Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 23 - PUBLIC UTILITIES AND REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-119-105)
Subtitle 4 - MISCELLANEOUS REGULATED INDUSTRIES (§§ 23-110-101 — 23-119-105)
Chapter 115 - ARKANSAS SCHOLARSHIP LOTTERY ACT (§§ 23-115-101 — 23-115-1102)
Subchapter 4 - OPERATION OF LOTTERY (§§ 23-115-401 — 23-115-411)
Section 23-115-402 - Restriction on sales - Definition

• (a)
  • (1) Unless authorized to do so in writing by the Director of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery, a person shall not sell a ticket or share at a price other than the price established by the Office of the Arkansas Lottery.
  • (2)
    • (A) Only a retailer holding a valid certificate of authority from the office shall sell a ticket.
    • (B) This subsection does not prevent an individual who may lawfully purchase a ticket or share from making a gift of the ticket or share to another individual.

• (b) This chapter does not prohibit the office from designating certain of its agents and employees to sell or give tickets or shares directly to the public.

• (c) Subject to prior approval by the office, retailers may give away tickets or shares as a means of promoting goods or services to customers or prospective customers.

• (d) A retailer shall not sell a ticket or share except from the locations evidenced by the retailer's license issued by the office unless the office authorizes in writing any temporary location not listed in the retailer's license.

• (e)
  • (1) A ticket or share shall not be sold or given to an individual under eighteen (18) years of age.
  • (2) An individual under eighteen (18) years of age is not eligible to win a lottery prize.

• (f) An individual is not eligible to win a lottery prize while the individual is incarcerated in:
  • (1) The Division of Correction;
  • (2) The Division of Community Correction; or
  • (3) A county or municipal jail or detention facility.

• (g)
  • (1) A ticket or share shall not be sold by use of in-store credit, credit cards, charge cards, checks, or any form of deferred payment.
  • (2)
    • (A) A retailer may choose whether to accept as a form of payment:
      • (i) Cash; or
      • (ii) Noncash, noncredit methods of payment, including without limitation debit cards or other electronic transfer of funds of the consumer to the retailer.
    • (B) A retailer that chooses to accept noncash, noncredit methods of payment is responsible for any costs, fees, or charge-backs that may be incurred with the noncash, noncredit transaction.
  • (3) As used in this subsection, "debit card" means any card issued by a financial institution to a consumer for use in initiating an electronic fund transfer from the account of the consumer at the financial institution for the purpose of transferring money between accounts or obtaining money, property, labor, or services.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1018, eff. 7/1/2019.

Amended by Act 2017, No. 876,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.

Amended by Act 2015, No. 218,§ 25, eff. 2/26/2015.

Acts 2009, No. 605, § 1; 2009, No. 606, § 1.