Florida SB 530: Entertainment Industry

Bill Text

530 
State Lotteries 
2026-01-29T06:41:59Z 
Revising the powers and duties of the Department of the Lottery; revising the information required to be provided to the department by persons who submit a bid, a proposal, or an offer to negotiate a contract for major procurement; authorizing the Division of Security’s sworn law enforcement officers to purchase and present lottery tickets to a lottery retailer to claim a prize under certain circumstances; prohibiting certain false claims relating to state lottery tickets, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 530 

 By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senators Simon and 
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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to state lotteries; amending s. 
 3 24.103, F.S.; defining the term “ball machine”; 
 4 revising the definitions of the terms “major 
 5 procurement” and “retailer”; amending s. 24.105, F.S.; 
 6 revising the powers and duties of the Department of 
 7 the Lottery; amending s. 24.108, F.S.; revising the 
 8 schedule for the department to have a certain report 
 9 produced and submitted to the Governor and the 
 10 Legislature; amending s. 24.111, F.S.; revising the 
 11 information required to be provided to the department 
 12 by persons who submit a bid, a proposal, or an offer 
 13 to negotiate a contract for major procurement; 
 14 amending s. 24.112, F.S.; revising the bond amount a 
 15 retailer may be required to post for the period within 
 16 which the retailer is required to remit lottery funds 
 17 to the department; revising certain requirements 
 18 relating to lottery vending machines; amending s. 
 19 24.116, F.S.; authorizing the Division of Security’s 
 20 sworn law enforcement officers to purchase and present 
 21 lottery tickets to a lottery retailer to claim a prize 
 22 under certain circumstances; amending s. 24.118, F.S.; 
 23 revising certain prohibitions and penalties relating 
 24 to presenting a counterfeit or altered state lottery 
 25 ticket; prohibiting certain false claims relating to 
 26 state lottery tickets; prohibiting a lottery retailer 
 27 or an employee thereof from using such position to 
 28 knowingly facilitate, participate in, or otherwise 
 29 assist in the theft of a lottery ticket from a retail 
 30 establishment, patron, or customer; providing criminal 
 31 penalties; defining the terms “patron” and “customer”; 
 32 providing an effective date. 
 33 
 34 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 35 
 36 Section 1. Present subsections (1) through (6) of section 
 37 24.103, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (2) 
 38 through (7), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to that 
 39 section, and present subsections (2) and (4) of that section are 
 40 amended, to read: 
 41 24.103 Definitions.—As used in this act: 
 42 (1) “Ball machine” means a device that mechanically mixes a 
 43 set of numbered balls and then randomly draws from that mix to 
 44 determine the winning numbers for a specific game. 
 45 (3)(2) “Major procurement” means a procurement for a 
 46 contract for the printing of tickets for use in any lottery 
 47 game, consultation services for the startup of the lottery, any 
 48 goods or services involving the official recording for lottery 
 49 game play purposes of a player’s selections in any lottery game 
 50 involving player selections, any goods or services involving the 
 51 receiving of a player’s selection directly from a player in any 
 52 lottery game involving player selections, any goods or services 
 53 involving the drawing, determination, or generation of winners 
 54 in any lottery game, the security report services provided for 
 55 in this act, or any goods and services relating to marketing and 
 56 promotion which exceed a value of $25,000. 
 57 (5)(4) “Retailer” means the department or a person who 
 58 sells lottery tickets on behalf of the department pursuant to a 
 59 contract. 
 60 Section 2. Section. 2. Paragraphs (a) and (d) of 
 61 subsection (9) and subsection (17) of section 24.105, Florida 
 62 Statutes, are amended to read: 
 63 24.105 Powers and duties of department.—The department 
 64 shall: 
 65 (9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation 
 66 of the state lottery, including: 
 67 (a) The type of lottery games to be conducted, except that: 
 68 1. The No name of an elected official may not shall appear 
 69 on the ticket or play slip of any lottery game or on any prize 
 70 or on any instrument used for the payment of prizes, unless such 
 71 prize is in the form of a state warrant. 
 72 2. No Coins or currency may not shall be dispensed from any 
 73 electronic computer terminal or device used in any lottery game. 
 74 3. Other than as specifically provided in s. 24.112, a no 
 75 terminal or device may not be used for any lottery game which 
 76 may be operated solely by the player wit