Section 553-40-II-7.0 - Play Validation7.1 To be a valid Play and eligible to receive a prize, a Play's ticket or ticketless transaction shall satisfy all the requirements established by a Party Lottery for validation of winning Plays sold through its computer gaming system and any other validation requirements adopted by the Product Group, the MUSL Board and published as the Confidential MUSL Minimum Game Security Standards. MUSL and the Party Lotteries shall not be responsible for Plays that are altered in any manner.7.2Specific Requirements for Validation of Tickets Sold in Maine7.2.1 Under no circumstances will a claim be paid for either the Grand Prize or the Second prize without an official Mega Millions ticket (or validly registered ticketless transaction) matching all game Play, serial number and other validation data residing in the Lottery's computer gaming system and such ticket (or validly registered ticketless transaction) shall be the only valid proof of the wager placed and the only valid receipt for claiming or redeeming such prize.7.2.2 In addition to Section 7.2.1, in order to be deemed a valid, winning Mega Millions Play, unless the Play is a validly registered ticketless transaction, and eligible to receive a prize, all the following requirements must be met: 7.2.2.1 The ticket must have been issued by the Lottery through a licensed agent, via a terminal, in an authorized manner. The ticket must be intact and must not be mutilated, altered, reconstructed, or tampered with in any manner.7.2.2.2 The ticket date must have been recorded in the Lottery's central computer system at least sixty (60) minutes prior to the drawing; even if it appears that a Bet is accepted (by virtue of a printed ticket), any bet placed other than at least sixty (60) minutes prior to the drawing (regardless of when the drawing is held) is void.7.2.2.3 The play data appearing on the ticket must correspond precisely with the Lottery's computer gaming system record.7.2.2.4 The validation number must appear in its entirety, and correspond, using a computer validation file, to the winning game Play or Plays printed on the ticket. The ticket stock sequential number on the back of the ticket must correspond to the Lottery's inventory records.7.2.2.5 The ticket must not be defectively printed, fuzzy, produced in error, counterfeit in whole or in part, altered, unreadable, reconstructed, tampered with in any manner, stolen, blank or partially blank, misregistered, or defective. The ticket must not be an exact duplicate of another winning ticket.7.2.2.6 All play data appearing on an apparent winning ticket must correspond to the Lottery's records of winning Plays, and another ticket with identical Play data shall not have been paid.7.2.2.7 The ticket must be intact, fully legible, complete and not miscut, correspond to the data on file at the Lottery in every respect.7.2.2.8 The ticket must pass all other security criteria determined by the Mega Millions Finance and Operations Procedures, BABLO and MUSL.7.2.2.9 The ticket must be validated in accordance with the provisions of these rules relating to the procedures for claiming prizes and for the payment thereof.7.2.2.10 An apparent winning ticket shall be void unless the ticket paper stock roll which was in use at the time of the Bet by, and validly issued to, the agent from whom the ticket was purchased.7.2.3 In the event that a ticket fails to pass all the criteria set forth in subpart 7.2.2 of this rule, the ticket shall be deemed void and ineligible for any prize and shall not be paid. In the event of a dispute or other instance of doubt, the decision of the executive director shall be final and binding. If the executive director determines that the ticket is not eligible to receive a prize, then the executive director may, at the executive director's option, replace an invalid, defective or otherwise erroneous ticket with a ticket of equivalent sales price from any current lottery game. Replacement of the ticket shall be the bearer or claimant's sole and exclusive remedy.18- 553 C.M.R. ch. 40, § II-7.0