New Mexico Lottery Act
New Mexico · Public Finances · §§ 6-24-1 to 6-24-9 · 34 sections
Overview
The act establishes a state-operated lottery, creating a public lottery authority governed by a board of directors and headed by a chief executive officer, and empowering it to authorize lottery games and adopt the rules under which they are run. It sets the terms on which retailers contract to sell tickets — commissions, bonding, and grounds for termination — and governs how prizes are drawn and paid, how unclaimed prizes and winnings subject to certain debts owed to the state are handled, and how lottery revenue is allocated and financed. It also builds in integrity and accountability controls: security and background requirements for personnel, vendor and conflict-of-interest disclosures, disclosure of the odds of winning, competitive procurement, internal and independent audits with legislative oversight, and criminal penalties for fraud, forgery, and unlawful sale or purchase of tickets.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 1 court decision.
Most-cited authority: 104 F.3d 1546 - Pueblo of Santa Ana v. Kelly
Sections covered
- § 6-24-1 NMSA 1978Short title1 cite
- § 6-24-10 NMSA 1978Chief executive officer; compensation; appointment; duties
- § 6-24-11 NMSA 1978Employees; conflict of interest; investigations; bonds
- § 6-24-12 NMSA 1978Executive vice president for security; qualifications; duties
- § 6-24-13 NMSA 1978Determination of confidential information; applicability of Open Meetings Act; criminal investigations
- § 6-24-14 NMSA 1978Lottery retailers; contracts; sales commission; bonds
- § 6-24-15 NMSA 1978Lottery tickets; sales
- § 6-24-16 NMSA 1978Termination of lottery retailer contracts
- § 6-24-17 NMSA 1978Disclosure of odds
- § 6-24-18 NMSA 1978Felony and gambling-related convictions; ineligibility for lottery positions
- § 6-24-19 NMSA 1978Procurement; competitive proposals
- § 6-24-2 NMSA 1978Legislative findings
- § 6-24-20 NMSA 1978Disclosures by lottery vendor
- § 6-24-21 NMSA 1978Drawings for and payment of prizes; unclaimed prizes; applicability of taxation
- § 6-24-22 NMSA 1978Lien on lottery winnings for debt collected by human services department [health care authority department]; payment to department; procedure
- § 6-24-23 NMSA 1978Recompiled
- § 6-24-24 NMSA 1978Disposition of revenue
- § 6-24-25 NMSA 1978Prohibition on use of state funds
- § 6-24-26 NMSA 1978Authorization to issue revenue bonds
- § 6-24-27 NMSA 1978Revenue and budget reports; records; independent audits
- § 6-24-28 NMSA 1978Internal auditor; appointment; duties
- § 6-24-29 NMSA 1978Unlawfully influencing and fraud; penalties
- § 6-24-3 NMSA 1978Purposes
- § 6-24-30 NMSA 1978Conflicts of interest; penalties
- § 6-24-31 NMSA 1978Forgery of lottery ticket; penalty
- § 6-24-32 NMSA 1978Unlawful sale of lottery ticket; penalty
- § 6-24-33 NMSA 1978Unlawful purchase of lottery ticket; penalty
- § 6-24-34 NMSA 1978Criminal provisions of act in addition to any existing Criminal Code provisions
- § 6-24-4 NMSA 1978Definitions
- § 6-24-5 NMSA 1978New Mexico lottery authority created
- § 6-24-6 NMSA 1978Powers of the authority
- § 6-24-7 NMSA 1978Board of directors; duties
- § 6-24-8 NMSA 1978Lottery games; adoption of rules, policies and procedures by board
- § 6-24-9 NMSA 1978Legislative oversight; legislative finance committee; duties
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