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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