Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes

§ 5-554 — Commission; director; powers and duties; definitions

ARS § 5-554Title 5. Amusements and Sports · Ch. 5.1. STATE LOTTERY · Art. 2. General Provisions

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5-554. Commission; director; powers and duties; definitions A. The commission shall meet with the director not less than once each quarter to make recommendations and set policy, receive reports from the director and transact other business properly brought before the commission. B. The commission shall oversee a state lottery to produce the maximum amount of net revenue consonant with the dignity of the state. To achieve these ends, the commission shall authorize the director to adopt rules in accordance with title 41, chapter 6. Rules adopted by the director may include the following: 1. Subject to the approval of the commission, the types of lottery games and the types of game play-styles to be conducted. 2. The method of selecting the winning tickets or shares for noncomputerized online games, except that a method may not be used that, in whole or in part, depends on the results of a dog race, a horse race, any gaming activity conducted pursuant to the 2021 tribal-state gaming compact amendments or any sports event or other event. 3. The manner of payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares, including providing for payment by the purchase of annuities in the case of prizes payable in installments, except that the commission staff shall examine claims and may not pay any prize based on altered, stolen or counterfeit tickets or based on any tickets that fail to meet established validation requirements, including rules stated on the ticket or in the published game rules, and confidential validation tests applied consistently by the commission staff. No particular prize in a lottery game may be paid more than once, and in the event of a binding determination that more than one person is entitled to a particular prize, the sole remedy of the claimants is the award to each of them of an equal portion of the single prize. 4. The method to be used in selling tickets or shares, except that no elected official's name may be printed on the tickets or shares. The overall estimated odds of winning some prize or some cash prize, as appropriate, in a given game shall be printed on each ticket or share. 5. The licensing of agents to sell tickets or shares, except that a person who is under eighteen years of age shall not be licensed as an agent. 6. The manner and amount of compensation to be paid licensed sales agents necessary to provide for the adequate availability of tickets or shares to prospective buyers and for the convenience of the public, including provision for variable compensation based on sales volume. 7. Matters necessary or desirable for the efficient and economical operation and administration of the lottery and for the convenience of the purchasers of tickets or shares and the holders of winning tickets or shares. 8. The licensing of authorized keno locations, including the persons that control the business or other activity conducted at an authorized keno location. C. The commission shall authorize the director to issue orders and shall approve orders issued by the director for the necessary operation of the lottery. Orders issued under this subsection may include the following: 1. The prices of tickets or shares in lottery games. 2. The themes, game play-styles, and names of lottery games and definitions of symbols and other characters used in lottery games, except that each ticket or share in a lottery game shall bear a unique distinguishable serial number. 3. The sale of tickets or shares at a discount for promotional purposes. 4. The prize structure of lottery games, including the number and size of prizes available. Available prizes may include free tickets in lottery games and merchandise prizes. 5. The frequency of drawings, if any, or other selections of winning tickets or shares, except that:

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