Ill. Admin. Code tit. 11, § 1770.160 - Lottery Tickets
a) The
Superintendent is authorized to prepare for sale to the public such Lottery
tickets as may be appropriate for implementation of the Lottery games offered,
from time to time, by the Department, or to offer Lottery tickets at no charge
to consumers 18 years of age or older as a promotional tool.
b) Each Lottery ticket shall contain the
price of the ticket, the drawing date if appropriate, unique identification
numbers or symbols and other information the Superintendent may deem
appropriate for security and marketing purposes. If a Lottery ticket is being
offered at no charge in connection with promotional activities of the
Department, the ticket will be stamped with the words "not for sale" or words
of similar import.
c) Any unsigned
Lottery ticket issued by the Superintendent is a bearer instrument and shall be
treated as such until a name is imprinted or placed upon the rear portion of
the Lottery ticket in an area designated for "Name". Once a name is placed on
the rear of the ticket in the place designated for that purpose, the person
whose name appears in that area shall be the owner of the ticket and shall be
entitled to any prize attributable to that ticket, subject to the provisions of
subsection (d).
d) In the event an
otherwise valid ticket is submitted as a claim for payment, and the Department
is put on notice prior to payment of the claim that ownership of the ticket is
disputed by an adverse claimant alleging fraud, theft, loss, conversion or any
other misappropriation of the ticket by the claimant of record, the Department
may withhold payment of the claim for a period of 10 working days after the day
the adverse claim was first communicated to the Department. If a civil action
is initiated on behalf of the claimant or adverse claimant in a circuit court
of the State of Illinois, or equivalent court of any sister state within 10
working days after the Department has received the notice of adverse claim, the
Department shall continue to withhold payment of the prize, or any part of the
prize, to the claimant or adverse claimant until an adjudication of the
ownership has been rendered by the court, all statutory appeals have been
exhausted and, in the case of a judgment entered by the courts of a sister
state, the final order has been registered as a foreign judgment in an Illinois
court, and all statutory appeals have been exhausted, whereupon the Department
shall honor the claim of the prevailing party. During the course of any such
litigation conducted in the courts of the State of Illinois, the Department may
interplead and pay into court the prize or, in the case of an installment
prize, such installment or installments as may fall due during the course of
litigation. In the event the Department is not notified by written confirmation
received by the Department before close of business on the
10th working day after receipt of the initial
adverse claim by the Department, that a civil lawsuit has been filed as
provided in this Section, the Department shall honor the claim as filed by the
claimant who has presented the winning ticket, and will proceed to process the
claim for payment without further reference to the adverse claim. If a
violation of Illinois criminal law is indicated, the matter shall be referred
by the Superintendent to the appropriate law enforcement authorities, and
nothing in this Section will be construed to require the Department to take any
action or pay any claim pending final disposition of any criminal investigation
or proceedings. No interest shall be payable with respect to prize payments
made by the Department, its contractor or other agencies authorized to make
these payments by direction of the Department.
e) No claim shall be deemed complete, and no
prize shall be awarded with respect to a claim, unless the claimant can and
does produce a valid winning ticket to the game and prize claimed. Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Section or Section
1770.130
or, for tickets purchased through a subscription or via the internet, claims
not accompanied by a winning ticket will be rejected. Any claim received by a
licensed sales agent and unaccompanied by a ticket will be forwarded to the
Department. Upon receipt of any such claim, the Department shall notify the
claimant of the rejection, by certified mail, with notification to be deemed
completed if returned undelivered when mailed to the party's last known address
with proper postage prepaid. Notice of rejected claims will be mailed within 10
working days after receipt of the claim by the Department, at its Lottery
claims validation unit in the Department offices in Springfield,
Illinois.
Notes
Amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 14356, effective September 14, 2012
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