Commission Meetings

September 22, 2022
9:30 a.m. Room 412 of the State Capitol in Pierre

The Commission last met June 16. Click here to access the meeting materials.

Commissioners

Jamie Huizenga, Pierre

Joe Kafka, Valley Springs

Jason Ahrendt, Sioux Falls

William Shorma, Dakota Dunes

Tona Rozum, Mitchell

Hours of Operation*

Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. cst
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. cst
Sunday: 9 - 11 a.m. cst

*See below for holiday hours.

Holiday Hours

Please note that holiday hours will be in effect Monday, July 4. Our support center will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. central time.

We hope you have a great holiday weekend!

FINAL REMINDER: Video Lottery Security

Don’t forget that the required security amounts for FY 2023
were due July 1. If you fail to submit these, it could affect your
license status.

The South Dakota Lottery thanks all Video Lottery
Operators who have submitted their securities.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Alec Norwick at 773-5770 or alec.norwick@state.sd.us.

First Quarter Renewals

Your first quarter video lottery renewal form has recently been sent.

Please be sure to complete and submit these forms back to the South Dakota Lottery before September 23.

Operator License Fees

On July 1, the South Dakota Lottery began calculating the Operators' annual video lottery terminal license renewal fee. The renewal fee is $100 per video lottery terminal an Operator owns on June 30 or a minimum of $1,000.

These renewal fees will reflect on the July sweep.

Ticket In, Ticket Out Update

As a result of Senate Bill 152 being signed into law, the South Dakota Lottery is partnering with Light & Wonder to implement ticket in, ticket out technology on VLTs.

Discussions between the Lottery, Light & Wonder, and our licensed manufacturers are in their early stages. Currently, we are reviewing administrative rules to ensure that this technology can be implemented.

We will provide further updates when they are available.

Lottery Support Center Availability

The video lottery support center will be unavailable on Tuesday, July 26 from 3 to 4 p.m. cst.

The support center will continue to be unavailable from 3 to 4 p.m. cst on the final Tuesday of each month. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Partial Sales from Operator to Operator

When an Operator is completing a partial sale to another Operator, please remember to follow these steps to ensure a smooth transaction:

Submit a Bill of Sale form from Operator to Operator showing it’s a partial sale. The form will list the serial numbers and permit numbers with buyer and seller signatures and date.
The selling Operator must send the Lottery transportation forms with final meter readings and audit ticket for final revenue reconciliation.
Boards in machines being sold need to be sent to the Manufacturer of the machines to have the boards' RAM cleared. The Manufacturer needs to complete their portion of new registration and transportation form and send it back to the Operator with the cleared boards. The Operator will then complete their portion on the form.
Once the boards are cleared by Manufacturer, the Operators will then make the Lottery aware. The Lottery will email inspectors the bill of sale informing them machines are ready to be inspected. At this point, they are treated like a new machine and the inspector then emails the new registration and transportation forms with audit ticket to the Lottery. The Lottery will switch from the old Operator to the new Operator in the system before the machine is brought up.

Manual Ticket Validation

When you are manually validating a ticket from a SAS machine, please remember to enter the validation number found just under the ticket's barcode.

For Non SAS machines, please remember to enter the Ticket Number, which can be found on the line below the validation number. Please remember to not include any zeros at the beginning of the ticket number.

For more information, the Operator Portal has tutorial videos explaining this process. If you have any issues completing a validation, please contact the Lottery's support center.