Ill. Admin. Code tit. 11, § 1770.20 - Selection of Lottery Sales Agents; License Application and Fee
a) The Director
shall license Agents as authorized persons engaged in business activity dealing
with the public, provided that the sole proprietors, partners, corporate
officers or principals of an applicant must be 18 years of age or older to be
eligible to apply for a license. The total number of Agents shall be sufficient
to assure that Lottery products are conveniently available to the public
throughout the State, consistent with the constraints of the Department's
budget. To obtain a license, any interested person must first complete
application forms provided by the Department. Information to be included on
application forms will include, but is not limited to: type of business; tax
identification numbers; retailer agreement for the sale of Lottery tickets;
retailer contract for the sale of Lottery tickets; and acknowledgement of the
requirement for a Lottery trust fund account. Upon receipt of the completed
application, the Department will have a representative meet with the applicant
to discuss the responsibilities of selling Lottery products and to gather
information concerning the applicant and the applicant 's business establishment
considering the factors listed in this subsection (a). The Director shall give
careful consideration to the following factors in selecting as Agents those
persons that one may expect to provide a high level of sales volume of Lottery
products, proper security for the Lottery equipment, Lottery game tickets and
money, and a good public image for the State's Lottery products:
1) The credit worthiness and financial
responsibility of the applicant as disclosed by standard credit reporting
services, the records of the State, and other credible information bearing upon
the credit worthiness of the applicant as may be brought to the attention of
the Director;
2) The criminal
history and tax status of the applicant as disclosed in the application or in
records of federal, State or local governments;
3) The physical security of the applicant 's
establishment in terms of the physical structure and design of the applicant 's
facilities as it would relate to the placement of Lottery equipment, the sale
of Lottery products and the storage of Lottery receipts;
4) The public accessibility of the
applicant 's place of business or activity, including accessibility from roads,
major highways, parking facilities and public transit routes, accessibility by
the disabled, proximity of pedestrian traffic, hours of operation of
applicant 's business, and the cleanliness, attractiveness and physical security
of the premises;
5) The number of
existing Lottery sales licenses in the vicinity that are of similar tradestyle
and overall type of operation to the extent that entering into a retailer
agreement might jeopardize the Lottery 's integrity, security, honesty, or
fairness of the operation and administration of the Lottery games or undermine
the public's confidence relevant to a positive perception of the Lottery ,
including but not limited to pawn shops, gun shops, adult entertainment
establishments (18 years or older), payday loan services, or currency
exchanges;
6) The nature of the
applicant 's business and the volume of in store sales from the applicant 's
regular business in order to assure that the sale of Lottery products will be
ancillary to the applicant 's regular business;
7) The level of anticipated or projected
sales from the general area in which the applicant 's business is located,
taking into consideration the demographics of the neighborhood or locality, the
proximity of the location to population centers and the average sales for other
comparable Lottery retailers;
8)
The character of the applicant and the applicant 's reputation for honesty and
integrity in the community;
9) The
veracity of the information supplied in the license application;
10) The merchandising skills and business
experience of the applicant , including the tenure of applicant 's business at
the proposed location;
11) Any
information relating to these listed factors that the applicant provides to the
Department's representative at the time of the site visit or at the time of
submission of the application.
b) The Director will make available
application forms for application for licensing as an Agent . Each license
application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable $100 application fee. Each
application for renewal of a Lottery license shall be accompanied by a renewal
fee of $50. The application and fee shall be mailed or delivered to the address
provided on the license application.
c) The license fee described in subsection
(b) may be waived by the Department if the period of the license does not
exceed 30 days and no new background checks are required for the
applicants.
d)
Each
Lottery Agent granted a license under this Section
must pay a fee of $12 per week as partial reimbursement for
communications charges incurred by the Department in providing access to the
Department 's central gaming system. [20 ILCS
1605/10.2 ]
Notes
Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 14356, effective September 14, 2012
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