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wins the PRIZE for that Play Symbol. If a player reveals a "PUMP-
KIN" Play Symbol, the player wins TRIPLE the PRIZE for that Play
Symbol! No portion of the Display Printing nor any extraneous matter
whatsoever shall be usable or playable as a part of the Instant Game.
2.1 Instant Ticket Validation Requirements.
A. To be a valid Instant Game Ticket, all of the following requirements
must be met:
1. Exactly 20 (twenty) Play Symbols must appear under the Latex
Overprint on the front portion of the Ticket;
2. Each of the Play Symbols must have a Play Symbol Caption under-
neath, unless specified, and each Play Symbol must agree with its Play
Symbol Caption;
3. Each of the Play Symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully
legible;
4. Each of the Play Symbols must be printed in black ink except for
dual image games;
5. The Ticket shall be intact;
6. The Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code, and Pack-Ticket Num-
ber must be present in their entirety and be fully legible;
7. The Serial Number must correspond, using the Texas Lottery's
codes, to the Play Symbols on the Ticket;
8. The Ticket must not have a hole punched through it, be mutilated,
altered, unreadable, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner;
9. The Ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part;
10. The Ticket must have been issued by the Texas Lottery in an au-
thorized manner;
11. The Ticket must not have been stolen, nor appear on any list of
omitted Tickets or non-activated Tickets on file at the Texas Lottery;
12. The Play Symbols, Serial Number, Retailer Validation Code, and
Pack-Ticket Number must be right side up and not reversed in any man-
ner;
13. The Ticket must be complete and not miscut, and have exactly 20
(twenty) Play Symbols under the Latex Overprint on the front portion
of the Ticket, exactly one Serial Number, exactly one Retailer Valida-
tion Code, and exactly one Pack-Ticket Number on the Ticket;
14. The Serial Number of an apparent winning Ticket shall correspond
with the Texas Lottery's Serial Numbers for winning Tickets, and a
Ticket with that Serial Number shall not have been paid previously;
15. The Ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered,
defective, or printed or produced in error;
16. Each of the 20 (twenty) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those
described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures;
17. Each of the 20 (twenty) Play Symbols on the Ticket must be printed
in the symbol font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on
file at the Texas Lottery; the Ticket Serial Numbers must be printed in
the serial font and must correspond precisely to the artwork on file at
the Texas Lottery; and the Pack-Ticket Number must be printed in the
Pack-Ticket Number font and must correspond precisely to the artwork
on file at the Texas Lottery;
18. The Display Printing on the Ticket must be regular in every respect
and correspond precisely to the artwork on file at the Texas Lottery; and
19. The Ticket must have been received by the Texas Lottery by appli-
cable deadlines.B. The Ticket must pass all additional validation tests provided for in
these Game Procedures, the Texas Lottery's Rules governing the award
of prizes of the amount to be validated, and any confidential validation
and security tests of the Texas Lottery.
C. Any Instant Game Ticket not passing all of the validation require-
ments is void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. How-
ever, the Executive Director may, solely at the Executive Director's
discretion, refund the retail sales price of the Ticket. In the event a
defective Ticket is purchased, the only responsibility or liability of the
Texas Lottery shall be to replace the defective Ticket with another un-
played Ticket in that Instant Game (or a Ticket of equivalent sales price
from any other current Instant Lottery game) or refund the retail sales
price of the Ticket, solely at the Executive Director's discretion.
2.2 Programmed Game Parameters.
A. Consecutive Non-Winning Tickets in a Pack will not have identical
play data, spot for spot.
B. No three or more duplicate non-winning prize symbol(s) on a Ticket.
C. A non-winning prize symbol will never be the same as a winning
prize symbol.
D. No duplicate non-winning Play Symbols on a Ticket.
E. The "GHOST" (auto win) Play Symbol will only appear as dictated
by the prize structure.
F. The "PUMPKIN" (tripler) Play Symbol will only appear as dictated
by the prize structure.
G. The top prize symbol will appear on every Ticket unless otherwise
restricted.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "HAUNTED TRIPLER" Instant Game prize of $2.00,
$3.00, $5.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, $60.00, or $200, a
claimant shall sign the back of the Ticket in the space designated
on the Ticket and present the winning Ticket to any Texas Lottery
Retailer. The Texas Lottery Retailer shall verify the claim and, if
valid, and upon presentation of proper identification, if appropriate,
make payment of the amount due the claimant and physically void
the Ticket; provided that the Texas Lottery Retailer may, but is not
required, to pay a $30.00, $60.00, or $200 Ticket. In the event the
Texas Lottery Retailer cannot verify the claim, the Texas Lottery
Retailer shall provide the claimant with a claim form and instruct the
claimant on how to file a claim with the Texas Lottery. If the claim
is validated by the Texas Lottery, a check shall be forwarded to the
claimant in the amount due. In the event the claim is not validated, the
claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified promptly. A
claimant may also claim any of the above prizes under the procedure
described in Section 2.3.B of these Game Procedures.
B. To claim a "HAUNTED TRIPLER" Instant Game prize of $1,000
or $20,000, the claimant must sign the winning Ticket and present it at
the Texas Lottery, payment will be made to the bearer of the validated
winning Ticket for that prize upon presentation of proper identification.
When paying a prize of $600 or more, the Texas Lottery shall file the
appropriate income reporting form with the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) and shall withhold federal income tax at a rate set by the IRS
if required. In the event that the claim is not validated by the Texas
Lottery, the claim shall be denied and the claimant shall be notified
promptly.
C. As an alternative method of claiming a "HAUNTED TRIPLER"
Instant Game prize, the claimant must sign the winning Ticket, thor-
oughly complete a claim form, and mail both to: Texas Lottery Conm-INADDITION August 31, 2012 37 TexReg 6977
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