Current through September 17, 2024
407.01 Purchase of instant tickets
Lottery Game Retailers shall receive packs of tickets
directly from the Division or through its designated Lottery Contractor.
407.01A Lottery Game Retailers shall not
transfer, exchange, or sell ticket packs or tickets with one another unless
they are selling their business, going out of business or otherwise with prior
written approval of the Division.
407.02 Liability for instant ticket packs
For each pack, Lottery Game Retailers shall be liable for the
retail value, less the retailer compensation and the prizes validated and
paid.
407.02A Lottery Game Retailers
shall be liable for tickets via an electronic funds transfer (EFT) initiated by
the Division after tickets are delivered to the Lottery Game Retailer in
accordance with the schedule provided by the Division.
407.03 Ticket transfers
Ticket transfers to the Lottery Game Retailers are
final.
407.03A Once tickets are
accepted by the Lottery Game Retailer, the Division will not replace mutilated
or damaged tickets, unless specifically authorized by the Division.
407.03B The Division will not accept returned
tickets except as provided for elsewhere in these regulations or with the
Division's advance approval.
407.03C The Lottery Game Retailer is
responsible for lost, stolen, or destroyed tickets unless otherwise approved by
the Division and is liable for the value of such tickets as provided by
Reg-407.02.
407.04
Instant ticket returns
Any Lottery Game Retailer may return for credit, full,
unopened ticket packs to the Division or its authorized representative at any
time before the announced end of the return period.
407.04A
Partial pack returns. No
retailer may return opened partial packs of tickets to the Division or its
agent for credit, except at the discretion of the Division. Partial pack
returns are limited to one open pack return per game per cash register where
tickets have been sold for that game.
407.04B Lottery Game Retailers shall attempt
to sell all tickets to each game. If there are unsold tickets at the announced
end of the game, they must be returned to the Division no later than
twenty-eight (28) calendar days after the announced end of each instant ticket
game or any final prize drawing unless otherwise authorized in writing by the
Director.
407.04B(1) Credit will not be
allowed to the Lottery Game Retailer for instant tickets not timely
returned.
407.05 Lottery Game Retailers may break apart
instant ticket packs to sell instant tickets.
407.06 Lottery Game Retailers shall not sell
instant tickets for a specific game after the announced end of that instant
game.
