HB 1556-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2602
\t08/03
HOUSE BILL\t1556-FN
AN ACT\trelative to Lucky 7 tickets.
SPONSORS:\tRep. D. Sullivan, Hills. 42
COMMITTEE:\tExecutive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill makes general changes to the sale of Lucky 7 tickets. This bill also sets hours for the sale of lucky 7 tickets.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2602
\t08/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to Lucky 7 tickets.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Price of Lucky 7 Ticket. Amend RSA 287-E:20, II to read as follows:
\t\tII. The price of any lucky 7 ticket pack or ticket card shall not exceed [$.50] $1.
\t2 Lucky 7 Tickets; Personal Devices. Amend RSA 287-E:21, III-a to read as follows:
\t\tIII-a. Lucky 7 tickets may be sold by dispenser devices approved by the commission and located at the regular meeting place of, or at a facility owned, leased, or utilized by, the licensee for its activities, provided that the commission shall not authorize the use of any lucky 7 dispenser device which was not in use on or before January 1, 2011, unless such device dispenses, or is capable of dispensing at the player's request, a paper or cardboard ticket which has a manual break-open feature and specifications for such dispenser device are contained in the rules of the commission. Any permitted lucky 7 device shall not be in the nature of a slot machine and the outcome of any wager involving a permitted lucky 7 device shall be determined solely by and on the cardboard or paper ticket.
\t3 Limit on Number of Tickets Per Deal. Amend RSA 287-E:22, I to read as follows:
\t\tI. A licensed distributor shall pay a fee of $15 per deal of pull tab tickets, or $0.0045 per pull tab ticket in a deal, whichever is greater. No deal shall exceed 35,000 pull tab tickets.
\t4 Hours of Sale for Lucky 7 Tickets. Amend RSA 287-E:7, IV to read as follows:
\t\tIV. No bingo games shall be conducted prior to 11:00 a.m. on a Saturday or a weekday, prior to noon on a Sunday, or after 11:00 p.m. on any day. On any day bingo games are conducted in accordance with this chapter, Lucky 7 tickets may be sold beginning at 9:00 a.m. and not later than 1:00 a.m. of the next day.
\t5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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HB 1556-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\trelative to Lucky 7 tickets.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Lottery Commission states this bill, as introduced, may have an indeterminable impact on state revenues. There will be no impact on county and local revenues or state, county, and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Lottery Commission states this bill increases the maximum price for a lucky 7 ticket pack or ticket card from $0.50 to $1.00, permits the sale of lucky seven tickets starting at 9:00am on licensed bingo days, two hours earlier on Mondays through Saturdays and three hours earlier on Sundays than current law, and increases the deal fee from $15 per deal ($0.0043/ticket) to $15.75 ($0.0045/ticket). The Commission states it is unable to predict how the maximum ticket change in price or the change in permissible selling hours will impact sales of lucky 7 tickets, if at all. However, the Commission states based on FY 2015 deals sold (55,000) the $0.75 increase in the deal fee could result in a state revenue increase of $41,250 ($0.75 X 55,000).