61 Pa. Code § 872.11 - Procedures for claiming and payment of prizes
(a) A prize shall be claimed only through a
licensed on-line retailer as soon as that drawing is placed in pay status by
the Lottery.
(b) An online retailer
is authorized and required to make payment of a prize of $2,500 or less, if the
ticket is presented within a designated time period as announced by the
Secretary, on an individual winning ticket, if the retailer has sufficient
funds available for payment.
(c)
The holder of an apparent winning ticket representing a prize of $2,500 or less
will be paid by participating on-line retailers as provided in subsection (b),
if the ticket validation requirements in §
872.10 (relating to ticket
validation requirements) have been met, a proper validation pay ticket has been
issued by the retailer's computer terminal and other retailer procedures have
been met.
(d) The holder of an
apparent winning ticket representing a prize in excess of $2,500, with the
exception of the first place prize (jackpot), shall present the winning ticket
to an on-line retailer or authorized claim center under Chapter 811 (relating
to prizes).
(e) The holder of an
apparent winning ticket representing a first place prize (jackpot) shall
present, in person, the apparent winning ticket to Lottery Headquarters or a
Lottery area office under Chapter 811.
(f) The payment of a prize to a person who
dies before receiving a particular prize or to a person under 18 years of age
will be paid under §§
811.16 and
811.27 (relating to prizes payable
after death of prize winner; and payment of prizes to persons under 18 years of
age).
(g) The Commonwealth will be
discharged of liability after payment of prizes as provided in §
811.26 (relating to discharge of
State liability upon payment).
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