Texas Register, Volume 38, Number 22, Pages 3397-3446, May 31, 2013 Page: 3,441
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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 50 (fifty) Play Symbols must be exactly one of those
described in Section 1.2.C of these Game Procedures;
17. Each of the 50 (fifty) 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 more than four identical, non-winning Prize Symbols on a Ticket.
C. The top Prize Symbol will appear at least once on every Ticket unless
restricted by other parameters, play action or prize structure.
D. KEY NUMBER MATCH GAME: No duplicate WINNING NUM-
BERS Play Symbols on a Ticket.
E. KEY NUMBER MATCH GAME: No duplicate, non-winning
YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbols on a Ticket.
F. KEY NUMBER MATCH GAME: No more than two identical, non-
winning Prize Symbols in this Game.
G. KEY NUMBER MATCH GAME: A non-winning Prize Symbol
will never be the same as a winning Prize Symbol in this Game.
H. KEY NUMBER MATCH GAME: No prize amount in a non-win-
ning spot will correspond with the YOUR NUMBERS Play Symbol
(i.e., 20 and $20).
I. KEY NUMBER MATCH GAME: The "2X" (win x 2) and "5X" (win
x 5) Play Symbols will only appear as dictated by the prize structure.
J. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: No duplicate WINNING SYM-
BOLS Play Symbols on a Ticket.
K. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: No duplicate, non-winning
YOUR SYMBOLS Play Symbols on a Ticket.L. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: No more than two identical, non-
winning Prize Symbols in this Game.
M. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: A non-winning Prize Symbol
will never be the same as a winning Prize Symbol in this Game.
N. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: The "STAR" (auto win) Play
Symbol will never appear more than once on a Ticket.
O. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: When the "WIN ALL" (win all
10 prizes) Play Symbol appears, there will be no occurrence of any of
YOUR SYMBOLS Play Symbols matching to any WINNING SYM-
BOLS Play Symbol.
P. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: When the "WIN ALL" (win all 10
prizes) Play Symbol appears, there will be no occurrence of the "STAR"
(auto win) Play Symbol.
Q. KEY SYMBOL MATCH GAME: The "WIN ALL" (win all 10
prizes) Play Symbol will only appear on intended winning Tickets as
dictated by the prize structure.
2.3 Procedure for Claiming Prizes.
A. To claim a "$1,000,000 JACKPOT" Instant Game prize of $20.00,
$25.00, $50.00, $100, $200 or $500, 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 identi-
fication, 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 $25.00, $50.00, $100, $200 or $500
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 for-
warded 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 "$1,000,000 JACKPOT" Instant Game prize of $1,000,
$5,000, $10,000 or $1,000,000, 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 presen-
tation 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 "$1,000,000 JACKPOT"
Instant 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:IN ADDITION May 31, 2013 38 TexReg 3441
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