Texas Register, Volume 38, Number 4, Pages 331-442, January 25, 2013 Page: 421
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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 16
(sixteen) 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 16 (sixteen) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those
described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures;
17. Each of the 16 (sixteen) 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 within a Pack will not have iden-
tical patterns of either Play Symbols or prize symbols.
B. A Ticket will win as indicated by the prize structure.
C. A Ticket can win up to five (5) times.
D. Prize Symbols will always appear in black.
E. All cards on a single Ticket will be unique.
F. On Tickets winning with the Bonus Card, the rank of the two cards
being used within that hand is to be different.
G. The Bonus Card can be used to create multiple wins on a single
Ticket.
H. No winning hand of a pair will have the same rank of the Bonus
Card on a Ticket.I. On winning and Non-Winning Tickets, the top cash prize of $20,000
and the $1,000 prize will each appear at least once, except on Tickets
winning four (4) or five (5) times.
J. On winning Tickets, a non-winning Prize Symbol will not match a
winning Prize Symbol.
K. On all Tickets, a Prize Symbol will not appear more than two (2)
times, except as required by the prize structure to create multiple wins.
L. On Non-Winning Tickets, the Bonus Card will not be of the same
rank of any cards in Hands 1 through 5. For example, if the Bonus Card
is a King of Clubs, no cards in Hands 1 through 5 will appear as a King
of any suit.
M. On Non-Winning Tickets, the two cards will never be the same rank
within the same hand.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "WILD CARD" Instant Game prize of $2.00, $5.00,
$6.00, $10.00, $15.00, $20.00, $30.00, $50.00 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 presen-
tation 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,
$50.00 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 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 and Section 2.3.C of
these Game Procedures.
B. To claim a "WILD CARD" Instant Game prize of $1,000 or $20,000,
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 appropri-
ate 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 "WILD CARD" Instant
Game prize, the claimant must sign the winning Ticket, thoroughly
complete a claim form, and mail both to: Texas Lottery 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;
andINADDITION January 25, 2013 38 TexReg 421
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