§ 1201. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Break-open ticket” means a lottery utilizing a card or ticket of the so-called pickle
card, jar ticket, or break-open variety commonly bearing the name “Lucky 7,” “Nevada
Club,” “Victory Bar,” “Texas Poker,” “Triple Bingo,” or any other name.
(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery.
(3)(A) “Distributor” means a person that purchases break-open tickets from a manufacturer
and sells or distributes break-open tickets at wholesale in Vermont. “Distributor”
shall include any officer, employee, or agent of a corporation or dissolved corporation
that has a duty to act for the corporation in complying with the requirements of this
chapter.
(B) “Distributor” shall not include a person who distributes only jar tickets that are
used only for merchandise prizes.
(4) “Manufacturer” means a person that designs, assembles, fabricates, produces, constructs,
or otherwise prepares a break-open ticket for sale to a distributor.
(5) “Nonprofit organization” means a nonprofit corporation that is qualified for tax exempt
status under I.R.C. § 501(c), as amended, and that has engaged, in good faith, in charitable, religious, educational,
or civic activities in Vermont on a regular basis during the preceding year. “Nonprofit
organization” also includes churches, schools, fire departments, municipalities, fraternal
organizations, and organizations that operate agricultural fairs or field days, and
that have engaged, in good faith, in charitable, religious, educational, or civic
activities in Vermont on a regular basis during the preceding year. An organization
shall be considered a nonprofit organization under this subdivision only if it certifies
annually, on a form with whatever information is required by the Commissioner, how
it meets the definition under this subdivision. (Added 2017, No. 73, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2017; amended 2019, No. 73, § 37.)