La. Admin. Code tit. 42 § XV-515

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XV-515 - Criteria for On-Line Retailers

A. The board shall maintain a limitation on the number of on-line retailers. The limitation shall be based on the number of on-line retailers permitted under the corporation's contracts for procurement of an on-line lottery system and other appropriate objective business factors. The determination and policies shall be stated in a written policy statement adopted by the board. The mechanism and factors established to determine which applicants become on-line retailers shall be based solely on the corporation's business needs and shall afford fair and objective treatment to all applicants. By way of example, but not limitation, such determining factors may include:

1. the status of the applicant's license to sell instant tickets, if any, and the applicant's volume of instant ticket sales;

2. the distribution of retailers for on-line tickets throughout the state and the geographic area serviced by the applicant, and the sufficiency of retailers for on-line tickets to serve the public convenience at any particular location in the state;

3. the average number of customers who visit an applicant's place of business;

4. the applicant's hours of operations;

5. the capability and willingness of an applicant to pay prizes up to the maximum amount payable by retailers at various times during the day;

6. the capability and willingness of an applicant to promote the sale of lottery tickets;

7. the applicant's proposed location for the terminal to sell on-line tickets;

8. the financial stability of an applicant;

9. any problems the corporation has experienced with an applicant's electronic fund transfer account for instant ticket sales;

10. the degree to which an applicant uses display materials for instant ticket games;

11. the sales potential for on-line tickets by the applicant.

La. Admin. Code tit. 42, § XV-515

Promulgated by the Louisiana Lottery Corporation in The State Times on May 21, 1991, amended in The Advocate on December 24, 1991, repromulgated LR 26:711 (April 2000).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:9001 et seq.