Budget Amendment ID: FY2026-S3-302

GOV 302

Lottery Commission Clarification

Mr. Payano moved that the proposed new text be amended moves to amend the bill by inserting after Section XX the following section:- 

“SECTION XX. Subsection (a) of section 25 of chapter 10 of the General Laws, as amended by section 9 of chapter 140 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "appropriation", the first time it appears, the following words:- "; notwithstanding the foregoing, the commission may enter into contracts or group agreements for lottery games not currently or previously authorized by the commission, resulting in a contractor or licensor to be paid a specified percentage of net or gross revenues of such game and such payments shall not be subject to appropriation.”.