65 IAC 7-1-9 - Ticket liabilities

Authority: IC 4-30-3-7; IC 4-30-3-9

Affected: IC 4-30-11

Sec. 9.

(a) A lottery ticket is a bearer instrument until it is signed by the owner or owners in the designated area of the ticket. If a ticket is properly signed, the person whose signature appears on the ticket shall be the owner of the ticket and entitled to any prize attributable thereto.

(b) The bearer of a lottery ticket is responsible for and bears the sole risk of loss or theft of the ticket.

(c) A retailer acts on behalf of the player when entering information into a terminal to produce lottery tickets, and it is the sole responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of all game information printed on the ticket. In the event of any error, the player's only remedy is cancellation of the ticket in accordance with section 7 of this rule, unless the rule for a specific game provides otherwise.

(d) The commission, the director, and the commission's employees have no responsibility or liability for tickets printed in error or for tickets intentionally or inadvertently canceled by a retailer.

(e) A lottery ticket is not a negotiable instrument.

(f) A holder of a lottery game ticket shall be deemed to have agreed to all rules and procedures of the commission by the purchase of the ticket.

Notes

65 IAC 7-1-9

State Lottery Commission; 65 IAC 7-1-9; emergency rule filed Aug 10, 2010, 10:39 a.m.: 20100901-IR-065100542ERA; emergency rule filed Sep 22, 2010, 3:36 p.m.: 20100929-IR-065100618ERA; emergency rule filed Jun 28, 2013, 1:14 p.m.: 20130710-IR-065130298ERA Readopted filed 11/21/2019, 1:49 p.m.: 20191218-IR-065190507RFA Readopted filed 5/26/2023, 8:01 a.m.: 20230621-IR-065230294RFA