Section 12-806c - Agreements with Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut re keno(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-6c, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on behalf of the state of Connecticut, may enter into separate agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut concerning the operation of keno by the Connecticut Lottery Corporation in the state of Connecticut. Any such agreement shall provide that the state of Connecticut shall distribute to each tribe a sum not to exceed a twelve and one-half per cent share of the gross operating revenue received by the state from the operation of keno. The corporation may not operate keno until such separate agreements are effective. For the purposes of this section, "gross operating revenues" means the total amounts wagered, less amounts paid out as prizes.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-6c, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, on behalf of the state of Connecticut, and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, may amend the agreements entered into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to provide that such agreements shall not be effective during the period of time that the Connecticut Lottery Corporation is operating keno pursuant to a master wagering license issued under section 12-853.(c) For purposes of this section, "keno" means a lottery game in which a subset of numbers are drawn from a larger field of numbers by a central computer system using an approved random number generator, wheel system device or other drawing device. "Keno" does not include a game operated on a video facsimile machine.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-806c
( P.A. 15-244 , S. 105 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 , S. 138 .)
Amended by P.A. 21-0023, S. 27 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2021.Added by P.A. 15-0244, S. 105 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.