Section 819.214. Defective tickets and disputes  


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  • (a) The Secretary may permit the replacement of a ticket that has been determined to be invalid with an unplayed ticket or tickets of equivalent sale price from a current lottery game. If a defective ticket is purchased, the only liability of the Lottery will be the replacement of the defective ticket with another unplayed Pennsylvania instant lottery game ticket or tickets of equivalent sale price from a current Pennsylvania lottery game.

    (b) If a ticket is not paid by the Lottery and a dispute occurs as to whether the ticket is a winning ticket, the Secretary may permit the replacement of the ticket as provided under subsection (a). This is the exclusive remedy to the holder of the ticket.

The provisions of this § 819.214 adopted December 17, 1993, effective December 18, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 5916.