An instant ticket must meet all of the following requirements in order to be considered valid and payable:

1. (1) The instant ticket was issued in an authorized manner;
2. (2) The instant ticket is not altered, mutilated, unreadable, reconstructed, or tampered with in any manner;
3. (3) The instant ticket is not counterfeit in whole or in part;
4. (4) The instant ticket is not stolen nor appears in any list of omitted instant tickets on file with the Office of the Arkansas Lottery;

5. (5) The instant ticket is complete and not:

   1. (A) Blank or partially blank;
   2. (B) Miscut;
   3. (C) Misregistered;
   4. (D) Defective; or
   5. (E) Printed or produced in error;
6. (6) The instant ticket has the correct number of play symbols in the correct position;
7. (7) The symbols must be present in their entirety, legible, right-side up, and not reversed in any manner;
8. (8) The validation number of an apparent winning ticket appears on the office’s official list of validation numbers of winning instant tickets, and an instant ticket with that validation number has not been previously paid; and
9. (9) The instant ticket passes all additional confidential validation requirements.