Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY
Division 46 - LOTTERY GAMES GENERAL OPERATING RULES
Section 177-046-0040 - Retail Price Discounts and Retailer Promotions

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 177-046-0040

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

(1) General: The Lottery may offer discounts from the retail sale price of Lottery tickets or shares to the public by any method approved by the Director. The Director will communicate or distribute information regarding discounts by using methods designed to reach the public. These methods may include, but are not limited to, the use of direct mail, newspaper advertising, or by offering coupons at Lottery offices or retail locations.

(2) Retailer Promotions: The Director may provide written authorization for a Lottery retailer to engage in a promotion in which the retailer gives one or more Lottery tickets or shares to the retailer's customers in exchange for the purchase of goods or services.

(a) A Lottery retailer seeking authorization to conduct such a promotion shall identify, to the degree required by the Director, the goods or services to be purchased by a customer in exchange for a Lottery ticket or share and the number and type of tickets or shares to be given to the customer in exchange.

(b) A Lottery retailer is not permitted to increase the price of goods or services offered for sale as a part of the promotion to recoup costs associated with the promotion.

(c) It is the policy of the Lottery to authorize a promotion described in this section only when the proposed promotion maintains the integrity, security, honesty, and fairness of the Lottery.

(d) Lottery tickets or shares given during an authorized promotion are considered and counted as a sale for the retail price established by the Lottery in the rules for each Lottery game.

(e) No promotion is authorized unless it complies with this rule.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 461 & OR Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4)

Stats. Implemented: ORS 461.020, 461.210, 461.220, 461.230, 461.240, 461.250 & 461.260

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