Ohio Revised Code Search

...(A) No person shall sell a lottery ticket at a price greater than that fixed by rule of the state lottery commission. (B) No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent shall sell lottery tickets, but nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from giving lottery tickets to another as a gift. A transfer of lottery tickets by any person which is made in connection with a marketing, promotio...

...As used in sections 3770.07 to 3770.075 and 3770.10 to 3770.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Court of competent jurisdiction" means either the general division or the probate division of the court of common pleas of the county in which the prize winner resides, or, if the prize winner is not a resident of this state, either the general division or the probate division of the court of common pleas of Franklin county or ...

...Prior to the date on which a prize winner becomes obligated under a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the prize winner a disclosure statement, in boldface type of the minimum size of fourteen points, setting forth all of the following: (A) The amounts and due dates of the lottery prize award payments that would be transferred under the transfer agreement; (B) The aggregate amount of the lottery pr...

...A court of competent jurisdiction shall approve a transfer of a lottery prize award only in a final order that is based on express findings of the court. The court shall approve the transfer if each of the following conditions that applies is met and is included in the court's express findings: (A) The transferee has provided to the prize winner a disclosure statement that complies with section 3770.11 of the Revis...

...Any state lottery commission rules allowing lottery prize awards to be paid in installments also shall allow a prize winner who is being paid a prize award in that manner to transfer the remainder of the prize award, subject to each of the following conditions: (A) Payments of the prize award transferred shall be subject to the withholding or deduction of any amounts that are required to be withheld or deducted und...

...(A) A transferee shall file an application under sections 3770.10 to 3770.14 of the Revised Code for the approval in advance of a transfer of a lottery prize award in a court of competent jurisdiction. (B) The following procedures shall apply to an application for the approval in advance by a court of a transfer of a lottery prize award under division (A) of this section: (1) Upon the filing of the application, t...

...(A) Upon receipt of a court order issued under section 3770.13 of the Revised Code, the transferee shall provide a certified copy of the court order to the director of the state lottery commission. Not later than ten days after receipt of the certified copy of the court order, the director shall acknowledge to the transferee in writing the commission's intent to comply with the court order in making future payments. ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Video lottery terminal" means any electronic device approved by the state lottery commission that provides immediate prize determinations for participants on an electronic display that is located at a facility owned by a holder of a permit as defined in rule 3769-1-05 of the Administrative Code. (2) "Video lottery terminal promotional gaming credit" means a video lottery term...

...priate prosecuting authority, any law enforcement agency, or any other appropriate governmental or licensing agency, if the agency that receives the information complies with the same requirements regarding confidentiality as those with which the commission must comply. The applicant shall complete a cover sheet for the application on which the applicant shall disclose the applicant's name, the business address of t...

...As used in sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code: (A) "Sports gaming," "type C sports gaming proprietor," and "type C sports gaming host" have the same meanings as in section 3775.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "Lottery sports gaming" means sports gaming conducted by a type C sports gaming proprietor on behalf of the state lottery commission and offered through lottery sales agents that are licensed as typ...

...(A) The state lottery commission shall operate lottery sports gaming as part of the statewide lottery in accordance with this section and with Chapter 3775. of the Revised Code. The state lottery commission may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, in consultation with the Ohio casino control commission, to implement sections 3770.23 to 3770.25 of the Revised Code, so long as those rules are not in conf...

...(A) The state lottery commission shall offer lottery sports gaming only at type C sports gaming hosts' facilities on self-service or clerk-operated terminals, and only to individuals who are at least twenty-one years of age and who are physically present on the premises of the facility. (B) All of the following apply concerning lottery sports gaming: (1) If a type C sports gaming proprietor intends to install mor...

...(A) Whoever is prohibited from claiming a lottery prize award under division (E) of section 3770.07 of the Revised Code and attempts to claim or is paid a lottery prize award is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and shall provide restitution to the state lottery commission of any moneys erroneously paid as a lottery prize award to that person. (B) Whoever violates section 3770.08 of the Revised Code is guilty of a mi...

...n which shall be used to enhance public safety by providing training opportunities to the law enforcement community. (U) "Person" includes, but is not limited to, an individual or a combination of individuals; a sole proprietorship, a firm, a company, a joint venture, a partnership of any type, a joint-stock company, a corporation of any type, a corporate subsidiary of any type, a limited liability company, a busi...

...on member shall be experienced in law enforcement and criminal investigation. (4) At least one commission member shall be a certified public accountant experienced in accounting and auditing. (5) At least one commission member shall be an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Ohio. (6) At least one commission member shall be a resident of a county where one of the casino facilities is located. (7) Not m...

... agents and employees for purposes of enforcement and to other entities, upon request of the participant and agreement by the commission. (e) A casino operator shall make all reasonable attempts as determined by the commission to cease all direct marketing efforts to a person participating in the program. (f) A casino operator shall not cash the check of a person participating in the program or extend credit to t...

...s that the person poses a threat to the safety of patrons or employees of a casino facility or a sports gaming facility; (10) If the person has threatened violence or harm against a person who is involved in the sporting event, where the threat was related to sports gaming with respect to that sporting event; (11) If the person has a history of conduct involving the disruption of gaming operations within a casi...

...rs necessary or proper to aid in the enforcement of this chapter or of a rule adopted thereunder; (E) Audit gaming operations, including those that have ceased operation; (F) Investigate, for the purpose of prosecution, any suspected violation of this chapter or rules adopted thereunder; (G) Investigate as appropriate to aid the commission and to seek the executive director's advice in adopting rules; (H) Se...

...Absent gross negligence, a casino operator, management company, holding company, gaming-related vendor, the state, and employees of those entities are entitled to immunity from any type of civil liability if a person participating in the voluntary exclusion program enters a casino facility.

...stablish and implement a written self-enforcement and compliance program would assist in ensuring the licensee's future compliance with all statutes, rules, and conditions of the license; (7) If the licensee realized a pecuniary gain from the violation; (8) If the amount of any fine or other penalty imposed would result in disgorgement of any gains unlawfully realized by the licensee; (9) If the violation wa...

...provisions of this chapter and other enforcement provisions provided for under the laws of this state, under their established duties and authority, the tax commissioner, the Ohio ethics commission, the inspector general, and the commission, and their respective employees, may demand access to and inspect, examine, photocopy, and audit all books, accounts, records, and memoranda of any person that is not prote...

...Upon cessation of gaming operations, a former licensee shall furnish, upon the demand of the commission, books, papers, and other records as necessary for the commission to audit the ceased gaming operation. A former licensee shall maintain all books, papers, and other records for a period of three years after the cessation of gaming operations. However, if a civil action or criminal proceeding relating to the ...

...(A)(1) The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director is in the unclassified service, shall devote full time to the duties of the office, and shall hold no other office or employment. The executive director shall, by experience and training, possess management skills that equip the executive director to administer an enterprise of the...

...The executive director of the commission shall appoint the number of professional, technical, and clerical employees that is necessary, in the executive director's reasonable opinion, for conducting internal audits, as an internal auditing department, of the commission. The professional and technical employees so appointed shall be qualified by education, licensing (if relevant), and experience to perform the i...

...(A)(1) The executive director of the commission shall enter into an agreement with the department of mental health and addiction services under which the department provides a program of gambling and addiction services, including services to alleviate problem sports gaming, on behalf of the commission. (2) The commission shall use the moneys in the problem sports gaming fund established under section 5753.031 of t...