Texas Register, Volume 37, Number 35, Pages 6819-7008, August 31, 2012 Page: 6,999
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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 9
(nine) Play Symbols under the Latex Overprint on the front portion of
the Ticket, exactly one Serial Number, exactly one Retailer Validation
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 9 (nine) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those
described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures;
17. Each of the 9 (nine) 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 will not have identical play data,
spot for spot.
B. No more than two pairs of matching play symbols on a Ticket.
C. No more than three matching play symbols on a Ticket.D. A Ticket may only win once.
E. No more than one pair of matching play symbols on a Ticket that
contains the "3X" (tripler) play symbol.
F. The "3X" (tripler) play symbol will only appear as dictated by the
prize structure.
G. The top prize will appear on every Ticket unless otherwise restricted.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "MATCH 3 TRIPLER" Instant Game prize of $1.00,
$2.00, $3.00, $5.00, $6.00, $9.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $30.00,
$60.00, $100, or $300, 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, $60.00, $100, or $300 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 Section 2.3.C of these Game Procedures.
B. To claim a "MATCH 3 TRIPLER" Instant Game prize of $1,000
or $3,000, 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 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 "MATCH 3 TRIPLER" In-
stant Game prize, the claimant must sign the winning Ticket, thor-
oughly complete a claim form, and mail both to: Texas Lottery Com-
mission, 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 de-
nied 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 6999
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