase of lottery equipment, tickets and related materials. 2. Contract to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. 3. Acquire […]
5-560. Security operations; powers; peace officer status A. The state lottery commission shall maintain operations responsible for security. The director shall appoint a security officer to supervise the security operations of the commission. B. The security operations of the state lottery commission shall be a law enforcement agency and the supervising security officer is designated […]
5-561. Department of public safety; investigation; authority; payment The director of the department of public safety shall order an investigation into any violation of a statute of this state which pertains to the conduct of the state lottery. The director shall include in the commission’s overhead expenses and pay, upon certified invoice submitted by the […]
5-562. Licenses to sell tickets or shares; fee; conditions; definitions A. A license as an agent to sell lottery tickets or shares shall not be issued to any person to engage in business exclusively as a lottery sales agent. Before issuing a license as a lottery sales agent to any person, the director shall consider […]
5-562.01. Prosecution; payment of costs A. The attorney general and county attorneys have concurrent prosecution authority for any offense arising out of or in connection with the formation, management, operation or conduct of the state lottery. B. The director shall include, as an expense of the commission, all costs incurred by the attorney general or […]
5-563. Right to prize not assignable; exceptions A. The right of any person to a prize is not assignable, except that: 1. Payment of any prize drawn or the remainder of any annuity purchased may be paid to any of the following: (a) The estate of a deceased prize winner. (b) The beneficiary of a […]
5-564. Sale at unauthorized price or by unauthorized persons; violation; classification A. A person shall not sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule. A person other than a licensed lottery sales agent or any employee of an agent acting within the scope of his employment shall not sell […]
5-565. Sale of tickets or shares to underage persons; violation; classification A. It is unlawful for a person to sell or offer to sell a lottery ticket or share to any person who is under the age of twenty-one years. B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
5-565.01. Sale to persons using state issued electronic benefits transfer cards; violation; classification A. It is unlawful for a licensed agent to sell a lottery ticket or share to a person who uses either a public assistance voucher issued by any public entity or an electronic benefits transfer card issued by the department of economic […]
5-565.02. Purchase of lottery tickets or shares by minors It is unlawful for a person under twenty-one years of age to purchase a lottery ticket or share.
5-566. Alteration of lottery tickets; violation; classification Any person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes or counterfeits a state lottery ticket or share is guilty of a class 3 felony.
5-567. Purchase of tickets and receipt of prizes by certain persons prohibited A. A lottery ticket or share may not be purchased by and a prize may not be paid to an officer or employee of the commission or to any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household […]
