Section 50-27-3. Definitions

   As used in this chapter, the term:

   (1) "Administrative expenses" means operating expenses, excluding amounts set aside for prizes, regardless of whether such prizes are claimed and excluding amounts held as a fidelity fund pursuant to Code Section 50-27-19.

   (2) "Assignee" means any person or third party other than the winner to whom any portion of a prize or any right of any person to a prize awarded payable by the corporation in installment payments may be transferred or assigned pursuant to an appropriate judicial order as provided in Code Section 50-27-24.1.

   (3) "Assignment" means the transfer of any portion of a prize or any right of any person to a prize awarded payable by the corporation in installment payments to any person or third party pursuant to an appropriate judicial order as provided in Code Section 50-27-24.1.

   (4) "Assignor" means any person receiving installment payments seeking to assign or transfer any portion of a prize or any right of any person to a prize awarded to an assignee or any person or third party pursuant to an appropriate judicial order as provided in Code Section 50-27-24.1.

   (5) "Board" means the board of directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.

   (6) "Capital outlay projects" means the acquisition, construction, installation, modification, renovation, repair, extension, renewal, replacement, or rehabilitation of land, interests in land, buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements and the acquisition, installation, modification, renovation, repair, extension, renewal, replacement, rehabilitation, or furnishing of fixtures, machinery, equipment, computers, software, laboratories, furniture, textbooks, and reference material or other property of any nature whatsoever used on, in, or in connection with educational facilities.

   (7) "Casino gambling" means a location or business for the purpose of conducting illegal gambling activities, but excluding the sale and purchase of lottery tickets or shares as authorized by this chapter.

   (8) "Chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.

   (9) "Corporation" means the Georgia Lottery Corporation.

   (10) "Educational facilities" means land, structures, and buildings owned or operated by and through the board of regents, the State Board of Education, the Technical College System of Georgia, or by any city, county, or independent school system within this state; provided, however, that a public road or highway leading to an educational facility shall not be considered an educational facility.

   (11) "Educational purposes and programs" means capital outlay projects for educational facilities; tuition grants, scholarships, or loans to citizens of this state to enable such citizens to attend colleges and universities located within this state, regardless of whether such colleges and universities are owned or operated by the board of regents or to attend institutions operated under the authority of the Technical College System of Georgia; costs of providing to teachers at accredited public institutions who teach levels K-12, personnel at public postsecondary technical institutes under the authority of the Technical College System of Georgia, and professors and instructors within the University System of Georgia the necessary training in the use and application of computers and advanced electronic instructional technology to implement interactive learning environments in the classroom and to access the state-wide distance learning network; costs associated with repairing and maintaining advanced electronic instructional technology; voluntary pre-kindergarten; and an education shortfall reserve.

   (12) "Interested party" means any individual or entity that has notified the corporation of his or her interest in the prize or is a party to a civil matter adverse to the assignor, including actions for alimony and child support.

   (13) "Lottery," "lotteries," "lottery game," or "lottery games" means any game of chance approved by the board and operated pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, instant tickets, on-line games, and games using mechanical or electronic devices but excluding pari-mutuel betting and casino gambling as defined in this Code section.

   (14) "Major procurement contract" means any gaming product or service costing in excess of $75,000.00, including, but not limited to, major advertising contracts, annuity contracts, prize payment agreements, consulting services, equipment, tickets, and other products and services unique to the Georgia lottery, but not including materials, supplies, equipment, and services common to the ordinary operations of a corporation.

   (15) "Member" or "members" means a director or directors of the board of directors of the Georgia Lottery Corporation.

   (16) "Member of a minority" means an individual who is a member of a race which comprises less than 50 percent of the total population of the state.

   (17) "Minority business" means any business which is owned by:

      (A) An individual who is a member of a minority who reports as his or her personal income for Georgia income tax purposes the income of such business;

      (B) A partnership in which a majority of the ownership interest is owned by one or more members of a minority who report as their personal income for Georgia income tax purposes more than 50 percent of the income of the partnership; or

      (C) A corporation organized under the laws of this state in which a majority of the common stock is owned by one or more members of a minority who report as their personal income for Georgia income tax purposes more than 50 percent of the distributed earnings of the corporation.

   (18) "Net proceeds" means all revenue derived from the sale of lottery tickets or shares and all other moneys derived from the lottery less operating expenses.

   (19) "Operating expenses" means all costs of doing business, including, but not limited to, prizes, commissions, and other compensation paid to retailers, advertising and marketing costs, personnel costs, capital costs, depreciation of property and equipment, funds for compulsive gambling education and treatment, amounts held in or paid from a fidelity fund pursuant to Code Section 50-27-19, and other operating costs.

   (20) "Pari-mutuel betting" means a method or system of wagering on actual races involving horses or dogs at tracks which involves the distribution of winnings by pools. Such term shall not mean lottery games which may be predicated on a horse racing or dog racing scheme that does not involve actual track events. Such term shall not mean traditional lottery games which may involve the distribution of winnings by pools.

   (21) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity.

   (22) "Retailer" means a person who sells lottery tickets or shares on behalf of the corporation pursuant to a contract.

   (23) "Share" means any intangible evidence of participation in a lottery game.

   (24) "Ticket" means any tangible evidence issued by the lottery to provide participation in a lottery game.

   (25) "Vendor" means a person who provides or proposes to provide goods or services to the corporation pursuant to a major procurement contract, but does not include an employee of the corporation, a retailer, or a state agency or instrumentality thereof. Such term does not include any corporation whose shares are publicly traded and which is the parent company of the contracting party in a major procurement contract.

Code 1981, § 50-27-3, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3173, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1603, § 5; Ga. L. 2008, p. 335, § 10/SB 435; Ga. L. 2008, p. 370, § 1/HB 515.