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HB2993 • 2026

Requires the game expiration date to be printed on the front of all draw games tickets and scratchers tickets

Requires the game expiration date to be printed on the front of all draw games tickets and scratchers tickets

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kelley, Ann (127)
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
05/15/2026 - Referred: Emerging Issues(H)
Effective date
2026-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires the game expiration date to be printed on the front of all draw games tickets and scratchers tickets

Requires the game expiration date to be printed on the front of all draw games tickets and scratchers tickets

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the game expiration date to be printed on the front of all draw games tickets and scratchers tickets

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Referred: Emerging Issues(H)

  2. 2026-01-20 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Read Second Time (H)

  3. 2026-01-15 Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri Senate

    Introduced and Read First Time (H)

Official Summary Text

Requires the game expiration date to be printed on the front of all draw games tickets and scratchers tickets

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2993
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE KELLEY .
6457H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 313, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to lottery games.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 313, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 313.302, to read as follows:
313.302. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Computer gaming system", the system consisting of draw games terminals
3 and rela ted equipment that communicates with the central process ing equipment and a
4 communication network;
5 (2) "Draw games", a game played on a draw games terminal that is in
6 communication with the lottery's computer gaming system;
7 (3) "Draw games lottery r etailer", a licensed ret ailer who has contracted with
8 the lottery to sell draw games;
9 (4) "Draw games terminal", computer hardwar e thr ough which a player's game
10 selections are generated and claims may be validated;
11 (5) "Draw games ticket", a computer issued game play by a draw games lottery
12 r etailer to a player as a recor d for the numbers or wagers or combination of numbers or
13 wagers the player has selected;
14 (6) "Scratchers game", the Missouri lottery game in which a prep rinted
15 scratchers ticket is pur chased, and upon r emoval of a scratch-off coating on the ticket,
16 the ticket bear er determines his or her winnings, if any;
17 (7) "Scratchers ticket", a Missouri lottery scratchers game ticket.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 2. Beginning January 1, 2027, all draw games and scratchers games shall
19 pr ovide in a conspicuous place on the face of the deliver ed draw games ticket or
20 scratchers ticket a date upon which the game expir es.
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