Section 1770.20 Selection of Lottery Sales Agents; License Application and Fee

Section 1770

Section 1770.20  Selection of

Lottery Sales Agents; License Application and Fee

a)         The Director shall license Agents as authorized persons

engaged in business activity dealing with the public, provided that the sole

proprietors, partners, corporate officers or principals of an applicant must be

18 years of age or older to be eligible to apply for a license.  The total

number of Agents shall be sufficient to assure that Lottery products are conveniently

available to the public throughout the State, consistent with the constraints

of the Department's budget.  To obtain a license, any interested person must

first complete application forms provided by the Department.  Information to be

included on application forms will include, but is not limited to: type of

business; tax identification numbers; retailer agreement for the sale of

Lottery tickets; retailer contract for the sale of Lottery tickets; and

acknowledgement of the requirement for a Lottery trust fund account.  Upon

receipt of the completed application, the Department will have a representative

meet with the applicant to discuss the responsibilities of selling Lottery

products and to gather information concerning the applicant and the applicant's

business establishment considering the factors listed in this subsection (a).

The Director shall give careful consideration to the following factors in

selecting as Agents those persons that one may expect to provide a high level

of sales volume of Lottery products, proper security for the Lottery equipment,

Lottery game tickets and money, and a good public image for the State's Lottery

products:

1)         The credit worthiness and financial responsibility of the

applicant as disclosed by standard credit reporting services, the records of

the State, and other credible information bearing upon the credit worthiness of

the applicant as may be brought to the attention of the Director;

2)         The criminal history and tax status of the applicant as

disclosed in the app

ttery

products:

1)         The credit worthiness and financial responsibility of the

applicant as disclosed by standard credit reporting services, the records of

the State, and other credible information bearing upon the credit worthiness of

the applicant as may be brought to the attention of the Director;

2)         The criminal history and tax status of the applicant as

disclosed in the application or in records of federal, State or local

governments;

3)         The physical security of the applicant's establishment in

terms of the physical structure and design of the applicant's facilities as it

would relate to the placement of Lottery equipment, the sale of Lottery

products and the storage of Lottery receipts;

4)         The public accessibility of the applicant's place of business

or activity, including accessibility from roads, major highways, parking

facilities and public transit routes, accessibility by the disabled, proximity

of pedestrian traffic, hours of operation of applicant's business, and the

cleanliness, attractiveness and physical security of the premises;

5)         The

number of existing Lottery sales licenses in the vicinity that are of similar

tradestyle and overall type of operation to the extent that entering into a retailer

agreement might jeopardize the Lottery's integrity, security, honesty, or

fairness of the operation and administration of the Lottery games or undermine

the public's confidence relevant to a positive perception of the Lottery,

including but not limited to pawn shops, gun shops, adult entertainment

establishments (18 years or older), payday loan services, or currency exchanges;

6)         The nature of the applicant's business and the volume of in

store sales from the applicant's regular business in order to assure that the

sale of Lottery products will be ancillary to the applicant's regular business;

7)         The level of anticipated or projected sales from the general

area in which the applicant's business is located, taking into consideratio

currency exchanges;

6)         The nature of the applicant's business and the volume of in

store sales from the applicant's regular business in order to assure that the

sale of Lottery products will be ancillary to the applicant's regular business;

7)         The level of anticipated or projected sales from the general

area in which the applicant's business is located, taking into consideration the

demographics of the neighborhood or locality, the proximity of the location to

population centers and the average sales for other comparable Lottery retailers;

8)         The character of the applicant and the applicant's reputation

for honesty and integrity in the community;

9)         The veracity of the information supplied in the license

application;

10)         The merchandising skills and business experience of the

applicant, including the tenure of applicant's business at the proposed

location;

11)         Any information relating to these listed factors that the

applicant provides to the Department's representative at the time of the site

visit or at the time of submission of the application.

b)         The Director

will make available application forms for application for licensing as an Agent.

Each license application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable $100

application fee. Each application for renewal of a Lottery license shall be

accompanied by a renewal fee of $50. The application and fee shall be mailed or

delivered to the address provided on the license application.

c)         The license fee described in subsection (b) may be waived by

the Department if the period of the license does not exceed 30 days and no new

background checks are required for the applicants.

d)

Each Lottery

Agent

granted a license under

this

Section

must pay a fee of $12 per week as partial reimbursement for communications

charges incurred by the Department in providing access to the Department's

central gaming system.

[20 ILCS 1605/10.2]