Prizes Payable after Death or Disability of Owner

All prizes or a portion thereof which remain unpaid at the time of the prize winner's death shall be payable to his or her duly qualified Administrator, Executor or other representative of his or her estate once satisfactory evidence of said representative's appointment has been presented to the Director, claim forms have been properly filled out, and the Director is satisfied that such payment is lawful and proper. Prize monies will be paid according to the Law of Descent and Distribution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts if the owner thereof dies intestate regardless of whether he or she was domiciled at the time of his or her death in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or according to the provisions of his or her Last Will and Testament if he or she dies testate. The Director may rely wholly on the presentment of certified copies of a court's appointment of an Administrator or Executor, Guardian, Conservator or on any other evidence of a person entitled to the payment of any prize winnings then due. The payment to the estate of the deceased owner of any prize winnings by the Commission shall absolve the Commission and its agents of any further liability for payment of said prize winnings. The Commission need not look to the payment of the prize winnings beyond the payee thereof. Under no circumstances will the payment of prize money be accelerated beyond its normal dates of payment by the Commission. The Director reserves the right to petition any court of competent jurisdiction to request a determination for the payments of any prize winnings which are or may become due the estate of a deceased owner or an owner under a disability because of, but not limited to, underage, mental deficiency, physical or mental incapacity. If the legatee(s) or heir(s) of a deceased owner entitled to prize winnings obtains an order from a court of competent jurisdiction directing payments due and to become due from the Commission to be paid directly to said legatee(s) or heir(s) or otherwise directs the Commission to make payments to another in the event of an owner's disability or otherwise, the Commission shall pay the prize winnings accordingly.