The bill revises state lottery laws to allow sales agents to receive an additional commission for selling certain winning lottery tickets. Specifically, it amends Sections 23-7-301 and 23-7-311 of the Montana Code Annotated (MCA). The amendments include provisions that sales agents are entitled to a commission of no more than 10% of the face value of tickets and wagers they purchase and do not return, as well as a sales commission as outlined in Section 23-7-311. Additionally, the state lottery and sports wagering commission may adopt rules to provide further commissions based on incremental sales, ensuring that these commissions do not come from net revenue allocated to the general fund.

Furthermore, the bill establishes that sales agents selling a winning lottery ticket valued at $100,000 or more will receive a sales commission of 1% of the prize, capped at $50,000. It also allows the commission to set rules for sales agents to pay prizes, regardless of whether they sold the winning ticket, for amounts below a specified threshold. The bill includes minor language changes, such as replacing "upon" with "on" in certain contexts, but primarily focuses on enhancing the commission structure for sales agents to incentivize the sale of lottery products.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 23-7-301, 23-7-311