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Current as of June 28, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in section 12-563a and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning:
(1) “Board” or “board of directors” means the board of directors of the corporation;
(2) “Corporation” means the Connecticut Lottery Corporation as created under section 12-802;
(3) “Division” means the former Division of Special Revenue in the Department of Revenue Services;
(4) “Lottery” means (A) the Connecticut state lottery conducted prior to the transfer authorized under section 12-808 by the Division of Special Revenue, (B) after such transfer, the Connecticut state lottery conducted by the corporation pursuant to sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, (C) the state lottery referred to in subsection (a) of section 53-278g, and (D) keno conducted by the corporation pursuant to section 12-806c;
(5) “Keno” means a lottery game in which a subset of numbers are drawn from a larger field of numbers by a central computer system using an approved random number generator, wheel system device or other drawing device. “Keno” does not include a game operated on a video facsimile machine;
(6) “Lottery fund” means a fund or funds established by, and under the management and control of, the corporation, into which all lottery revenues of the corporation are deposited, from which all payments and expenses of the corporation are paid and from which transfers to the General Fund or the Connecticut Teachers' Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund, established in section 10-183vv, are made pursuant to section 12-812; and
(7) “Operating revenue” means total revenue received from lottery sales less all cancelled sales and amounts paid as prizes but before payment or provision for payment of any other expenses.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 12. Taxation § 12-801. Definitions - last updated June 28, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-12-taxation/ct-gen-st-sect-12-801/
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