Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 9 - TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION › Chapter 401 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOTTERY ACT › Subchapter D - LOTTERY GAME RULES › Section 401.301 - General Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Caption--The letters
				  appearing below the play symbols in the play area of a ticket that verify the
				  correctness of the play symbols.
(2) Certified drawing--A drawing in which a
				  lottery drawing representative and an independent certified public accountant
				  attest that the drawing equipment functioned properly and that a random
				  selection of a winning combination occurred.
(3) Claim center--A claims office of the
				  commission at which a claimant may claim a prize.
(4) Claim form--The printed form authorized
				  and provided by the commission that a claimant shall complete and submit to the
				  commission when claiming a prize.
(5) Claimant--A player who has submitted a
				  valid claim for payment within the required time frame.
(6) Commission--The Texas Lottery Commission.
				  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "commission" includes authorized
				  Texas Lottery commission staff members/employees.
(7) Current draw period--The period of time
				  in which the player selections and Quick Pick selections are accumulated into a
				  pool of plays eligible for winning in a drawing held at the end of the
				  designated period.
(8)
				  Director--The director of Lottery Operations of the Texas Lottery Commission
				  .
(9) Direct prize category
				  contribution--A specified percentage of net sales allocated to the prize
				  categories as described in the rules of the specific game being
				  played.
(10) Division--Lottery
				  Operations of the Texas Lottery Commission.
(11) Draw break--Time periods before a
				  drawing for a draw game during which no request for plays for that drawing may
				  be entered into the lottery gaming system.
(12) Draw game--A lottery game which utilizes
				  a computer system to administer plays, the type of game, and amount of play for
				  a specified drawing date, and in which a player either selects a combination of
				  numbers or allows number selection by a random number generator approved by the
				  commission, referred to as Quick Pick. The commission, or other authorized
				  entity, will conduct a drawing to determine the winning combination(s) in
				  accordance with the rules of the specific game being played and the draw
				  procedures for the specific game. Sometimes, draw games are called "on-line
				  games."
(13) Draw game ticket--A
				  ticket issued to a player, by a retailer, and generated by a terminal provided
				  by the commission or commission's vendor on official Texas Lottery paper stock,
				  or, for third-party point-of-sale systems approved by the commission, printed
				  on paper stock or otherwise issued in a manner approved by the commission to
				  provide tangible evidence of participation in a lottery game. That ticket shall
				  be the only acceptable evidence of the combination of digits, numbers, or
				  symbols selected. Draw game tickets may be purchased only from
				  retailers.
(14) Drawing--The
				  procedure by which the commission randomly selects winning combinations of
				  digits, numbers, or symbols in accordance with the rules of the game as set
				  forth in the rules of the specific game being played and the draw procedures
				  for the specific game.
(15) Drawing
				  pool--The amount of money available for all prize categories for a specific
				  drawing.
(16) Draw procedures--The
				  written document approved by the executive director that specifies the draw
				  procedures for a particular game, if a drawing is designed as part of the
				  game.
(17) Duplicate ticket--A
				  ticket produced by photograph, xerography, or any other method other than a
				  ticket generated by a terminal.
(18) Executive director--The executive
				  director of the Texas Lottery Commission.
(19) Game number--The number on the back of
				  the scratch ticket which refers to the number associated with the particular
				  scratch ticket game.
(20) Game
				  procedures--The written document approved by the director that includes, among
				  other things, the game name, how a prize is won, game prize structure, play
				  style, and eligibility for a drawing, if any.
(21) High-tier prize--A prize of $600 or
				  more.
(22) Indirect prize category
				  contribution--Amounts allocated from the roll-over and prize breakage for a
				  specific draw game drawing.
(23)
				  Invalid ticket--Any ticket that fails to meet all validation requirements of
				  the commission.
(24) Lottery gaming
				  system--The commission or commission's vendor's computer system consisting of
				  terminals, central processing equipment, and a communication network.
(25) Lottery retailer or retailer--A licensed
				  sales agent, as contemplated by Chapter 466, Government Code.
(26) Low-tier prize--A prize of less than
				  $25.
(27) Mid-tier prize--A prize
				  of $25 or more but less than $600.
(28) Minor--An individual younger than 18
				  years of age.
(29) Pack number--The
				  unique number on the back of the scratch ticket that designates the number of
				  the pack within a specific scratch ticket game.
(30) Play--A set of numbers that appear on a
				  ticket that are to be wagered by a player in a lottery game, or as otherwise
				  defined in a particular draw game rule.
(31) Playslip--The physical or electronic
				  means by which a player communicates their intended Play selection, plus any
				  game specific add-on features, to the retailer. A playslip has no pecuniary
				  value and shall not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers
				  selected.
