Lottery Ticket Sales

2025-2026 Bill 5057: Lottery Ticket Sales - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5057
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Ballentine, Cobb-Hunter, Taylor, Gilliard, Rivers and Waters
Document Path: LC-0513SA26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 29, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Ways and Means
Summary: Lottery Ticket Sales
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

1/29/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 13
)

1/29/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Judiciary
(
House Journal-page 13
)

3/24/2026

House

Recalled from Committee on
Judiciary
(
House Journal-page 51
)

3/24/2026

House

Committed to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 51
)

4/2/2026

House

Committee report: Favorable
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 9
)

4/15/2026

House

Requests for debate-Rep(s). McCravy, Gibson,
Frank, Edgerton, Magnuson, Kilmartin, White,
Gilreath, Cromer, Oremus (
House Journal-page 22
)

4/21/2026

House

Member(s) request name added as sponsor:
Gilliard, Rivers, Waters

4/23/2026

House

Debate adjourned (
House Journal-page 160
)

4/29/2026

House

Debate adjourned

5/7/2026

House

Debate adjourned (
House Journal-page 41
)

5/13/2026

House

Recommitted to Committee on
Ways and Means
(
House Journal-page 182
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/29/2026
04/02/2026

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Stricken

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Committee Report

April 2, 2026

H. 5057

Introduced
by Reps. Ballentine, Cobb-Hunter and Taylor

S. Printed 4/2/26--H.

Read the first time January 29, 2026

________

The committee on House Ways and
Means

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 5057) to amend
the South Carolina Code of Laws by adding Section
59-150-420
so as to provide
that lottery retailers may use certain lottery ticket vending machines; and,
etc., respectfully

Report:

That they have duly and carefully considered
the same, and recommend that the same do pass:

B.W. BANNISTER for Committee.

statement of estimated fiscal impact

Explanation of Fiscal Impact

State Expenditure

This bill authorizes the sale of lottery
tickets through lottery vending machines at lottery retailers in the state.
Currently, it is unlawful for a lottery retailer to maintain a lottery ticket
vending machine for direct use by consumers. The bill further states that the
lottery ticket vending machines may distribute prizes up to the amount the
lottery retailer is authorized to distribute, and the machines must require ID
verification before purchase. The bill defines lottery ticket vending machine
means a self-service, automated kiosk that allows the purchase of lottery
tickets.

SCEL indicates that under the bill, the
commission will be responsible for purchasing the lottery ticket vending
machines and placing them in retail locations. While the actual cost of the
vending machines will depend upon specific retail requirements, specifications,
and the RFP process, the commission anticipates an approximate cost of $20,000
per unit. SCEL further anticipates purchasing 500 units to strategically place
at retail locations across the state, resulting in a non-recurring expense of
$10,000,000 for SCEL in FY 2026-27. The commission also notes that there will
be a recurring expense for maintenance and repair of the machines. The
commission indicates that these expenses will be offset by the additional
lottery ticket sales revenue generated as a result of the implementation of
lottery ticket vending machines.

State Revenue

This bill authorizes the sale of lottery
tickets through lottery vending machines at lottery retailers in the state. The
bill further states that the lottery ticket vending machines may distribute
prizes up to the amount the lottery retailer is authorized to distribute, and
the machines must require ID verification before purchase. It is currently
unlawful for a lottery retailer to maintain a lottery ticket vending machine
for direct use by consumers.

This bill is expected to increase lottery
revenue available for appropriation in FY 2026-27, based on the commission's
expectation that the implementation of lottery ticket vending machines will
generate additional lottery ticket sales. SCEL provided an analysis based on
lottery sales data within the state as well as data from other lottery
jurisdictions that introduced lottery vending machines. Based on SCEL's
analysis, lottery ticket vending machines are expected to increase lottery
ticket sales of between 6.7 and 10 percent in the first full year of
implementation. SCEL estimates that if the 500 vending machines are distributed
among retailers in the middle 50 percent of sales and lottery sales increase by
6.7 percent, the aggregate increase in gross ticket sales will be $13,700,000.
If SCEL chooses to implement the lottery vending machine units at retailers in
the top 70 percent of overall sales and assuming a 10 percent sales lift, the
expected gross ticket sales increase will be approximately $36,300,000. Thus,
SCEL anticipates that implementing lottery ticket vending machines under this
bill will increase lottery sales by between $13,700,000 and $36,300,000 in the
first full year of implementation. This represents an increase in total lottery
sales by approximately 0.6 percent to 1.6 percent over total gross sale revenue
received in FY 2024-25.

