565.17565.17 Limitations on ticket and share sales and purchases. 565.17(1)(1) Who may sell. Lottery tickets or lottery shares may not be sold by any person other than a retailer or the department. 565.17(1m)(1m) Ticket couriers prohibited. No person may operate a ticket courier service in this state. 565.17(2)(2) Price. No person may sell lottery tickets or lottery shares at a price other than the retail sales price established by the administrator under s. 565.27 (1) (b), except to the extent of any discount authorized by the administrator or the department. 565.17(3)(3) Cash sales. Lottery tickets or lottery shares may be sold only for cash. 565.17(4)(a)(a) A person under 18 years of age may not purchase a lottery ticket or lottery share. This paragraph does not prohibit a person 18 years of age or older from giving a lottery ticket or lottery share to a person under 18 years of age. 565.17(4)(b)(b) No person may sell a lottery ticket or lottery share to a person under 18 years of age or to any other person knowing that the lottery ticket or lottery share is being purchased for a person under 18 years of age other than as a gift. 565.17(4)(c)(c) No person may pay a prize for a winning lottery ticket or lottery share to any person knowing that the purchaser was under 18 years of age or knowing that the lottery ticket or lottery share was purchased for a person under 18 years of age other than as a gift. 565.17(5)(a)(a) Except as provided under par. (d), no employee in the lottery division of the department or the secretary, deputy secretary, or assistant deputy secretary of revenue and no member of such a person’s immediate family, as defined in s. 19.42 (7), may purchase a lottery ticket or lottery share. 565.17(5)(b)(b) No person may sell a lottery ticket or lottery share to a person knowing that the purchaser is prohibited from purchasing a lottery ticket or lottery share under par. (a). 565.17(5)(c)(c) No person may pay a prize for a winning lottery ticket or lottery share to any person knowing that the purchaser was prohibited from purchasing a lottery ticket or lottery share under par. (a). 565.17(5)(d)(d) An employee in the lottery division of the department may purchase a lottery ticket or lottery share if the purchase is on behalf of the lottery division of the department and is a part of an official lottery investigation. No person may share or assign a lottery ticket or lottery share purchased under this paragraph and no person may claim any prize or winnings from a lottery ticket or lottery share purchased under this paragraph. 565.17 AnnotationA plan whereby a soft drink company would include a coupon for a Wisconsin lottery ticket with specified purchases and customers could redeem coupons for lottery tickets at retail lottery outlets would violate s. 100.16. 77 Atty. Gen. 303. 565.20565.20 Retailer rental payments. If a retailer’s rental payment for the premises described in a contract entered into under s. 565.10 is contractually computed, in whole or in part, on the basis of a percentage of retail sales and the computation of retail sales is not expressly defined, under the rental contract, to include sales of lottery tickets or lottery shares in the lottery under this chapter, any compensation received by the retailer under s. 565.10 (14) shall be considered the amount of the retail sales from the lottery tickets or lottery shares for the purposes of computing the rental payment. 565.20 HistoryHistory: 1987 a. 119. 565.25565.25 Contracting authority and purchasing procedures. 565.25(1)(1) Definition. In this section, “department” means the department of administration. 565.25(1m)(1m) Scope of authority. Subject to approval by the secretary of revenue, the administrator may determine whether lottery functions shall be performed by department of revenue employees or by one or more persons under contract with the department of administration, except that no contract may provide for the entire management of the lottery or for the entire operation of the lottery by any private person. The department of administration may contract for management consultation services to assist in the management or operation of the lottery. The department of administration may not contract for financial auditing or security monitoring services, except that, if the department of administration delegates under s. 16.71 (1) to the department of revenue the authority to make a major procurement, the department of revenue may contract with the department of administration for warehouse and building protection services relating to the state lottery. If the department of administration delegates under s. 16.71 (1) to the department of revenue the authority to make a major procurement, the department of revenue shall assume the powers and duties of the department of administration and the administrator shall assume the powers and duties of the secretary of administration under this section and ss. 16.70 to 16.77, except under ss. 16.72 (4) (a), 16.76 (1) and 16.77 (1). 565.25(2)(a)2.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 16.75 (1) (a) relating to the lowest responsible bidder and s. 16.75 (2m) (g) relating to the most advantageous proposal, all contracts or orders under s. 16.75 (1) and (2m) shall be awarded on the basis of a formula specified by the department that weighs all of the following factors, to the extent applicable: 565.25(2)(a)2.b.b. The technical capability and expertise of the proposed vendor. 565.25(2)(a)2.c.c. The integrity, reliability and expertise of the proposed vendor in providing the items covered by the bid or proposal. 565.25(2)(a)2.d.d. The security for lottery operations provided under the bid or proposal.