What's happening
This bill requires all lottery vending machines in New York to have security devices that prevent use by minors under 18.
Why it matters
Directly targets underage gambling. By mandating lockout devices on all vending machines, the bill addresses a loophole in lottery access that minors could exploit, beyond simply relying on store employees to enforce age restrictions.
Shifts responsibility to vendors. Licensed lottery sales agents will be legally required to install and maintain these security devices, increasing their accountability and potential costs but also clarifying enforcement responsibility.
Could reduce youth gambling risks. Preventing easy access to lottery tickets for minors may curb early exposure to gambling, which is linked to higher risks of problem gambling behaviors later in life.
May require updates or retrofits to existing machines. Implementation could have logistical and financial implications for retailers, as all current vending machines would need to be upgraded or replaced to comply with the new security standard.
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Lock Lottery Machines for Kids
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1822
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring security devices on lottery machines to prevent use by minors
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 1610 of the tax law, as added by chapter 92 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
a. No ticket shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen years, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than that age. Any licensee or the employee or agent of any licensee who sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket to any person under the age of eighteen shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The division shall require the installation and maintenance of a lockout device on all lottery vending machines by the licensed lottery sales agents with control over such vending machines to prevent their use by persons under the age of eighteen.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05615-01-7
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