West Virginia Code 29-22A-13 – Payment of credits; no state liability; method of payment; restrictions on payment of credits; redeemed tickets required to be defaced; liability for video lottery terminal malfunction
(a) No payment for credits awarded on a video lottery terminal may be made unless the ticket meets the following requirements:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 29-22A-13
- Lottery: means the public gaming systems or games established and operated by the State Lottery Commission. See West Virginia Code 29-22A-3
- Noncash prize: means merchandise which a video lottery player may be given the option to receive in lieu of cash in exchange for a winning redemption ticket and which shall be assigned a redemption value equal to the actual cost of the merchandise to the licensed racetrack. See West Virginia Code 29-22A-3
- Person: means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, limited partnership, or other entity, regardless of its form, structure or nature. See West Virginia Code 29-22A-3
- Player: means a person who plays a video lottery game on a video lottery terminal at a racetrack licensed by the commission to conduct video lottery games. See West Virginia Code 29-22A-3
- Video lottery: means a lottery which allows a game to be played utilizing an electronic computer and an interactive computer terminal device, equipped with a video screen and keys, a keyboard or other equipment allowing input by an individual player, into which the player inserts coins, currency, vouchers or tokens as consideration in order for play to be available, and through which terminal device the player may receive free games, coins, tokens or credit that can be redeemed for cash, annuitized payments over time, a noncash prize or nothing, as may be determined wholly or predominantly by chance. See West Virginia Code 29-22A-3
- Video lottery terminal: means a commission-approved interactive electronic terminal device which is connected with the commission'. See West Virginia Code 29-22A-3
(1) The ticket is fully legible and printed on paper approved by the commission and the ticket contains all information required by this article;
(2) The ticket is not mutilated, altered, unreadable or tampered with in any manner;
(3) The ticket is not counterfeit, in whole or in part; and
(4) The ticket is presented by a person authorized to play video lottery pursuant to this article.
(b) Each licensed racetrack shall designate validation managers and employees authorized to redeem tickets and to sell and redeem tokens during the business hours of operation. Credits shall be immediately paid in cash, by check, by annuitized payments over time or in the form of a noncash prize, when a player presents a valid ticket for payment.
(c) Licensed racetracks shall not redeem tickets for credits awarded on video lottery terminals which are not located on its premises. A ticket must be presented for payment no later than ten days after the date the ticket is printed. The commission is not liable for the payment of any video lottery ticket credits.
(d) All tickets redeemed by a licensed racetrack shall be defaced in a manner which prevents any subsequent presentment and payment.
(e) The commission is not responsible for any video lottery terminal malfunction which causes a credit to be wrongfully awarded or denied to players. The licensed racetrack is solely responsible for any wrongful award or denial of credits.