Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 961 CMR - STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION › Title 961 CMR 2.00 - Rules and Regulations › Section 2.43 - Payment of Prizes

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) All prizes
			 shall be paid within a reasonable time after they are awarded and after the
			 claims are verified by the Director. The date of the first installment payment
			 of each prize requiring annual payments shall be the commencement date of the
			 payments and a payment shall be made on or about the anniversary date of the
			 drawing thereafter in accordance with the type of prize awarded. The Director
			 may, at any time, delay any payment in order to review a change of
			 circumstances relative to the prize awarded, the payee, the claim or any other
			 matter that may have come to his or her attention. All delayed payments will be
			 brought up to date immediately upon the Director's confirmation and continue to
			 be paid on each original anniversary date thereafter. If any prize is payable
			 for the life of the prize winner, the measuring life shall be the natural life
			 of the individual whose name appears on the ticket pursuant to
			 961
			 CMR 2.39. Only a natural person may claim
			 such a prize and, if claiming on behalf of a group, corporation or the like,
			 the life of such natural person claiming shall be the measuring life.
(2)
High-frequency Prize
			 Winner
.
(a) The Director may
			 conduct an internal review of a High-frequency Prize Winner, as defined in
			 961
			 CMR 2.03, to determine if the submission of
			 at least 20 claims for Lottery prizes, each with a value of at least $1,000.00,
			 within any period of 365 days, is factually or statistically improbable. If the
			 Director makes such a determination of factual or statistical improbability,
			 the Director may impose a prize claim suspension, as provided in
			 961
			 CMR 2.43(2)(b).
(b)
Penalties
. The
			 Director may impose a prize claim suspension, as follows:
1.
First Violation
.
			 A High-frequency Prize Winner shall be suspended from claiming lottery prizes,
			 with a value of $600 or more, for a period not to exceed 90 days.
2.
Second Violation
.
			 A High-frequency Prize Winner shall be suspended from claiming lottery prizes,
			 with a value of $600 or more, for a period not to exceed 180 days.
3.
Third Violation
.
			 A High-frequency Prize Winner shall be suspended from claiming lottery prizes,
			 with a value of $600 or more, for a period not to exceed 365 days.
(c)
Hearings on Prize
			 Claim Suspensions
. A High-frequency Prize Winner shall be entitled
			 to a hearing before any prize claim suspension goes into effect, provided that
			 the hearing request is in writing and received by the Director before the 21st
			 calendar day from the date which appears on the suspension notice.
The hearing shall be conducted by the Director or their
				designee. If the High-frequency Prize Winner is aggrieved by the decision of
				the Director, they may appeal to the Commission for a hearing pursuant to
				M.G.L. c. 30A. Any such appeal shall be in writing and made within 30 days of
				the Director's level decision.
In accordance with M.G.L. c. 30A, § 11(7), if less than a
				majority of the Commissioners of the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission are
				present at a hearing, no party shall be entitled to a tentative or proposed
				decision unless such party makes a written request in advance for such
				tentative or proposed decision.