Code of Maine Rules
18 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
553 - BUREAU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LOTTERY OPERATIONS (BABLO)
Chapter 20 - POWERBALL RULES
Part II - Powerball Game Rules
Section 553-20-II-7.0 - Ticket Validation
Universal Citation: 18 ME Code Rules ยง 553-20-II-7.0
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
7.1 General Requirements for Validation. To be a valid Play and eligible to receive a prize, a Play's ticket or ticketless transaction shall satisfy all the requirements established by a Selling Lottery for validation of winning Plays sold through its computer gaming system as set forth in Section 7.2 of these rules and any other validation requirements adopted by the Product Group, the MUSL Board, and published as the Confidential MUSL Minimum Game Security Standards. The MUSL and the Selling Lotteries shall not be responsible for tickets or ticketless transactions that are altered in any manner.
7.2 Specific Requirements for Validation of Tickets Sold in Maine
7.2.1 To be a valid ticket and eligible to
receive a prize, all the following requirements must be satisfied:
7.2.1.1 The ticket must have been issued by
the Lottery through a licensed agent, via a terminal, in an authorized manner.
The ticket must be intact and must not be mutilated, altered, reconstructed, or
tampered with in any manner.
7.2.1.2 The ticket date must have been
recorded in the Lottery's central computer system at least sixty (60) minutes
prior to the drawing; even if it appears that a bet is accepted (by virtue of a
printed ticket), any bet placed other than at least sixty (60) minutes prior to
the drawing (regardless of when the drawing is held) is void.
7.2.1.3 The information appearing on the
ticket must correspond precisely with the party Lottery's computer
record.
7.2.1.4 The ticket
validation number must appear in its entirety, and correspond, using a computer
validation file, to the winning game play or plays printed on the ticket. The
ticket stock sequential number on the back of the ticket must correspond to the
Lottery's inventory records.
7.2.1.5 The ticket must not be defectively
printed, fuzzy, produced in error, counterfeit in whole or in part, altered,
unreadable, reconstructed, tampered with in any manner, stolen, blank or
partially blank, misregistered, or defective.
7.2.1.6 All information appearing on an
apparent winning ticket must correspond to the Lottery's records of winning
tickets, and another ticket with identical data shall not have been
paid.
7.2.1.7 The ticket must be
intact, fully legible, complete and not miscut, correspond to the data on file
at the Lottery in every respect.
7.2.1.8 The ticket must pass all other
security criteria determined by the Maine Lottery and MUSL.
7.2.1.9 The ticket must be validated in
accordance with the provisions of these rules relating to the procedures for
claiming prizes and for the payment thereof.
7.2.1.10 An apparent winning ticket shall be
void unless the ticket paper stock roll which was in use at the time of the bet
by, and validly issued to, the agent from whom the ticket was
purchased.
7.2.2 In the
event that a ticket fails to pass all the criteria set forth in Section 7.2.1
of these rules, the ticket shall be deemed void and ineligible for any prize
and shall not be paid. In the event of a dispute or other instance of doubt,
the decision of the executive director shall be final and binding. If the
executive director determines that the ticket is not eligible to receive a
prize, then the executive director may, at the executive director's option,
replace an invalid, defective or otherwise erroneous ticket with a ticket of
equivalent sales price from any current lottery game. Replacement of the ticket
shall be the bearer or claimant's sole and exclusive remedy.
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