# COMAR Title 36 — Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency

## Subtitle 02 — Lottery Provisions

### Chapter 08 — Voluntary Assignment of Monetary Prizes

#### Regulation .01 Definitions.

*COMAR 36.02.08.01*

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) “Assignee” means a person who:

    (a) Enters into a contract for voluntary assignment of a lottery prize payment;

    (b) Obtains a court order for voluntary assignment of the lottery prize winner’s lottery prize payment in whole or in part; and

    (c) Becomes a lottery prize winner.

  (2) “Assignee affidavit” means a sworn statement of an assignee.

  (3) “Assignment” means court-ordered payment of a lottery prize to an assignee or subsequent assignee and may include a divorce decree.

  (4) “Assignment Law” means State Government Article, §9-122(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, and this chapter.

  (5) “Assignor” means:

    (a) A lottery prize winner who makes the assignment of a lottery prize payment in whole or in part to an assignee or a subsequent assignee; or

    (b) An assignee or subsequent assignee who seeks a court order to reassign the same or related lottery prize payment that was previously assigned by court order.

  (6) “Assignor affidavit” means a sworn statement made under oath before a notary public by:

    (a) A lottery prize winner who seeks to assign the lottery prize payment; or

    (b) A person who was an assignee.

  (7) “Contract of assignment” means the written instrument that is used to execute an assignment of a lottery prize payment.

  (8) “Court” means the circuit court in the county where the Agency’s headquarters is located.

  (9) “Lottery prize payment” means a monetary prize that the Agency pays in installments over time that is an annuity.

  (10) “Lottery prize winner” means a person who wins a lottery prize payment.

  (11) “Petition" means a document filed in court requesting the assignment of a lottery prize payment.