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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 8, § 378

Assignment of prizes

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Lemieux v. Tri-State Lotto Commission (1995)

Most recently applied in Lemieux v. Tri-State Lotto Commission (August 1995)

PL 1987, c. 505, §2 (NEW)

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 paid the prize to which the winner is entitled. The bureau is discharged of all further liability upon payment of a prize pursuant to this section.

Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.