Authority: IC 4-32.3-3-3

Affected: IC 4-32.3-5-5; IC 4-32.3-5-24.5

Sec. 4. (a) An electronic raffle system must have a device or facility that provides for the sale of tickets and the collection and accounting tools needed to track the sales facilitated through the raffle system. The system must have the ability to support all raffle sales units, whether they are hard-wired or connected wirelessly, to ensure that each raffle sales unit sends or transmits the ticket sales to the system. The system must have the ability to facilitate winner selection by either manual or electronic means, as determined by the qualified organization and subject to IC 4-32.3-5-24.5.

(b) The electronic raffle system servers must be housed in a secure location that has sufficient physical protection against alteration, tampering, or unauthorized access.

(c) The electronic raffle system must be logically secured through the use of passwords, biometrics, or other means certified as secure by the independent gaming laboratory. The storage of passwords, PINs, biometrics, and other authentication credentials must be secure. The system must have multiple security access levels to control and restrict different classes of access to the electronic raffle system.

(d) The electronic raffle system software must be capable of setting time limits for when tickets may be purchased for a raffle drawing.

(e) After a raffle has ended, the electronic raffle system software may not allow changes to parameters that can affect the integrity of the raffle.

(f) The algorithm or method used by the electronic raffle system to generate the ticket validation number must be unpredictable and ensure against duplicate validation numbers for the raffle currently in progress.

(g) The electronic raffle system must be designed to flag or otherwise identify a voided ticket and its corresponding draw number. The system must record at least the draw numbers and validation number from the voided ticket. Voided draw numbers may not be able to be resold or reissued for that raffle.

(h) If the electronic raffle system supports the reprinting of counterfoil tickets, the system will include additional supervised access controls, and the draw numbers for the reprinted counterfoils will be flagged in the system as reprints.

(i) The electronic raffle system must be capable of closing off the sale of tickets at a time determined by the qualified organization. Tickets may not be sold after the raffle purchase period has closed. The system must be capable of displaying to the operator through the raffle sales unit device display that all sales from a particular device have been uploaded, transferred, or otherwise communicated to the electronic raffle system as follows:

(1) After the sales data transfer is verified, the raffle sales unit device must be capable of being reset or closed.

(2) The raffle sales unit may not be enabled for any further sales for the closed raffle.

(j) Voided tickets may not be qualified toward a prize. The electronic raffle system must be capable of reconciling voided sales for the raffle purchase to identify the voided tickets that may be committed to the draw. The electronic raffle system must record an acknowledgement from the operator of the qualified organization responsible for conducting the raffle that voided tickets have been reconciled before permitting a winning number to be entered into the system for validation.

(k) Results of a drawing become official and final after the drawn number is verified as a winning ticket for the respective drawing and is presented to the participants of the raffle. The electronic raffle system must display the winning draw on all capable display devices intended to be viewed by participants.

(l) Winning tickets must be verified before payout. Participants shall present the ticket to an authorized agent for validation with the system. The system must be capable of verifying the winning draw numbers and allowing for the validation of draw numbers, either manually or through the use of a bar code scanner or equivalent.

(m) The system must be capable of producing accounting reports sufficient to comply with IC 4-32.3-5-5(a) and 68 IAC 21-11.

(n) The data and reporting required to be available or reported by this rule must be retained and maintained in the state of Indiana.

(o) The electronic raffle system may not permit the alteration of any accounting or reporting data without supervised access controls. If data is changed, the following information must be documented or logged:

(1) Data element altered.

(2) Data element value before alteration.

(3) Data element value after alteration.

(4) Time and date of alteration.

(5) User login to identify the personnel who performed the alteration.

(p) If there is a catastrophic failure and the electronic raffle system cannot be restarted in any other way, it must be possible to reload the electronic raffle system from the last viable backup point and fully recover the contents of that backup, including the following:

(1) Significant events.

(2) Accounting information.

(3) Reporting information.

(4) Specific site information, such as employee files or raffle set-up.

(Indiana Gaming Commission; 68 IAC 21-10.7-4; filed Dec 23, 2025, 10:26 a.m.: 20260114-IR-068250645IFA)