Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-83
LOC 83
Local Aid Lottery Expansion
Mr. Rush moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-
“SECTION __. Chapter 10 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 27A the following new section:
Section 27B. (a) The lottery commission is hereby authorized and directed to implement online games of skill, including, but not limited to, fantasy sports, so-called, poker, so-called, and other games of skill, subject to the provisions of, and preempted and superseded by, any applicable federal law.
(b) The commission is authorized to sell pre-paid play cards, subject to proof of age verification, and may be sold by any agent licensed to sell lottery tickets pursuant to section 27. Said cards may be recharged and resold by any such agent.
(c) Purchase of online products shall require a secure website to access any customer account by entering a unique password for each online purchaser. Geo-location tools shall be employed by any platform provider, authorized under this section, to ensure that a player is a resident of the commonwealth.
(d) (1) The commission shall develop a request for proposals (“RFP”) that solicits competitive bids from private vendors to develop any such online platform and such platform shall maximum flexibility to allow for changes in technology and changes in consumer behavior. Such provider shall work within the framework of the lottery’s existing system and fully coordinate all functions so that the lottery maintains its requisite level of control. Any such provider shall implement and employ a responsible gaming policy that shall be independent of, and enhance, the lottery’s own policies. (2) Basic qualifications for consideration shall include the following: experience in platform development; experience in developing gaming platforms; experience in website security, including an ability to address all key security areas, such as fraud detection, hacking, and prevention of distributed denial of service; demonstration of good character, honesty and integrity; ability to maintain and grow the site, based on actual experience and demand growth; a history of working cooperatively with clients to produce systems that provide the maximum flexibility for and benefit to the client rather than the vendor. (3) Any such vendor shall provide a “free-play site”, so-called, developed concurrently with the gaming site. Any successful bidder shall be compensated based on a percentage of sales established by the commission. The successful bidder shall directly or through a sub-contracting arrangement, develop a loyalty program that recognizes and rewards regular lottery customers who play both online and traditional lottery games of chance.
(e) All revenues received from sales authorized by this section shall be deposited in the State Lottery Fund and shall provide local property tax relief and local services pursuant to the provisions of section 35. The first one hundred twenty-five million dollars shall be distributed to the cities and towns, subject to appropriation:
