Pull Tab Tickets

(1) Definitions. Deal. Each separate package, or series of packages, consisting of one game of pull tab tickets with the same serial number purchased from a distributor through the Lottery. Dispenser. A plastic cube or container from which pull tab tickets are sold. Distributor. A person, company or organization authorized by the Lottery to sell pull tab tickets, containers, dispensers, or trinkets to licensed pull tab ticket sales agents. Flare. A display card posted in the premises of a pull tab ticket sales agent that provides the prize structure of a particular game of pull tab tickets being sold at that time. Lottery. Massachusetts State Lottery Commission. Pull Tab Ticket means a single fold or banded ticket with a face covered to conceal one or more numbers or symbols. Vending Machine. A coin or paper bill operated mechanism by which pull tab tickets may be sold. (2) Game Rules. (a) An organization desiring to obtain a license to sell Pull Tab tickets must make application to the Lottery on the form provided by Lottery, and be authorized by the Director to be licensed to sell Pull Tab tickets. (b) Sales Agent must prominently display its license on the premises in a conspicuous location so that it can be observed by the players and/or patrons of the establishment. (c) Flare cards listing all prize denominations of $25.00 or more for each deal or game being sold at that time, must be displayed in the immediate vicinity of the game tickets where it can be clearly observed by the players. (d) Sales agents shall not pay a prize until the ticket has been verified as a winning ticket. (e) Sales agents must mark the flare card after each prize listed on said flare card is claimed. (f) The flare must be marked by crossing out the prize claimed so that the mark is clearly visible to the players. (g) Validation of Pull Tab Tickets. A pull tab ticket is not valid if it fails to meet any of the following requirements: 1. The ticket must have been issued by the Lottery or its approved distributor(s) in an authorized manner. 2. The ticket must not be altered, unreadable, reconstructed or tampered with in any manner. 3. The ticket must be complete and not blank, or partially blank, miscut, misregistered, defective or printed in error. 4. The ticket must have exactly the play symbols and captions specified in the specific game rules. 5. The ticket must pass all validation tests. Invalid tickets are void and not eligible to win any prize. (h) Under no circumstances may a prize payout be made for a lost or unredeemed ticket. (i) The sales agent shall be responsible for the proper conduct of the games. (j) The sales agent must maintain, on the premises, a copy of the distributor's invoice for each pull tab deal on the premises. (k) All winning tickets must be claimed immediately at the place of sale. Any ticket that leaves the premises where sold may be deemed an invalid ticket. (l) Sales agents shall not have on the licensed premises any pull tab tickets that have not been issued by the Lottery or its approved distributor(s). (m) Sales agents are not required to sell an entire deal. Sales agents may pull a game at any time he/she desires after giving his/her customers a reasonable time to claim winning tickets. (n) Sales agents are prohibited from commingling games. Sales agents must sell out or discontinue a game by removing the unsold tickets from the dispenser or vending machine prior to the introduction of a subsequent game. (o) Prior to the sale, of a portion of or the entire deal, the pull tab tickets in the deal must be placed in the container and stirred thoroughly. (p) Pull tab tickets can only be sold on the licensed premises. (q) Winning pull tab tickets must be prominently marked, defaced or punched to invalidate it in an area on the face of the ticket other than that which determines it is a winner. (r) Sales agents are responsible for the destruction and disposal of all unsold tickets that have been pulled from sale. (s) Pull tab tickets must be sold for the price on the face of the ticket. (t) The suspension or revocation of the sales agent's pouring or liquor license shall be grounds for the denial of a sales agent's pull tab license or suspension or revocation of a sales agent's pull tab license. (u) Pull tab tickets may only be sold from dispensers or vending machines that have been approved by the Lottery. (v) Promotional items, trinkets, displays, advertisements are subject to the approval of the Lottery. (w) All other provisions of the 961 CMR, if applicable, apply to the Pull Tab Tickets Games.