South Dakota § 42-7A-50 - Confidentiality of lottery records.

§ 42-7A-50. Confidentiality of lottery records.

Information and records of the South Dakota Lottery are confidential, except for official purposes, and may not be disclosed except to officers, employees, or legal representatives of the Department of Revenue for the purpose of and only to the extent necessary in the investigation and audit procedures authorized by Title 10 or in accordance with a judicial order. No person may use a subpoena, discovery, or other applicable statutes to obtain such information or records. Information and records considered confidential include:

(1)    Applications, credit, and security checks of lottery retailers, licensees, and persons seeking or doing business with the lottery;

(2)    Marketing, financial, or sales data, the disclosure of which may be harmful to the competitive position of the South Dakota Lottery, its retailers, licensees, or persons seeking or doing business with the lottery;

(3)    Audit work papers, worksheets, and auditing procedures used by the lottery, its agent, or employees; and

(4)    Tax returns of individual licensees.

However, this section may not be construed to make confidential the name of any video lottery operator including, if the video lottery operator is a partnership, the name of any partner and, if the video lottery operator is an association or corporation, the name of any director, any officer, and any stockholder who owns five percent or more of the stock in the association or a parent or subsidiary corporation.

Source: SL 1989, ch 368, § 30; SL 1992, ch 70, § 2; SL 2001, ch 239, § 1; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.