Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 429 - Oklahoma Lottery Commission
Chapter 15 - Lottery Games
Section 429:15-1-6 - Lottery ticket validation requirements

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 429:15-1-6

Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024

(a) Each lottery ticket shall be validated according to OLC validation procedures prior to payment of a prize.

(b) An Instant Game ticket shall comply with all of the following:

(1) The ticket shall not be stolen or appear on any list of printer omitted tickets on file with the OLC;

(2) The ticket shall not be counterfeit or forged, in whole or in part;

(3) The ticket shall not be mutilated, altered, or unreadable;

(4) The ticket shall have been issued by the OLC in an authorized manner;

(5) The ticket shall pass the confidential OLC validation and security tests appropriate to the applicable play style;

(6) The validation number of an apparent winning ticket shall appear on the OLC's official file of validation numbers of winning tickets. A ticket with that validation number shall not have been paid previously;

(7) The ticket shall be intact, and not miscut, and have exactly one play symbol and exactly one caption in each of the play spots, exactly one pack number, exactly one ticket number, exactly one retailer validation code, and exactly one validation number on the ticket;

(8) The game, pack, ticket, and validation numbers must be present in their entirety and be fully legible. The validation numbers shall correspond, using the OLC's files, to the play symbols on the ticket;

(9) The play symbols, captions, validation number, retailer validation code, pack number, and ticket number must be right side up and not reversed in any manner;

(10) The ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective, or printed or produced in error;

(11) Each of the play symbols must be exactly one of those described in the InstantGame Working Papers , and each of the captions must be exactly one of those described in the Instant GameWorking Papers ;

(12) Each of the play symbols on the ticket must be printed in the correct symbol font and correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the OLC. Each of the captions must be printed in the caption font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the OLC. The retailer validation code must be printed in the retailer validation code font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the OLC. The validation number must be printed in the validation number font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the OLC;

(13) The display printing must be regular in every respect and correspond precisely with the artwork on file at the OLC.

(c) An Online game ticket shall comply with all of the following:

(1) The ticket validation number shall be present in its entirety and shall correspond to the prize validation file and with the data printed on the ticket;

(2) The ticket shall not be mutilated, altered, unreadable, or tampered with in any manner;

(3) The ticket shall not be counterfeit or a duplicate of another winning ticket;

(4) The ticket shall have been issued by the lottery through an authorized Online game sales terminal in an authorized manner;

(5) The ticket shall be validated in accordance with confidential OLC procedures for claiming, validating and payment of prizes;

(6) The ticket shall have been recorded in the OLC central computer system or recording media before the drawing and the ticket shall match this OLC record in every aspect;

(7) The validation number data and the drawing date of an apparent winning ticket shall appear on the official file of winning tickets and a single play grid with the exact data and the ticket may not have been previously paid;

(8) The ticket may not be misregistered or defectively printed to an extent that it cannot be validated by the lottery;

(9) The ticket shall pass all other confidential security tests of OLC.

(d) Any ticket not passing all of the validation tests and requirements is void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. The OLC may, in its sole discretion, reimburse the player for the cost of the void ticket. This shall be the claimant's only remedy.

(e) If a defective ticket is purchased by a player, the only OLC liability shall be reimbursement for the cost of the defective ticket.

Added at 23 Ok Reg 180, eff 10-10-05 (emergency); Added at 23 Ok Reg 2783, eff 6-25-06

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