Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part XV - Lottery › Chapter 7 - Instant Lottery Games General Rules › Section XV-703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in the game rules, game directives and working
				  papers, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings
				  unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
Bar Code
-the representation of ticket and
				  validation information in bar code form on the back and/or front of each
				  instant lottery ticket.
Board
-the Board of Directors of the
				  Louisiana Lottery Corporation.
Captions
-the printed verification of each
				  play symbol which may appear in the game play area below the play
				  symbol.
Claim Center
-a regional office or claims
				  office of the corporation at which winners may redeem prizes.
Claim Deadline
-the day after which prizes
				  from a particular game are no longer eligible to be redeemed or claimed.
Claim Form
-the printed or digital form
				  provided by the corporation to be completed by prize winners when claiming a
				  prize.
Corporation
-the Louisiana Lottery
				  Corporation.
Cut and Paste
-the attempted forgery of an
				  instant ticket by cutting a symbol off one ticket and pasting it on another in
				  an attempt to make the resultant ticket look like a winner.
Defective Ticket
-any ticket that was printed
				  in error or fails to meet the distribution specifications of the
				  corporation.
Drawing Directive
-the detailed drawing
				  instructions promulgated by the president for each drawing event.
End of Production Prize Structure
-the
				  version of the prize structure provided by the ticket printer after production,
				  indicating the exact number of winners of each prize and any variation from the
				  originally authorized prize structure.
Free Ticket
-a lottery prize for which the
				  winner is entitled to another ticket or tickets equivalent to the cash value of
				  the free ticket price.
Game Directive
-the game-specific guidelines
				  that itemize the particular requirements of each game.
Game End Date
-the date after which tickets
				  are no longer authorized to be sold.
Game Number
-the designation of each game for
				  purposes of inventory control and accounting.
Game Play Area
-the area on the front or back
				  of the ticket that contains the computer-generated symbols that determine
				  winning or non-winning tickets according to game specifications.
Game Rules
-these general rules regarding all
				  instant lottery games, prize payments, and other game parameters.
Game Start Date
-the date on which tickets
				  for a particular game are authorized to be sold.
Grand Drawing
-repealed.
Grand Drawing Finalist
-repealed.
Instant Lottery Game
-the two distinct types
				  of games, instant scratch-off game and instant terminal game, whereby a player
				  can immediately determine whether the player has won a prize.
Instant Lottery Ticket
-any ticket produced
				  for an instant lottery game authorized by the corporation.
Instant Scratch-Off Game
-a lottery game that
				  offers pre-printed tickets that, after a coating is rubbed off, indicate
				  immediately whether a player has won a prize.
Instant Terminal Game
-a game which is played
				  using ticket-generating terminals linked to a central computer, whereby a
				  player can immediately determine whether the player has won a prize.
Invalid Ticket
-any ticket that fails to meet
				  all of the validation requirements of the corporation and the ticket
				  vendor.
Omitted Pack
-any pack of instant scratch-off
				  tickets that has been removed from the game during production.
Overprint
-the scratch-off coating over the
				  play area and the information printed on its surface of instant scratch-off
				  tickets.
Pack
-a set of instant tickets, each bearing
				  a common pack number, fan folded in strips of five tickets. Each pack will
				  contain the tickets or some other number of tickets determined by the
				  corporation for a particular game.
Pack/Ticket Number
-the series of digits
				  visible on the ticket that designates the number of the particular pack and the
				  sequential number of each ticket in a scratch-off ticket game.
Play Symbols (or Prize Symbols)
-a series of
				  alphabetic or numeric characters or symbols appearing in the game play area of
				  an instant ticket that are utilized in each game to determine winning
				  tickets.
Preliminary Drawing
-an event in which
				  qualified entrants are selected at random to participate in a drawing
				  event.
President
-the president of the Louisiana
				  Lottery Corporation.
Prize Structure
-the authorized itemization
				  of prize levels and number of winners contained in the working papers or game
				  directives of each game.
Promotional Drawing
-a special event designed
				  by the corporation to award a large top prize and subordinate prizes through a
				  random process.
Promotional Drawing Finalist
-a contestant in
				  a drawing event.
Quality Control Symbol
-repealed.
Retailer
-any person with whom the
				  corporation has contracted to sell lottery tickets to the public.
Retailer Validation Code
-repealed.
Security Omit
-a pack of instant scratch-off
				  tickets omitted from the game for security purposes, temporarily or
				  permanently.
Security Patterns
(or
BenDay
)-repealed.
Ticket Display Area
-the area on the front of
				  the ticket that is used for non-secure graphics, information and other
				  printing.
Ticket Number
-the number appearing on the
				  ticket.
Valid Ticket
-a ticket that meets all the
				  validation requirements of the corporation and the ticket vendor.
Validation Files
-the computer files provided
				  by the ticket printer that contain the information required to determine if a
				  ticket is the winner of any prize.
Validation Number
-the number within the play
				  area of the ticket, covered by a scratch-off coating, that may be utilized to
				  determine whether the ticket is a winner in the computerized validation
				  process.
Validation Tapes
-repealed.
Working Papers
-the printing requirements
				  provided to the ticket printer for the production of each game.
Zip Cash
-repealed.
Zip Cash Terminal
-repealed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  47:9001 et
				  seq.