53ER05-15. Sale of Tickets  


Effective on Monday, January 31, 2005
  • 1(1) Retailers are prohibited from selling lottery tickets to anyone under the age of eighteen (18).

    17(2) Retailers shall sell lottery tickets during the retailer’s normal business hours.

    29(3) Retailers shall sell only Florida Lottery tickets and no other state or national lottery tickets, except as may be expressly authorized by the Lottery.

    54(4) Retailers may not sell tickets at any price other than that established by the Lottery.

    70(5) No person or entity other than the Lottery, a contracted Lottery retailer or a retailer’s authorized agent or employee acting on behalf of the retailer may sell lottery tickets.

    100(6) Without prior Lottery approval, a retailer shall not accept tickets to be sold from anyone except an authorized Lottery representative.

    121(7) All ticket sales shall be final, except that a retailer shall make a good faith effort to cancel an on-line ticket upon the request of a player if the request is made within the cancellation period established by the Lottery. A retailer is not required to cancel an on-line ticket produced upon request of the player by the quick pick method of number selection.

    186(8) Each book of instant tickets shall be activated prior to any tickets from the book being sold.

    204(9) Instant tickets for a particular game shall not be sold after the announced official end of game date of the respective instant game.

    228(10) On-line tickets shall not be sold after the drawing for which they were designated.

    243(11) A retailer shall sell lottery tickets only at the location stated on its Certificate of Authority.

    260(12) The provisions of this emergency rule shall be effective upon the date the Lottery’s on-line gaming system converts to a new on-line gaming system vendor.

    286(13) This emergency rule replaces Emergency Rules 53ER94-26 and 53ER04-83, F.A.C.

    297Specific Authority 29924.105(9)(h), 30024.109(1), 30124.112(1) FS. 303Law Implemented 30524.105(9)(h), 30624.112(7) FS. 308History–New 1-31-05, Replaces 53ER94-26 and 53ER04-83.