Attachment V - Instant Ticket Rules and Guidelines~1.pdf

MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION

INSTANT GAME “000”

“NAME OF GAME”

INSTANT TICKET GAME RULES

AND GUIDELINES

“Date of Game Launch”

Attachment V – Instant Ticket Rules and Guidelines

MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION

INSTANT GAME “000”

“NAME OF GAME”

INSTANT TICKET GAME RULES AND GUIDELINES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. PRICE

2. DEFINITIONS ...................................................................................................................................... …. 1-3

3. DETERMINATION OF INSTANT PRIZE WINNERS……………………………………………...3

4. TICKET RESPONSIBILITY………………………….... .............. .............……………………….....…….3

5. CLAIM PERIOD

6. TICKET VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS………………………...…………….….……………..3-4

7. DISPUTES ............................................................................................................................. 4-5

8. GOVERNING LAW

9. CLAIM RULE……………………………………………………………………………...…5

10. PURCHASE AND PRIZE RESTRICTIONS

11. TERMINATION OF THE GAME

12. SALES AGENT CONDUCT…………………………………………...............................................……5

13. LIABILITIES…………………………………………………………………………………5

14. AMENDMENTS…………………………………………………………………………

15. EFFECTIVE DATE…………………………………………………………………………..5

SECTION I – PURPOSE

The purpose of this Administrative Bulletin is to provide the rules and regulations for “NAME OF

GAME” instant Lottery game.

SECTION II – RULES

1. Price

The “NAME OF GAME” instant Lottery ticket will be sold by the Massachusetts State Lottery at

$2.00 per ticket.

2. Definitions

A. “Lottery” is the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission.

B. “Director” is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts State Lottery or any other person to whom the Executive Director's authority is lawfully delegated.

C. The words “Play Symbol” or “Play Symbols” mean the data printed under each of the thirteen

(13) rub-off play spots. Each ticket shall contain exactly one (1) Play Symbol under each of the two (2) “WINNING NUMBERS” rub-off play spots, exactly one (1) Play Symbol under each of the ten (10) “YOUR NUMBERS” rub-off play spots, and exactly one (1) Play Symbol under the

“$25 BONUS BOX” rub-off play spot. The Play Symbols have captions which are printed below each Play Symbol. Each caption corresponds with and verifies the Play Symbol.

The “NAME OF GAME” WINNING NUMBERS Play Symbols and captions are as follows:

The “NAME OF GAME” YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols and captions are as follows:

The “NAME OF GAME” $25 BONUS BOX Play Symbols and captions are as follows:

D. The words “Prize Symbol” or “Prize Symbols” mean the data printed under each of the ten (10)

“Prize” play spots immediately below each of the YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols. The Prize

Symbols have captions which are printed below each Prize Symbol. Each caption corresponds with and verifies that Prize Symbol.

The “NAME OF GAME” Prize Symbols and captions are as follows:

E. “Legend” is the data printed above the Play Symbols which corresponds with and gives additional verification of those symbols. The below Legends will appear in their respective play areas:

F. “Agent Validation Codes” are the three (3) alphabetical characters placed to the left or right of the

“Play Symbols” in any three (3) of ten (10) positions. All tickets will contain a code placed in any three (3) of these ten (10) positions and will read correctly from left to right and will always be in the same row across.

Winning tickets payable by sales agents must contain the following codes:

TWO = $2

FOR = $4

FVE = $5

TEN = $10

TWY = $20

TWF = $25

FRT = $40

OHN

THN

$100

$200

All high-tier winners and non-winners will be indistinguishable from each other and will contain alphabetic combinations as follows:

NEW VNF TRE

TEV TNO ORY

OVT FHR SGN

FOW NRH STN

EYR TYH VWE

OHR SRX TGY

OIR

G. A “Book” shall consist of 300 tickets fanfolded by 2. Each “Book” will have a Book Ticket

Number consisting of a three (3) digit Game Number, six (6) digit Book Number, and a three (3) digit Ticket Number. The Book Ticket Number will be printed in gray-black ink applied with the inkjet imager on the back of each ticket. The Book Ticket Number of the first book will commence with the Book Ticket Number “000”-000001-000.

