New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 20 - RULES OF THE LOTTERY COMMISSION › Subchapter 5 - DENIAL, REVOCATION, OR SUSPENSION OF AGENT LICENSE OR COURIER SERVICE REGISTRATION › Section 17:20-5.1 - Reasons for denial, revocation, suspension, renewal rejection, or imposition of civil penalties

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) In the discretion of the Director, an
				agent application or courier registration may be denied, or an agent license or
				courier registration suspended, revoked, or its renewal rejected for any one or
				more of the following reasons:
1. Whenever
				the application for an agent license or renewal thereof, or a courier service
				registration or renewal thereof, contains knowingly false or misleading
				information or is incomplete or whenever an agent or courier service fails to
				complete and submit the license or registration renewal application form within
				the specified time requested;
2.
				Whenever the agent or courier service violates or fails to perform in
				accordance with any of the provisions of the Act or these rules and regulations
				or the general operational procedures of the Lottery;
3. Whenever a person:
i. Has been indicted, arrested for, or
				convicted of a crime, disorderly persons offense, or violation of ordinance or
				administrative regulation relating adversely to the duties of a lottery agent,
				courier service, or as an incident to obtaining or attempting to obtain a
				Lottery license or courier service registration; or
ii. Has been the subject of a verified
				complaint or accusation for such offense; or
iii. Has failed to notify the Director in
				writing within five days of any of the above actions.
4. Whenever an agent or courier service
				engages in conduct detrimental to a sound business relationship between the
				agent and the Lottery or the courier service and the Lottery;
5. Whenever it is determined that such action
				would be in the best interest of the Lottery based on actions that reflect upon
				the agent's or courier service's moral character or affect the integrity of the
				Lottery;
6. Whenever an agent
				applicant or courier service applicant does not, or an agent or courier service
				can no longer, satisfy the criteria set forth in N.J.S.A. 5:9-11 or this
				chapter for the issuance of a license or registration;
7. Whenever ownership of the agent or courier
				service has been changed without the Director's approval;
8. Whenever an agent or courier service fails
				to report any change in status, control, address, or other data relevant to
				licensure within 10 days of occurrence;
9. Whenever the agent or courier service
				fails to meet minimum sales quotas set by the Director;
10. Whenever the agent or courier service
				fails to make prompt and timely payment of a civil penalty imposed under
				N.J.A.C. 17:20-9;
11. Whenever it
				is determined that an agent or courier service has discounted a prize
				associated with a winning ticket resulting in a reduced prize payment to the
				holder of a winning ticket of less than the actual prize or prize share
				value;
12. Whenever an agent or
				courier service has violated the Federal Organized Crime Control Act of 1970,
				or committed the crime of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification
				or destruction of records, perjury, false swearing, receiving stolen property,
				obstruction of justice, or any other offense indicating a lack of business
				integrity or honesty or committed an act of moral turpitude;
13. Whenever an agent or courier service has
				violated the Federal or State antitrust statutes or the Federal Anti-Kickback
				Act (
				18 U.S.C. §
											874,
				40
				U.S.C. § 276b, c);
14.
				Whenever an agent or courier service has violated any laws governing the
				conduct of elections of the Federal government, State of New Jersey or of its
				political subdivisions, or any other state;
15. Whenever an agent or courier service has
				violated any laws governing the conduct of occupations or professions or
				regulated industries;
16. Whenever
				an agent or courier service has violated any laws, ordinances, regulations of
				the Federal government, State of New Jersey, its political subdivisions, or any
				other state that may bear upon a lack of fiscal responsibility or moral
				integrity;
17. Whenever an agent or
				courier service has made any offer or agreement to pay or has made payment
				either directly or indirectly, any fee, commission, compensation, gift,
				gratuity, or other thing of value of any kind to any State officer or employee
				as defined by the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law (N.J.S.A. 52:13D-13b and
				c) in the Department of Treasury or any other agency with which such an agent
				transacts and offers or proposes to transact business, or to any member of the
				immediate family as defined by the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law
				(N.J.S.A. 52:13D-13i) of any such officer or employee, or any partnership,
				firm, or corporation with which they are employed or associated, or in which
				such officer or employee has an interest within the meaning of the New Jersey
				Conflicts of Interest Law (N.J.S.A.
				52:13D-13.g) under circumstances from which
				it might reasonably be inferred that such offer, agreement, or payment was made
				for the purpose of influencing the recipient as to the discharge of official
				duties regarding the agent by the recipient or by any person affiliated with
				the recipient within the meaning of the New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law
				(N.J.S.A. 52:13D-13b, 13c, or 13d);
18. Whenever any agent or courier service has
				influenced or attempted to influence or caused to be influenced, any State
				officer or employee or special State officer or employee in his or her official
				capacity in any manner that might tend to impair the objectivity or
				independence of judgment of said officer or employee;
19. Whenever any agent or courier service has
				caused or influenced or attempted to cause or influence any State officer or
				employee or special State officer or employee to use, or attempt to use, his or
				her official position to secure unwarranted privileges or advantages for the
				agent or any other person;
20.
				Whenever it is determined that an agent has intentionally removed or defaced
				any portion of an instant scratch off ticket latex overlay coating for the
				purpose of compromising the outcome of the ticket;
21. Whenever a courier service alters a
				courier customer's order for ticket purchases without the courier customer's
				authorization; or
22. Whenever a
				courier service alters a courier customer's personal information contained in
				their account without the courier customer's authorization.