Texas Register, Volume 37, Number 35, Pages 6819-7008, August 31, 2012 Page: 6,991
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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. Each grid will contain exactly the same amount of letters.
C. Each grid will contain exactly the same amount of words.
D. No duplicate words on a Ticket.
E. All words used will be from the TEXAS APPROVED WORD LIST
CASHWORD/CROSSWORD v. 1.0.
F. All words will contain a minimum of 3 letters.
G. All words will contain a maximum of 9 letters.
H. No duplicate YOUR LETTERS Play Symbols.
I. There will be a minimum of 3 vowels (A, E, I, 0, and U) in the YOUR
LETTERS play area.
J. A minimum of 15 YOUR LETTERS Play Symbols will match at
least one letter in the crossword grid.
K. The presence or absence of any letter or combination of letters in
the YOUR LETTERS play area will not be indicative of a winning or
Non-Winning Ticket.
L. No consonant Play Symbol will appear more than 9 times in the
crossword grid and no vowel will appear more than 14 times in the
crossword grid.
M. On Non-Winning Tickets, each crossword grid will have at least 2
completed words, neither of which will contain a "BELL" (doubler) or
"WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbol.
N. When the BONUS is completed as a winner, there will never be
more than two completed words in the crossword grid.
O. Each Non-Winning Ticket will have at least 5 near wins (word with
all but one letter revealed).
P. There will be exactly two (2) "BELL" (doubler) Play Symbols and
two (2) "WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbols on every Ticket.
Q. The two (2) "BELL" (doubler) Play Symbols will be in words con-
taining four (4) and five (5) letters, respectively.
R. The "BELL" (doubler) and "WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbols will
never appear in a grid position that is used in more than one (1) word.
S. There will never be more than one (1) "BELL" (doubler) or
"WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbol in a word.
T. No word containing the "BELL" (doubler) or "WREATH" (tripler)
Play Symbols in the puzzle grid can be used to form any word on
the rejected word list by either removing the "BELL" (doubler) or
"WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbols and using the compressed letters
to form a word.
U. No word containing the "BELL" (doubler) or "WREATH" (tripler)
Play Symbols can be used to form any word on the rejected word list
by using the "BELL" (doubler) or "WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbols
as wild characters that could be any letter from A through Z.
V. There will never be more than one (1) word containing a "BELL"
(doubler) or "WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbol completely revealed.W. Winning BONUS Play Symbols will only appear as dictated by the
prize structure.
X. There will never be more than ten (10) completed words on a Ticket.
Y. The "BELL" (doubler) and "WREATH" (tripler) Play Symbols will
only win as dictated by the prize structure.
Z. Words from the TEXAS REJECTED WORD LIST v.2.0 will not
appear horizontally, diagonally or vertically in the YOUR LETTERS
area.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "JINGLE BELL CROSSWORD" Instant Game prize of
$3.00, $5.00, $6.00, $9.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, $50.00,
$60.00, or $100, 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 phys-
ically void the Ticket; provided that the Texas Lottery Retailer may,
but is not required to, pay a $30.00, $50.00, $60.00, or $100 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 in-
struct 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 and 2.3.C of these Game Procedures.
B. To claim a "JINGLE BELL CROSSWORD" Instant Game prize of
$1,000, $3,000 or $30,000, the claimant must sign the winning Ticket
and present it at one of the Texas Lottery's Claim Centers. If the claim
is validated by 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 Rev-
enue 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 "JINGLE BELL CROSS-
WORD" Instant Game prize, the claimant must sign the winning
Ticket, thoroughly complete a claim form, and mail both to: Texas Lot-
tery Commission, Post Office Box 16600, Austin, Texas 78761-6600.
The Texas Lottery is not responsible for Tickets lost in the mail. 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.
D. Prior to payment by the Texas Lottery of any prize, the Texas Lottery
shall deduct:
1. a sufficient amount from the winnings of a prize winner who has
been finally determined to be:
a. delinquent in the payment of a tax or other money to a state agency
and that delinquency is reported to the Comptroller under Government
Code 403.055;
b. in default on a loan made under Chapter 52, Education Code; or
c. in default on a loan guaranteed under Chapter 57, Education Code;
and
2. delinquent child support payments from the winnings of a prize
winner in the amount of the delinquency as determined by a court or a
Title IV-D agency under Chapter 231, Family Code.INADDITION August 31, 2012 37 TexReg 6991
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