61 Pa. Code § 873.12 - Procedures for claiming and payment of prizes
(a) A prize shall be claimed only through a
licensed on-line retailer, and except for the instant prize, may be claimed as
soon as that drawing is placed in pay status by the Lottery.
(1) The holder of a ticket designated as an
instant prize winner may claim the instant prize before or after the drawing
for which the ticket was valid.
(2)
The holder of a ticket designated as an instant prize winner, who has claimed
the instant prize prior to the drawing for which the ticket is valid shall be
issued a trailing ticket which shall contain the same relevant play information
as contained in the redeemed ticket except for the instant prize
data.
(b) An on-line
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 §
873.11 (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 under
Chapter 811.
(f) The payment of a
prize to a person who dies before receiving any or all of 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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