Florida Senate - 2017                      CS for CS for SB 1370
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Rules; and Judiciary; and Senator Perry
       
       
       
       
       
       595-04646-17                                          20171370c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to warnings for lottery games;
    3         amending s. 24.107, F.S.; requiring every
    4         advertisement or promotion of lottery games to include
    5         a specified warning; providing requirements for the
    6         warning; amending s. 24.111, F.S.; requiring contracts
    7         entered into between the Department of the Lottery and
    8         a vendor of lottery tickets to include a provision
    9         that requires the vendor to place or print a specified
   10         warning on all lottery tickets; providing requirements
   11         for the warning; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 24.107,
   16  Florida Statutes, to read:
   17         24.107 Advertising and promotion of lottery games.—
   18         (3) Beginning January 1, 2018, every advertisement or
   19  promotion of lottery games under this chapter shall include a
   20  warning, which must:
   21         (a) If on television, the Internet, or other electronic
   22  medium, be typed in black font on a white background and occupy
   23  no less than 10 percent of the surface area of the advertisement
   24  or promotion.
   25         (b) If in print, including a newspaper, magazine, or
   26  billboard, be typed in black font on a white background and
   27  occupy no less than 10 percent of the surface area of the
   28  advertisement or promotion.
   29         (c) If on radio, be audibly announced at the conclusion of
   30  the advertisement or promotion.
   31         (d) Contain one of the following messages, with each
   32  message appearing in an equal number of advertisements and
   33  promotions:
   34         1. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN BE ADDICTIVE.”
   35         2. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES MAY BE ADDICTIVE.”
   36         3. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES ARE A FORM OF GAMBLING.”
   37         4. “WARNING: YOUR ODDS OF WINNING THE TOP PRIZE ARE
   38  EXTREMELY LOW.”
   39         5. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN CAUSE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.”
   40         6. “WARNING: PLAYING THE LOTTERY CONSTITUTES GAMBLING.”
   41         Section 2. Subsection (8) is added to section 24.111,
   42  Florida Statutes, to read:
   43         24.111 Vendors; disclosure and contract requirements.—
   44         (8) Beginning January 1, 2018, every contract subject to
   45  this section shall contain a provision that requires the vendor
   46  to place or print a warning on every lottery ticket sold under
   47  this chapter. The required warning must:
   48         (a) Appear on the face of each lottery ticket.
   49         (b) Be typed in black font on a white background.
   50         (c) Occupy no less than 10 percent of the total face of the
   51  lottery ticket.
   52         (d) Contain one of the following messages, with each
   53  message appearing on an equal number of lottery tickets:
   54         1. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN BE ADDICTIVE.”
   55         2. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES MAY BE ADDICTIVE.”
   56         3. “WARNING: LOTTERY GAMES ARE A FORM OF GAMBLING.”
   57         4. “WARNING: YOUR ODDS OF WINNING THE TOP PRIZE ARE
   58  EXTREMELY LOW.”
   59         5. “WARNING: GAMBLING CAN CAUSE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.”
   60         6. “WARNING: PLAYING THE LOTTERY CONSTITUTES GAMBLING.”
   61         (e) Appear on every lottery ticket printed under this
   62  chapter on or after January 1, 2018.
   63         Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.