Section R19-3-701. Definitions

In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.        “Caption” means the printed characters appearing below a play symbol or prize symbol that verify and correspond

with that symbol. No more than one caption will appear under a symbol.

2.        “Game profile” means the written document in which the Lottery Commission authorizes the Director to issue an order that contains all of the non-confidential game fun- damentals required by these rules for an instant game.

3.        “Instant game” means a game that is played by removing the protective covering from a ticket to reveal the play symbols, or prize symbols, or both that determine if a ticket holder is entitled to a prize or prizes.

4.        “Instant scratch game” means an instant game where the protective covering is made of latex or another substance that is scratched off.

5.        “Instant tab game” means an instant game where the pro- tective covering is a perforated paper tab that is opened.

6.        “Pack” means a group of tickets bearing a common iden- tification number.

7.        “Pack-ticket number” means a unique multi-digit number that includes a game number, a pack number, and a ticket number which distinguishes each ticket from every other ticket within an instant game.

8.        “PIN” means the designated characters within the valida- tion number that allows an on-line terminal to validate an instant ticket.

9.        “Play area” means the portion or portions of the ticket which contains the play symbol or symbols. More than one play area may appear on a ticket.

10.     “Play symbols” means the printed image or images that appear within the defined play area of the ticket that determine if the ticket holder is entitled to a prize or prizes.

11.     “Prize structure” means the estimated number of prizes, prize values, and odds of winning prizes for an individual game.

12.     “Prize symbol” means the printed image or images that indicates the prize or prizes available in that game.

13.     “Retailer validation code” means the multiple letters in the play area, under the protective covering that verify prizes less than $600.

14.     “Validation code” means the unique multi-positional code on each ticket that is used to authenticate winning tickets.

Historical Note

Adopted effective October 25, 1996 (Supp. 96-4).

Amended by final rulemaking at 13 A.A.R. 1031, effec- tive April 27, 2007 (Supp. 07-1). Amended by final

rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 53, effective December 28, 2010

(Supp. 10-4).