NSI Bar Code on Instant Tickets and Instant Ticket Packs for Lotteries 1.0
Conformance Requirements

NAME

NSI Bar Code on Instant Tickets and Instant Ticket Packs for Lotteries

LABEL for LOGO

INSTANT TICKET BAR CODE

When the NASPL Verification Logo, along with this label, is used on, or in relation to, a business practice registered as conformant to this Conformance Requirements Document, it must be accompanied by an attribution in the form defined in Schedule 4 of the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries Verification Trademark License Agreement.

DESCRIPTION

This Conformance Requirements document is for the business practice of including bar codes on Instant Tickets and Instant Ticket packs for use in the retail environment to manage Instant Ticket inventory.

The applicability of NSI Bar Code on Instant Tickets and Instant Ticket Packs for Lotteries extends to all Instant Tickets, Instant Ticket Packs, and if applicable to coupons produced by the Lottery after the date specified by the Lottery as the effective date for including retail focused bar codes.

CONFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

The Conformance Requirements are derived from the following Best Practice and Technical Standard:

• Management of Instant Tickets Best Practice, Version 1.1, Document Number BP0801, August 2008, and any Corrigenda issued against such Best Practice, supplemented by any Interpretations applicable to this particular version and revision of the Best Practice.
• Bar Codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry, Version 2, Document Number TS0601, February 2006, and any Corrigenda issued against such Technical Standard, supplemented by any Interpretations applicable to this particular version and revision of the Technical Standard.

A conformant practice must:

• Utilize a GS1 registered vendor code in a GS1 compliant bar code format for retail products consistent with Section 2.1.4 of the Bar Codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry.
• Implement all the mandatory "Must" requirements, as defined in Sections 4.1 through 4.4 inclusive of the Management of Instant Tickets Best Practice and for which "Lottery" is identified as the Practitioner in Appendix A.
  
• Implement all the optional "Should" requirements, as defined in Sections 4.1 through 4.4 inclusive of the Management of Instant Tickets Best Practice and for which "Lottery" is identified as the Practitioner in Appendix A, or else provide a rationale in the Conformance Statement for why the recommendation is not followed.
  
• Implement all the mandatory "Must" requirements, as defined in Section 2.1.4 of the Bar Codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry Technical Standard.
  
• Not implement the "Should Not" requirement defined in Section 2.1.4 of the Bar Codes for Instant Tickets in the Lottery Industry Technical Standard, or else provide a rationale in the Conformance Statement for why the recommendation is not followed.

Appendix A of each specification provides a checklist of the mandatory, recommended, and optional requirements. This Appendix should be considered normative with respect to the assigned Practitioner for each requirement, but in the case of any conflict between the content of the checklist and the main body of the Best Practice or Technical Standard, the Best Practice or Technical Standard shall take precedence.

OVERRIDING STANDARDS

None.

INDICATORS OF CONFORMANCE

• A completed Validation Report that incorporates:
  • A completed checklist.
  • Extracts from the organization's specifications that pertain to the size, placement, and type of U.P.C./EAN/GTIN/Databar barcode, including extracts from the specifications for coupon printing if applicable.
  • An XML version of the complete U.P.C. price sales catalog and two XML based updates to the U.P.C. price sales catalog adding new products.

MIGRATION

None.