Restrictions, requirements, and authorizations

1. An employee of the lottery or a member of the immediate family or an individual who regularly resides in the same household of the employee may not receive a gift, gratuity, or other thing of value, excluding food, nonalcoholic beverage, or incidental item, from an applicant for a license, licensed retailer, or online gaming system or advertising vendor. 2. The lottery may waive a rule if it is in the best interest of the state, lottery industry, or public. 3. In applying subdivision d of subsection 1 of North Dakota Century Code section 53-12.1-11, personal information on a winning player does not include an amount won or the player's city or state of residence. If the player signs a release, the lottery may disclose or publish personal information the player authorizes to be released. Subdivision d of subsection 1 of North Dakota Century Code section 53-12.1-11 does not apply to cash, merchandise, an iLottery play, or ticket the lottery awards as a prize in a promotion. 4. If a lottery rule conflicts with an official or updated MUSL or game group rule or game rule, the official or updated MUSL or game group rule or game rule supersedes the lottery rule. The official MUSL or game group rule or game rule governs the administration of a game. 5. The lottery may conduct a promotion that includes a prize and shall prescribe promotional rules. The prize may be cash, ticket, iLottery play, or merchandise. 6. The lottery may immediately withdraw a lottery terminal, equipment, and supplies from a retailer's site if the retailer's license is inactive, suspended, revoked, or the retailer's license was not renewed.