HOUSE BILL No. 6533

 

October 6, 2010, Introduced by Rep. McMillin and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1972 PA 239, entitled

 

"McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely lottery act,"

 

(MCL 432.1 to 432.47) by adding section 24.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 24. (1) A person licensed as a lottery sales agent under

 

this act shall post the following information for each lottery game

 

for which the agent sells tickets or shares:

 

     (a) The odds of winning a prize. If the game has multiple

 

odds, the agent shall post all of the odds for the game.

 

     (b) The implicit tax rate for the game.

 

     (2) A lottery sales agent shall post the information required

 

to be posted under this section conspicuously in 10-point or larger

 

type at the location where the tickets or shares are sold.

 

     (3) The bureau shall make available to licensed lottery sales


 

agents posters that satisfy the requirements of this section. A

 

lottery sales agent may satisfy the requirements of this section by

 

posting the posters supplied by the bureau.

 

     (4) As used in this section, "implicit tax rate" means the

 

percentage of the money from the sales of tickets or shares that

 

will not be apportioned for prizes.