Section 9 Lottery Commission Clarification

Subsection (a) of section 25 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as amended by section 9 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "appropriation", the first time it appears, the following words:- ; notwithstanding the foregoing, the commission may enter into contracts or group agreements for lottery games not currently or previously authorized by the commission, resulting in a contractor or licensor to be paid a specified percentage of net or gross revenues of such game and such payments shall not be subject to appropriation.

This section clarifies that the Lottery Commission may enter into contracts for lottery games not currently or previously authorized by the Commission.