61 Pa. Code § 871.13 - Procedures for claiming and payment of Powerball prizes
(a) Pennsylvania Powerball prizes shall be
claimed only through a licensed on-line Pennsylvania Lottery retailer beginning
on the day following the drawing. The Lottery is not authorized to accept
claims or pay prizes for Powerball tickets purchased in other
jurisdictions.
(b) An on-line
retailer is authorized and required to make payment of a prize of $2,500 or
less on an individual Powerball winning ticket, if the ticket is presented
within a designated time period as announced by the Secretary and if the
retailer has sufficient funds available for payment.
(c) The holder of an apparent winning
Powerball ticket containing one or more winning lettered play selections
representing combined prizes of $2,500 or less will be paid by participating
on-line retailers as provided in subsection (b), if the ticket validation
requirements in §
871.12 (relating to ticket
validation requirements) have been met, a proper validation pay ticket has been
issued by the retailer's computer terminal and other retailer procedures have
been met.
(d) The holder of an
apparent winning Powerball ticket containing one or more winning lettered play
selections representing combined prizes in excess of $2,500, with the exception
of the grand prize category, shall first validate the apparent winning ticket
at the participating Pennsylvania Lottery on-line retailer to receive a
validation receipt, complete a claim form and display appropriate
identification and then surrender the winning ticket and the original claim
form to the retailer for transmittal to Lottery Headquarters for payment under
Chapter 811 (relating to prizes).
(e) The holder of an apparent winning
Powerball ticket containing one or more winning lettered play selections
representing a grand prize category prize shall present, in person, the
apparent winning ticket to the Pennsylvania Lottery Headquarters for validation
under Chapter 811.
(f) In the event
of the death of a Powerball grand prize winner and upon petition of the estate
of the prize winner, the MUSL Powerball Product Group may accelerate payment of
all remaining proceeds from the winning ticket to the estate of the winner by
transferring to the estate the securities or cash, or both, being held to
satisfy the prize requirements, or paying the estate the present value of the
remaining payments of the winner's prize. The valuation of the securities and
determination of the present value of the accelerated lottery payments shall be
at the sole discretion of the MUSL Powerball Group. The payment of a set prize
to a person who dies before receiving any or all of a particular prize and to a
person under 18 years of age will be paid under §§
811.16 and
811.27 (relating to prizes payable
after death of prize winner; and payment of prizes to persons under 18 years of
age).
(g) The Commonwealth will be
discharged of liability after payment of prizes as provided in §
811.26 (relating to discharge of
State liability upon payment).
(h)
The Lottery may delay payment of the prize pending a final determination by the
Secretary if a dispute occurs, or it appears likely that a dispute may occur,
regarding the prize; if there is any question regarding the identity of the
claimant; if there is any question regarding the validity of the ticket
presented for payment; or if the claim is subject to any setoff for delinquent
debts owed by the claimant under Pennsylvania statute. The Lottery may delay
payment of a grand prize pending a claimant election of payment method as
provided under §
871.9(b)
(relating to Powerball prize payments). The Lottery may delay payment of a
grand prize for up to 15 days as permitted by the MUSL rules.
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.