Scratchers Validation Requirements

PURPOSE: The purpose of this rule is to set forth the validation requirements for validating a Scratchers winning ticket. (1) All of the following requirements must be met for a Scratchers ticket to be a valid Scratchers winning ticket: (A) Exactly one (1) play symbol must appear under each rub-off spot on the ticket; (B) When play symbol captions are used, each of the play symbols must have a play symbol caption underneath and each play symbol must agree with its play symbol caption; (C) Each of the play symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully legible; (D) When play symbol captions are used, each of the play symbol captions must be present in its entirety and be fully legible; (E) Each of the play symbols and play symbol captions must be printed in ink; (F) The ticket shall be intact; (G) The pack-ticket number, the ticket validation number and the encrypted validation code must be present in their entirety and be fully legible. The validation number shall correspond, using the lottery’s codes, to play symbols on the ticket; (H) The ticket must not be reconstituted or tampered with in any manner; (I) The ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part; (J) The ticket validation number, the packticket number and the encrypted validation code shall be printed in ink; (K) The ticket must have been issued by the lottery in an authorized manner; (L) The ticket must not be stolen nor appear on any list of omitted tickets on file at the lottery; (M) The play symbols, the play symbol captions, the ticket validation number, the encrypted validation code and the pack-ticket number must be rightside up and not reversed in any manner; (N) The ticket must have exactly one (1) play symbol caption under each rub-off spot, when play symbol captions are used, exactly one (1) pack-ticket number, exactly one (1) encrypted validation code and exactly one (1) validation number; (O) The validation number of an apparent winning ticket shall appear on the lottery’s official file of validation numbers of winning tickets and the ticket with that validation number shall not have been paid previously according to the records of the lottery; (P) The ticket must not be blank or partially blank, misregistered, defective or printed or produced in error; (Q) Each of the play symbols on the ticket must correspond precisely to the game specifications on file at the lottery. When play symbol captions are used, each of the play symbol captions must correspond precisely to the game specifications on file at the lottery; (R) The pack-ticket number must correspond precisely to the game specifications on file at the lottery; (S) The encrypted validation code must correspond precisely to the game specifications on file at the lottery; (T) The validation number must correspond precisely to the game specifications on file at the lottery; (U) The display printing must be regular in every respect and correspond precisely with the game specifications on file at the lottery; (V) The ticket must pass all additional confidential validation tests prescribed by the lottery; and (W) The ticket must be a Scratchers ticket offered for sale by the lottery during the period announced by the director for that Scratchers game. (2) No portion of the display printing on the Scratchers ticket nor any extraneous matter whatsoever shall be usable or playable as part of the Scratchers ticket. (3) At the direction of the director, the lottery may pay a winning claim on a damaged or mutilated ticket. This is dependent on the lottery being able to identify the game-pack-ticket number or validation number, and a sufficient amount of the ticket play area, in order to have the ability to reconstruct the ticket, as directed by lottery procedure, to compare and successfully match it to the damaged/mutilated ticket. Provided that the ticket has not been validated, the lottery’s director may authorize that the claim be paid. (4) The director, solely at his/her option, may replace an invalid ticket with an unplayed ticket(s) of equivalent sales price for any current lottery game. In the event a defective ticket is purchased, the only responsibility or liability of the lottery shall be the replacement of the defective ticket with another unplayed ticket(s) of equivalent sales price from any lottery Scratchers game currently on sale. AUTHORITY: section 313.220, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Jan. 10, 1986, effective Jan. 20, 1986. Amended: Filed June 3, 1999, effective Dec. 30, 1999. Amended: Filed July 15, 2014, effective Feb. 28, 2015. Amended: Filed Dec. 27, 2017, effective June 30, 2018. *Original authority: 313.220, RSMo 1985, amended 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 2003.