PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the validation requirements for validating on-line winning tickets.

1. (1) All of the following requirements must be met for an on-line game ticket to be a valid on-line game winning ticket:

   1. (A) The ticket validation number shall be presented in its entirety and shall correspond using the computer validation file to the selected numbers printed on the ticket for the data printed on the ticket;
   2. (B) The ticket shall not be mutilated, altered, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;
   3. (C) The ticket shall not be counterfeit or a duplicate of another winning ticket;
   4. (D) The ticket shall have been issued by the lottery through an on-line game contractor in an authorized manner;
   5. (E) The ticket shall not have been canceled;
   6. (F) The ticket shall be validated in accordance with procedures for claiming and payment of prizes;
   7. (G) The ticket data shall have been recorded in the central computer system or magnetic tape or disc before the drawing and the ticket data shall match this computer record in every respect;
   8. (H) The player-selected items, the validation number data and the drawing date of an apparent winning ticket shall appear on the official file of winning tickets and a singlelettered game grid with the exact data may have not been previously paid;
   9. (I) The ticket may not be misregistered or defectively printed to an extent that it cannot be processed by the lottery; and
   10. (J) The ticket shall pass all other confidential security checks of the lottery.

AUTHORITY: section 313.220, RSMo (Supp. 1988).* Original rule filed July 15, 1986, effective July 25, 1986. *Original authority 1985, amended 1988.