(a) No license as an agent to sell lottery tickets shall be issued to any person to engage in business exclusively as a lottery ticket sales agent except those persons hired to staff the State Lottery Office or a state-operated sales office. Before issuing a license to an agent, the Director shall consider such factors as:

(1) Financial responsibility and security of the person and the person’s business or activity;

(2) Accessibility of the person’s place of business or activity to the public;

(3) Sufficiency of existing licenses to serve the public convenience; and

(4) Volume of expected sales.

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4806

  • 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.
  • Director: as used in this subchapter , shall mean the Director of the State Lottery Office. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • lottery ticket sales agent: means a person whom the Director has licensed to sell lottery tickets. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
  • Office: shall mean the State Lottery Office established by this subchapter. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 4803
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.

(b) If the Director shall find that the experience, character and general fitness of the applicant are such that the participation of such a person as a lottery ticket sales agent will be consistent with the public interest, convenience and the purposes of this subchapter, the Director shall thereupon grant a license.

For the purposes of this section, the term “person” shall be construed to mean and shall include an individual, association, corporation, club, trust, estate, society, company, joint stock company, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee or any other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise, and any combination of individuals. “Person” shall also be construed to mean and include all departments, commissions, agencies and instrumentalities of the State, including counties and municipalities and agencies and instrumentalities thereof.

59 Del. Laws, c. 348, § ?1; 61 Del. Laws, c. 189, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;