Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1)
After notice, the director has the authority to provisionally suspend the
license and, after a hearing before the commission, permanently revoke the
license and endorsement of any person who has:
(a) knowingly provided false or misleading
information to the lottery or any other agency conducting an investigation on
behalf of the lottery;
(b) been
convicted of a felony;
(c)
endangered the security of the lottery;
(d) sold any ticket, chance, wager, or bet at
a higher price than that set by commission rule;
(e) intentionally or knowingly initiated or
accepted an offer of compensation from another person, or agreed to aid another
person or persons, to claim all or a share of a lottery prize or sports wager
winnings by means of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation;
(f) intentionally preprinted multiple
terminal-issued draw game or raffle tickets with the objective of gaining an
advantage over other lottery sales locations while benefiting financially,
either directly or indirectly, from sale of those tickets;
(g) intentionally amassed packs of scratch
tickets or taken other intentional actions to gain an advantage over other
lottery sales locations while benefiting financially, either directly or
indirectly, from sale of those tickets; or
(h) tampered with any equipment used for
lottery or sports wagering.
(2) The director may provisionally suspend
the license and, after a hearing before the commission, permanently suspend or
revoke a license and/or endorsement for any of the following reasons:
(a) a change of business location;
(b) an insufficient sales volume;
(c) a delinquency in remitting money owed to
the lottery;
(d) a violation of any
rule adopted by the commission;
(e)
knowingly selling to or cashing a lottery or sports wager ticket for a person
under the age of 18 years;
(f)
allowing an employee under the age of 18 to sell or cash lottery or sports
wager tickets;
(g) failing to
redeem lottery prize or sports wager winnings as directed by the
lottery;
(h) refusing to acquire or
display any materials required by the director; or
(i) the sales agent is ineligible for a
license and the facts giving rise to such ineligibility occurred or were
discovered subsequent to the issuance of a license.
(3) Upon notice of revocation or suspension,
the suspended sales agent shall give a final accounting to the lottery and
surrender the license, equipment, paper, and tickets to the lottery. The sales
agent is liable for all money still owed the lottery.
(4) In circumstances where the suspended
sales agent owns or is a partner in multiple locations, the restriction,
suspension, or termination of one location associated with the suspended sales
agent is grounds for restriction, suspension, or termination of all
locations.
AUTH:
23-7-202,
MCA IMP:
23-7-301,
MCA
