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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §374, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 505, §2, is amended to read:
The commission shall meet with the director, not less than once each month, to promulgateadopt and amend rules, subject to the approval of the commissioner, relating to the lotteries; to make recommendations and set policy for state lotteries and to transact other business that may be properly brought before the commission. A lottery under this section may include, but is not limited to, a draw game in which the prize paid to a winning player is calculated as a share of the prize pool. A lottery may not include a draw game that has more than 5 daily drawings and that pays a player a set prize amount based on the wager made by the player and in which the operator keeps all losing wagers, as with the draw game commonly known as keno. Rules adopted by the commission shallmust be adopted in a manner consistent with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment clarifies that authorized lottery games do not include draw games, such as keno, that have more than 5 daily drawings and in which a player wins a set prize amount based on the wager made by the player.