Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-25b - Sealed ticket game products manufacturer

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each
			 applicant for registration as a sealed ticket game products manufacturer shall
			 apply to the commissioner on such forms as the commissioner prescribes. A
			 manufacturer's application shall be accompanied by an annual fee of five
			 thousand dollars, payable to the State Treasurer. Each applicant for an initial
			 sealed ticket game products manufacturer registration shall submit to state and
			 national criminal history records checks conducted in accordance with section
			 29-17a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes before such registration may be
			 issued.
(b) No sealed ticket game
			 products manufacturer shall sell any type of sealed ticket game products in
			 this state that have not been approved by the commissioner.
(c) A sealed ticket game products
			 manufacturer shall not sell sealed tickets to any person in this state except a
			 sealed ticket game products distributor registered with the
			 department.
(d) Tickets shall be
			 produced to meet the standards on pull-tabs adopted by the North American
			 Gaming Regulators Association, including, but not limited to, specifications on
			 game construction, opacity, randomization, printing, cutting, and minimum
			 information required on a ticket.
(e) A sealed ticket game products
			 manufacturer shall submit a mailer or flyer to the commissioner for approval of
			 each sealed ticket game to be manufactured for distribution and sale in this
			 state, which shall include an artwork representation of the game detailing (1)
			 the name of the sealed ticket game, (2) a reproduction of a game ticket, (3)
			 the price per ticket, (4) the number of winners per packet, (5) the total
			 number of winners and total payout, (6) the winning ticket ratio, (7) the
			 percentage retained by the permittee as gross profit for a fully sold game,
			 which shall be at least ten percent of the resale value of tickets sold, (8)
			 the percentage of the resale value of tickets to be awarded as prizes, which
			 shall be at least forty- five percent, and (9) any other information the
			 commissioner may reasonably require.
(f) A sealed ticket game products
			 manufacturer shall establish a process to track each packet of sealed tickets
			 by serial number or form number from the manufacturer to the next point of sale
			 and shall retain this information for thirty six months.
(g) Defective tickets shall be addressed in
			 accordance with procedures established by the commissioner. The commissioner
			 reserves the right to suspend sealed ticket sales or remove a game from sale
			 due to manufacturer defects.
(h)
			 Sealed ticket game products sales shall not be conducted under conditions other
			 than as stated in the original application for a sealed ticket game products
			 manufacturer registration unless an application to amend, prescribed by the
			 commissioner, is filed with the commissioner and if the subject matter of the
			 proposed amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the
			 original application and registration. After an investigation of the facts, the
			 department may approve or disapprove the application to amend based upon the
			 information provided in the application to amend.
(i) No sealed ticket game products
			 manufacturer shall sell sealed ticket game products to a sealed ticket game
			 products distributor after any substantial change has come about in the sealed
			 ticket game products manufacturer's status which is at variance with the facts
			 contained in the original application for a sealed ticket games products
			 manufacturer registration until an application to amend is filed with the
			 commissioner. After an investigation, the department may, if the facts so
			 warrant, revoke such manufacturer's registration in accordance with the
			 provisions of Section
			 7-169h-26
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(j) A sealed ticket game products
			 manufacturer shall file a report or reports with the commissioner on a
			 quarterly basis, during the months of January, April, July and October, in a
			 manner prescribed by the commissioner. Each such report shall include (1) the
			 name, address and registration number of the sealed ticket game products
			 distributor to whom sealed tickets were sold, (2) the name of the game, serial
			 numbers and form numbers for all games sold to a sealed ticket game products
			 distributor, (3) the date of sale, and (4) any other information the
			 commissioner may require.
(k) The
			 facilities of a sealed ticket game products manufacturer shall be subject to
			 inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner's duly designated agent
			 during normal business hours.