Code of Maine Rules › 18 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES › 553 - BUREAU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LOTTERY OPERATIONS (BABLO) › Chapter 40 - MEGA MILLIONS RULES › Part II - Mega Millions Game Rules › Section 553-40-II-7.0 - Play Validation

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
7.1 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 Party Lottery for
				  validation of winning Plays sold through its computer gaming system and any
				  other validation requirements adopted by the Product Group, the MUSL Board and
				  published as the Confidential MUSL Minimum Game Security Standards. MUSL and
				  the Party Lotteries shall not be responsible for Plays that are altered in any
				  manner.
7.2
Specific
				  Requirements for Validation of Tickets Sold in Maine
7.2.1 Under no circumstances will a claim be
				  paid for either the Grand Prize or the Second prize without an official Mega
				  Millions ticket (or validly registered ticketless transaction) matching all
				  game Play, serial number and other validation data residing in the Lottery's
				  computer gaming system and such ticket (or validly registered ticketless
				  transaction) shall be the only valid proof of the wager placed and the only
				  valid receipt for claiming or redeeming such prize.
7.2.2 In addition to Section 7.2.1, in order
				  to be deemed a valid, winning Mega Millions Play, unless the Play is a validly
				  registered ticketless transaction, and eligible to receive a prize, all the
				  following requirements must be met:
7.2.2.1
				  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.
7.2.2.2 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.
7.2.2.3 The play data appearing on the ticket
				  must correspond precisely with the Lottery's computer gaming system
				  record.
7.2.2.4 The 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.
7.2.2.5 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. The
				  ticket must not be an exact duplicate of another winning ticket.
7.2.2.6 All play data appearing on an
				  apparent winning ticket must correspond to the Lottery's records of winning
				  Plays, and another ticket with identical Play data shall not have been
				  paid.
7.2.2.7 The ticket must be
				  intact, fully legible, complete and not miscut, correspond to the data on file
				  at the Lottery in every respect.
7.2.2.8 The ticket must pass all other
				  security criteria determined by the Mega Millions Finance and Operations
				  Procedures, BABLO and MUSL.
7.2.2.9
				  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.
7.2.2.10 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.
7.2.3 In the event that a ticket fails to
				  pass all the criteria set forth in subpart 7.2.2 of this rule, the ticket shall
				  be deemed void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. In the event
				  of a dispute or other instance of doubt, the decision of the executive director
				  shall be final and binding. If the executive director determines that the
				  ticket is not eligible to receive a prize, then the executive director may, at
				  the executive director's option, replace an invalid, defective or otherwise
				  erroneous ticket with a ticket of equivalent sales price from any current
				  lottery game. Replacement of the ticket shall be the bearer or claimant's sole
				  and exclusive remedy.