PURPOSE: This rule sets forth further requirements for winning tickets.

1. (1) The winning player(s) agrees by submitting a draw games ticket for validation to abide by the statutes and rules pertaining to the Missouri Lottery and to the draw games.
2. (2) There may not be any breach of the statutes or rules in relation to the ticket which, in the opinion of the executive director justifies disqualification.
3. (3) The draw games ticket shall be a bearer instrument until it is signed. The owner(s) of a winning ticket must declare all other owners and the percentage of ownership for a winning ticket at the time of filing a claim with the Missouri Lottery or presenting the ticket for validation to a draw games lottery retailer.
4. (4) The information printed on the ticket stock shall not be interpreted as providing any prize or procedure other than authorized by the lottery statute contained in section 313.200, RSMo, for that game the rules of the commission and the rules for that game.
5. (5) The player shall be responsible for lost or stolen draw games tickets. The lottery shall not be responsible for lost or stolen draw games tickets.
6. (6) A draw games game play may only be claimed for the highest prize category won.
7. (7) For purposes of calculation of a prize to be paid with respect to any prize in any game, the winning prize amount shall be rounded down to the nearest dollar.

8. (8) Game liability limits—

   1. (A) When the potential aggregate prize liability, resulting from all wagers containing a particular combination of numbers, reaches or first exceeds a prize payout level as determined by the director in a single drawing, no further wagers of that number combination shall be accepted by the lottery gaming system for that drawing.
   2. (B) Notwithstanding subsection (A) of this section, the director may, when conditions so warrant as determined in the director’s sole discretion, establish a prize liability threshold that is higher than the published level for a single drawing.

AUTHORITY: section 313.220, RSMo Supp. 2014.* Original rule filed July 15, 1986, effective July 25, 1986. Amended: Filed Feb. 11, 1987, effective Feb. 21, 1987. Amended: Filed May 25, 2000, effective Nov. 30, 2000. Amended: Filed July 15, 2014, effective Feb. 28, 2015. *Original authority: 313.220, RSMo 1985, amended 1988, 1993, 1995, 2003.