Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 006 - Department of Finance and Administration › Division 29 - Office of the Arkansas Lottery › Rule 006.29.22-001 - Amendments to OAL Operational Rules and Retailer Rules

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Office of the Arkansas
	 Lottery
Operational Rules
Preface:
The purpose of these rules is to establish the
	 policies and procedures regulating the conduct and operation of the Arkansas
	 Scholarship Lottery; to make certain that the lottery is operated with dignity
	 and integrity; and to ensure that the citizens of Arkansas maintain trust and
	 confidence in the Department of Finance & Administration - Office of the
	 Arkansas Lottery (OAL). These rules are promulgated under the authority of
	 Arkansas Code Ann. §
								23-115-205.
1.
Definitions
1.1. "Act" means the Arkansas Scholarship
  Lottery Act (Act 606 of 2009).
1.2.
  "Administrative order" means the final disposition of the Department of Finance
  & Administration - Office of the Arkansas Lottery in any matter other than
  a claim in contract or tort, including without limitation bid protests and
  retailer licensing in which the Department of Finance & Administration -
  Office of the Arkansas Lottery is required by law to make its determination
  after notice and a hearing.
1.3.
  "OAL" or "Office" means the Department of Finance & Administration - Office
  of the Arkansas Lottery.
1.4.
  "Applicant" means a natural person, corporation, partnership, unincorporated
  association, or other legal entity.
1.5. "Banks" 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 who
  are authorized to do business in the state of Arkansas and that are designated
  to perform banking institution functions, activities, or service in connection
  with the operations of OAL for the deposit and handling of lottery funds, the
  accounting of the funds and the safekeeping of records.
1.6. "Bar code validation" means a system
  which allows any winning lottery ticket, printed with computer readable bar
  codes for a prize amount as determined by the OAL, to be read electronically at
  any claim center or lottery retailer location and paid by the retailer
  regardless of where the player purchased the ticket.
1.7. "Certified Drawing" means a number
  selection event about which the OAL and an independent certified public
  accountant attest that the drawing equipment functioned properly and that a
  random selection of a winning combination occurred.
1.8. "Claims Center" means the OAL claims
  center located at the OAL Main Office in Little Rock, Arkansas, or any other
  location authorized by the OAL to validate and pay a winning ticket.
1.9. "Compensation" means any money or
  anything of value received or to be received as a claim for services, whether
  in the form of a retainer, fee, salary, expense, allowance, forbearance,
  forgiveness, interest, dividend, royalty, rent, or any other form of recompense
  or any combination thereof.
1.10.
  "Courier" or "Courier Service" means the delivery, conveyance, or assignment of
  any written, printed or published devices for consideration with the purpose of
  facilitating participation in the lottery.
1.11. "Debt" means a liquidated sum due and
  owing any claimant agency when the sum has accrued through contract,
  subrogation, tort, or operation of law regardless of whether there is an
  outstanding judgment for the sum; or sum that is due and owing any person and
  is enforceable by the State of Arkansas.
1.12. "Depository" means any entity,
  including a bank or state agency, performing activities or services in
  connection with the operation of the OAL for the deposit and handling of
  lottery funds, the accounting for lottery funds, and the safekeeping of
  tickets.
1.13. "Draw Coordinator"
  means the party designated by the Director of Security for purposes of
  designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining draw procedures and
  drawing activities.
1.14. "Drawing"
  means the procedure used to select the winning numbers or combination of
  numbers in accordance with the game rules of the particular lottery
  game.
1.15. "Employee" means a
  person who is an employee of the OAL unless the context clearly indicates
  otherwise.
1.16. "Executive
  Director" means the individual appointed by the Governor to initiate, operate,
  supervise, and administer the OAL lottery games; the Executive Director serves
  in a dual role as a Director of the Department of Finance and Administration.
  Executive Director also includes any delegation of authority from the Executive
  Director to another OAL employee.
1.17. "Game" means any individual or lottery
  game authorized by the OAL pursuant to the Act including but not limited to
  instant games and online games.
1.18. "Immediate family" means the father,
  mother, sister, brother, husband, wife, child, grandmother, grandfather,
  grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law,
  son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepchild, grandmother -in-law, grandfather
  -in-law, step grandchild, or any individual acting as parent or
  guardian.
1.19. "Instant Game"
  means a game in which a ticket is purchased and upon removal of a latex
  covering or other covering on the front or back 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, claims center or
  another entity approved by the OAL.
1.20. "instant Ticket" (aka, "Scratch Card")
  means a printed card or slip purchased for participation in an instant
  game.
1.21. "Investigation" shall
  mean any investigation by any law enforcement agency or OAL Security
  Investigators regarding the theft, loss, destruction, alteration, or fraudulent
  activity surrounding the sale, presentation for payment, or validation of any
  lottery ticket sold by Retailer.
1.22. "Legal Owner" means the individual(s)
  whose name(s) appear on the ticket or share in the space designated for "Name"
  or in the absence of such entry the bearer of the ticket or share.
1.23. "Lottery" or "Lottery Game" means the
  public gaming system or games established and operated by OAL.
