South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 44 - SOUTH CAROLINA LOTTERY COMMISSION
Section 44-10 - Definitions

A. "Act" means the South Carolina Education Lottery Act (Act 59 of 2001).

B. "Applicant" means a corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity.

C. "Bank" means and includes all commercial banks, mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, and any other type or form of banking institution organized under the authority of the State of South Carolina or the United States of America whose principal place of business is within the State of South Carolina and which is designated to perform banking institution functions, activities, or service in connection with the operations of SCEL for the deposit and handling of lottery funds, the accounting of the funds and the safekeeping of records.

D. "Bar code validation" means a system which allows any winning lottery ticket, printed with computer readable bar codes, for a prize of up to $500, or other amount as directed by the Commission, to be read electronically at any lottery retailer location and paid by the retailer regardless of where the player purchased the ticket.

E. "Certified Drawing" means a number selection event about which SCEL and an independent certified public accountant attest that the drawing equipment functioned properly and that a random selection of a winning combination occurred.

F. "Commission" or "Board" means the South Carolina Lottery Commission (SCEL) created by the Act, as and if amended.

G. "Depository" means any entity, including a bank or state agency, performing activities or services in connection with the operation of the SCEL for the deposit and handling of lottery funds, the accounting for lottery funds, and the safekeeping of tickets.

H. "Drawing" means the procedure determined by the Commission to select the winning combination in accordance with the game rules of the particular lottery game.

I. "Employee" means a person who is an employee of the Commission unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

J. "Executive Director" means the individual appointed by the Commission to initiate, supervise, and administer the operation of SCEL games.

K. "Game" means any individual or particular type of lottery authorized by the Commission pursuant to the Act including but not limited to instant game tickets and online game tickets.

L. "Instant Game" means a game in which a ticket is purchased and upon removal of a latex covering or other covering on the front of the ticket or the opening of the sealed ticket, the ticket bearer determines his or her winnings, if any, which are payable upon presentation to a lottery retailer or to SCEL for payment.

M. "Instant Ticket" means a printed card or slip purchased for participation in an instant game.

N. "Lottery" or "SCEL" means the South Carolina Lottery Commission, the Commissioners, and the Executive Director which operates and administers the South Carolina Education Lottery Act.

O. "Lottery Game" means the public gaming system or games established and operated by SCEL.

P. "Lottery Retailer" means any person licensed by SCEL to sell and dispense instant tickets and materials or lottery games, not to include operation of electronic computer terminals in lottery sales and dispensing, unless otherwise authorized.

Q. "Lottery Ticket" or "Tickets" means tickets or other tangible evidence of participation used in lottery games pursuant to the Act.

R. "Online Game" means a lottery game in which a player pays a fee to a lottery retailer and selects a combination of digits, numbers, or symbols, the type and amount of play, and the drawing date, and receives a computer-generated ticket with those selections printed on it.

S. "Online Terminal" means the electronic computer terminal through which a lottery retailer enters the combination of digits, numbers, or symbols selected by a player and by which online tickets are generated and claims are validated.

T. "Online Ticket" means a computer-generated ticket issued by a lottery retailer to a player as a receipt for the combination of digits, numbers, or symbols a player has selected.

U. "Person" means a human being, association, corporation, club, trust, estate, society, governmental entity, company, joint stock company, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee, and anyone acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise, and any combination of human beings.

V. "Prize" means any award, financial or otherwise, awarded by the Commission.

W. "Ticket Bearer" means the person who has signed the ticket or has possession of the unsigned ticket.

X. "Ticket Number" means the preprinted number found on the back of each ticket which identifies that particular ticket as one (1) of a series of tickets.

Y. "Ticket Pack Number" means the printed number or numbers appearing on the back of each ticket.

Z. "Unclaimed Prize" means the prize on a winning ticket for which no claim is made within 180 days after the drawing or winner selection event which made the ticket a winning ticket.

AA. "Unclaimed Prize Account" means the SCEL account to which unclaimed prizes are transferred.

BB. "Validation" means the process of determining whether an instant or online ticket presented for payment is a winning ticket.

CC. "Validation Number" means the multi-digit number found on the face of the ticket. There must be a validation number on each ticket.

DD. "Winner of an instant game" means the holder of an instant lottery ticket determined to have the required match or the specific alignment of the play numbers, digits or symbols or the required sum of the play numbers or digits in accordance with the game rules for the specific game.

EE. "Winner selection" means the drawing process used by SCEL to select the winning numbers in online games with live drawings.

FF. "Winning Combination" means numbers or symbols chosen during the drawing process used by SCEL to select the winning numbers in online games with live drawings.