Section 65IAC8-2-2. Validation of tickets

   (a) Any lottery ticket not passing all of the validation requirements found in IC 4-30-11-4 is void and ineligible for any prize, and no prize shall be paid thereon.

  (b) For a ticket to be a valid ticket under section 1(2) of this rule, all of the following must be met:

(1) The ticket is a ticket sold directly by the commission or issued to a retailer in an authorized manner.

(2) The ticket must not be altered, torn, misprinted, illegible, defaced, or damaged in such a manner that validation is impossible.

(3) The ticket must not be reconstituted or tampered with in any manner.

(4) The ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part.

(5) The ticket must not be stolen nor appear on any list of omitted or cancelled tickets on file with the commission.

(6) The quantity, typeface, and artwork of play symbols, captions, or characters used as play selections must correspond with the quantity, typeface, and artwork of play symbols, captions, or characters established by the commission in approved game rules, working papers, or other specifications applicable to the play of that particular lottery game.

(7) Each play symbol or character must be present in its entirety and be fully legible.

(8) Each play symbol or character with a corresponding caption must agree with its caption in accordance with the game rules, working papers, and other specifications approved by the director or the commission for that game.

(9) The game, pack, and ticket number, if applicable, must be present in its entirety and be fully legible.

(10) The validation numbers, agent verification codes, and the game/pack/ticket numbers, if applicable, must be right-side-up, not reversed in any manner, and correspond exactly to the typeface and artwork on file with the commission for the applicable game.

(11) The display printing must be regular in every respect and correspond exactly to the artwork on file with the commission for the applicable game.

(12) The ticket must pass any additional validation test prescribed by the commission, which for security reasons may be confidential in nature.

(13) The validation number of an apparent winning scratch-off ticket must appear on the commission's official list of validation numbers of winning tickets, and the ticket with that validation number must not have been paid previously according to the records of the commission.

  (c) In addition to the requirements in subsection (b), a ticket in a draw game must meet the following requirements:

(1) The ticket must have been issued by a terminal in an authorized transaction.

(2) The ticket must be printed on paper stock which was validly issued to and used by the terminal from whom the ticket was purchased at the time it was purchased.

(3) The information printed on the ticket must have been communicated to, accepted by, and recorded by the central system, and the information on the ticket must correspond exactly with the commission's computer record.

(4) The information on the ticket must have been recorded in the central system prior to the play cutoff time for the selection event entered into the central system as determined by the director or the director's designee, even if it appears that a play is accepted by virtue of the fact that the ticket was printed.

(5) The ticket serial number must be present in its entirety and be fully legible and must correspond in the records of the central system to the game play information on the ticket.

(6) The ticket serial number of an apparent winning ticket must appear on the commission's official list of ticket serial numbers of winning tickets, and the ticket with that ticket serial number must not have been paid previously according to the records of the commission.

(7) Any display printing on the ticket stock must be regular in every respect and correspond exactly to the artwork on file with the commission for that game.

(State Lottery Commission; 65 IAC 8-2-2; emergency rule filed Aug 10, 2010, 10:39 a.m.: 20100901-IR-065100542ERA; emergency rule filed Jun 28, 2013, 1:16 p.m.: 20130710-IR-065130299ERA)