Recodified as § 36-601.18.
(Mar. 10, 1981, D.C. Law 3-172, § 4, 27 DCR 4736; Sept. 14, 2011, D.C. Law 19-21, § 7032, 58 DCR 6226; Oct. 8, 2016, D.C. Law 21-160, § 7072(r), 63 DCR 10775; May 3, 2019, D.C. Law 22-312, § 2(b), 66 DCR 1402.)
1981 Ed., § 2-2518.
D.C. Law 19-21 rewrote the section, which formerly read:
“Unclaimed prizes for a winning ticket or share shall be retained by the Board for the person entitled thereto for 1 year after the drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made for the prize within the 1-year period, the prize shall be paid over to the General Fund of the District of Columbia. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the holding of bonus games or drawings with a preannounced period for claiming of prizes of other than 1 year.”
Short title: Section 7031 of D.C. Law 19-21 provided that subtitle D of title VII of the act may be cited as “Lottery Winnings Redemption Amendment Act of 2011”.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 3 - District of Columbia Boards and Commissions
Chapter 13 - Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board. [Recodified]
§ 3–1302. Oath requirement. [Recodified]
§ 3–1303. Executive Director and Deputy Director. [Recodified]
§ 3–1304. Bonding and fingerprinting. [Recodified]
§ 3–1305. Conflict of interest. [Recodified]
§ 3–1306. Enforcement; rules and regulations. [Recodified]
§ 3–1307. Reports. [Recodified]
§ 3–1308. Power to administer oaths and take testimony; subpoena power. [Recodified]
§ 3–1309. Recordkeeping. [Recodified]
§ 3–1310. Authority to establish divisions. [Recodified]
§ 3–1311. Budget. [Recodified]
§ 3–1312. Lottery and Charitable Games Fund. [Recodified]
§ 3–1313. Operation of lottery. [Recodified]
§ 3–1314. Operation of daily numbers games. [Recodified]
§ 3–1316. Sales agents’ special accounts; reports of receipts and transactions. [Recodified]
§ 3–1317. Depositories. [Recodified]
§ 3–1318. Unclaimed prizes. [Recodified]
§ 3–1320. Persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes. [Recodified]
§ 3–1321. Rules and regulations governing conduct of lottery and daily numbers games. [Recodified]
§ 3–1322. Operation of bingo and raffles. [Recodified]
§ 3–1322.01. Monte Carlo night party. [Recodified]
§ 3–1323. Licenses to conduct bingo games, raffles, and Monte Carlo night parties. [Recodified]
§ 3–1324. Rules and regulations governing conduct of bingo and raffles. [Recodified]
§ 3–1326. License to supply bingo equipment and supplies. [Recodified]
§ 3–1328. Persons ineligible for suppliers’ license. [Recodified]
§ 3–1329. Prohibited suppliers’ activities. [Recodified]
§ 3–1330. Standards for bingo cards. [Recodified]
§ 3–1331. License suspension or revocation. [Recodified]
§ 3–1333. Forged, counterfeit or altered tickets. [Recodified]
§ 3–1334. Gambling by minor prohibited. [Recodified]
§ 3–1335. Payment of prize by or on behalf of minor. [Recodified]