Rule 3770:1-8-07 | Pay vouchers.
(A) For purposes of this rule only, the term "pay voucher" means a document that meets the requirements of this rule, is generated by an authorized lottery terminal approved for use in connection with lottery games and reflects the player's credit balance for a complete or partial terminal session, or an individual prize award in the amount of six hundred dollars or greater.
(B) A pay voucher needs to be redeemed within one hundred eighty calendar days from the date of printing as shown on the pay voucher after which time it will expire. A pay voucher may be redeemed for cash in the same manner as authorized for the redemption of winning tickets. A player may also redeem a pay voucher by using the pay voucher in a multi-purpose terminal to receive a credit on the terminal for purchases.
(C) If a pay voucher is not redeemed within the period of time set forth in paragraph (B) of this rule, the amount of the prize money and/or funds deposited as reflected in the pay voucher amount will be returned to the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.
(D) A pay voucher will be valid if all of the following apply:
(1) It has been generated by an authorized lottery terminal approved for use in connection with lottery games;
(2) It is not damaged, mutilated, miscut, or altered, to the extent that any of the information set forth in paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(5) of this rule is missing, illegible or unreadable;
(3) It has not previously been paid; and
(4) It meets all requirements of this rule.
(E) Each pay voucher will, at a minimum, contain the following information:
(1) The date and time of issuance;
(2) The amount of the pay voucher, except that no amount will be required on a pay voucher generated as the result of a terminal communications loss;
(3) A unique serial number automatically generated by the voucher system;
(4) The identification number of the machine dispensing the pay voucher; and
(5) A unique identifier printed on the pay voucher as a bar code to enable the voucher system to identify the numeric information on the pay voucher when it is presented for redemption.
(F) No individual pay voucher may exceed the amount of five hundred ninety-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, except for a pay voucher generated as a result of a terminal communications loss, or except as an individual prize award in an amount of six hundred dollars or greater.
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