Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-120 - Payment of prizes - General provisions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The director may designate claim centers
			 for the filing of prize claims, and the location of such centers shall be
			 publicized from time to time by the director.
(2) A claim shall be entered in the name of
			 one claimant, which shall be either a natural person, association, corporation,
			 general or limited partnership, club, trust, estate, society, company, joint
			 stock company, receiver, trustee, or another acting in a fiduciary or
			 representative capacity whether appointed by a court or otherwise. A claim
			 which includes one or more tickets with an address label or stamp on the back
			 of the ticket shall be deemed to have been entered in the name of one claimant:
			 Provided, That if the address label or stamp contains the name of more than one
			 claimant, the prize payment will be made to the one who has signed the ticket
			 and/or claim form or, if there is no signature, to the first claimant listed on
			 the address label or stamp. If there are two or more claimant names written or
			 signed on the ticket, lottery personnel shall return the ticket(s) to claimants
			 and shall request that the claimants sign a notarized statement relinquishing
			 ownership to one claimant. The claimant must submit his or her Social Security
			 number (SSN) or the federal employer's identification number (FEIN) when
			 claiming any prize exceeding six hundred dollars.
(3) A claim may be entered in the name of a
			 claimant other than a natural person only if the claimant is a legal entity and
			 possesses a federal employer's identification number (FEIN) as issued by the
			 Internal Revenue Service, such number is shown on the claim form and the
			 entity's terms comply with subsection (4) of this section. Groups, family
			 units, organizations, clubs, or other organizations which are not a legal
			 entity, or do not possess a federal employer's identification number, shall
			 designate one natural person or one legal entity in whose name the claim is to
			 be entered.
(4) The terms governing
			 a claimant other than a natural person, i.e., articles of incorporation, trust
			 terms, etc., shall be submitted to the director for approval. Terms not in
			 compliance with lottery statutes or rules shall not be approved. Payment shall
			 not be made to a claimant other than a natural person until the director has
			 approved the terms.
All claimants other than natural persons shall have governing
				terms which:
(a) Prohibit deletion,
			 amendment, or addition of terms without the director's approval;
(b) State the names of all natural persons
			 who have a direct or indirect right or interest in the claimant, each of their
			 percentage interests and their Social Security numbers;
(c) Acknowledge that the debt collection
			 process mandated by
			 RCW  67.70.255 and WAC
			 315-06-125 shall be applied to
			 the natural persons who hold interests in the claimant through their Social
			 Security numbers; and
(d) Provide
			 that in the event the claimant ceases to exist prior to the full payout of the
			 prize, the lottery will not make further payment without court order.