§ 4801. Statement of purpose. (a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to establish a state-operated lottery under the supervision of a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Finance with the written approval of the Governor and hold broad authority to administer the system in a manner which will produce the […]
§ 4802. State Lottery Office. A State Lottery Office shall exist as part of the Department of Finance and shall be administered by a Director responsible for the operation of a state lottery. The net proceeds of the state lottery shall be placed in the General Fund of the State. 59 Del. Laws, c. 348, […]
§ 4803. Definitions. (a) “Charitable gaming organization” shall mean an organization, in existence as of January 1, 2013, that is a fraternal or veterans organization with national affiliation or an organization, in existence as of January 1, 2013, whose membership consists primarily of veterans honorably discharged or active duty service members. (b) “Charitable video lottery […]
§ 4804. Director — Appointment; qualifications; salary. (a) The State Lottery Office shall be administered and supervised by a Director who shall be a person qualified by business experience and training to supervise the operation of a public gaming system in a manner which will produce the greatest income for the State. The Director shall […]
§ 4805. Director — Powers and duties. (a) The Director shall have the power and the duty to operate and administer the state lottery and to promulgate such rules and regulations governing the establishment and operation of the lottery as the Director deems necessary and desirable in order that the lottery be initiated at the […]
§ 4806. Lottery sales agents — Qualifications; prohibitions. (a) No license as an agent to sell lottery tickets shall be issued to any person to engage in business exclusively as a lottery ticket sales agent except those persons hired to staff the State Lottery Office or a state-operated sales office. Before issuing a license to […]
§ 4807. Lottery sales agents — Authorization of agents. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person licensed as provided in this subchapter is hereby authorized and empowered to act as a lottery ticket sales agent, a video lottery agent, or a sports lottery agent, as the case may be. 59 Del. Laws, c. 348, […]
§ 4807A. Fingerprinting procedure required. (a) Any person seeking a license from the State Lottery Office shall be required to submit fingerprints and other necessary information in order to obtain the following: (1) A report of the individual’s entire criminal history record from the State Bureau of Identification or a statement from the State Bureau […]
§ 4808. Nonassignability of prizes. No right of any person to a prize or a portion of a prize shall be assignable; except that payment of any prize shall be made to the estate of a deceased prize winner; and except that any person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid the prize, […]
§ 4809. Restrictions on ticket sales; penalties. (a) No person shall sell a ticket for any type of lottery game at a price greater than that fixed by rule or regulation of the Director. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent or a licensed sports lottery agent shall sell lottery tickets or shares, […]
§ 4810. Sales to certain persons prohibited; penalties. (a) (1) It is unlawful for an individual who is under 18 years old to purchase a lottery ticket or participate in an internet ticket game. (2) It is unlawful for an individual who is under 21 years old to wager on the video lottery, sports lottery, […]
§ 4811. Jurisdiction in Superior Court. The Superior Court has exclusive jurisdiction over offenses under this subchapter, except for offenses under §§ 4810(a) and 4836(a) and (b) of this title. 59 Del. Laws, c. 348, § 1; 61 Del. Laws, c. 189, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. […]
§ 4812. Disposition of unclaimed prize money. Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket shall be retained by the Director for the person entitled thereto for 1 year after the drawing or event in which the prize was won. If no claim is made for said money within such year, the prize […]
§ 4813. Prizes to minors. If the person entitled to a prize or any winning ticket is under the age of 14 years, the Director may direct payment of the prize by delivery to an adult member of the minor’s family or a guardian of the minor a check or a draft payable to the […]
§ 4814. Transfer of funds and transaction records between agents and the State. The Director may, at the Director’s discretion, require any or all lottery ticket sales agents to deposit to the credit of the State Lottery Fund in banks designated by the Director all or part of the moneys received by such agents from […]
§ 4815. State Lottery Fund. (a) All moneys received from the sale of lottery tickets, keno, and from Internet ticket games, shall be accounted for to the State Treasurer and all net moneys shall be placed into a special account known as the State Lottery Fund. From the Fund, the Director shall first pay for […]
§ 4816. Post-audit of accounts and transactions of Office. The State Auditor shall conduct a yearly post-audit of all accounts and transactions of the State Lottery Office. The cost of the audit shall be paid out of the State Lottery Fund moneys designated for payment of operating expenses. 59 Del. Laws, c. 348, § 1;
§ 4818. Disclosure of certain information regarding a prize winner. The name and address of any prize winner under this chapter shall not be disclosed to the public by the State Lottery Office unless permission is given by the prize winner. 66 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 3;
§ 4819. Restrictions on location and use of video lottery and sports lottery machines; fees. (a) Video lottery machines and table game equipment shall only be located within the confines of an existing racetrack property in this State on which was conducted in 1993 either a horse racing meet pursuant to Title 3 or Title […]
§ 4819A. Charitable video lottery machines use and restrictions. (a) An eligible charitable gaming organization must apply for and receive the approval of the Director to operate charitable video lottery machines. The application form which will be promulgated by the Director shall at a minimum include the name of the eligible organization, the location at […]
