Section Sw 1003.02 - Ticket Validation(a) Each instant lottery game ticket shall be validated according to validation procedures, described in (b) below. prior to payment of a prize.(b) For an instant lottery game ticket to be deemed valid for payment or claim, the following shall be true: (1) The ticket shall have: a. Been issued by the lottery in an authorized manner;b. Been received and recorded by the commission by applicable deadlines;c. Passed all the confidential validation and security tests appropriate to the applicable playstyle; andd. A validation number that appears on the commission's official list of validation numbers of winning tickets for the particular game and pack;(2) The ticket shall not be: a. Altered, unreadable, mutilated, reconstituted or tampered with in any manner;b. Counterfeit or forged in whole or in part;c. Stolen or appear on any list of omitted tickets on file with the lottery;(3) The ticket shall contain at least one of the following validation methods:a. The validation bar code and 3 boxed digits of the validation code;b. The human readable code associated with the validation bar code, including the 3 boxed digits of the validation code;c. The prize validation serial number, and the 3 boxed digits of the validation code; ord. The PDF417 barcode located under the scratch off coating;(4) The symbols, numbers, or words shall be consistent with their respective caption or validation number; and(5) The winning ticket's validation methods shall be verified and correspond to the data in the commission's central computer system's validation file.(c) In the event that some, but not all of the required validation methods in (b)(3) above are damaged and unreadable, the player shall submit the ticket and a New Hampshire Lottery Claim form (revised June 2000) to the commission for further review in order to be validated.(d) The commission shall pay the prize won if:(1) The commission can positively identify the ticket on the validation file by using other identifying information located on the ticket; and(2) The commission determines that no missing part of the same ticket contains validation information that would allow another claim to be filed for the same prize.(e) Any ticket that the commission cannot positively identify as a valid ticket using the methods escribed in (b)-(d) above shall be void and ineligible for any prize.(f) The commission shall make the final decision as to whether any ticket is valid or void and such decision shall be final.N.H. Admin. Code § Sw 1003.02
Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 45, Filed November 10, 2016, Proposed by #12018, Effective 10/27/2016, Expires 10/27/2026.