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61 Pa. Code § 873.3. Definitions.

§ 873.3. Definitions.

 The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

   Apparent winning ticket—A ticket bearing winning numbers which has not been validated by the Lottery.

   Confidential security checks—Proprietary measures used by the Lottery to validate and verify a ticket’s authenticity.

   Drawing—The process of selecting winning numbers that determines the number of winners for each prize category of the game.

   Game section—One of the five areas of the Lucky for Life Lotto bet slip that contains 38 squares each numbered 1 through 38. Each area is lettered either A, B, C, D or E and, when used to purchase a ticket, each corresponds to the numbers selected or quick picked, or both, and printed on the ticket for a single play.

   Lucky for Life Lotto bet slip—A card having a game section used by a player to play the game.

   On-line retailer or retailer—A person who is properly licensed by the Lottery to sell tickets.

   Pay status—The designation within the Lottery’s gaming computer system, which indicates that a given drawing has been verified and validated.

   Play—A single line of six numbers from 1 to 38 which represents a single $2 wager, and consists of six player-selected or quick-picked numbers, or both.

   Quick pick—The random selection through a Lottery terminal of up to six different numbers from 1 through 38 that appear as a play in the Lucky for Life Lotto Game.

   Set prize—Any prize other than the first prize category (jackpot) prize that can be won in this game.

   Ticket—A Lucky for Life Lotto ticket is a lottery ticket produced by a licensed retailer in an authorized manner, and contains, at the discretion of the player one, two, three, four or five plays, designated respectively as game A, B, C, D and E. The ticket also contains at a minimum, the drawing date, the amount bet, instant play data as described in §  873.7 (relating to determination of instant prize winners) and validation data.

   Trailing ticket—A ticket produced automatically by the lottery’s central computer system when an original ticket with remaining plays is presented for payment. The ticket contains the same pertinent play data for the remaining plays as contained on the original ticket.

   Validation criteria—Criteria, including those set forth in §  873.11(a) (relating to ticket validation requirements), against which Lottery tickets are compared in the determination of whether the ticket has won a prize.

   Winning numbers—Six numbers, from 1 through 38, selected in a Lucky for Life Lotto drawing and which have been subsequently validated by the Lottery, which shall be used to determine the winning Lucky for Life Lotto plays on tickets.



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