(a) Valid terminal-based lottery game tickets. To be a valid terminal-based lottery game ticket, the presented terminal-based lottery game ticket must meet the following conditions:
- (1) The terminal-based lottery game ticket validation numbers shall be present in their entirety and correspond, using the Lottery’s validation file, to the selected numbers, letters or symbols printed on the terminal-based lottery game ticket for the dates printed on the terminal-based lottery game ticket.
- (2) The terminal-based lottery game ticket must be intact.
- (3) The terminal-based lottery game ticket may not be mutilated, altered, reconstituted or tampered with.
- (4) The terminal-based lottery game ticket may not be counterfeit or an exact duplicate of a winning ticket.
- (5) The terminal-based lottery game ticket shall have been issued by the Lottery through a licensed retailer.
- (6) The terminal-based lottery game ticket may not have been stolen.
- (7) The terminal-based lottery game ticket shall be validated in accordance with § 875.11 (relating to procedures for claiming and payment of prizes).
- (8) The terminal-based lottery game ticket data shall have been recorded on the Lottery’s central computer system prior to the drawing and the terminal-based lottery game ticket data shall match this computer record in every respect.
- (9) The player or computer-selected numbers, letters or symbols, the validation data and the drawing date of an apparent winning terminal-based lottery game ticket shall appear on the official file of winning terminal-based lottery game tickets. A terminal-based lottery game ticket with that exact data may not have been previously paid.
- (10) The terminal-based lottery game ticket may not be misregistered, defectively printed, or printed or produced in error to an extent that it cannot be processed by the Lottery.
- (11) The terminal-based lottery game ticket shall pass other confidential security checks of the Lottery.
- (12) By submitting a terminal-based lottery game ticket for validation, the player agrees to abide by this chapter as determined by the Secretary.
- (13) There may not be another breach of this part in relation to the terminal-based lottery game ticket which, in the opinion of the Secretary, justifies disqualification.
(b) Invalid or defective terminal-based lottery game tickets/disputes. A terminal-based lottery game ticket not passing the validation checks in subsection (a) will be considered invalid and will not be paid.
- (1) In cases of doubt, the determination of the Secretary is final. The Secretary may replace an invalid terminal-based lottery game ticket with a terminal-based lottery game ticket of equivalent sale price from a current Lottery game.
- (2) If a defective terminal-based lottery game ticket is purchased or if the Secretary determines to adjust an error, the sole and exclusive remedy will be the replacement of the defective or erroneous terminal-based lottery game ticket with a terminal-based lottery game ticket of equivalent sale price from a current Lottery game.
- (3) If a terminal-based lottery game ticket is not paid by the Lottery and a dispute occurs as to whether the terminal-based lottery game ticket is a winning terminal-based lottery game ticket, the Lottery may replace the terminal-based lottery game ticket as provided in paragraph (2). This is the sole and exclusive remedy of the holder of the terminal-based lottery game ticket.
Cross References
This section cited in 61 Pa. Code § 875.7 (relating to determination of prize-winning, terminal-based lottery game tickets); and 61 Pa. Code § 875.11 (relating to procedures for claiming and payment of prizes).