Current through Register No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Each instant
lottery game ticket shall be validated according to validation procedures,
described in (b) below. prior to payment of a prize.
(b) For an instant lottery game ticket to be
deemed valid for payment or claim, the following shall be true:
(1) The ticket shall have:
a. Been issued by the lottery in an
authorized manner;
b. Been received
and recorded by the commission by applicable deadlines;
c. Passed all the confidential validation and
security tests appropriate to the applicable playstyle; and
d. A validation number that appears on the
commission's official list of validation numbers of winning tickets for the
particular game and pack;
(2) The ticket shall not be:
a. Altered, unreadable, mutilated,
reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;
b. Counterfeit or forged in whole or in
part;
c. Stolen or appear on any
list of omitted tickets on file with the lottery;
d. Mis-registered; or
e. Paid previously;
(3) The ticket shall contain at least one of
the following validation methods:
a. The
validation bar code and 3 boxed digits of the validation code;
b. The human readable code associated with
the validation bar code, including the 3 boxed digits of the validation
code;
c. The prize validation
serial number, and the 3 boxed digits of the validation code; or
d. The PDF417 barcode located under the
scratch off coating;
(4)
The symbols, numbers, or words shall be consistent with their respective
caption or validation number; and
(5) The winning ticket's validation methods
shall be verified and correspond to the data in the commission's central
computer system's validation file.
(c) In the event that some, but not all of
the required validation methods in (b)(3) above are damaged and unreadable, the
player shall submit the ticket and a New Hampshire Lottery Claim form (revised
June 2000) to the commission for further review in order to be
validated.
(d) The commission shall
pay the prize won if:
(1) The commission can
positively identify the ticket on the validation file by using other
identifying information located on the ticket; and
(2) The commission determines that no missing
part of the same ticket contains validation information that would allow
another claim to be filed for the same prize.
(e) Any ticket that the commission cannot
positively identify as a valid ticket using the methods escribed in (b)-(d)
above shall be void and ineligible for any prize.
(f) The commission shall make the final
decision as to whether any ticket is valid or void and such decision shall be
final.
