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SB00229 • 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS OF THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION.

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS OF THE CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
General Law Committee
Last action
2026-04-01
Official status
File Number 286
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text defines terms by referencing other statutes (sections 12-850 and 12-801), so specific definitions in this bill rely on those external laws.

New Rules for Online Lottery and Fantasy Game Locations

This law requires online platforms selling lottery tickets or fantasy contests to use strict location-checking tools that work even if users try to hide their real place.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires electronic wagering platforms to detect a user's device location even if they are using special software like proxy servers or virtual private networks.
  • Prohibits users from entering fantasy contest fees or buying lottery tickets while using proxy servers or virtual private networks.
  • Mandates that platforms use industry standard technologies approved by the Department of Consumer Protection to check locations at the time of purchase.
  • Requires a pop-up warning for users if their device location cannot be determined when they try to buy something.
  • Orders operators and users to receive alerts if an account is accessed from two places too far apart to travel between in the given time.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Electronic wagering platforms that exclusively sell lottery draw games, keno, or fantasy contests online.
  • Online gaming operators who run these digital betting systems for tribes or the Connecticut Lottery Corporation.
  • Patrons who use mobile apps or websites to buy tickets or enter contests in Connecticut.

Terms To Know

Electronic wagering platform
The computer hardware, software, and networks used to run online games like fantasy sports or lottery sales.
Proxy server or virtual private network (VPN)
Tools that can hide a user's real internet location from websites.
Geolocation system
Technology used to find the exact physical place where a device is located.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not state how much it will cost companies to build or update these location systems.
  • The text does not specify what happens if an operator fails to follow these new rules, such as fines or penalties.
  • This act applies only to platforms exclusively selling lottery games and fantasy contests.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-01 LCO

    Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office

  2. 2026-04-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

  3. 2026-04-01 Connecticut General Assembly

    Senate Calendar Number 197

  4. 2026-04-01 LCO

    File Number 286

  5. 2026-03-26 LCO

    Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26 5:00 PM

  6. 2026-03-17 LCO

    Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office

  7. 2026-03-16 GL

    Joint Favorable Substitute

  8. 2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly

    Public Hearing 03/04

  9. 2026-02-18 Connecticut General Assembly

    Referred to Joint Committee on General Law

Official Summary Text

To enhance lottery operations and fiscal benefits to the state.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Senate
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General Assembly File No. 286
February Session, 2026 Substitute Senate Bill No. 229

Senate, April 1, 2026

The Committee on General Law reported through SEN.
MARONEY of the 14th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on
the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS OF THE
CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1
"electronic wagering platform", "fantasy contest", "lottery draw game" 2
and "online gaming operator" have the same meanings as provided in 3
section 12 -850 of the general statutes, and (2) "keno" has the same 4
meaning as provided in section 12-801 of the general statutes. 5
(b) Each electronic wagering platform that exclusively provides (1) 6
fantasy contests, or (2) the sale of tickets for lottery draw games and 7
keno through the Internet, an online service or a mobile application shall 8
employ a geolocation system that, at a minimum, has the capacity to: 9
(A) (i) Detect the location of a patron's device notwithstanding the 10
use of a proxy server or virtual private network, or (ii) prohibit 11
participation of a patron utilizing a proxy server or virtual private 12
network; 13
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(B) Using industry standard technologies approved by the 14
Department of Consumer Protection, (i) check the location of a patron's 15
device whenever such patron submits an entry fee for a fantasy contest 16
or purchases a lottery draw game or keno ticket, and (ii) prohibit a 17
patron from submitting such entry fee or making such purchase 18
whenever the location of the patron's device is unable to be determined; 19
(C) Provide a pop-up notification to a patron whenever the patron is 20
attempting to submit an entry fee for a fantasy contest or purchase a 21
lottery draw game or keno ticket when the location of the patron's 22
device is unable to be determined; and 23
(D) Notify the online gaming operator and the patron if the patron's 24
account is being accessed from geographically inconsistent locations, 25
including, but not limited to, multiple locations among which a patron 26
could not travel between each initiation of such entry fee payment or 27
purchase of a lottery draw game or keno ticket. 28
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 from passage New section

Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsections (b)(2)(B) and (b)(2)(C), three instances of "when" were
changed to "whenever" for clarity.

GL Joint Favorable Subst.

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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill adds various geolocation requirements to electronic
wagering platforms resulting in no fiscal impact to the state.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None

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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 229

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS OF THE
CONNECTICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION.

SUMMARY
This bill adds a number of requirements for the geolocation system
of electronic wagering platforms that are exclusively used for:
1. fantasy contests, which the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan
tribes and Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) may operate
or
2. selling lottery draw game tickets or keno on the Internet or
through a mobile application, which the CLC may operate.
Under the bill, the geolocation system must:
1. prohibit patrons from using proxy servers or virtual private
networks (VPN);
2. detect a patron’s device’s location even if it uses a proxy server
or VPN;
3. use Department of Consumer Protection -approved industry
standard technologies that (a) check a device’s location when it is
used to submit a fantasy contest entry fee or purchase lottery or
keno tickets and (b) prohibit paying entry fees and making
purchases when the location is undetermined;
4. notify patrons with a pop -up if at the time of attempting to
submit payment or make a purchase the device’s location is
undetermined; and
5. notify the online gaming operator and patron if the patron’s
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account is accessed from geographically inconsistent locations ,
for example, from multiple locations between which the patron
could not travel in the amount of time between instances of using
the account to make payments or purchases.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
BACKGROUND
Electronic Wagering Platform
By law, an electronic wagering platform is the hardware, software,
and data networks that manage and control online casino gaming,
online sports wagering, fantasy contests, a nd lottery draw game ticket
and keno sales on the Internet or a mobile application , or retail sports
wagering.
Among other things, the platform s must verify a patron’s age and
that the patron is physically present in the state.
Online Gaming Operator
By law, an “online gaming operator” is a person or business that
operates an electronic wagering platform and contracts directly with a
master wagering licensee (one of the tribes or CLC) to offer (1) one or
more Internet games or (2) retail sports wagering.
COMMITTEE ACTION
General Law Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 21 Nay 0 (03/16/2026)