(32) Play area--The
				  covered area of a scratch ticket that when removed, reveals the ticket play
				  symbols.
(33) Play style--The
				  method of play to determine a winner for an individual game.
(34) Play symbol--The printed data on a
				  scratch ticket that is used to determine eligibility for a prize. The symbols
				  for individual games will be specified in individual scratch ticket game
				  procedures.
(35) Prize amounts--The
				  amount of money payable to each share in a prize category, the annuitized
				  future value of each share in a prize category, or the net present cash value
				  of each share in a prize category for each draw game drawing. Prize amounts are
				  calculated by dividing the prize category contribution, the annuitized future
				  value of the prize category contribution, or the net present cash value of the
				  prize category contribution by the number of shares determined for the prize
				  category.
(36) Prize breakage--The
				  money which is left over from the rounding down of the pari-mutuel prize levels
				  to the next lowest whole dollar amount or money which is in excess of the
				  amount needed to pay a prize.
(37)
				  Prize category--The matching combinations of numbers and their corresponding
				  prize levels as described in rules for the specific game being
				  played.
(38) Prize category
				  contributions--Refers to contributions for each drawing to each prize category,
				  including direct and indirect prize category contributions.
(39) Prize fund--The monies allocated to be
				  returned to players in winning tickets within a specific scratch ticket
				  game.
(40) Prize pool--In a draw
				  game, the total amount of money available for prizes as a percentage of the
				  total sales for the current draw period.
(41) Prize structure--The number, value,
				  prize payout percentage, and odds of winning prizes for an individual game as
				  approved by the executive director.
(42) Promotion--One or more events
				  coordinated or conducted by the commission at retail sites, fairs, festivals
				  and other appropriate venues, or in conjunction with one or more particular
				  Texas Lottery games, to educate players about Texas Lottery products and/or
				  sell Texas Lottery games through a retailer in specific markets to maximize
				  Texas Lottery sales and statewide awareness.
(43) Promotional drawing--A drawing in which
				  qualified contestants are awarded prizes in a random manner in accordance with
				  the procedures set forth for a specific promotion.
(44) Quick Pick--A play option that generates
				  random numbers in a manner approved by the commission.
(45) Roll-over--The amount in a specific draw
				  game prize pool category resulting from no matching combinations and/or prize
				  breakage from the previous drawing.
(46) Sales agent--A person licensed under the
				  State Lottery Act to sell Texas Lottery tickets.
(47) Scratch ticket--A scratch ticket lottery
				  game, developed and offered for sale to the public in accordance with
				  commission rules, that is played by revealing the ticket play
				  symbols.
(48) Shares--In a draw
				  game, the total number of matching combinations within each prize category as
				  determined for each drawing.
(49)
				  Terminal--A device authorized by the commission for the purpose of issuing draw
				  game tickets and/or validating claims, including the commission or commission's
				  vendor's computer hardware as well as commission-authorized third-party
				  point-of-sale systems.
(50)
				  Third-party point-of-sale systems--Self-contained computerized equipment (not
				  owned or operated by the commission or lottery operator) that performs
				  sales-related tasks at a licensed lottery ticket retailer's checkout counter
				  and that has the sole Texas Lottery-related purpose of selling lottery tickets
				  . Third-party point-of-sale systems will only perform the same lottery-related
				  tasks as terminals owned or operated by the commission or lottery operator and
				  may not issue electronic tickets or display outcomes for draw games using
				  casino-style graphics of any kind. Third-party point-of-sale systems do not
				  include any gambling device.
(51)
				  Ticket--Any tangible evidence issued to provide participation in a lottery game
				  or activity authorized by the State Lottery Act.
(52) Ticket bearer--The person who has signed
				  the ticket or who has possession of an unsigned ticket.
(53) Ticket number--The number on the back of
				  the scratch ticket that refers to the ticket sequence within a specific pack of
				  a scratch ticket game.
(54)
				  Validation number--The unique number sequence printed on a ticket that provides
				  for the verification of the ticket as a valid winner.
(55) Valid ticket--A ticket which meets all
				  specifications and validation requirements and entitles the holder to a
				  specific prize amount.
(56) Void
				  ticket--Any ticket that is stolen, unissued, illegible, mutilated, altered,
				  counterfeit in whole or part, misregistered, defective, incomplete, printed or
				  produced in error, multiply printed, fails any of the commission's confidential
				  validation tests, or is a ticket produced by or for the commission for
				  education and training purposes.
(57) Winning combination--One or more digits,
				  numbers, or symbols randomly selected by the commission in a drawing which has
				  been certified.