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the Department to enable it to comply with the reporting requirements and information requests provided for under subsection (p) of this Section. (e) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Department shall select a private manager through a competitive request for qualifications process consistent with Section 20-35 of the Illinois Procurement Code, which shall take into account: (1) the offeror's ability to market the Lottery to those residents who are new, infrequent, or lapsed players of the Lottery, especially those who are most likely to make regular purchases on the Internet; (2) the offeror's ability to address the State's concern with the social effects of gambling on those who can least afford to do so; (3) the offeror's ability to provide the most successful management of the Lottery for the benefit of the people of the State based on current and past business practices or plans of the offeror; and (4) the offeror's poor or inadequate past performance in servicing, equipping, operating or managing a lottery on behalf of Illinois, another State or foreign government and attracting persons who are not currently regular players of a lottery. (f) The Department may retain the services of an advisor or advisors with significant experience in financial services SB3019 Enrolled LRB104 20255 HLH 33706 b Public Act 104-0468