Or. Admin. Code § 177-050-0100 - Official End of Scratch-it Ticket Games and Last Date to Claim a Prize or to Receive Credit for Unsold Scratch-it Tickets

(1) Director's Determination: The Director shall determine the official ending date of a Scratch-it ticket game.

(2) Notice: The Director shall announce the official ending date of each Scratch-it ticket game by any reasonable means, which may include: Notice on the Lottery's website, media advertisements, or notice through Lottery retail sales sites.

(3) Last Date to Claim a Prize: In accordance with ORS 461.250(7), the last date to claim a prize from a winning Scratch-it ticket is one calendar year from the official ending date of the particular Scratch-it ticket game, unless the Lottery Commission defines a shorter time period to claim a prize in a particular Scratch-it ticket game.

(4) Second Chance Drawings: Prize claims made under second chance drawings utilizing non-winning Scratch-it tickets must be made within the time limits specified in OAR 177-052-0060.

(5) Unsold Returns: To receive credit for unsold, activated tickets in a Scratch-it ticket game that is ending, a retailer must return the tickets to the Lottery within ten weeks following the date when the Lottery stops activating the tickets in that Scratch-it ticket game. Lottery will announce to the Lottery retail sales sites the date the tickets will no longer be activated. Upon a showing of good cause by the retailer, the Director may authorize credit for unsold, activated Scratch-it tickets returned beyond this ten-week period.

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Or. Admin. Code § 177-050-0100

LOTT 9-2008, f. 11-21-08, cert. ef. 12-1-08; LOTT 3-2009, f. 2-27-09, cert. ef. 3-1-09; LOTT 2-2010, f. 1-29-10, cert. ef. 2-1-10; LOTT 1-2013(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-1-13 thru 7-27-13; LOTT 2-2013, f. 6-24-13, cert. ef. 7-1-13; LOTT 2-2018, amend filed 03/29/2018, effective 4/2/2018; LOTT 3-2019, amend filed 12/20/2019, effective 1/1/2020

Statutory/Other Authority: Or. Const. Art. XV, § 4(4)(a) & ORS 461.120, 461.210, 461.230, 461.250, 461.260, 461.300

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 461.210, 461.220, 461.230, 461.240, 461.250 & Or. Const. Art. XV, § 4