Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 47 > Subtitle XI > Chapter 3 - Operations of Corporation

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Applicant: means a person, business, or legal entity who has submitted an application to the corporation seeking a permit or the renewal of a permit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Board: means the board of directors of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: means the Louisiana Lottery Corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• 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.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Distributor: means a permitted business or legal entity that is domiciled in this state and markets, buys, sells, leases, services, or repairs sports wagering mechanisms in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Lottery: means any game of chance approved by the corporation and operated pursuant to this Chapter and shall not include sports wagering authorized pursuant to this Subtitle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Net proceeds: means gross lottery revenues less amounts paid or estimated to be paid as prizes and expenses of operation of the lottery. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• player: means an individual who places a wager on a sports event. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• President: means the president of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation, who shall also serve as chief executive officer of the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Retail establishment: means a retail business that is permitted by the corporation to host a sports wagering mechanism. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Retailer: means any person with whom the corporation has contracted to sell lottery tickets to the public. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Security: means the protection of information that would provide an unfair advantage to any individual involved in the operation of the lottery, protection and preservation of the integrity of lottery games and operations, as well as measures taken to prevent crimes against the corporation and its retailers. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Sports wagering: means the acceptance of a wager on a sports event or on a portion of a sports event or on the individual performance or statistics of an athlete or participant in a sports event or a combination of sports events, by any system or method of wagering. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
• Subtitle: means and includes all the Chapters in Subtitle II of this Title 47 and any other Title of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 except the provisions of Chapter 1 of Subtitle IV of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and estate taxes for the assessment, collection, administration, and enforcement of taxes, fees, licenses, penalties, and interest due the state of Louisiana which have been delegated to the Department of Revenue. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:1501
• Vendor: means any person who has entered into a major procurement contract with the corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002