CHAPTER 809. LOTTERY TICKETS
Subchap. Sec.
A. SAFEKEEPING OF TICKETS … 809.1
B. AGENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF TICKETS … 809.11
C. CONSIGNMENT OF TICKETS TO AGENT … 809.21
D. TICKET SALES TO PUBLIC; LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS … 809.31Cross References This chapter cited in 61 Pa. Code § 876.2 (relating to definitions).
Subchapter A. SAFEKEEPING OF TICKETS
Sec.
809.1. Procedures to be followed by Bureau.
809.2. Procedures to be followed by agents of the Bureau.
809.3. Procedures to be followed by banks.§ 809.1. Procedures to be followed by Bureau.
(a) The Bureau will make arrangements for safekeeping and record keeping activities with certain designated banks throughout this Commonwealth.
(b) The Bureau will deliver weekly to the banks, for safekeeping, lottery tickets which will be held for the State lottery.
§ 809.2. Procedures to be followed by agents of the Bureau.
(a) Authorized agents of the Bureau shall come into the banks and receive the lottery tickets from safekeeping.
(b) Authorized licensed agents of the Bureau shall deposit in the bank monies for the account of the State Lottery Fund. The agents shall also place in safekeeping unsold lottery tickets, redeemed winning lottery tickets, records of ticket sales, and winner claim forms which will subsequently be withdrawn from safekeeping by the Bureau.
Source The provisions of this 809.2 amended February 21, 1975, effective February 22, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 333.
§ 809.3. Procedures to be followed by banks.
(a) The bank shall maintain usual records of deposit custodial and safekeeping activities.
(b) The bank shall not offer lottery tickets for sale to the public nor shall it make payments to claimants.
(c) The Bureau will pay the bank for the services performed.
Subchapter B. AGENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF TICKETS
Sec.
809.11. Tickets unaccounted for.
809.12. Disclosure of place of purchase.
809.13. Ticket reported stolen or lost.§ 809.11. Tickets unaccounted for.
Tickets that are not accounted for by the agent on the settlement date, regardless of the reason, shall be deemed sold to the agent. Reference should be made to § 807.3 (relating to agents responsible for tickets).
§ 809.12. Disclosure of place of purchase.
The Bureau reserves the right to request of a claimant of any winning ticket the disclosure of the location or person from whom the claimant purchased such ticket.
§ 809.13. Ticket reported stolen or lost.
The Bureau reserves the right to hold prize money in escrow, pending the findings of an investigation, when the claimed ticket for that prize has been reported stolen or lost by a licensed agent.
Subchapter C. CONSIGNMENT OF TICKETS TO AGENT
Sec.
809.21. Consignment to agent.
809.22. Assignment of agent to bank.
809.23. Authorization to request tickets.
809.24. Agent forms.§ 809.21. Consignment to agent.
Upon instructions of the Bureau, banks shall allocate lottery tickets to agents and shall collect tickets which the agents have not sold. In the case of weekly lotteries, a bank shall not distribute tickets to an agent who has failed to clear his account with respect to ticket deliveries of the preceding week.
§ 809.22. Assignment of agent to bank.
After an application by an agent has been accepted and approved by the Bureau, the agent shall be licensed and assigned to a bank. The bank shall be notified of the authorization of the agent at the same time the agent receives notice of his assignment.
§ 809.23. Authorization to request tickets.
The agent shall notify the bank and the Bureau of the names and addresses of one or several persons, over the age of 21 years, in his business who are authorized to request and receive delivery of tickets from the assigned safekeeping bank. The Bureau reserves the right to disallow such participation of any person so authorized by an agent. The employe or such person shall identify himself to the bank by the identification card of his agent before receiving tickets. The agent shall be restricted to his assigned bank for the purpose of conducting his lottery activities.
§ 809.24. Agent forms.
When picking up or returning tickets, the agent shall complete in full all related agent forms, as set forth in the instructions to authorized agents, made available to agents by the Bureau. The agent shall sign for all consigned tickets, and prior to making deposits he shall complete agent forms which will be supplied to him by his assigned bank.
Subchapter D. TICKET SALES TO PUBLIC;
LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS
Sec.
809.31. Price restrictions.
809.32. Prizes are nonassignable.
809.33. Purchase restrictions.
809.34. Time of sale of tickets.
809.35. Sales to minors prohibited.
809.36. Ticket sales are final.§ 809.31. Price restrictions.
(a) Tickets shall be sold to the public at a price of $.50 per ticket for the Double Dollars weekly drawing and $1.00 per ticket for the Lucky 7 Game and the Baker’s Dozen drawing, or as the Secretary may direct.
(b) No person shall sell a ticket at a price greater than that fixed by this subchapter. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent shall sell lottery tickets, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from giving lottery tickets to another as a gift. The act provides that any person convicted of violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500.
Source The provisions of this § 809.31 amended through February 21, 1975, effective February 22, 1975, 5 Pa.B. 333.
§ 809.32. Prizes are nonassignable.
The right of any person to a prize drawn shall not be assignable, except that payment of any prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, and except that any person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order may be paid the prize to which the winner is entitled. The Secretary shall be discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize as prescribed by this part.
§ 809.33. Purchase restrictions.
(a) No ticket shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any officer, or employe of the State Lottery Commission or the Division of the State Lottery in the Department or to any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any of the foregoing persons.
(b) None of the individuals referred to in subsection (a) of this section, shall have any interest, direct or indirect in dealing in the lottery or in the ownership or leasing of any property or premises used by or for the lottery.
Source The provisions of this § 809.33 amended April 26, 1974, effective April 27, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 827.
§ 809.34. Time of sale of tickets.
No tickets for a particular weekly lottery shall be sold after the commencement of the drawing for that particular lottery. The date of the drawing shall be imprinted upon all tickets.
§ 809.35. Sales to minors prohibited.
No ticket shall be sold to any person under the age of 18, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket for the purpose of making a gift by a person 18 years of age or older to a person less than that age. The identification card issued by the Liquor Control Board shall constitute proof of age. The act further provides that any licensee or employe thereof who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket to any person under the age of 18 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $500.
Source The provisions of this § 809.35 amended April 26, 1974, effective April 27, 1974, 4 Pa.B. 827.
§ 809.36. Ticket sales are final.
All ticket sales shall be final and no ticket returns shall be accepted by any agent.
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