SCEL has based this estimated increase on a
number of factors, including prior sales performance among retailers that
expanded their acceptable forms of payments to include debit cards as well as
data from other lottery jurisdictions indicating consumer preferences towards
self-service kiosks over manned retail counters.

Initially, the additional sales revenue
will be used to offset the one-time expense incurred for the purchase of the
lottery ticket vending machines. SCEL reports that in the first full year of
implementation beginning in FY 2026-27, after the initial expense has been
recouped, this bill will increase net Education Lottery proceeds available for
appropriation by between $1,000,000 and $6,500,000. Beginning no later than
during FY 2027-28, SCEL anticipates that this bill will increase net Education
Lottery proceeds available for appropriation by between $3,400,000 to
$9,000,000. This represents an increase of between 0.7 and 1.9 percent over the
anticipated FY 2026-27 net proceeds available for appropriation of
$473,200,000. Please note, these estimates are based on current player habits
and the commission's expectation that current and new lottery players will
prefer lottery ticket vending machines over the current point-of-sale process
at a manned retail counter. The actual revenue impact will depend upon the
total increase in ticket sales and may vary from this analysis.

Frank A. Rainwater, Executive Director

Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
59-150-420
SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT LOTTERY RETAILERS MAY USE CERTAIN LOTTERY
TICKET VENDING MACHINES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION
12-21-2710
, RELATING TO TYPES
OF MACHINES AND DEVICES PROHIBITED BY LAW, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXCEPTION.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
C
hapter 150, Title 59 of the S.C. Code is amended by
adding:

S
ection
59-150-420
. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission shall
permit a lottery retailer to sell lottery tickets through lottery ticket
vending machines. The lottery ticket vending machines also may distribute
prizes up to the amount the lottery retailer is authorized to distribute. Lottery
ticket vending machines must require ID verification before purchase. The
provisions of this chapter are applicable to the use of lottery ticket vending
machines. For purposes of this section, "lottery ticket vending machine" means
a self-service, automated kiosk that allows the purchase of lottery tickets.

S
ECTION 2.
S
ection
12-21-2710
of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

S
ection
12-21-2710
.
(
A)
It is unlawful for any person to keep on his premises
or operate or permit to be kept on his premises or operated within this State
any vending or slot machine, or any video game machine with a free play feature
operated by a slot in which is deposited a coin or thing of value, or other
device operated by a slot in which is deposited a coin or thing of value for
the play of poker, blackjack, keno, lotto, bingo, or craps, or any machine or
device licensed pursuant to Section
12-21-2720
and used for gambling or any
punch board, pull board, or other device pertaining to games of chance of
whatever name or kind, including those machines, boards, or other devices that
display different pictures, words, or symbols, at different plays or different
numbers, whether in words or figures or, which deposit tokens or coins at
regular intervals or in varying numbers to the player or in the machine, but
the provisions of this section do not extend to coin-operated nonpayout pin
tables, in-line pin games, or to automatic weighing, measuring, musical, and
vending machines which are constructed as to give a certain uniform and fair
return in value for each coin deposited and in which there is no element of
chance.

(
B)
Any person violating
the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
must be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for a period of
not more than one year, or both.

(
C)
This section does not
apply to the development, manufacture, processing, selling, possessing,
provision of technical aid, or transporting of any printed materials, gaming
equipment, devices, or other materials, software, or hardware used or
designated for use in out-of-state jurisdictions by a gaming device
manufacturer. A gaming device manufacturer is a manufacturing entity that is in
good standing with the South Carolina Secretary of State's Office, is
registered with the United States Department of Justice Gambling Device
Registration Unit, is authorized to do business in the State of South Carolina,
and has all appropriate business licensure and zoning authorization necessary
to operate a manufacturing facility in the jurisdiction in which the manufacturing
facility is located. Any transportation of gaming devices authorized in this
section must comply with all applicable federal laws. This section may not be
construed so as to prohibit communications between persons in this State and
persons involved with such legal lotteries or gaming devices relative to such
printed materials, equipment, devices, or other materials, software, or
hardware.

(
D) This section does not apply to
the lottery ticket vending machines authorized by Section
59-150-420
.

S
ECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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