H. A “Pool” shall consist of all “Books” in a range of 3,360 Book Numbers. For example, Books

“000”-000001 to “000”-003360 constitute the first “Pool”. The game production consists of ten

(10) Pools of 1,008,000 tickets each - a total of 10,080,000 tickets.

I. The “Game Identification Number” is the 3-digit Game Number. For this game, the Game

Identification Number will be “000”.

J. A “Validation Number” is the unique thirty (30) digit number formatted under the latex. This number consists of two (2) digits to identify Secure Shield (44), two (2) digits as a Site Code number (10), a four (4) digit Game number, one (1) digit for Future Use, a six (6) digit Pack number, a three (3) digit Ticket number followed by a nine (9) digit Validation number, two (2) digits for Future Use and a one (1) digit check digit number. These numbers will be applied with the inkjet imager in gray black ink.

K. A “Quality Control Inspection Window” shall be printed on the front of the ticket. It consists of the three digit ticket number within the book. The letters and symbol “TKT #” will be imaged above the ticket number. Neither the ticket number (or any portion thereof), nor the letters and symbol (or any portion thereof) is a Play Symbol and is not usable or playable as such.

L. The “PDF Bar Code” is the unique thirty (30) digit number formatted under the latex. The format consists of four (4) digits to indicate Secure Shield and Site Code, a four (4) digit Game

Identification Number, a seven (7) digit Pack Number, a three (3) digit ticket number, a nine (9) digit Validation Number, two (2) digits for future use and a one (1) digit check digit number. The

PDF Bar Code will be applied with the inkjet imager in gray black ink.

M. The “Data Matrix Bar Code” is the unique twenty-nine (29) digit number formatted on the back of the ticket. The format consists of a three (3) digit Game Identification Number, one (1) digit for future use, a six (6) digit Book Number, a three (3) digit ticket number, two (2) digits for the price of the ticket, three (3) digits for the number of tickets in the book, one (1) digit for the ticket size (length), one (1) digit for the ticket size (width), one (1) digit for future use for a 4 digit game number, six (6) digits for future use and a two (2) digit check digit number. The Data Matrix Bar

Code will be applied with the inkjet imager in gray black ink

3. Determination of Instant Prize Winners

Match any of YOUR NUMBERS to either of the WINNING NUMBERS, win prize shown. Get a "5X" symbol, win 5 TIMES the prize shown. Get a STAR "STAR" symbol in the $25 BONUS

BOX and win $25 automatically.

4. Ticket Responsibility

A. An instant Lottery ticket is a bearer instrument.

B. The Lottery shall not be responsible for lost or stolen instant Lottery tickets.

C. The Lottery shall not be responsible for prize payments made by a sales agent on the basis of a ticket that is determined to be a non-winning ticket.

5. Claim Period

All instant prizes must be claimed within one (1) year of the announced end of the game. The right to any prize not claimed within the claim period specified will be forfeited.

6. Ticket Validation Requirements

A. To be a valid instant Lottery ticket, all of the following requirements must be met:

1. The ticket shall be intact. The ticket must not be misregistered, defective, or printed or produced in error.

2. The ticket must not be mutilated, altered, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner.

3. The ticket must not be counterfeit.

4. The ticket must be complete, and not miscut, and shall contain exactly one (1) Play Symbol under each of the two (2) WINNING NUMBERS rub-off play spots, exactly one (1) Play

Symbol under each of the ten (10) YOUR NUMBERS rub-off play spots, exactly one (1)

Play Symbol under the one (1) $25 BONUS BOX rub-off play spot, and exactly one (1) Prize

Symbol under each of the ten (10) YOUR NUMBERS Prize Symbol rub-off spots. Each ticket will have exactly one (1) thirty (30) digit Validation Number on the front of the ticket.

