Title 8, Title 8

1. Reasons for suspension or revocation. The director or the director's designee may suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing in a manner consistent with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, any license issued pursuant to this chapter. The license may be temporarily suspend…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person licensed as provided in this chapter may act as a lottery sales agent.

No right of any person to a prize drawn may be assignable, except that payment of any prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner, and except that any person pursuant to an appropriate judicial order or an administrative order relating to child support may be…

If the bureau is required under state law or court order to set off a person's lottery winnings against a claim of an amount due and more than one claim is made against the lottery winnings, the bureau shall set off against the winnings as many claims as possible in the following…

The identity of a person awarded a prize of $100,000 or more and the identity of a person who is a participant in the Address Confidentiality Program under Title 5, section 90‑B awarded a prize of any amount are confidential unless the person awarded such a prize provides written…

No person may sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule of the commission. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent may sell lottery tickets or shares, except that nothing in this section prevents any person from giving lottery tickets or shares…

1. Sale to person under 18 years of age. A ticket or a share may not be sold to a person under 18 years of age. This does not prohibit a person 18 years of age or older from purchasing a ticket or a share for the purpose of making a gift to a person less than 18 years of age. A l…

A ticket or share may not be purchased by and a prize may not be paid to any of the following persons: [PL 1995, c. 158, §1 (RPR).] 1. Commission officers. An officer of the commission; 2. Senior supervisory personnel. Senior supervisory employees of the commission, as determined…

Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or share must be retained by the director for the person entitled to it for one year after the drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made for the money within that year, the prize money must be transferred to th…

The director may require any lottery sales agents to deposit to the credit of the State Lottery Fund in banks designated by the Treasurer of State all money received by the agents from the sale of lottery tickets or shares, less the amount, if any, retained as compensation for th…

No other law providing any penalty or disability for the sale of lottery tickets or any acts done in connection with a lottery applies to the sale of tickets or shares performed pursuant to this chapter.

If the person entitled to a prize on any winning ticket is under 18 years of age, the director or the director's designee may make payment in the amount of the prize to the minor by a check made payable to an adult member of the minor's family or a guardian as custodian of the mi…

There is created and established a separate fund to be known as the "State Lottery Fund," to be deposited in such depositories as the Treasurer of State may select. These funds shall consist of all revenue received from the sale of lottery tickets or shares, agents' license fees …

1. Appropriation. The money in the State Lottery Fund may be appropriated only: A. For the payment of prizes to the holders of winning lottery tickets or shares; [PL 1987, c. 505, §2 (NEW).] B. For the expense of the division in its operation of the lottery; [PL 1995, c. 494, §5 …

1. Forge, counterfeit or alter ticket. A person may not forge or counterfeit a Maine State Lottery ticket, alter a Maine State Lottery ticket prepared by the Director of the State Lottery or cause such alteration or forgery. 2. Publish, pass or tender as true ticket. A person may…