Section 65IAC8-4-1. Type of payment

   (a) Prize payment shall be made to the prize winners identified on the claim form and associated documents, and the claim shall be final and binding on the claimant, prize winners, and any other persons for whom the prize is claimed.

  (b) The commission may pay prizes with:

(1) a check;

(2) cash;

(3) an electronic transfer; or

(4) lottery tickets, if the prize claimant agrees.

  (c) A person who submits by mail a lottery ticket that entitles the claimant to a prize of a "ticket" or "free ticket" and whose mailing address is outside the state of Indiana will receive a check in the amount of the retail sales price of the ticket in lieu of an actual ticket. (State Lottery Commission; 65 IAC 8-4-1; emergency rule filed Aug 10, 2010, 10:39 a.m.: 20100901-IR-065100542ERA)