(a)
The director shall, pursuant to this chapter and the regulations of the commission, select as lottery game retailers those persons and organizations as the director deems shall best serve the public convenience and promote the sale of tickets or shares. No person under the age of 18 years shall be a lottery game retailer. In the selection of lottery game retailers, the director shall consider factors such as financial responsibility, integrity, reputation, accessibility of the place of business or activity to the public, security of the premises, the sufficiency of existing lottery game retailers to serve the public convenience, and the projected volume of the sales for the lottery game involved.
(b)
In order to allow an evaluation of the competence, integrity, and character of potential lottery game retailers, the commission may require information it deems necessary of any person, corporation, trust, association, partnership, or joint venture applying for authority to act as a lottery game retailer.
(c)
No person shall be a lottery game retailer if the person is engaged exclusively in the business of selling lottery tickets or shares. A person lawfully engaged in nongovernmental business on state property, an owner or lessee of an establishment which sells alcoholic beverages, and a civic and fraternal organization may be selected as a lottery game retailer. The director may contract with lottery game retailers on a seasonal or temporary basis.
(d)
The commission shall establish a formal written appeal process concerning the denial of an application for, or revocation of, a contract to be a lottery game retailer.
