- (a) The Director of the Office of the Arkansas Lottery’s decisions regarding the determination of a winning lottery ticket or share, or the determination of the rightful owner or owners of a prize, or of any other dispute or matter arising from payment or awarding of prizes are final and binding on all parties.
(b)
- (1) The director shall make the final decision on whether any prize is paid or any annual prize payment is made.
- (2) All prizes shall be paid within a reasonable time after they are validated unless the director delays a prize payment.
(3) The director may, at any time, delay any prize payment in order to review:
- (A) The validity of a prize claim;
- (B) A change of circumstances relative to the prize awarded, the payee, or the claim; or
- (C) Any other relevant matter that may come to the director’s attention.
- (c) For any prize requiring annual payments, all payments after the first payment shall be made on the anniversary date of the first payment in accordance with the type of prize awarded.
- (d) Any delayed annual payment will be brought up-to-date immediately when payment is authorized by the director.