Wash. Admin. Code § 315-38-180 - Procedures for claiming and payment of prizes
(1) Prizes shall be redeemed or claimed only
in the state where the official Mega Millions ticket was purchased and only
through Mega Millions agents or retailers or other authorized claim centers,
effective upon determination of prize payouts.
(2) A Mega Millions prize claimed in
Washington state must be claimed no later than one hundred eighty days after
the Mega Millions drawing for which the ticket was purchased. Pursuant to WAC
315-02-230 a "claim" means the
actual physical receipt of a ticket and claim form if necessary under these
rules, by a location authorized to pay the prize sought. Placement of the
ticket, and claim form, if necessary, in the United States mail or another mail
service does not constitute receipt.
(3) Claimants of a winning official Mega
Millions ticket must comply with the prize claim requirements of the party
lottery which issued the winning ticket.
(4) In the event that a single official Mega
Millions ticket contains two or more winning game panels, the cumulative prize
amount shall be claimed or redeemed in accordance with the specified prize
payment limits for the party lottery which issued the winning ticket.
(5) Federal withholding taxes, and any other
applicable taxes, shall be withheld from Mega Millions prizes in such amounts
as may be required by law.
(6) Mega
Millions prizes shall not be paid to any persons prohibited from playing Mega
Millions in a particular party lottery state by Mega Millions rules or by the
governing law or rules of that party lottery or any contract executed by that
party lottery.
(7) The name and
city or other location of the winner of a jackpot prize, or second prize, will
be disclosed in a news conference or in a news release and the winner may be
requested to participate in a news conference.
(8) If the winner claims a Mega Millions
jackpot or second prize as a legal entity pursuant to WAC
315-06-120, the entity shall
provide the name of a natural person who is a principal of the legal entity.
This natural person shall be available for appearance at any news conference
regarding the prize and shall be featured in any lottery's news
releases.
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 67.70.040. 02-15-122, § 315-38-180, filed 7/19/02, effective 8/19/02.
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