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A1289
ASSEMBLY, No. 1289
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman CLINTON CALABRESE
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Fantasia
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires display of estimated odds of winning on
certain lottery tickets and State Lottery website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning the display of the estimated odds of
winning lottery prizes and supplementing P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.).
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.� a.� The overall estimated
odds of winning a prize, regardless of amount, through a lottery game
authorized pursuant to P.L.1970, c.13 (C.5:9-1 et seq.), other than draw based
games, shall be prominently displayed on every lottery ticket or share sold.� For
draw based games, the estimated odds of winning shall be made readily available
to consumers at the point of sale and on the official New Jersey Lottery
website.� The estimated odds of winning shall be expressed in a standardized
format in a manner to be determined by the commission.
���� b.� The commission shall, in
accordance with the �Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1
et seq.), promulgate rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate
the provisions of this section.
���� c.� For the purposes of this
section, �draw based game� means a game whose tickets are generated from the
gaming system, the winning numbers are randomly drawn by mechanical or
electronic means, and does not have a pre-determined outcome.
���� 2.� This act shall take effect
on the first day of the seventh month following enactment, except that the
commission may take anticipatory action in advance as necessary to implement
the provisions of this act.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the State
Lottery Commission to prominently display the overall estimated odds of winning
a lottery prize, regardless of amount. For games other than draw games, the
odds will be displayed on every such game sold. For draw games, the estimated
odds of winning will be made readily available to consumers at the point of
sale and on the official New Jersey Lottery website.� The bill requires that
the odds of winning be expressed in a standardized format in a manner to be
determined by the commission.
���� The bill defines �draw based
game� to mean a game whose tickets are generated from the gaming system, the
winning numbers are randomly drawn by mechanical or electronic means, and does
not have a pre-determined outcome.