ABINGTON325,087
ACTON 227,222
ACUSHNET 247,394
ADAMS 328,947
AGAWAM 608,804
ALFORD 2,230
AMESBURY 321,493
AMHERST 1,303,431
ANDOVER 295,289
ARLINGTON 657,315
ASHBURNHAM 115,613
ASHBY 63,036
ASHFIELD 30,680
ASHLAND 184,758
ATHOL 377,358
ATTLEBORO 942,766
AUBURN 283,015
AVON 61,342
AYER 119,232
BARNSTABLE 347,606
BARRE 134,384
BECKET 13,868
BEDFORD 125,400
BELCHERTOWN 281,181
BELLINGHAM 280,411
BELMONT 263,261
BERKLEY 100,549
BERLIN 33,318
BERNARDSTON 46,871
BEVERLY 639,419
BILLERICA 650,354
BLACKSTONE 197,753
BLANDFORD 20,849
BOLTON 32,628
BOSTON 9,505,083
BOURNE 195,439
BOXBOROUGH 41,686
BOXFORD 75,500
BOYLSTON 56,605
BRAINTREE 497,106
BREWSTER 65,250
BRIDGEWATER 529,180
BRIMFIELD 64,430
BROCKTON 2,887,822
BROOKFIELD 81,594
BROOKLINE 584,764
BUCKLAND 45,720
BURLINGTON 248,692
CAMBRIDGE 1,165,975
CANTON 237,801
CARLISLE 34,296
CARVER 241,414
CHARLEMONT 28,886
CHARLTON 214,474
CHATHAM 24,871
CHELMSFORD 502,122
CHELSEA 906,204
CHESHIRE 93,007
CHESTER 29,752
CHESTERFIELD 22,816
CHICOPEE 1,744,210
CHILMARK 620
CLARKSBURG 58,375
CLINTON 365,711
COHASSET 62,967
COLRAIN 42,159
CONCORD 140,732
CONWAY 29,534
CUMMINGTON 13,786
DALTON 166,596
DANVERS 322,096
DARTMOUTH 416,585
DEDHAM 334,560
DEERFIELD 79,373
DENNIS 89,999
DIGHTON 114,857
DOUGLAS 120,598
DOVER 31,789
DRACUT 579,008
DUDLEY 255,083
DUNSTABLE 34,408
DUXBURY 146,484
EAST BRIDGEWATER247,362
EAST BROOKFIELD44,600
EAST LONGMEADOW239,204
EASTHAM 24,620
EASTHAMPTON 450,042
EASTON 361,889
EDGARTOWN 7,223
EGREMONT 10,427
ERVING 9,361
ESSEX 35,969
EVERETT 599,372
FAIRHAVEN 320,674
FALL RIVER 3,633,925
FALMOUTH 229,107
FITCHBURG 1,381,751
FLORIDA 8,226
FOXBOROUGH 246,150
FRAMINGHAM 1,020,393
FRANKLIN 408,338
FREETOWN 156,921
GARDNER 684,245
AQUINNAH386
GEORGETOWN 111,346
GILL 35,145
GLOUCESTER 404,668
GOSHEN 13,220
GOSNOLD 86
GRAFTON 258,389
GRANBY 145,913
GRANVILLE 26,495
GREAT BARRINGTON125,416
GREENFIELD 524,654
GROTON 127,190
GROVELAND 105,227
HADLEY 56,633
HALIFAX 150,012
HAMILTON 100,565
HAMPDEN 103,520
HANCOCK 6,988
HANOVER 173,952
HANSON 193,643
HARDWICK 66,553
HARVARD 237,417
HARWICH 71,183
HATFIELD 51,564
HAVERHILL 1,291,823
HAWLEY 5,436
HEATH 12,950
HINGHAM 216,439
HINSDALE 35,004
HOLBROOK 243,204
HOLDEN 283,145
HOLLAND 33,355
HOLLISTON 201,168
HOLYOKE 1,597,793
HOPEDALE 107,759
HOPKINTON 113,845
HUBBARDSTON 66,258
HUDSON 329,537
HULL 165,847
HUNTINGTON 54,558
IPSWICH 162,310
KINGSTON 158,619
LAKEVILLE 135,215
LANCASTER 136,803
LANESBOROUGH 57,005
LAWRENCE 3,219,426
LEE 102,918
LEICESTER 286,934
LENOX 78,505
LEOMINSTER 944,247
LEVERETT 29,498
LEXINGTON 253,266
LEYDEN 13,481
LINCOLN 73,730
LITTLETON 95,571
LONGMEADOW 230,882
LOWELL 3,320,537
LUDLOW 504,835
LUNENBURG 174,757
LYNN 2,441,566
LYNNFIELD 123,766
MALDEN 1,331,493
MANCHESTER 36,751
MANSFIELD 272,348
MARBLEHEAD 182,952
MARION 37,288
MARLBOROUGH 537,321
MARSHFIELD 331,077
MASHPEE 60,801
MATTAPOISETT 66,978
MAYNARD 181,697
MEDFIELD 140,683
MEDFORD 1,103,916
MEDWAY 176,785
MELROSE 488,448
