Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY › Division 98 - MEGA MILLIONS® › Section 177-098-0070 - Ticket Validation

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Validation Requirements: To be a valid ticket and eligible to receive a prize,
			 a Mega Millions® ticket shall satisfy all the requirements established by
			 Lottery for validation of winning Mega Millions® tickets sold through
			 Lottery's computer gaming system and any other validation requirements adopted
			 by the Product Group, the MUSL Board and any other requirements published as
			 the Confidential MUSL Minimum Game Security Standards. The Lottery and MUSL are
			 not responsible for tickets which are altered in any manner (or which fail to
			 print except as provided in OAR 177-098-0020(4)). When a winning Mega
			 Millions® ticket is submitted to the Lottery for validation along with the
			 Lottery's completed claim form, and the Lottery has initiated the validation
			 procedures, the Lottery retains possession of the winning ticket and claim
			 form.
(2) Mega Millions® Ticket
			 Required: Under no circumstances will a claim be paid for either the Jackpot
			 Prize or a lower tier set prize without an official Mega Millions® ticket
			 matching all game play, serial number and other validation data residing in
			 Lottery's computer gaming system and such ticket shall be the only valid proof
			 of the wager placed and the only valid receipt for claiming or redeeming such
			 prize.
(3) Additional Validation
			 Requirements: In addition to the validation requirements set forth in sections
			 (1) and (2) of this rule, in order to be deemed a valid, winning Mega
			 Millions® ticket, all of the following conditions must be met:
(a) The validation data must be present in
			 its entirety and must correspond, using the computer validation file, to the
			 number selections printed on the ticket for the drawing date(s) printed on the
			 ticket;
(b) The ticket must be
			 intact;
(c) The ticket must not be
			 mutilated, altered, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner;
(d) The ticket must not be counterfeit or an
			 exact duplicate of another winning ticket;
(e) The ticket must have been issued by a
			 Lottery retailer authorized to sell Mega Millions® tickets and printed on
			 paper in compliance with MUSL Rules;
(f) The ticket must not have been stolen, to
			 the knowledge of the Lottery;
(g)
			 The ticket must be submitted for payment in accordance with these
			 rules.
(h) The ticket data must
			 have been recorded on the Lottery's computer gaming system prior to the drawing
			 and the ticket data must match this computer record in every respect. In the
			 event of a contradiction between information as printed on the ticket and as
			 accepted by the Lottery's computer gaming system, the wager accepted by the
			 Lottery's computer gaming system shall be the valid wager;
(i) The player or computer pick number
			 selections, validation data and the drawing date(s) of an apparent winning
			 ticket must appear on the official file of winning tickets, and a ticket with
			 that exact data must not have been previously paid;
(j) The ticket must not be misregistered,
			 defectively printed, or printed or produced in error to an extent that it
			 cannot be validated by the Lottery;
(k) The ticket must pass validation tests
			 using a minimum of three of the five validation methods as defined in the Mega
			 Millions® Finance and Operations Procedures, Section 15. In addition, the
			 ticket must pass all other confidential security checks of the
			 Lottery;
(l) In submitting a Mega
			 Millions® ticket for validation, the claimant agrees to abide by applicable
			 laws, all rules and regulations, instructions, conditions and final decisions
			 of the Lottery Director;
(m) There
			 must not be any other breach of these Mega Millions® Rules in relation to
			 the ticket, which, in the opinion of the Lottery Director, justifies
			 invalidation; and
(n) The ticket
			 must be submitted to the Lottery.