Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 429 - Oklahoma Lottery Commission
Chapter 15 - Lottery Games
Section 429:15-1-2 - Definitions
In addition to terms defined in the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act, the following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Altered Ticket" means any ticket intentionally changed by a player or by other persons or means in an attempt to make the ticket appear as a winning ticket.
"Authorized Location" means a business authorized by a contract with OLC to sell OLC Lottery products. "Authorized Location" and "Authorized Retailer" are synonymous terms.
"Caption" means the letters appearing near the play symbols in the instant ticket play area that verify the correctness of play symbols.
"Counterfeit Ticket" means any ticket not produced by an OLC authorized ticket printer or an OLC online games sales terminal.
"Defectively Printed Tickets" means the same as misregistered ticket.
"Drawing" means the process by which the lottery randomly selects numbers or items in accordance with the specific game rules or game promotion rules for those games or game promotions requiring random selection of numbers or items.
"Duplicate Ticket" means a ticket produced by photograph, xerography or any other duplication method other than an authorized instant ticket printed for OLC or generated by an authorized online terminal.
"Game Name" means the name of the Instant or Online game, as specified in the game procedures.
"Game Number" means the preprinted number on an instant ticket which identifies a particular game.
"Instant Game" means an instant ticket lottery game offered by OLC for sale to the public that is played by revealing a hidden play area on a ticket to display the play symbols.
"Instant Game Procedures" means the document summarizing the game specifications as provided in the working papers for each Instant Game.
"Lottery game promotion procedures" means the document summarizing promotion specifications for each lottery game promotion offered by OLC.
"Lottery Retailer" or "Retailer" means a business entity contracted to OLC to sell lottery tickets.
"Miscut Ticket" means a ticket cut during production such that the ticket is not whole and able to be validated.
"Misregistered Ticket" means any ticket on which printed data has been misprinted in such a manner as to prevent reading during the validation process.
"Mutilated Ticket" means any lottery ticket accidentally or intentionally damaged such that completion of OLC validation procedures is not possible.
"OLC" means the Oklahoma Lottery Commission.
"Online Game" means a game where tickets or shares are purchased through a network of sales terminals located at OLC authorized retail outlets through use of an OLC authorized play slip or manual retailer input of player requested numbers. " Online Game" does not include a game played via the Internet.
"Online Game Procedures" means the document summarizing game specifications for each online game offered for sale by OLC.
"Online Terminal" means the OLC authorized sales terminal used to sell various online lottery number games.
"Pack" or "Pack Size" means a package of instant tickets, each ticket with a different number. The number of tickets in a pack is generally from 60 to 500.
"Pack Number" means the unique number on the ticket that designates each pack of instant tickets in the game. Each pack number is unique within each instant game.
"Play Area" means the covered area of an instant ticket that contains the ticket play symbols.
"Play Slip" means a pre-printed OLC form for use by players in selecting numbers for online games (see game board).
"Play Style" means the method of play to determine a winner for an individual game or game promotion.
"Play Symbol" means the printed data under the removable covering on an instant ticket that is used to determine eligibility for a prize. The symbols for individual games will be specified in individual instant game procedures.
"Prize" means a cash amount or product (merchandise) that can be won in a lottery game or game promotion.
"Prize Structure" means the number, value, and odds of winning prizes for an individual game as approved by OLC in individual game procedures.
"Retail Sales Price" means the OLC designated price OLC retailers must charge for a ticket when sold.
"Retailer Validation Code" means the code found under the covered area over the play symbols on the instant ticket which the OLC retailer may use to verify and validate low-tier winners.
"Ticket" means any tangible evidence issued by the lottery to provide participation in a lottery game or drawing authorized by the Act.
"Ticket Number" means the number on the ticket that refers to the ticket sequence within the pack.
"Unreadable Ticket" means any ticket on which any play data or other ticket validation information cannot be read as part of the prize validation procedure.
"Validation Number" means the unique data printed on a ticket that enables verification of the ticket as a valid winner.
"Validation Procedures" means the procedures utilized by OLC and/or its authorized vendors to determine if a claimed ticket is a valid winner.
"Valid Ticket" means a ticket which meets all OLC game specifications and OLC validation requirements.
"Working Papers" means the written document approved by the OLC for instant game production that includes, among other things, the game name, the art work for the ticket, how a prize is won, game prize structure, play style, ticket delivery schedule to OLC, and eligibility for a drawing, if any.
Added at 23 Ok Reg 180, eff 10-10-05 (emergency); Added at 23 Ok Reg 2783, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1096, eff 5-12-07
