61 Pa. Code § 875.11 — Procedures for claiming and payment of prizes

(a) A prize shall be claimed only through a licensed on-line retailer as soon as that drawing is placed in pay status by the Lottery. (b) An on-line retailer is authorized and required to make payment of a prize of $2,500 or less, if the terminal-based lottery game ticket is presented within a designated time period as announced by the Secretary, on an individual winning terminal-based lottery game ticket, if the retailer has sufficient funds available for payment. (c) The holder of an apparent winning terminal-based lottery game ticket representing a prize of $2,500 or less will be paid by participating on-line retailers as provided in subsection (b), if the terminal-based lottery game ticket validation requirements in § 875.10 (relating to terminal-based lottery game ticket validation and 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 terminal-based lottery game ticket representing a prize in excess of $2,500, with the exception of a top prize, shall present the terminal-based lottery game ticket to an on-line retailer or authorized claim center under Chapter 811 (relating to prizes). (e) The holder of an apparent winning terminal-based lottery game ticket representing a top prize shall present, in person, the ticket to Lottery Headquarters or a Lottery area office. (f) The payment of a prize to a person who dies before receiving a particular prize or 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). Cross References This section cited in 61 Pa. Code § 875.10 (relating to terminal-based lottery game ticket validation and requirements). No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit. This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Code full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.