3770-1-01. Definitions of terms used in the regulations of the director of the Ohio state lottery

(A) "Lottery Act" means Chapter 3770. of the Revised Code, and all amendments thereto.

(B) "Agent" means any person licensed as a lottery sales agent by the director.

(C) "Commission" and "Ohio lottery commission" mean the state lottery commission created by the Lottery Act.

(D) "Director" means the executive director of the state lottery appointed in accordance with the Lottery Act.

(E) "Commissioner" means a member of the commission.

(F) "Ticket" means a lottery ticket issued by the state lottery for sale to the public.

(G) "Game" means a lottery game offered by the state lottery for sale to the public.

(H) "Administrative Procedure Act" means Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, and all amendments thereto.

(I) "Sales representative" means a person authorized to act for the director in the safekeeping of and accounting for games, products, equipment or settlement of sales agent accounts.

(J) "Settlement date" means each date specified by the director on which sales agents are to settle their transactions through deposits with designated banking institutions.

(K) "Settlement."

(1) For purposes of lottery sales agent and licensure, "settlement" means the reconciliation of all inventory and the removal of lottery equipment pending the cancellation of the lottery sales agent license.

(2) For purposes of lottery game tickets, "settlement" means the return of full and partial lots of game tickets by the time period specified by the director.

(L) "Lottery fund" means, inclusively, the various state lottery funds established by sections 3770.06 and 3770.07 of the Revised Code.

(M) "Person."

(1) For purposes of lottery sales agents and licensure, "person" has the same meaning as set forth in division (A) of section 3770.05 of the Revised Code.

(2) For all other purposes, "person" has the same meaning as set forth in division (C) of section 1.59 of the Revised Code.

(N) "License" means the general privilege granted to any person by the director to sell games.

(O) "Rule" means any rule, regulation or standard having a general and uniform operation, adopted, promulgated and enforced by the commission or the director, but shall not include regulations concerning internal management which do not affect private rights.

(P) "License rule" means any rule, regulation or standard promulgated and enforced by the commission or the director in carrying out the licensing function.

(Q) "General rule" means any rule which is not a license rule.

(R) "Principal" means each shareholder owning ten percent or more of the voting stock; each director and each officer of a corporation; each general partner of a partnership; each member of any other form of association, entity, organization, or group of owners; and each individual proprietor of a proprietorship.

(S) "State lottery" or "lottery" means, collectively, the organization created by the commission and the program of lottery games conducted by the commission.

(T) "Holder of a ticket" means a person who has possession of and is entitled to claim a prize from a winning lottery ticket.

Effective: 1/17/2019
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 10/15/2018 and 01/30/2023
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3770.03
Rule Amplifies: 3770.02, 3770.03 , 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08, 3770.01
Prior Effective Dates: 07/15/1974, 09/10/1979, 05/27/1993, 12/27/1996, 1/31/98, 02/13/2004