5. Play Symbols and Prize Symbols must be present in their entirety including their matching captions and Legends and must be fully legible.

6. Play Symbols and Prize Symbols and their matching captions and Legends must be printed in gray black ink.

7. The Validation Number shall be present in its entirety, be legible, and must correspond, using the Lottery's validation records, to each Play Symbol and each Prize Symbol on the ticket.

8. The Validation Number shall be printed in gray black ink.

9. The Play Symbols, Prize Symbols, and Validation Number must be parallel to each other, and not reversed in any manner.

10. The Book Ticket Number on the back of the ticket must be present in its entirety and be legible.

11. The ticket must have been issued by the Lottery in an authorized manner.

12. The ticket must not be stolen.

13. The Validation Number of apparent winning tickets of $00 and above shall appear on the

Lottery's validation records of winning tickets; such Validation Number must be in the correct Pool specified in those records, and a ticket with the Validation Number in that Pool shall not have been previously paid.

14. The ticket must pass all additional confidential validation tests of the Lottery.

15. The ticket must contain the Agent Validation Codes. These codes are essential for the validation of low-tier winners.

16. There must be a Quality Control Inspection Window on the front of the ticket.

B. Any ticket not passing all validation checks in the Ticket Validation Requirements part is void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. However, the Director may, in his/her sole discretion, replace an invalid ticket with an unplayed ticket (or tickets of equivalent sales price from any other current Lottery game). In the event a defective ticket is purchased, the only responsibility or liability of the Lottery shall be the replacement of the defective ticket with another unplayed ticket (or tickets of equivalent sales price from any other current Lottery game).

7. Disputes

In the event a dispute between the Lottery and the ticket bearer occurs as to whether the ticket is a winning ticket, and if the ticket prize is not paid, the Director may, in his/her sole discretion, replace the disputed ticket with an unplayed ticket (or tickets of equivalent sales price from any current

Lottery game). This shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the bearer of the ticket at law and in equity.

8. Governing Law

In purchasing a ticket, the customer agrees to comply with and abide by the laws of the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, all rules and regulations and final decisions of the Lottery, and all procedures established by the Director for the conduct of the game.

9. Claim Rule

Pursuant to 961 CMR 2.38 (3)(b), the prize ticket owner grants to the Lottery the right to use his/her name, address, and photograph to publicize his/her winnings.

10. Purchase, Sale, and Prize Restrictions

No instant Lottery ticket shall be sold to a person under the age of eighteen.

No instant Lottery ticket prize shall be paid to an officer or employee of any contractor or subcontractor who is involved in the production of instant Lottery tickets (or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent domiciled as a member of the same household of such officer or employee).

No instant Lottery ticket shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any of the following persons: any member or employee of the Lottery or to any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent domiciled as a member of the same household of any member or employee of the Lottery.

No instant Lottery ticket shall be sold at a price other than that established in accordance with 961

CMR 2.00.

No person other than a licensed sales agent and the Lottery may sell instant Lottery tickets.

11. Termination of the Game

The Lottery at any time may announce a termination date for the Game, at which point no further tickets shall be sold.

12. Sales Agent Conduct

Sales agents must sell their tickets in book order. Sales agents are prohibited from exchanging books with other sales agents. Sales agents are prohibited from playing the tickets using any method other than fair chance or any method that is contrary to the principle that every ticket has an equal and random chance of winning.

13. Liabilities

The liability, whether by negligence or otherwise, of the Lottery for inconsistencies or errors in any printed material and/or ticket as it relates to the “NAME OF GAME” instant Lottery game is limited to a the replacement of the ticket or refund of the purchase price of the ticket.

14. Amendments

The Director reserves the right to amend this Administrative Bulletin if he or she deems that it is in the best interest of the Lottery to do so.

15. Effective Date

The effective date of this Administrative Bulletin shall be .