Montana Code 23-7-411. Audit of state lottery security
23-7-411. Audit of state lottery security. (1) After the first 9 months of sales to the public and every 2 years after that, the office of the legislative auditor shall conduct or have conducted a comprehensive audit of all aspects of security in the operation of the state lottery. The costs of the audit are a state lottery operating expense and must be paid out of the state lottery fund. The audit must include:
Terms Used In Montana Code 23-7-411
- bet: means the staking or risking by a person of something of value upon an agreement or understanding that the person or another person will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- Commission: means the state lottery and sports wagering commission created by 23-7-201. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- Director: means the director appointed by the governor under 23-7-210 to administer and manage the state lottery. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- Lottery game: means any procedure, including any online or other procedure using a machine or electronic device, by which one or more prizes are distributed among persons who have paid for a chance to win a prize and includes but is not limited to weekly (or other, longer time period) winner games, instant winner games, daily numbers games, sports pool games, and sports wagering. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- Prizes: means any winning tickets, chances, wagers, or bets validated by the state lottery central gaming system and sold by any sales agent. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- Sales agent: means an entity that holds a lottery license or sports wagering license as provided in this chapter. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State lottery: means the Montana state lottery and sports wagering agency created and operated pursuant to this chapter. See Montana Code 23-7-103
(a)personnel security;
(b)lottery sales agent security;
(c)lottery contractor security;
(d)security of manufacturing operations of state lottery contractors;
(e)security against ticket, chance, wager, or bet counterfeiting and alteration and other means of fraudulently winning;
(f)security of drawings among entries or finalists;
(g)computer security;
(h)data communications security;
(i)database security;
(j)systems security;
(k)lottery premises and warehouse security;
(l)security in distribution;
(m)security involving validation and payment procedures;
(n)security involving unclaimed prizes;
(o)security aspects applicable to each particular lottery game and sports wager;
(p)security of drawings in games whenever winners are determined by drawings;
(q)the completeness of security against locating winners in state lottery games with preprinted winners by persons involved in their production, storage, distribution, administration, or sales; and
(r)any other aspects of security applicable to any particular lottery game or sports wager and to the state lottery and its operations.
(2)The security audit report must be presented to the commission, the director, the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives.