Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 370 - Nebraska Lottery Regulations › Chapter 100 - General › Section 370-100-101 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
101.01 The following definitions shall be
				used for the Lottery Regulations, unless the context clearly requires
				otherwise.
101.02 Act
Act shall mean the State Lottery Act.
101.03 Advertising
Advertising shall mean the budgeted process by which specific
				  messages are placed with commercial media organizations. Such message placement
				  includes, but is not necessarily limited to, billboards, radio, or
				  television.
101.04 Applicant
Applicant shall mean the person applying for a contract from
				  the Division. Applicant includes all partners, corporate officers, shareholders
				  owning ten percent (10%) or more, and the governing officers of political
				  subdivisions or other organizations making an application.
101.05 Bid or proposal security
Bid or proposal security shall mean security to ensure that
				  the vendor will honor the terms of its bid or proposal or that the vendor will
				  negotiate a contract in good faith.
101.06 Computer quick pick, computer-pick, or
				quick pick
Computer quick pick, computer-pick, or quick pick shall mean
				  the random selection of numbers by the computer system which appear on a ticket
				  and are played by a player in the game
101.07 Department
Department shall mean the Department of
				  Revenue.
101.08 Director
Director shall mean the Director of the Lottery
				  Division.
101.09 Dishonesty
Dishonesty shall mean a crime involving fraud, or deceit. It
				  includes, but is not limited to, embezzlement, misappropriation or
				  misapplication of funds, fraud, forgery, false swearing, perjury, theft by
				  deception, theft of services, or obtaining money under false
				  pretenses.
101.10 Dispensing
				or vending device
Dispensing or vending device shall mean any device that
				  dispenses instant tickets directly to a participant and shall include all coin
				  or currency operated devices.
101.11 Display unit
Display unit shall mean a device able to securely store,
				  display, and provide access to full packs of instant tickets to Lottery Game
				  Retailers.
101.12 Division
Division shall mean the Lottery Division of the Department of
				  Revenue.
101.13 Drawing in a
				lottery game
Drawing in a lottery game shall mean any formal process based
				  on chance and authorized by the Director of selecting winners, prizes, winning
				  numbers, characters, symbols and / or the number of winners for each prize
				  level of the game. A drawing may consist of initial, preliminary, or
				  sub-drawings leading to a final drawing.
101.14 Frivolous litigation
Frivolous litigation shall mean any litigation that is
				  dismissed for lack of prosecution, a demurrer is sustained, or a summary
				  judgment is granted to the defendant.
101.15 Game play areas or play areas
Game play areas or play areas shall mean that area of the
				  play slip which contains sets of numbered squares to be marked by the
				  player.
101.16 Incentives
Incentives shall mean a mechanism by which to reward or
				  reinforce participation by players or lottery game retailers in a lottery
				  effort or program. Incentives may include lottery merchandise offered as
				  promotional prizes to players, and as door prizes to lottery game
				  retailers.
101.17 In-kind
				Contributions by Media Outlets
In-kind Contributions by Media Outlets shall mean value-added
				  opportunities for exposure for the lottery and its beneficiaries such as
				  broadcast air time and event tickets provided by media outlets for use as
				  retailer incentives or as contest prizes for players.
101.18 Key personnel or key employee
Key personnel or key employee shall include any executive,
				  employee or agent whose position affects or could affect the fairness,
				  security, honesty or integrity of the operations of the Nebraska
				  Lottery.
101.19 Litigation
				security
Litigation security shall mean security to discourage
				  unwarranted or frivolous litigation by any vendor.
101.20 Lottery Contractor
Lottery Contractor shall mean a Lottery Vendor with whom the
				  Division has contracted for the purpose of providing goods or services for the
				  Nebraska Lottery.
101.21
				Lottery game
Lottery game shall mean any variation of the following types
				  of games;
101.21A An instant-win game
				in which disposable tickets contain certain preprinted winners which are
				determined by rubbing or scraping an area or areas on the tickets to match
				numbers, letters, symbols, or configurations, or any combination thereof, as
				provided by the rules of the game. An instant-win game may also provide for
				preliminary and grand prize drawings conducted pursuant to the rules of the
				game. An instant-win game shall not include the use of any pickle card as
				defined in section
				9-315,
				Nebraska Revised Statutes. Instant-win games are commonly referred to by the
				Lottery Division as "scratch ticket" games;
101.21B An on-line lottery game in which
				Lottery Game Retailer terminals are hooked up to a central computer via a
				telecommunications system through which:
101.21B(1) A player selects a specified group
				of numbers or symbols out of a predetermined range of numbers or symbols and
				purchases a ticket bearing the player selected numbers or symbols for
				eligibility in a drawing regularly scheduled in accordance with game rules;
				or
101.21B(2) A player purchases a
				ticket bearing randomly selected numbers for eligibility in a drawing regularly
				scheduled in accordance with game rules;
101.21B(3) On-line lottery games are commonly
				referred to by the Lottery Division as "lotto games"; and
101.21C Lottery game shall not be construed
				to mean any video lottery game.