Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 41 - LOTTERY GAME REGULATIONS › Section 11VAC5-41-10 - Definitions for lottery games

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in any of the
				  agency's regulations shall have the same meanings as defined in this chapter
				  unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Agency" means the Virginia Lottery created by Virginia
				  Lottery Law (Chapter 40 (§ 58.1-4000 et seq.) of Title 58.1 of the Code of
				  Virginia).
"Altered ticket" means a lottery ticket that has been
				  forged, counterfeited, or tampered with in any manner.
"Board" means the Virginia Lottery Board established by the
				  Virginia Lottery Law (Chapter 40 (§ 58.1-4000 et seq.) of Title 58.1 of
				  the Code of Virginia).
"Breakage" means the money accumulated from the rounding
				  down of the pari-mutuel prize levels to the next lowest whole dollar
				  amount.
"Cashing retailer" means an agency licensed retailer that
				  sells lottery products and is authorized to pay prizes.
"Computer gaming system" means any computer system owned,
				  operated, or contracted by the agency that supports the sale, redemption, or
				  validation of lottery tickets or wagers.
"Computer-generated game" means a game that is dependent
				  upon the use of a terminal in direct communication with a game mainframe
				  computer.
"Computer-generated ticket" means an electronically-produced
				  ticket issued through the computer gaming system by a retailer to a player as a
				  receipt for the number, numbers, or items or combination of numbers or items,
				  the player has selected.
"Coupon" is a device , whether paper, or otherwise, that is
				  approved by the agency for redemption.
"Director" means the Executive Director of the Virginia
				  Lottery or his designee.
"Drawing" means a formal process of randomly selecting
				  numbers, names, or items in accordance with the specific game or promotion
				  rules for games or promotions requiring the random selection of numbers, names,
				  or items.
"Entry" means a method, whether in electronic or paper form,
				  by which a person enters a drawing or promotion.
"Game" means any individual or particular type of lottery
				  authorized by the board.
"Misprinted ticket" means a lottery ticket or play that
				  contains a manufacturing, programming, or printing defect that causes the game
				  to no longer play as defined in game rules or does not properly validate
				  against the game's validation files.
"Natural person" means a human being, and not a corporation,
				  company, partnership, association, trust, or other entity.
"Play" means one wager for a chance to win a prize. There
				  may be multiple plays on a single ticket.
"Prize" means any cash or noncash award to a holder of a
				  winning entry or play.
"Prize structure" means the number, value, and odds of
				  winning prizes for a game and the prize tiers within a game and the chances of
				  winning a prize in each tier in an individual game as determined by the agency
				  and as specified in the game rules.
"Probability game" means a game in which all of the tickets
				  sold are potentially winning tickets and the outcome of the game depends
				  entirely upon the player's choice or choices during game play.
"Promotion" means an "added value" offer to consumers or
				  licensed retailers sanctioned by the director or approved by the board when
				  required.
"Roll stock" or "ticket stock" means the paper roll issued
				  or approved for use by the agency from which a unique lottery ticket is
				  generated displaying the selected items or numbers.
"Scratcher" means a ticket with a coating over the play area
				  that, when scratched off, reveals instant game play results.
"Scratch game" means a game that, when played, reveals or
				  informs the player immediately whether he has won (i) a prize, (ii) entry into
				  a prize drawing, (iii) prize points, or (iv) any combination thereof as
				  specified in game rules.
"Share" means a percentage of ownership in a winning ticket,
				  play, or subscription plan.
"Terminal" means a device that is authorized by the agency
				  to function in an interactive mode with the agency's computer gaming system or
				  systems for the purpose of issuing tickets, plays, or an electronic facsimile
				  thereof, and entering, receiving, and processing game-related
				  transactions.
"Ticket number" means the preassigned unique number or
				  combination of letters and numbers or barcode that identifies that particular
				  ticket as one within a particular game or drawing.
"Validation" means the process of reviewing and certifying a
				  lottery ticket to determine whether it is a winning ticket.
"Validation barcode" means the unique number or
				  number-and-letter code or barcode used to determine whether a lottery ticket is
				  a winning ticket.
"Winning ticket," "winning wager," or "winning play" means
				  the ticket, wager, or play that meets the criteria and specific rules for
				  winning prizes as published for each game by the director.
Statutory Authority: § 58.1-4007 of the Code of
					 Virginia.