Online lottery bill introduced in Maine
Bill LD1880 will go for its first public hearing next Monday - if passed online lottery sales would be allowed no sooner than September 2013.
A bill that would allow online lottery tickets to be sold in Maine has been submitted for consideration.
Bill LD1880 will go before the Legislature Veterans and Legal Affairs committee for its first public hearing next Monday. If it is passed online lottery sales would be allowed no sooner than September 2013. Previous to sales being allowed Maine’s director of alcoholic beverages and lottery operations will have to submit a proposal on how to set up a system to do so.
The bill is sponsored by Senator Debra Plowman. At the National Council of Legislators from Gaming States conference in January in Las Vegas this year Plowman said of the egaming industry: “This is a very sophisticated business that we need to catch up on; that was a stark reality.”
Maine, which already has a limited land-based presence, recently saw two proposals rejected by voters in the November last year that would have seen a dramatic expansion of gambling in the state.