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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 36.02.06.08" title_num="36" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="06" heading="Ticket Validation — Draw Tickets.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In addition to the requirements of Regulation .07 of this chapter, for a winning draw ticket submitted to the Agency to be validated, the draw ticket shall satisfy all of the conditions of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A draw game ticket with that exact date and ticket data may not have been previously paid.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The draw ticket shall have been:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Sold for the specific drawing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Sold in the designated period prior to the specific drawing; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Generated:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>From an Agency ticket terminal or PAT; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>By the Agency through a licensed retailer or as a subscription entry.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The draw ticket validation number shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be submitted in its entirety; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Correspond, using the computer validation file, to the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Selected playable symbols or numbers; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Date or date range printed on the game ticket.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The ticket data on the draw ticket shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be recorded in the Agency’s central computer system before the drawing; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Match the computer record in every respect.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The official file of winning draw tickets shall match the information that appears on the winning draw ticket, including the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Playable symbols or numbers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Validation number data; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Date of the drawing.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>