Prizes
 11.2 (1) If the issue of the right of a participant in a lottery scheme to a prize or a portion of a prize is submitted to resolution under this section, the person disputing the right of the participant shall give written notice of the dispute to the participant, the board of the Corporation and the chair of the board of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (2) The parties to the dispute shall have 45 days from the giving of the notice to resolve the dispute among themselves.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (3) If the parties resolve the dispute to their reasonable satisfaction within the 45 days, the parties shall file a notice of resolution with the board of the Corporation and the chair of the board of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario and the dispute shall not be subject to an arbitration under this section.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (4) If no resolution of the dispute is achieved under subsection (3) and the person who gave the notice mentioned in subsection (1) still wishes to resolve the dispute, then, (a) the dispute shall be arbitrated under the Arbitration Act, 1991, except to the extent that the application of that Act is expressly modified by this section; and (b) the agreement to submit the dispute to the application of this section constitutes an arbitration agreement as defined in that Act.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (5) The persons subject to an arbitration under this section shall be the parties to the dispute, including any persons who have possession of the lottery ticket and any persons who have received the prize or any portion of it.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3; O. Reg. 85/12, s. 7. (6) The arbitrators of the dispute shall be, (a) the members of the board of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario that the chair of that board appoints; or (b) the other persons that the chair of that board designates.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (7) The chair of the board of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario shall establish and publish rules for the conduct of an arbitration under this section.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (8) The rules shall form part of the arbitration agreement.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (9) The Corporation shall give notice to the arbitrators whether it has conducted any investigations described in subsection 11.1 (1) with respect to the subject matter of the dispute and if so, shall provide the arbitrators with the results of the investigations and a summary of their key findings once the investigations have been completed.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (10) Not before receiving the notice and the material described in subsection (9), the arbitrators shall determine what persons, if any, are entitled to the prize or portion of the prize that is the subject of the dispute and may order, (a) the Corporation to make payments to the persons that the arbitrators determine are entitled to the prize or portion of the prize, if the Corporation has not paid the prize or portion of the prize and has received and acknowledged the notice mentioned in subsection (1); or (b) the persons who have received the prize or portion of the prize to pay it to the other persons who the arbitrators determine are entitled to it in accordance with the order, if the Corporation has paid the prize or portion of the prize.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3. (11) Despite the Arbitration Act, 1991, the arbitrators may, on their own initiative or on the motion of any party, dismiss any person’s claim to have an interest in the prize paid by the Corporation or any portion of it without holding a hearing, if they are of the opinion that, (a) the claim is not made in good faith or is frivolous or vexatious; (b) the claim is made only for the purpose of delay; (c) the claimant’s history of commencing claims amounts to an abuse of process; or (d) the claim is not supported by sufficient evidence.  O. Reg. 283/07, s. 3.