Purchasers

# (a)

Generally. One who participates in an authorized lottery game by purchasing a ticket at a licensed lottery agent location or by lawfully receiving a ticket so purchased by another shall be deemed for the purposes of this rule a purchaser, and such purchaser agrees to abide by all provisions of sections 12-568a-1 to 12-568a-23, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, CLC's Rules of Operations, and agrees further to the conditions of this section.

# (b)

Official procedure. A purchaser shall be bound by the official procedures of the particular game as approved in writing by the division.

# (c)

Claims.

# (1)

Prizes may be claimed only in accordance with the official procedures or any emergency procedures as prescribed by the CLC and approved in writing by the division within seven (7) business days after receipt; provided, however, if the division does not approve or disapprove of CLC's request within seven (7) business days of such request, such approval shall be deemed granted. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

# (2)

To be valid, claims must be presented to the CLC within the time period(s) described in the official procedures. Any subsequent change in the time period allowed for presenting valid claims shall be applied to the category of game as a whole and shall not be applied on an individual basis for individual claims.

# (d)

Validation and verification of claims. Any person who forges or counterfeits any lottery ticket, or who alters any number or symbol on such ticket, or who offers for sale or sells any such forged, counterfeit or altered ticket, knowing it to be such, or who presents such forged, counterfeit or altered ticket for payment with intent to defraud the CLC or any person participating in any such lottery game shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

# (e)

Sales prohibitions.

# (1)

No lottery ticket shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any GPB member, executive director, or employee of the division 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.

# (2)

No lottery ticket shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to: any CLCB member, any officer or employee of the CLC, 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, or to any officer or employee of a vendor providing goods or services to the CLC necessary for the operation of the lottery.

# (f)

Reimbursement to state by state debtors who are lottery term prize winners or agents. The CLC shall provide any state agencies upon request with the names of all lottery term prize winner(s) and lottery sales agents. If the agency confirms a debt owed to the state by such person or entity, said agency shall notify the CLC and the division. Thereafter, the CLC shall process and administratively

offset those amounts due such entity, currently or in the future, and transfer such debtor payments, at the earliest opportunity, to the appropriate state authority.