South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 48 - South Dakota Lottery
Article 48:01 - Instant lottery requirements
Chapter 48:01:04 - Instant lottery games
Section 48:01:04:05 - Ticket validation requirements

(1) Play symbols, play symbol captions, the retailer validation code, and the validation number must be printed on the ticket in gray-black ink;

(2) The pack-ticket number must be printed on the ticket;

(3) Only one play symbol may appear under each play area;

(4) Only one play symbol caption may appear under each play area and beneath each play symbol;

(5) Only one validation number may appear on the front of each ticket;

(6) Exactly one play symbol must appear under each of the play areas on the front of the ticket;

(7) Each of the play symbols must have a play symbol caption underneath, and each play symbol must agree with its play symbol caption;

(8) Each of the play symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully legible;

(9) Each of the play symbol captions must be present in its entirety and be fully legible;

(10) The ticket must be intact;

(11) The pack-ticket number, retailer validation code, bar code, and validation number must correspond to the lottery's codes and all validation requirements for determining a winning ticket;

(12) No ticket may have a hole punched through the play area or be mutilated, altered, unreadable, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner;

(13) No ticket may be counterfeit in whole or in part;

(14) The ticket must have been issued by the lottery in a manner authorized by SDCL chapter 42-7 A and this title;

(15) No ticket may be stolen or appear on any list of omitted tickets on file at the lottery;

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

(17) The ticket must be complete and not miscut and must have the appropriate bar codes, exactly one pack-ticket number, one validation number, one retailer validation code, and the specified number of play symbols, with confirming play symbol captions;

(18) The validation number of an apparent winning ticket must appear on the lottery's official list of validation numbers of winning tickets, and a ticket with that validation number may not have been previously paid;

(19) No ticket may be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective, or printed or produced in error;

(20) Each of the play symbols and play symbol captions, the pack-ticket number, the retailer validation code, the bar codes, and the validation number on the ticket must correspond precisely to the executed working papers corresponding to that instant game on file at the state lottery office;

(21) The display printing on the ticket must be regular in every respect and correspond precisely to the executed working papers corresponding to that instant game on file at the state lottery office; and

(22) The ticket must pass all additional confidential validation tests of the lottery.