Indiana Code Title 4. State Offices and Administration § 4-30-8-1

Sec. 1. (a) The commission may enter into contracts for the purchase, lease, or lease-purchase of goods or services necessary to carry out this article.  The commission may not contract with any person or entity for the total operation and administration of the lottery established by this article, but may enter into contracts and make purchases that integrate functions such as lottery game design, supply of goods and services, and advertisement.

(b) In all procurement decisions, the director, or the commission, if the commission chooses to make the decision, shall take into account the particularly sensitive nature of the lottery and shall consider the competence, quality of product, experience, and timely performance of the vendors in order to promote and ensure security, honesty, fairness, and integrity in the operation and administration of the lottery and the objective of raising net revenues for the benefit of the public purposes described in this article.