Section 30-500. LOTTERY TICKET

 

500.1Pursuant to the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Order issued September 21, 1996 and Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management and Control Order No. 96-16 issued September 24, 1996, lottery tickets shall be sold only by licensed agents or their employees at the price designated by the Executive Director from a schedule approved by the Chief Financial Officer.

 

500.2The Executive Director shall have authority to offer promotional discounts, coupons, rebates, contests, and other promotional campaigns or devices for the sale of lottery tickets so long as instructions which give notice of the campaign are issued pursuant to Chapters 7 and 8 of this title. The campaigns and devices shall not be construed to have altered the price of a lottery ticket and shall not require additional Board approval.

 

500.3Until a signature is placed on the back of a winning lottery ticket in the area designated for "signature," the ticket is a bearer instrument. When a ticket is signed in the area designated for "signature," it is owned by the person whose signature appears in the designated area.

 

500.4Except as otherwise provided in this section on-line game tickets shall indicate, among other data, the drawing date, the amount of the wager, validation number data, terminal number, name of the game, and numbers played. The Executive Director may adopt different ticket data requirements for on-line game tickets that include one (1) or more wagers for an on-line game enhancement.

 

500.5A lottery ticket shall be the only valid proof that a bet was placed and the only valid instrument for claiming a prize except as provided in §503.7.

 

500.6The purchaser of a lottery ticket shall be bound by, and subject to, all Agency rules, regulations, game or other instructions, issuances, policies, procedures, and the Executive Director's determinations and decisions, except that the denial of a prize claim pursuant to Chapter 6 of this title may be appealed in accordance with Chapter 4 of this title.

 

500.7The agency shall reserve the right to decline to accept a wager.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is §4 of the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia. D C. Law 3.172, D.C. Official Code § 3-1301 et seq.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7439, 7459 (October 2, 1992); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 872 (February 1, 2002), 49 DCR 11241 (December 13, 2002) and 50 DCR 8816 (October 17, 2003).