N.D. Admin. Code 10-16-01-02

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
Section 10-16-01-02 - Advertising
1. The lottery shall arrange for a retailer to be provided with:
a. Point-of-sale promotional material, including game brochure, promotional poster, and lottery signage; and
b. Problem gambling helpline telephone number.
2. Advertising and promotional material provided by the lottery must:
a. For a game brochure, indicate how a game is played, amount of prize offered, where and how a ticket may be bought, when a draw is held, odds on a game, and whether the grand prize is payable, at a player's option, on an annuitized basis or as a lump sum payment; and
b. Present the lottery as a form of entertainment.
3. Advertising material may not:
a. Present a game as an investment to achieve financial security;
b. Target a specific ethnic, racial, or religious group of people;
c. Use the name, signature, or picture of a current elected or serving state official to promote a game. However, the name and picture of the attorney general may appear on the lottery's web site and in the lottery's newsletter;
d. Indicate that an individual has a better chance of winning by purchasing a ticket at a specific retailer's site;
e. Promise or imply that an individual will win or that an individual who does not play has lost anything, other than a chance to win. However, advertising may promote the opportunity available to win; or
f. Misrepresent a chance of winning a prize; or
g. Degrade an individual who does not buy a ticket.

N.D. Admin Code 10-16-01-02

Effective February 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2006; July 1, 2006.
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 373, July 2019, effective 7/1/2019.

General Authority: NDCC 53-12.1-13

Law Implemented: NDCC 53-12.1-02, 53-12.1-03, 53-12.1-13