Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-30 - Draw games - General rules › Section 315-30-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Draw game. A
			 lottery game in which a player pays a fee to a lottery retailer and selects a
			 combination of digits, numbers, or symbols; type and amount of play; and
			 drawing date and receives a computer generated ticket with those selections
			 printed on it; or pays for a ticket with predetermined numbers, symbols or
			 characters selected by the lottery terminal; or pays for a raffle ticket. The
			 lottery will conduct a drawing to determine the winning ticket or the winning
			 combination(s) in accordance with the specific draw game procedures and play
			 criteria. Each ticket bearer whose valid ticket includes a winning combination,
			 or is the winning ticket, shall be entitled to a prize if claim is submitted
			 within the specified time period.
(2) Draw game retailer. A lottery retailer
			 authorized by the lottery to sell draw game tickets. All draw game retailers
			 may also sell other lottery game tickets offered by the lottery and approved by
			 the commission.
(3) Draw game
			 ticket. A computer-generated ticket issued by a lottery retailer to a player as
			 a receipt for the combination(s) a player has selected, or as a receipt of the
			 predetermined numbers, symbols or characters selected by the lottery terminal,
			 or a raffle ticket. That ticket shall be the only acceptable evidence of the
			 combination(s) of digits, numbers, or symbols selected. Draw game tickets may
			 be purchased only from a lottery retailer authorized to sell draw game
			 tickets.
(4) Lottery terminal. The
			 computer hardware through which tickets are generated and validated.
(5) Drawing. The procedure determined by the
			 director by which the lottery selects the winning combination in accordance
			 with the rules of the game.
(6)
			 Certified drawing. A drawing about which the lottery and an independent
			 certified public accountant attest that the drawing equipment functioned
			 properly and that a random selection of a winning combination occurred; or the
			 random selection of a winning ticket occurred.
(7) Winning combination. One or more digits,
			 numbers, or symbols randomly selected by the lottery in a drawing which has
			 been certified.
(8) Validation. The
			 process of determining whether a ticket presented for payment is a winning
			 ticket.
(9) Validation number. A
			 unique number printed on each ticket, which is used to determine whether the
			 ticket is a winning ticket.
(10)
			 Ticket bearer. The person who has signed the ticket or who has possession of an
			 unsigned ticket.
(11) Raffle. A
			 draw game variation in which the player receives a computer generated ticket
			 with the numbers, symbols, or characters predetermined on it. The lottery will
			 conduct a drawing to determine the winning combination(s) in accordance with
			 the specific raffle game procedures and criteria. All raffle draw game tickets
			 issued during a specific raffle draw game shall be entered into the drawing for
			 that game. Each ticket bearer whose valid raffle draw game ticket includes a
			 winning combination shall be entitled to a prize if the claim is submitted
			 within the specified time period.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040 and
				  67.70.040(1),
				  (3). 07-11-037, §
										315-30-020, filed
				  5/8/07, effective 6/8/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 92-11-033, §
										315-30-020,
				  filed 5/15/92, effective 6/15/92; 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-30-020,
				  filed 12/16/85; 85-09-004 (Order 72), §
										315-30-020, filed 4/5/85;
				  84-19-045 (Order 64), §
										315-30-020, filed 9/17/84; 84-01-005 (Order 44),
				  §
										315-30-020, filed 12/8/83.