Okla. Stat. tit. 3A, § 3A-703

As used in the Oklahoma Education Lottery Act:

1. “Administrative expenses” means operating expenses,

excluding amounts set aside for prizes, regardless of whether such

prizes are claimed;

2. “Board” means the board of trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery

Commission;

3. “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

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or other property of any nature whatsoever used on, in, or in

connection with educational facilities;

4. “Commission” means the Oklahoma Lottery Commission;

5. “Educational facilities” means land, structures, and

buildings owned or operated by and through the Oklahoma State

Regents for Higher Education, the State Board of Education, the

Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, or by any

school district within this state. A public road or highway leading

to an educational facility shall not be considered an educational

facility;

6. “Executive director” means the chief executive officer and

administrator of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission;

7. “Gross proceeds” means all revenue derived from the sale of

lottery tickets or shares and all other monies derived from the

lottery;

8. “Instant ticket” means a lottery ticket that requires the

player to remove a coating to determine if a prize has been won;

9. “Lottery”, “lotteries”, “lottery game”, or “lottery games”

means an activity conducted by the Commission under the Oklahoma

Education Lottery Act through which prizes are awarded or

distributed by chance among persons who have paid for a chance or

other opportunity to receive a prize, including, but not limited to,

instant tickets and on-line games, but excluding charity bingo and

games conducted pursuant to the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, poker,

blackjack, slot machines, pulltab machines, card games, dice,

dominos, roulette wheels, or other similar forms of gambling, or

electronic or video forms of these gambling activities, or games

where winners are determined by the outcome of a sports contest, or

pari-mutuel betting conducted pursuant to the Oklahoma Horse Racing

Act;

10. “Major procurement contract” means any gaming product or

service costing in excess of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars

($25,000.00), 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 Oklahoma lottery, but not including materials, supplies,

equipment, and services common to the ordinary operations of the

Commission;

11. “Member” or “members” means a trustee or trustees of the

board of trustees of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission;

12. “Member of a minority” means an individual who is a member

of a race which comprises less than fifty percent (50%) of the total

population of Oklahoma;

13. “Minority business” means any business which is owned by:

a. an individual who is a member of a minority who

reports as the personal income of the individual for

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Oklahoma income tax purposes the income of the

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 Oklahoma

income tax purposes more than fifty percent (50%) 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
ax purposes the income of the

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 Oklahoma

income tax purposes more than fifty percent (50%) 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 Oklahoma income tax purposes more

than fifty percent (50%) of the distributed earnings

of the corporation;

14. “Net proceeds” means all revenue derived from the sale of

lottery tickets or shares and all other monies derived from the

lottery less operating expenses;

15. “On-line games” means a game where tickets or shares are

purchased through a network of computer terminals located at retail

outlets, and such terminals are linked to a central computer that

records the purchases;

16. “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, administration, and operation of the

Commission and the lottery, and other operating costs;

17. “Pari-mutuel betting” means the pari-mutuel system of

wagering as defined in Section 200.1 of this title. Such term shall

not include a lottery game which may be predicated on a horse-racing

scheme that does not involve actual track events or traditional

lottery games which may involve the distribution of winnings by

pools;

18. “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership,

unincorporated association, limited liability company, or other

legal entity;

19. “Retailer” means a person who sells lottery tickets or

shares on behalf of the Commission pursuant to a contract;

20. “Share” means any intangible evidence of participation in a

lottery game;

21. “Ticket” means any tangible evidence issued by the lottery

to provide participation in a lottery game; and

22. “Vendor” means a person who provides or proposes to provide

goods or services to the Commission pursuant to a major procurement

contract, but does not include an employee of the Commission, 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.

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