By law, players must be 18 or older to purchase Texas Lottery® tickets or redeem prizes at retail locations. Under this added measure, players seeking to buy scratch tickets or draw game tickets from lottery vending machines, which are available at select retail locations, are now required to scan their government-issued photo ID at the machine. They intend to help retailers better monitor the age verification feature for vending machines to prevent underage purchases. A machine verifies that the player is 18 or older using a valid and unexpired ID. Currently, the machines can not read the (PDF417) barcode on most state-issued IDs using the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) verification system. No data from the ID is collected or stored. This process is strictly for age verification.