Indiana Administrative Code › Title 65 - STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION › Article 1 - THE COMMISSION › Rule 1 - General Provisions › Section 1-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 4-30-3-7; IC 4-30-3-9
Affected: IC 4-30
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				definitions in IC 4-30-2 and in this section apply throughout this
				title.
(b) "Applicant" means a
				person who has submitted an application to receive a certificate of authority
				to contract with the commission as a retailer.
(c) "Central system" means a system of
				computers, servers, and databases that is designed to provide comprehensive
				technology capabilities; including without limitation, controlling, monitoring,
				and communicating with the terminals and recording the plays and transactions
				processed by the terminals.
(d)
				"Chair" means the chairperson of the commission selected pursuant to IC
				4-30-4-3.
(e) "Draw game" means a
				lottery game in which winners are determined by a random selection conducted by
				the commission at a designated selection event.
(f) "Game rules" means written rules
				governing the procedures and manner in which a lottery game is to be played,
				and identifying the necessary criteria or conditions for winning a
				prize.
(g) "Game play data area"
				means an area on a scratch-off ticket covered with a latex or other covering,
				which, when uncovered, reveals play or prize symbols, bar codes, verification
				codes, or other means for determining the outcome of game play on that
				ticket.
(h) "Lottery game" means
				any game that the commission authorizes under IC 4-30, but shall not include
				promotional drawings under
				65 IAC 1-7-4.
(i) "Lottery product" means any ticket or
				other offering authorized by the commission to be sold or distributed to
				consumers by retailers or by the commission.
(j) "Member" means a member of the
				commission, as described in IC
				4-30-3-1.
(k) "MUSL" means the Multi-State Lottery
				Association, a government-benefit association wholly owned and operated by
				member commissions, state agencies, and other political subdivisions, which are
				authorized to conduct a lottery.
(l) "Nth transaction award" means a free
				wager that the central system automatically generates either randomly or at a
				predetermined transaction interval.
(m) "On-line game" means a lottery game where
				participation is recorded on a computer-generated ticket distributed through
				terminals connected to the central system by a communications
				network.
(n) "Pari-mutuel prize"
				means a prize equal to the total amount of the winnings pool available for
				prizes of that type divided by the total number of winning tickets for that
				prize.
(o) "Play slip" means a form
				prescribed by the commission on which a player may hand mark the player's
				desired numbers, symbols, or other characters and which is input into a
				terminal to generate a ticket for a lottery game.
(p) "Play symbol" means an alphabetic,
				numeric, or graphic character or symbol appearing in the game play data area of
				a ticket which is used to determine whether the player won a prize.
(q) "Prize symbol" means numeric symbol
				expressed in terms of United States currency appearing in the game play data
				area of a ticket and used to determine the value of a possible prize.
(r) "Prize winner" means any individual or
				other person ultimately entitled to receive full or partial payment of a
				lottery prize either directly or by means of a pass through entity, including,
				but not limited to, the:
(1) beneficiaries of
				a trust;
(2) partners, members, or
				shareholders of a business entity;
(3) individual members of a group, club, or
				association; or
(4) assigned
				guardian or adult member of a minor's family functioning as a custodian for a
				person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age and claiming a prize on a
				lawfully purchased ticket.