MENDON 67,533
MERRIMAC 120,329
METHUEN 876,878
MIDDLEBOROUGH 407,437
MIDDLEFIELD 8,785
MIDDLETON 73,615
MILFORD 504,758
MILLBURY 292,634
MILLIS 130,404
MILLVILLE 58,988
MILTON 365,665
MONROE 1,189
MONSON 215,722
MONTAGUE 208,928
MONTEREY 5,675
MONTGOMERY 13,559
MOUNT WASHINGTON534
NAHANT 45,791
NANTUCKET 13,094
NATICK 371,808
NEEDHAM 261,136
NEW ASHFORD 2,386
NEW BEDFORD 3,706,449
NEW BRAINTREE 19,700
NEW MARLBOROUGH9,678
NEW SALEM 16,947
NEWBURY 75,072
NEWBURYPORT 238,230
NEWTON 788,320
NORFOLK 158,479
NORTH ADAMS 708,484
NORTH ANDOVER 322,665
NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH475,443
NORTH BROOKFIELD131,681
NORTH READING 167,882
NORTHAMPTON 649,612
NORTHBOROUGH 176,221
NORTHBRIDGE 348,424
NORTHFIELD 52,313
NORTON 343,470
NORWELL 105,309
NORWOOD 414,701
OAK BLUFFS 12,018
OAKHAM 31,706
ORANGE 266,790
ORLEANS 28,386
OTIS 6,011
OXFORD 339,811
PALMER 331,419
PAXTON 77,212
PEABODY 775,947
PELHAM 26,305
PEMBROKE 277,794
PEPPERELL 211,329
PERU 18,403
PETERSHAM 18,945
PHILLIPSTON 28,876
PITTSFIELD 1,309,937
PLAINFIELD 8,291
PLAINVILLE 125,373
PLYMOUTH 647,546
PLYMPTON 39,206
PRINCETON 48,929
PROVINCETOWN 19,913
QUINCY 1,619,670
RANDOLPH 616,544
RAYNHAM 187,918
READING 331,943
REHOBOTH 155,104
REVERE 991,651
RICHMOND 17,879
ROCHESTER 70,188
ROCKLAND 384,511
ROCKPORT 72,312
ROWE 651
ROWLEY 74,077
ROYALSTON 26,608
RUSSELL 40,285
RUTLAND 135,254
SALEM 701,988
SALISBURY 104,417
SANDISFIELD 5,727
SANDWICH 174,525
SAUGUS 369,395
SAVOY 17,315
SCITUATE 216,259
SEEKONK 203,358
SHARON 223,039
SHEFFIELD 38,675
SHELBURNE 42,842
SHERBORN 33,014
SHIRLEY 192,181
SHREWSBURY 420,666
SHUTESBURY 28,025
SOMERSET 253,466
SOMERVILLE 1,845,845
SOUTH HADLEY 428,922
SOUTHAMPTON 105,300
SOUTHBOROUGH 72,280
SOUTHBRIDGE 581,386
SOUTHWICK 188,261
SPENCER 323,001
SPRINGFIELD 6,013,217
STERLING 113,666
STOCKBRIDGE 16,473
STONEHAM 344,776
STOUGHTON 515,506
STOW 68,643
STURBRIDGE 128,033
SUDBURY 146,146
SUNDERLAND 83,528
SUTTON 129,003
SWAMPSCOTT 167,128
SWANSEA 310,387
TAUNTON 1,389,955
TEMPLETON 200,213
TEWKSBURY 459,953
TISBURY 16,205
TOLLAND 1,477
TOPSFIELD 67,733
TOWNSEND 193,126
TRURO 4,972
TYNGSBOROUGH 159,707
TYRINGHAM 2,098
UPTON 80,933
UXBRIDGE 227,389
WAKEFIELD 365,786
WALES 39,034
WALPOLE 303,830
WALTHAM 862,115
WARE 283,283
WAREHAM 326,967
WARREN 129,823
WARWICK 14,954
WASHINGTON 11,024
WATERTOWN 467,567
WAYLAND 112,154
WEBSTER 400,938
WELLESLEY 201,223
WELLFLEET 9,659
WENDELL 24,263
WENHAM 52,226
WEST BOYLSTON 122,674
WEST BRIDGEWATER101,798
WEST BROOKFIELD78,481
WEST NEWBURY 46,491
WEST SPRINGFIELD592,279
WEST STOCKBRIDGE16,068
WEST TISBURY 5,986
WESTBOROUGH 172,243
WESTFIELD 1,040,346
WESTFORD 232,297
WESTHAMPTON 23,947
WESTMINSTER 106,508
WESTON 61,816
WESTPORT 201,057
WESTWOOD 115,750
WEYMOUTH 1,119,115
WHATELY 22,178
WHITMAN 346,031
WILBRAHAM 221,834
WILLIAMSBURG 50,033
WILLIAMSTOWN 157,779
WILMINGTON 244,363
WINCHENDON 274,654
WINCHESTER 198,782
WINDSOR 12,624
WINTHROP 392,943
WOBURN 513,085
WORCESTER 5,299,590
WORTHINGTON 20,758
WRENTHAM 154,074
YARMOUTH 208,652"