(A) A prize resulting from a type C
sports gaming wager must be able to be validated promptly upon completion of
the sports wagering event, by the type C sports gaming proprietor with which
the wager was placed. The type C sports gaming proprietor will create a credit
voucher for prizes that are below the reportable winnings amount set by 26
U.S.C. 6041, or a subsequent analogous section of the Internal Revenue Code,
which can be redeemed by the player for cash or the monetary equivalent of
cash. The type C sports gaming proprietor will create a claim voucher for
prizes that meet or exceed the reportable winnings amount set by 26 U.S.C.
6041, or a subsequent analogous section of the Internal Revenue Code, which are
subject to reporting, withholding, and intercept. All prize vouchers must be
redeemed within one hundred eighty days of the completion of the sports gaming
event.
(B) A type C sports gaming proprietor
will allow its host location(s) to pay credit vouchers. A type C sports gaming
proprietor may negotiate lower prize payment thresholds with the type C host.
Such prizes will be paid in cash from the host's proceeds of their sports
gaming sales, which will be reimbursed by the type C sports gaming
proprietor.
(C) A type C sports gaming proprietor may
allow for credit vouchers to be credited to the player's credit account,
debit account, or an electronic payment account utilized to purchase the
wager.
(D) A type C sports gaming proprietor
will establish a procedure by which players can redeem any prize vouchers by
mail.
(E) A type C sports gaming proprietor may
offer electronic player prize payments with the approval of the director. The
type C sports gaming proprietor must have procedures for ensuring sports gaming
player accounts comply with the player identification standards established in
rule 3775-16-03 of the Administrative Code and any other requirements of
Chapters 3770. and 3775. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.
(F) Subject to the approval of the
director, a player may redeem prize vouchers at the lottery headquarters or at
a regional office location of the lottery.
(G) A type C sports gaming proprietor may
develop a system to allow for validation and payment of lottery sports gaming
vouchers at any lottery sales agent or other approved cashing locations. The
system must meet security and financial requirements as approved by the lottery
and verified through an independent testing laboratory. Compensation for
cashing may be negotiated and paid for by the type C sports gaming
proprietor.
(H) The lottery will develop and offer an
independent validation and cashing system that will be available to any type C
sports gaming proprietor or approved cashing location. Compensation for cashing
at an approved location will be negotiated and paid for by the type C sports
gaming proprietor under the terms of their contract with the
lottery.
(I) In connection with sports gaming prize winnings, credit
vouchers, claim vouchers, and/or prize payments, the type C sports gaming
proprietor must comply with all applicable laws regarding withholding of taxes,
debts, obligations and reporting requirements. Compliance with the applicable
laws may include, but is not limited to, submission of name, address, date of
birth and social security number of prize winner prior to redemption of a claim
voucher.
(J) A sports gaming prize winner's submission of name,
address, date of birth and social security number must include authorization to
the director and type C sports gaming proprietor to use said information for
verification of debts or obligations owed and/or reporting requirements. By
participating in sports gaming and/or by submitting a claim voucher to be paid,
a sports gaming participant consents, agrees and authorizes access to and use
of information submitted in connection with a prize payment claim for all
necessary purposes under the Lottery Act by the director, and authorized
representatives of the Ohio lottery commission, and the type C sports gaming
proprietor.
(K) After any required withholding, unless otherwise
specified by the director, payment and/or redemption of a valid prize voucher
will be made by the type C sports gaming proprietor that issued the prize
voucher.
(1) A prize voucher will
be deemed valid provided that:
(a) It is presented on paper or other media approved by the
director;
(b) It contains all information necessary to process
payment of the prize voucher and all such information is legible;
(c) It is not mutilated, altered, tampered with, or
otherwise illegible;
(d) It has not previously been paid;
(e) It meets all other rules, regulations, policies, and
directives adopted, promulgated or issued by the Ohio lottery commission or the
director regarding valid sports gaming wagers and credit vouchers.
(2) In the event that the
type C sports gaming proprietor or the director makes a determination that a
prize voucher is not subject to payment, the sports gaming participant
presenting the prize voucher may submit a written request, on a form approved
by the director, or the director's designee, for a reconstruction of the
prize voucher by the type C sports gaming proprietor or the director and a
written determination of the type C sports gaming proprietor's or the
director's decision regarding the validity of the prize voucher. In regard
to any such request submitted to a type C sports gaming proprietor, the
director must be provided a copy of all such requests and must be provided with
a copy of the type C sports gaming proprietor's written
determination.
(3) The director will
have final authority to honor or declare a prize voucher void. If a prize
voucher is declared void by the director, there will be no further liability to
redeem or issue payment in connection with the voided prize
voucher.
(L) The state, the Ohio lottery commission, and its
directors, commissioners, and employees will be discharged of any and all
liability upon payment of a type C sports gaming prize, including, but not
limited to, redemption and payment of a prize voucher.
(M) The state, the Ohio lottery commission, and its
directors, commissioners, and employees, will be discharged of any and all
liability associated with a misplaced, stolen, lost, or otherwise missing prize
voucher.