1.24. "Lottery Retailer" or "Retailer" means
  any person licensed by the OAL to sell and dispense instant tickets and
  materials or lottery games.
1.25.
  "Lottery Ticket" or "Ticket" means tickets or other tangible evidence of
  participation used in lottery games pursuant to the Act.
1.26. "Office of the Arkansas Lottery"
  ("OAL") ("the OAL") means the division of the Department of Finance and
  Administration that is charged with operations, oversight, compliance, and
  financial review of the offering and sales of lottery games within the State of
  Arkansas.
1.27. "Online Game" means
  a state or multi -state lottery game in which a player pays a fee to a lottery
  retailer and selects or uses a computer terminal to select 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.
1.28. "Online Terminal" (see
  also, "Terminal") means the electronic interface computer terminal through
  which a retailer enters by scan, play slip, or manually the combination of
  numbers or symbols selected by a player or random number generator (aka, "Quick
  Pick") and by which online tickets are generated and claims are
  validated.
1.29. "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
  selected.
1.30. "Operational Rules"
  mean those rules adopted and published by the OAL setting forth the rules
  regarding the OAL's operations of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.
1.31. "Person" means an individual,
  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,
1.32. "Player" means any individual who
  purchases or is given a lottery game from a retailer or the OAL.
1.33. "Prize" means any award, financial or
  otherwise, awarded by the OAL.
1.34. "Random number generator" means a
  computer driven electronic device capable of producing numbers at
  random.
1.35. "Retailer License
  Application" means the document executed by the Lottery Retailer upon
  application for a license to sell lottery games and tickets; this document
  includes the type of retailer, including but not limited to special terms and
  conditions such as alternative forms of delivery as set forth herein in Section
  1.10.
1.36. "Retailer Contract"
  means the document executed between the OAL and Lottery Retailer which sets
  forth the terms, conditions, and requirements between the parties.
1.37. "Retailer Rules" means the terms,
  conditions, requirements, and rules regarding Lottery Retailer activities and
  limitations, affirmative duties, and obligations.
1.38. "Share" means any intangible evidence
  in participation in a lottery.
1.39. "Terminal" (see also, "Online
  Terminal") means the electronic interface computer terminal through which a
  retailer enters by scan, play slip, or manually the combination of numbers or
  symbols selected by a player or random number generator (aka, "Quick Pick") and
  by which online tickets are generated and claims are validated.
1.40. "Ticket Bearer" means the person who
  has signed the ticket or has possession of the unsigned ticket.
1.41. "Ticket Number" means the preprinted
  number found on the back of each ticket which identifies that ticket as one (1)
  of a series of tickets.
1.42.
  "Ticket Pack Number" means the printed number or numbers appearing on the back
  of each ticket.
1.43. "Ticket
  Vending Machine" ("TVM") means a player self-service machine that can:
1.43.1. Sell both online tickets and instant
  tickets;
1.43.2. Report real-time
  sales of both online tickets and instant tickets, low and empty bins, a full
  cash box, jammed tickets, diagnostic and error messages, and low paper stock,
  to the central system;
1.43.3.
  Check and validate online tickets and instant tickets;
1.43.4. Provide for either the cashing of
  online tickets and instant tickets via voucher, or other payment method
  provided to a player, which can be negotiated at retail or used on the TVM for
  a continued lottery play; and
1.43.5. Provide for age control play as
  specified in Arkansas Code Annotated §
										23-115-402(e)(1) and
  (2).
1.44. "Unclaimed Prize" means the prize on a
  winning ticket for which no claim is made within the required time period after
  the drawing or winner selection event which made the ticket a winning
  ticket.
1.45. "Unclaimed Prize
  Account" means the OAL account to which unclaimed prizes are
  transferred.
1.46. "Validation"
  means the process of determining whether an instant or online ticket presented
  for payment is a winning ticket.
1.47. "Validation Number" means the multi
  -digit number found on the face of the ticket. There must be a validation
  number on each ticket.
1.48.
  "Vendor" means a person who provides or proposes to provide goods or services
  to the OAL under a procurement contract. "Vendor" does not include:
1.48.1. An employee of the OAL;
1.48.2. A retailer; or
1.48.3. A state agency or
  instrumentality.
1.49.
  "Working papers" means the programming parameters and specific details for each
  game, including the identification of the game, ticket price and prize
  structure.
1.50. "Website" means
  the OAL's lottery address at
http://myarkansasiottery.com/or
any other website that may be specified by the OAL.
1.51. "Winner" means the holder of a lottery
  ticket determined to have the required match or the specific alignment of the
  play numbers, digits or symbols, the required sum of the play numbers or digits
  in accordance with the game rules for the specific game, or a redeemable prize
  amount indicated on its face.
1.52.
  "Winner confidentiality" means confidentiality from public disclosure of an
  individual within the context and provisions set forth in A.C.A. §
									23-115-404 et seq.
  (2021).
1.53. "Winner selection"
  means the drawing process used by the OAL to select the winning numbers in
  online games.
1.54. "Winning
  Combination" means numbers or symbols chosen during the drawing process used by
  the OAL to select the winning numbers in online games.