To be selected as a lottery retailer or video lottery machine operator, a natural person acting as a sole proprietor shall:
- (1) Be at least eighteen years of age;
- (2) Be of good character and reputation;
- (3) Have sufficient financial resources to support the activities required to sell lottery tickets or place and service video lottery machines; and
- (4) Be current in payment of all taxes, interest, and penalties owed to the State of South Dakota, excluding items under formal dispute or appeal pursuant to applicable statutes. A lottery retailer or video lottery machine operator may not be a lottery vendor or an employee or agent of any lottery vendor doing business with the South Dakota Lottery.
Source: SL 1987, ch 313 , § 13; SL 1989, ch 368 , § 5; SL 1993, ch 317 , § 5.