Missouri Laws 313.275 – Financial interests and gifts prohibited
1. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall have any personal pecuniary interest in any lottery or in the sale of any lottery tickets or shares or in any corporation, association, or firm contracting with the state to supply gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the lottery or in any corporation, association, or firm licensed as a lottery game retailer.
2. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall receive any gift, gratuity, or other thing of value from any person, corporation, association, or firm contracting with the state to supply gaming equipment or materials for use in the operation of the lottery or from any person, corporation, association, or firm licensed as a lottery game retailer.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 313.275
- 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.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. No member of the commission or employee of the commission, including the director, and no member of their immediate families, shall be eligible to receive any prize awarded in such a lottery.
4. No person, firm, association, or corporation contracting to supply gaming equipment or materials to the state for use in the operation of the state lottery shall be directly connected with any person, firm, association, or corporation licensed as a lottery game retailer or a member of the commission, the director or its employees.