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§ 3c. State-owned and operated lottery. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, the legislature may provide for a state-owned and operated lottery, except that such state-owned lottery shall not be operated after June 30, 1990, unless authorized to be operated after such date by a concurrent resolution approved by a majority of all of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified of each house and adopted in the 1990 regular session of the legislature. The state shall whenever possible provide the public information on the odds of winning a prize or prizes in a lottery game.

History: L. 1986, ch. 414; November 4, 1986.

Cross References to Related Sections:

Kansas lottery act, see 74-8701 et seq.

Attorney General's Opinions:

Lotteries. 86-35.

State may enter into agreement to provide a multi-state lottery. 87-16.

Any game or games having consideration, chance and a prize is a lottery. 87-38.

Crimes and punishments; code; crimes against the public morals; pull-tab games on Native American reservations. 87-101.

Crimes and punishments; code; crimes against the public morals; pull-tab games at bingo games. 87-171.

Kansas lottery act; copromotional agreements; illegal lotteries. 88-125.

Lotteries; Indian gaming regulatory act. 91-119, 92-1.

Kansas lottery act; club keno; rules and regulations. 92-125.

State-owned and operated lottery defined. 94-26.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Amendment to Article 11, § 1 of Kansas Constitution as self-executing relative to assessment and taxation of property noted. Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Board of Morton County Comm'rs, 247 Kan. 654, 659, 802 P.2d 584 (1990).

2. Cited in opinion Governor lacked legislative authority to bind state in negotiating with Kickapoo nation on gaming compact. State ex rel Stephan v. Finney, 251 Kan. 559, 570, 836 P.2d 1169 (1992).

3. Cited in holding that phrase "gambling place" in K.S.A. 21-4303 does not require showing of previous use for gambling. State v. Schlein, 253 Kan. 205, 218, 854 P.2d 296 (1993).

4. Whether the adoption of section altered the definition of lottery as expressed in previous case law examined. State ex rel. Stephan v. Finney, 254 Kan. 632, 645, 651, 655, 867 P.2d 1034 (1994).

5. Whether "games of bingo" as authorized by Article 15, § 3a may be defined by Legislature to include instant bingo examined. State ex rel. Stephan v. Parrish, 256 Kan. 746, 754, 762, 887 P.2d 127 (1994).

6. Cited in opinion upholding the constitutionality of the Kansas expanded lottery act. State ex rel. Six v. Kansas Lottery, 286 Kan. 557, 562–64, 186 P.3d 183 (2008).