iLottery in Mass. budget deal could give way to modern experience, director says [Video]

iLottery could soon light up Massachusetts screens after legislative negotiators included language in a compromise budget deal to make online sales legal, a move the Lottery Director said will give players a “modern lottery experience.”

The $58 billion budget plan was unveiled on Thursday and included other items like free community college for every state resident, and setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for the MBTA.

Online lottery sales are expected to drive $100 million in revenue for the state.

Lawmakers in the majority-Democrat state House and Senate are expected to vote on the bill on Friday and send it to Gov. Maura Healey’s desk. The new fiscal year started on July 1. And lawmakers are racing to finish their business before the end of formal sessions on July 31.

“Our team is excited to implement an online Lottery,” Lottery Executive Director Mark William Bracken …