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Arizona Administrative Code
Title 19 - ALCOHOL, HORSE AND DOG RACING, LOTTERY, AND GAMINGChapter 3 - ARIZONA STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION
Article 4 - DESIGN AND OPERATION OF LOTTERY GAMES GENERALLY
Section R19-3-401 - Definitions

Ariz. Admin. Code § 19-3-401

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Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 49, December 6, 2024
Section R19-3-401 - Definitions

Definitions. In this Article, unless the context otherwise requires, these words and terms shall have the following meanings:

1. "Cash Value" means payment of the jackpot prize pool share amount paid in one lump sum as provided in the prize structure in the Game Profile.
2. "Drawing" means the process used to randomly select the winning play symbols from the defined game matrix.
3. "Draw game" or "On-line Game" means a game where tickets are purchased through a network of Arizona Lottery- authorized computer terminals located in retail outlets. The terminals are linked to central computerized systems that record the wagers.
4. "Fixed payout" means a set prize dollar amount for that specific prize in the prize structure.
5. "Game" or "Lottery game" means any form of play, irrespective of whether a wager is involved, played according to official rules, and determined by skill, strategy, or luck.
6. "Game option" means a game feature that is tied to a specific game which the player has a choice to play.
7. "Game play" or "play" means the selected play symbols which appear on a ticket as a single wager. More than one game play may appear on a ticket.
8. "Game Profile" means the written document in which the Lottery Commission authorizes the Director to issue an order that contains all of the non-confidential game fundamentals for a Lottery game.
9. "Game ticket" or "ticket" means a receipt produced by the Lottery or a Lottery- authorized device evidencing participation in a Lottery game or game option.
10. "Matrix" means the predetermined pool of play symbols for a game.
11. "Multiple winners" means a situation in which more than one claimant redeems an individual share in one wager.
12. "Pari-mutuel" means a system in which those holding winning tickets divide the total prize amount in proportion to their wagers.
13. "Play slip" means a form that may be used by players to select numbers, symbols and game options. A play slip entered into the lottery system will generate a ticket for a terminal-based lottery game. A single play slip may allow selection for multiple games.
14. "Play style" means the description in the Game Profile of the play symbols and the manner in which the game is played.
15. "Play symbols" means the numbers, letters, symbols, or pictures used in the matrix to determine if a player is entitled to a prize.

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16. "Prize category" means the value of a specific prize.
17. "Prize structure" means the chart of the prize value, number of prizes or prize payout percentage, any fixed payments, any parimutuel payments, and the approximate overall odds of winning the prizes.
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"Quick pick" means the random selection by a terminal of one or more play symbols from the defined game matrix.

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19. "Share" means any single winning game play, which is equal to any other share in the same prize division.
20. "Terminal" means a device authorized by the Lottery linked to central computerized systems that records the wagers for the purpose of issuing Lottery tickets and entering, receiving, and processing Lottery transactions.
21. "Winning numbers or winning play symbols" means the numbers or play symbols from the defined game matrix randomly selected at each drawing which determine winning game plays contained on a ticket.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R19-3-401

Adopted as an emergency effective June 10, 1983, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1003, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 83-3). Former Section R4-37-401 adopted as an emergency effective June 10, 1983, now adopted without change as a permanent rule effective September 14, 1983 (Supp. 83-5). Amended subsections (A), (D), (E), (J), (K) effective September 7, 1984 (Supp. 84-4). Amended subsection (K) effective March 14, 1985 (Supp. 85-2). Amended effective September 26, 1986 (Supp. 86-5). Amended effective June 29, 1989 (Supp. 89-2). Amended as an emergency effective September 25, 1991, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 91-3). Emergency expired. Emergency amendments permanently adopted effective March 3, 1992 (Supp. 92-1). Amended effective March 9, 1992 (Supp. 92-1). Amended effective April 4, 1994 (Supp. 94-2). R19-3-401recodified from R4-37-401 (Supp. 95-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 393, effective February 15, 2005 (Supp. 04-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 3668, effective 1/3/2023.