Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 12 - Taxation
568a - Operation of Lottery
Section 12-568a-16 - Violations of rules and regulations; fine, suspension or revocation

Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 12-568a-16

Current through September 9, 2024

(a) Liability. Any licensee violating chapter 226 or chapter 229a of the Connecticut General Statutes or sections 12-568a-1 to 12-568a-24, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be liable for the penalties in this section. It is the duty and responsibility of all licensees to know sections 12-568a-1 to 12-568a-24, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Nothing in sections 12-568a-1 to 12-568a-24, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be deemed to lessen the responsibility of the CLC to enforce and adhere to chapters 226 and 229a of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections 12-568a-1 to 12-568a-24, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(b) Fine, suspension or revocation. A violation of chapters 226 and 229a of the Connecticut General Statutes or sections 12-568a-1 to 12-568a-24, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be good cause for the commissioner to fine any licensee in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, and suspend or revoke any lottery sales agent license issued by the department.

(1) The commissioner may for good cause fine a licensee or deny issuance of, suspend, revoke or place conditions upon any license. Any licensee, vendor employee, or employee or officer of the CLC who is alleged to have, with intent to defraud, produced, altered, forged, passed or counterfeited a ticket may be summarily suspended from involvement with the lottery.

(2) All parties cited for violations of this section shall be given the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with sections 12-568a-1 to 12-568a-24, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and the department rules of practice and hearing procedures.

(3) All decisions of the department may be appealed pursuant to section 4-183 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(c) Fraudulent activity. Any licensee, or employee or officer of a licensee, who, with intent to defraud, produces, alters, forges, passes or counterfeits a ticket, shall be terminated from involvement with the lottery, and such licensee, employee or officer may be subject to license suspension or revocation

(d) Wrongful validation of prizes. Any licensee, or employee of any licensee, who influences, attempts to influence, permits, or facilitates the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, abuse, misuse or misappropriation of confidential information, including the tampering of lottery files, software or equipment, may be terminated from involvement with the lottery, and such licensee may be subject to license suspension or revocation, civil penalties and criminal penalties.

(e) Prohibition of prize payments for compromised tickets. The CLC shall ensure that no prizes are paid that arise from claimed winning tickets that are stolen, counterfeit, altered, fraudulent, unissued, issued in error, unreadable, not received, unclaimed or not recorded by the CLC within applicable deadlines, lacking in captions that conform and agree with the play symbols appropriate to the lottery game involved, or not in compliance with specific rules and with the confidential validation and security tests of the CLC.

(f) Confidentiality of winning ticket information and restricted access to proprietary information. The CLC shall prohibit unauthorized persons from accessing lottery game winning ticket information. In the event that the CLC becomes aware of a compromise or potential compromise of security regarding exposure of information contained in the game winning ticket information, the CLC shall immediately notify the commissioner. The CLC shall thereafter take all necessary steps to restore security as quickly as possible.

(g) Advance notification of expiring jackpot and grand prize winning tickets. The CLC shall provide the public adequate advance notice of all expiring jackpot and grand prize winning tickets. The CLC shall utilize broadcast media, and shall publish on the CLS's website and through such other means as required by the department, that the winning ticket holders shall claim by a certain date to be eligible for payment.

(h) Prohibition of financial interest in vendors. No Board member of the CLC, officer or employee of the CLC, or any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent of the foregoing persons shall have a financial interest in any vendor doing business or proposing to do business with the CLC.

(i) Prohibition from purchasing and claiming jackpot and grand prizewinners. The CLC shall not directly or indirectly acquire any beneficial interest in tickets, and shall not directly or indirectly receive prizes.

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