Section 10-16-01-01 - DefinitionsAs used in this article:
1. "Applicant's agent" means a general manager, sole proprietor, partner of a partnership, or, for a corporation, an officer or director who is primarily responsible for financial affairs or a shareholder who owns ten percent or more of the common stock, of a business that is applying for or renewing a license. A general manager is an individual who regularly is onsite and primarily responsible and accountable for managing and controlling the day-to-day operation of the business.2. "Cash voucher" means a voucher generated by the lottery's player-activated terminal that can be validated for cash at the retailer's lottery terminal.3. "Draw" means the formal process of randomly selecting winning numbers, letters, or symbols that determine the number of winning plays for each prize level of a game.4. "Deposit account" means the account to which funds are deposited and from which online play purchases are made.5. "Game" means an on-line game authorized by the lottery.6. "Game group" means a group of lotteries that have joined together to offer a game on a multi-state basis according to the terms of the MUSL or the game group's rules or both.7. "Grand prize" means the top prize that can be won in a game.8. "Group play" means two or more individuals sharing a purchase made.9. "Lottery" means the North Dakota lottery.10. "Multi-state lottery" means a lottery game that spans the individual borders of a state, jurisdiction, province, district, commonwealth, territory, or country.11. "MUSL" means the multi-state lottery association.12. "North Dakota Lottery Players Club®" means a program that players can join to earn exclusive benefits and rewards.13. "Online gaming system" means a computer system designed to control, monitor, communicate with a terminal, and record play transactions and accounting data.14. "Online play" means the purchase of a draw game play for drawing up to one year.15. "Pick & Click" means the name of the online play service formerly known as subscriptions.16. "Play" means the numbers, letters, or symbols that are on a ticket or properly and validly registered online play to be played by a player in a draw, excluding a lottery promotion.17. "Play area" means the area of a play slip that contains one or more sets of numbered squares to be marked by a player for a game. Each set contains a certain number of numbers, letters, or symbols that correspond to the game.18. "Play slip" means a physical or electronic means by which a player communicates their intended play selection to the retailer as defined and approved by the lottery.19. "Player-activated terminal" means a device authorized by the lottery and operated by a player to function in an online, interactive mode with the lottery's computer system to receive and process lottery transactions, including the purchase and issuance of a ticket, the validation of a ticket, and the issuance of a cash voucher.20. "Points for DrawingsTM" means a program where players can enter drawings by using points received from the submission of valid tickets.21. "Points for Prizes®" means a rewards program where players can earn points by becoming registered members and submitting valid tickets.22. "Quick pick" means a random selection of numbers, letters, or symbols by a computer system that are printed on a ticket or properly and validly registered online play and played by a player for a draw in a game.23. "Retailer fraud" means an owner or employee of a licensed retailer who knowingly and intentionally: a. Fails to properly validate a player's winning ticker;b. Fails to pay the player the proper prize amount on a winning ticket;c. Fails to provide the player the proper exchange ticket on a winning multi-draw ticket; ord. Performs any other act that causes financial harm to a player in violation of the lottery law or rules.24. "Set prize" means all prizes, except the grand prize for a game that are to be paid by a single cash payment and, except as provided by rule, will be equal to the prize amount established by the MUSL and/or the game group for the prize level of the game.25. "Terminal" means a device authorized by the lottery and operated by a retailer or the lottery to function in an on-line, interactive mode with the lottery's computer system to issue a ticket and enter, receive, and process a lottery transaction, including a purchase, validation of a ticket, and issuance of a report.26. "Ticket holder" means an individual who has signed a ticket or possesses an unsigned ticket.27. "Top prize" means the first prize that can be won in a game.28. "Validation" means the process of determining whether a ticket presented for a prize is a winning ticket.29. "Winning account" means the account to which online play winnings are deposited and from which player withdrawals are made.30. "Winning numbers" means the numbers, letters, or symbols randomly selected in a draw to determine a winning play contained on a ticket or properly and validly registered online play or randomly selected in a lottery promotion to determine a winning prize stated on a ticket or coupon.N.D. Admin Code 10-16-01-01
Effective February 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2006; July 1, 2008.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2015-355, January 2015, effective 7/6/2014.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-359, January 2016, effective 1/31/2016.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2016-362, October 2016, effective 2/1/2016.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 367, January 2018, effective 10/29/2017.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 370, October 2018, effective 5/14/2018.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 373, July 2019, effective 7/1/2019.General Authority: NDCC 53-12.1-13
Law Implemented: NDCC 53-12.1-13