Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 36 - MARYLAND STATE LOTTERY AND GAMING CONTROL AGENCY › Subtitle 02 - LOTTERY PROVISIONS › Chapter 36.02.01 - General › Section 36.02.01.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In addition to
				the terms defined in State Government Article, §
									9-101, Annotated
				Code of Maryland, and in COMAR
				36.01.01.01, which have the same
				meanings in this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings
				indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Activate" means to make a book of
				instant tickets ready for sale.
(2)
				"Announced end of game" means the date determined and announced by the Agency
				after which retailers may not activate instant ticket game books.
(3) "Bonus drawing" means a game the Agency
				designates as a bonus drawing.
(4)
				"Bonus game" means a game the Agency designates as a bonus game or bonus
				drawing.
(5) Cash.
(a) "Cash" means coins, U.S. currency, money
				orders, debit cards, and checks.
(b) "Cash" does not include credit.
(6) "Claim form" means a paper or
				computer-generated document that identifies a prize claimant, prize amount,
				game and ticket characteristics.
(7)
				"Coupon" means an instrument that a player may use to obtain a lottery ticket
				at reduced or no cost.
(8) "Daily
				game" means a draw game for which the Agency offers a drawing every
				day.
(9) "Designated cutoff time"
				means the time after which a ticket may no longer be purchased for the next
				drawing of a specified lottery game.
(10) Draw Game.
(a) "Draw game" means a lottery game:
(i) Sold and redeemed through a subscription
				or a computer network at retailer locations; and
(ii) For which tickets are generated by a
				terminal and are a record of a transaction for a draw game.
(b) "Draw game" includes:
(i) A jackpot game;
(ii) A nonjackpot game;
(iii) A monitor game;
(iv) A multi-jurisdictional game played with
				draw game tickets; and
(v) Any
				other Agency-issued game played as described in this section.
(11) "Draw ticket" or
				"Draw game ticket" means a ticket purchased from a terminal or through a
				subscription.
(12) "Drawing" means
				a random selection event used for determining winning numbers of certain
				lottery games.
(13) "Drawing date"
				means the day, days of the week, or times of day on which the winning numbers
				for the lottery games are selected.
(14) "ePlayslip" means an
				electronically-generated game play selection process using an official web or
				mobile application issued by the Agency that is used by a player to select the
				purchaser's playable numbers.
(15)
				Fast Play Game.
(a) "Fast Play game" means a
				game produced by a lottery terminal where predetermined game results are
				obtained from a finite pool of randomly generated results for that specific
				game and are printed on a ticket.
(b) "Fast Play game" does not include games
				where players select their numbers or symbols and there is a drawing to
				determine a winning number or symbol.
(16) "Instant game" or "instant ticket game"
				means a lottery game where, tickets have an area that the player exposes in
				accordance with the game instructions, and includes:
(a) Scratch-off tickets; and
(b) Tickets using other methods of revealing
				a hidden area.
(17)
				"Instant ticket" or "instant game ticket" means an authorized lottery game
				ticket issued in an instant game.
(18) "Instant ticket pack" or "instant ticket
				book" means a group of sequential instant tickets that are in an individual
				bundle.
(19) "Jackpot game" means
				a lottery game where the top prize amount varies depending on amounts wagered
				and on whether the top prize was won in the preceding drawing.
(20) "Lottery game" means a game, activity,
				or other enterprise offered by the Agency for consideration to win a prize by
				random chance and, unless specified by the Director, does not include a
				promotional game.
(21) "Monitor"
				means a television screen or similar type of screen used to display draw game
				results.
(22) "Monitor game" means
				a draw game where:
(a) Tickets are generated
				by an Agency vendor's computer,
(b)
				An Agency vendor's computer generates results of the draw game; and
(c) Drawing results may be graphically
				displayed on a monitor.
(23) "Multi-jurisdictional game" means a
				lottery game offered by the Agency and:
(a)
				Any other political entity outside Maryland or outside the United
				States;
(b) Any private licensee of
				a state or a foreign nation; or
(c)
				Both.
(24) "Nonjackpot
				game" means a lottery game where the top prize remains constant.
(25) "Number" means any item or symbol used
				to play to win a lottery game, including:
(a)
				Numerals;
(b) Letters;
				and
(c) Icons.
(26) "Odds" means the long run ratio of the
				number of times a win does not occur to the number of times a win does
				occur.
(27) "Pari-mutuel" means:
(a) The total number of winning matches per
				prize level, divided equally into the dollar value of the prize pool for the
				specific prize level; or
(b) The
				total number of winning matches in the designated prize levels, divided equally
				into the dollar value of the prize pool for the designated prize
				levels.
(28)
				Player-Activated Terminal or PAT.
(a)
				"Player-activated terminal" or "PAT" means a machine through which a player may
				purchase Agency tickets or claim a prize without action by a licensed
				retailer.
(b) "Player-activated
				terminal" or "PAT" does not mean a machine that dispenses cash.
(29) "Playslip" means a card
				issued by the Agency and used by a player to select the purchaser's playable
				numbers.
(30) "Probability" means
				the long-run ratio of the number of times a win occurs to the number of times
				that game's drawings are held.
(31)
				"Progressive jackpot" means a jackpot offered by a lottery game that may
				increase uniformly in value based on sales of that game.
(32) "Promotion" or "promotional game" means
				an activity or game offered by the Agency to advertise the Agency and its
				products and services.
(33)
				"Retailer" means a person licensed by the Agency to sell lottery
				tickets.
(34) "Subscription" means
				a method of playing a lottery game which provides the ability to play a
				specific number of games using the same numbers for a period of consecutive
				drawings as specified on the subscription membership card.
(35) "Terminal" means a computerized unit
				specifically designed for issuing and processing tickets and for printing
				special reports.
(36) "Validate"
				or "validation" means the process of determining that a ticket is the rightful
				winner so that the claimant may be paid the prize.
(37) "Vendor" or "Agency vendor" means a
				person under contract to the Agency to provide services that support lottery
				games.