Code of Maine Rules › 18 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES › 553 - BUREAU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LOTTERY OPERATIONS (BABLO) › Chapter 20 - POWERBALL RULES › Part II - Powerball Game Rules › Section 553-20-II-7.0 - Ticket Validation

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
7.1
General
				  Requirements for Validation.
To be a valid Play and eligible to receive
				  a prize, a Play's ticket or ticketless transaction shall satisfy all the
				  requirements established by a Selling Lottery for validation of winning Plays
				  sold through its computer gaming system as set forth in Section 7.2 of these
				  rules and any other validation requirements adopted by the Product Group, the
				  MUSL Board, and published as the Confidential MUSL Minimum Game Security
				  Standards. The MUSL and the Selling Lotteries shall not be responsible for
				  tickets or ticketless transactions that are altered in any manner.
7.2
Specific Requirements for
				  Validation of Tickets Sold in Maine
7.2.1 To be a valid ticket and eligible to
				  receive a prize, all the following requirements must be satisfied:
7.2.1.1 The ticket must have been issued by
				  the Lottery through a licensed agent, via a terminal, in an authorized manner.
				  The ticket must be intact and must not be mutilated, altered, reconstructed, or
				  tampered with in any manner.
7.2.1.2 The ticket date must have been
				  recorded in the Lottery's central computer system at least sixty (60) minutes
				  prior to the drawing; even if it appears that a bet is accepted (by virtue of a
				  printed ticket), any bet placed other than at least sixty (60) minutes prior to
				  the drawing (regardless of when the drawing is held) is void.
7.2.1.3 The information appearing on the
				  ticket must correspond precisely with the party Lottery's computer
				  record.
7.2.1.4 The ticket
				  validation number must appear in its entirety, and correspond, using a computer
				  validation file, to the winning game play or plays printed on the ticket. The
				  ticket stock sequential number on the back of the ticket must correspond to the
				  Lottery's inventory records.
7.2.1.5 The ticket must not be defectively
				  printed, fuzzy, produced in error, counterfeit in whole or in part, altered,
				  unreadable, reconstructed, tampered with in any manner, stolen, blank or
				  partially blank, misregistered, or defective.
7.2.1.6 All information appearing on an
				  apparent winning ticket must correspond to the Lottery's records of winning
				  tickets, and another ticket with identical data shall not have been
				  paid.
7.2.1.7 The ticket must be
				  intact, fully legible, complete and not miscut, correspond to the data on file
				  at the Lottery in every respect.
7.2.1.8 The ticket must pass all other
				  security criteria determined by the Maine Lottery and MUSL.
7.2.1.9 The ticket must be validated in
				  accordance with the provisions of these rules relating to the procedures for
				  claiming prizes and for the payment thereof.
7.2.1.10 An apparent winning ticket shall be
				  void unless the ticket paper stock roll which was in use at the time of the bet
				  by, and validly issued to, the agent from whom the ticket was
				  purchased.