Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 961 CMR - STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION › Title 961 CMR 2.00 - Rules and Regulations › Section 2.03 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Act
or
Law
means M.G.L. c.
										10, §§ 22 through 35 and § 36.
Administrative Bulletin
means a set of rules or
										guidelines issued by the Director for the purpose of detailing the rules, procedures or specific details of
										games and/or drawings and other matters that may arise from time to time in the course of business.
Bank
means and includes all banks, banking
										associations, cooperative banks, credit unions, trust companies and any other type or form of banking
										institution organized under the authority of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the United States of
										America whose principal place of business is within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is designated to
										perform such functions, activities, or service in connection with the operations of the Lottery for the
										deposit and handling of Lottery funds.
Claims Center
,
Claim Center
or
Office
means any place designated by the Lottery where the holder or his or her
										representative may file a claim upon a paper form supplied by the Lottery for payment or acknowledgment of a
										Lottery prize and the submission of the winning ticket.
Commission
means a board of five members consisting
										of the State Treasurer, Secretary of Public Safety or his or her designee, the State Comptroller, or his or
										her designee, and two persons appointed by the Governor with the powers and authority to conduct a state
										Lottery as conferred by law.
Digitally Created Barcode
means a machine-readable
										code which may include, but is not limited to, a quick response (QR) code, that is approved by the Lottery in
										its sole discretion and accepted by the On-line System.
Director
means the Director of the Massachusetts
										State Lottery. Any reference to powers and duties of the Director also means the Director's authorized
										designee.
Gift Certificate
means a document printed in fixed
										dollar amount redeemable for Lottery products.
High-frequency Prize Winner
means a person, as
										defined in 961 CMR
										2.03, who submits at least 20 claims for Lottery prizes, each with a value
										of at least $1,000.00, within any period of 365 days.
Instant/Pull Tab Ticket
means a Lottery ticket issued
										by the State Lottery.
Lottery
or
State Lottery
means the Lottery established and operated pursuant to M.G.L. c. 10, §§ 22 through 35 and §
										36.
Lottery Online and/or Digital Property
means one or
										more websites, mobile applications, or other on-line and/or digital services established by the
										Lottery.
Mobile Claim
means a claim submitted through a
										Lottery Online and/or Digital Property in accordance with the Mobile Claim Process.
Mobile Claim Process
means the terms, conditions, and
										requirements set, by the Director in his or her discretion for the submission and processing of Mobile
										Claims, which shall require, at a minimum, the claimant to submit sufficient claim and winning ticket
										information as determined by the Director, and which includes, but is not limited to, the claimant to have a
										registered player account for Mobile Claims, as defined by the Lottery to be valid, the claimant's digital
										signature, and the submission of barcode(s) for a valid ticket to be automatically verified against the
										Lottery's computer gaming system for eligibility.
On-line System
means the Lottery's On-line Computer
										Wagering System consisting of ticket issuing terminals, central processing equipment and a communications
										network.
On-line Instant Ticket Cashing
means a procedure by
										which Sales Agents are required, as a prerequisite to cashing, to validate instant tickets via an on-line bar
										code scanner.
On-line Ticket
means a ticket produced on official
										paper stock in an authorized manner from the Lottery's on-line computer system.
Person
means and includes any individual,
										association, corporation, club, trust, estate, society, company, joint stock company, receiver, trustee,
										designee, referee, executor, administrator, commissioner, charitable institution, fraternal organization,
										guardian, custodian, any legal entity created by law, all natural individuals in all capacities whether
										appointed by a court or otherwise and any other combination of individuals or legal entities.
Person
shall also be construed to mean and include all departments, commission,
										agencies, and instrumentalities of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including counties and municipalities,
										agencies, and instrumentalities thereof.
Prize
means any award, financial or otherwise,
										awarded by the State Lottery.
Prize Winner
means the individual who represents him
										or herself to be the winner of a single prize or one or more individuals who represent themselves as winners
										of a portion of a single prize as identified on Internal Revenue Service Form 5754 at the time the claim is
										filed and reported as such to the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Revenue.
Promotions
means limited time marketing initiatives
										to promote the Lottery and its products, which may include special offers.
Remote Ticket Cashing Service
means a function
										provided by the Lottery through the Lottery Online and/or Digital Properties which is designated to allow
										users to file Mobile Claims of eligible Lottery tickets, and transfer awarded prize winnings to a bank
										account pursuant to the Mobile Claims Process.
Sales Agent
means a person who has been licensed to
										sell Lottery tickets or register bets on behalf of the player under M.G.L. c. 10, §§ 22 through
										36.
Trust Account
means a designated dedicated bank
										account for the receipt of Lottery proceeds.
Quic Pic
or
Quick Pick
means
										a player option in which number selections are determined at random by computer software.