Definitions.

10-16-01-01. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. "Achievement reward program" means a marketing strategy that recognizes and incentivizes rewards program members for reaching specific goals within a given time frame. 2. "Applicant's agent" means a general manager, sole proprietor, partner of a partnership, or, for a corporation, an officer or director who is primarily responsible for financial affairs or a shareholder who owns ten percent or more of the common stock, of a business that is applying for or renewing a license. A general manager is an individual who regularly is onsite and primarily responsible and accountable for managing and controlling the day-to-day operation of the business. 3. "Cash voucher" means a voucher generated by the lottery's player-activated terminal that can be validated for cash at the retailer's lottery terminal. 4. "Central gaming system" means a computer system designed to control, monitor, communicate with a terminal, and record play transactions and accounting data. 5. "Draw" means the formal process of randomly selecting winning numbers, letters, or symbols that determine the number of winning plays for each prize level of a game. 6. "Game" means an online game authorized by the lottery. 7. "Game group" means a group of lotteries that have joined together to offer a game on a multi-state basis according to the terms of the MUSL or the game group's rules or both. 8. "Grand prize" means the top prize that can be won in a game. 1 9. "Group play" means two or more individuals sharing a purchase made. 10. "iLottery play" means the purchase of a draw game play via the internet or mobile application. 11. "Lottery" means the North Dakota lottery. 12. "Mobile payment service" means the use of mobile technology to facilitate transactions for purchasing lottery tickets. 13. "Multi-state lottery" means a lottery game that spans the individual borders of a state, jurisdiction, province, district, commonwealth, territory, or country. 14. "MUSL" means the multi-state lottery association. 15. "North Dakota Lottery Players Club®" means a program that players can join to earn exclusive benefits and rewards. 16. "Pick & Click" means the name of the application used to purchase iLottery plays. 17. "Play" means the numbers, letters, or symbols that are on a ticket or properly and validly registered online play to be played by a player in a draw, excluding a lottery promotion. 18. "Play area" means the area of a play slip that contains one or more sets of numbered squares to be marked by a player for a game. Each play area contains a certain number of numbers, letters, or symbols that correspond to the game. 19. "Play slip" means a physical or electronic means by which a player communicates the player's intended play selection to a retailer or at a player self-service terminal as defined and approved by the lottery. 20. "Player self-service terminal" means a device authorized by the lottery and operated by a player to function in an online, interactive mode with the lottery's central gaming system to receive and process lottery transactions, including the purchase and issuance of a ticket, the validation of a ticket, and the issuance of a cash voucher. 21. "Points for Drawings®" means a program to which players can enter second chance drawings by using points accumulated during registration or from the entry of valid tickets. 22. "Points for Prizes®" means a rewards program from which players can earn points by becoming registered members of the North Dakota Lottery Players Club and entering valid tickets to purchase items from the store. 23. "Quick pick" means the selection of numbers, letters, or symbols by a certified random number generator, which are printed on a ticket or properly and validly registered via iLottery play and played by a player for a draw in a game. 24. "Retailer fraud" means an owner or employee of a licensed retailer who knowingly and intentionally: a. Fails to properly validate a player's winning ticket; b. Fails to pay the player the proper prize amount on a winning ticket; c. Fails to provide the player the proper exchange ticket on a winning multi-draw ticket; or d. Performs any other act that causes financial harm to a player in violation of the lottery law or rules. 2 25. "Set prize" means all prizes, except the grand prize for a game that are to be paid by a single cash payment and, except as provided by rule, will be equal to the prize amount established by the MUSL or the game group or both for the prize level of the game. 26. "Terminal" means a device authorized by the lottery and operated by a retailer or the lottery to function in an online, interactive mode with the lottery's central gaming system to issue a ticket and enter, receive, and process a lottery transaction, including a purchase, validation of a ticket, and issuance of a report. 27. "Ticket holder" means an individual who has signed a ticket or possesses an unsigned ticket. 28. "Top prize" means the highest tier prize that can be won in a game. 29. "Validation" means the process of determining whether a ticket presented for a prize is a winning ticket. 30. "Wager account" means the account to which funds are deposited and from which iLottery play purchases are made. 31. "WebCash voucher" means a digital funding option for iLottery. 32. "Winning account" means the account to which iLottery play winnings are deposited and from which player withdrawals are made. 33. "Winning numbers" means the numbers, letters, or symbols randomly selected in a draw to determine a winning play contained on a ticket or properly and validly registered via iLottery play or randomly selected in a lottery promotion to determine a winning prize stated on a ticket or coupon. History: Effective February 1, 2004; amended effective April 1, 2006; July 1, 2008; July 6, 2014; January 31, 2016; February 1, 2016; October 29, 2017; May 14, 2018; July 1, 2019; July 29, 2025; September 28, 2025; January 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 53-12.1-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 53-12.1-13