Connecticut General Statutes 12-801 – Definitions
As used in § 12-563a and sections 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and § 12-853a, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates another meaning:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-801
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
(1) “Board” or “board of directors” means the board of directors of the corporation;
(2) “Corporation” means the Connecticut Lottery Corporation as created under § 12-802;
(3) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Protection;
(4) “Division” means the former Division of Special Revenue in the Department of Revenue Services;
(5) “Fantasy contest” has the same meaning as provided in § 12-850;
(6) “Lottery” means (A) the Connecticut state lottery conducted prior to the transfer authorized under § 12-808 by the Division of Special Revenue, (B) after such transfer, the Connecticut state lottery conducted by the corporation pursuant to sections 12-563a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and § 12-853, (C) the state lottery referred to in subsection (a) of § 53-278g, and (D) keno conducted by the corporation pursuant to § 12-806c, or sections 12-851 and 12-853;
(7) “Keno” means a lottery game in which a subset of numbers are drawn from a larger field of numbers by a central computer system using an approved random number generator, wheel system device or other drawing device;
(8) “Lottery and gaming fund” means a fund or funds established by, and under the management and control of, the corporation, into which all lottery, sports wagering and fantasy contest revenues of the corporation are deposited, other than revenues derived from online lottery ticket sales, from which all payments and expenses of the corporation are paid, other than those payments and expenses related to online lottery ticket sales, and from which transfers to the General Fund or the Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Fund Bonds Special Capital Reserve Fund, established in § 10-183vv, are made pursuant to § 12-812, but “lottery and gaming fund” does not include the online lottery ticket sales fund established under § 12-853a;
(9) “Online lottery ticket sales” means the sale of lottery tickets for lottery draw games through the corporation’s Internet web site, an online service or a mobile application, pursuant to a license issued to the corporation under § 12-853;
(10) “Online sports wagering” has the same meaning as provided in § 12-850;
(11) “Operating revenue” means total revenue received from lottery sales and sports wagering less all cancelled sales and amounts paid as prizes but before payment or provision for payment of any other expenses;
(12) “Retail sports wagering” has the same meaning as provided in § 12-850; and
(13) “Skin” has the same meaning as provided in § 12-850.