99G.31 - PRIZES.
99G.31 PRIZES.
1. The chief executive officer shall award the designated prize
to the holder of the ticket or share upon presentation of the winning
ticket or confirmation of a winning share. The prize shall be given
to only one person as provided in this section; however, a prize
shall be divided between holders of winning tickets if there is more
than one winning ticket.
2. The authority shall adopt administrative rules, policies, and
procedures to establish a system of verifying the validity of tickets
or shares claimed to win prizes and to effect payment of such prizes,
subject to the following requirements:
a. The prize shall be given to the person who presents a
winning ticket. A prize may be given to only one person per winning
ticket. However, a prize shall be divided between holders of winning
tickets if there is more than one winning ticket. Payment of a prize
may be made to the estate of a deceased prize winner or to another
person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order issued by an Iowa
court of competent jurisdiction.
b. A prize shall not be paid arising from claimed tickets
that are stolen, counterfeit, altered, fraudulent, unissued, produced
or issued in error, unreadable, not received, or not recorded by the
authority within applicable deadlines; lacking in captions that
conform and agree with the play symbols as appropriate to the
particular lottery game involved; or not in compliance with such
additional specific administrative rules, policies, and public or
confidential validation and security tests of the authority
appropriate to the particular lottery game involved.
c. No particular prize in any lottery game shall be paid more
than once, and in the event of a determination that more than one
claimant is entitled to a particular prize, the sole remedy of such
claimants is the award to each of them of an equal share in the
prize.
d. Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or
share shall be retained for a period deemed appropriate by the chief
executive officer, subject to approval by the board. If a valid
claim is not made for the money within the applicable period, the
unclaimed prize money shall be added to the pool from which future
prizes are to be awarded or used for special prize promotions.
Notwithstanding this subsection, the disposition of unclaimed prize
money from multijurisdictional games shall be made in accordance with
the rules of the multijurisdictional game.
e. No prize shall be paid upon a ticket or share purchased or
sold in violation of this chapter. Any such prize shall constitute
an unclaimed prize for purposes of this section.
f. The authority is discharged of all liability upon payment
of a prize pursuant to this section.
g. No ticket or share issued by the authority shall be
purchased by and no prize shall be paid to any member of the board of
directors; any officer or employee of the authority; or to any
spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the
same household in the principal place of residence of any such
person.
h. No ticket or share issued by the authority shall be
purchased by and no prize shall be paid to any officer, employee,
agent, or subcontractor of any vendor or to any spouse, child,
brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household
in the principal place of residence of any such person if such
officer, employee, agent, or subcontractor has access to confidential
information which may compromise the integrity of the lottery.
i. The proceeds of any lottery prize shall be subject to
state and federal income tax laws. An amount deducted from the prize
for payment of a state tax, pursuant to section 422.16, subsection 1,
shall be transferred by the authority to the department of revenue on
behalf of the prize winner. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 145, § 286; 2003 Acts, ch 178, §84, 121; 2003 Acts,
ch 179, §142; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §20