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Chapter 3770:1-7 | Conduct of Specific Games

 
 
 
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Rule 3770:1-7-10 | Ohio Lottery Commission Game Number Ten.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission Game Number Ten ("Game No. 10") shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced, and continuing through the date on which such sales are terminated by the commission.

(B) General design.

(1) Game No. 10 is a lottery game of the type generally known as an instant lottery.

(2) As used in this rule, "prize amount" shall mean one of the following monetary amounts: $2, $5, $10, $100, $1,000 and $10,000. Each ticket in Game No. 10 shall be imprinted with six prize amounts. These prize amounts shall be concealed by an opaque covering which can be scraped off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying prize amounts. Holders of valid tickets on which at least three of the prize amounts are the same shall win a prize award called a "regular prize" equal to such prize amount. Such tickets shall be called "winning tickets."

(3) Subject to the limitations contained in paragraph (F)(3), during each week of any given sales cycle in Game No. 10, beginning with the second week of such cycle, there shall be held a weekly drawing called a "weekly bonus drawing" in which prizes to be called "weekly bonus prizes" shall be awarded. A weekly bonus drawing shall be held in each week of a given sales cycle except the first week, provided that no such drawing shall be held in any week in which the holding of such a drawing would cause the total number of such drawings held in that sales cycle to exceed one for each 3,600,000 tickets sold in that sales cycle. Any holder of four valid tickets which are not winning tickets may become eligible to participate in a weekly bonus drawing. Any person may enter a given weekly bonus drawing an unlimited number of times, or may enter multiple weekly bonus drawings an unlimited number of times, provided that each such entry is based upon a distinct set of at least four nonwinning tickets. Each weekly bonus drawing shall have a prize structure, and shall be conducted, pursuant to the provisions of this rule. All persons seeking to become eligible, enter and participate in any of such drawings shall comply with the provisions of this rule, with the rules of the commission and the regulations of the director, and with the procedures and requirements to be established by the director pursuant to this rule relating to claim, entry, receipt and validation of tickets with respect to such drawings, and to the conduct thereof.

(4) After any given sales cycle in Game No. 10, prizes called "grand drawing prizes" shall be awarded in a single drawing called a "grand drawing". All holders of valid winning tickets winning prizes of $2, $5, or $10 may become eligible to participate in the grand drawing by complying with the special claim, entry receipt and validation requirements of this rule, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director, and the procedures established by the director pursuant hereto.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in Game No. 10 shall be one dollar.

(D) Structure and size of prize disbursements.

(1) There shall be three types of prize awards in Game No. 10, called regular prizes, weekly bonus prizes, and grand drawing prizes, respectively.

(2) The only prize amounts which may appear on a ticket in this game are $2; $5; $10; $100; $1,000; and $10,000.

(a) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of $2 in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of $2.

(b) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of $5 in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of $5.

(c) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of $10 in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of $10.

(d) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of $100 in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of $100.

(e) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of $1,000 in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of $1,000.

(f) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of $10,000 in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of $10,000.

(g) If a ticket bears two sets of three prize amounts, only the higher prize amount will be won.

(3) Holders becoming eligible for a weekly bonus drawing shall be entitled to participate in that drawing. In each weekly bonus drawing, the following weekly bonus prizes shall be awarded: one prize of $50,000; one prize of $10,000; one prize of $5,000; and thirty-seven prizes of $1,000.

(4) Holders becoming eligible for the grand drawing shall be entitled to participate in such drawing in which the following grand drawing prizes shall be awarded:

(a) One prize of $1,000 per week until the winner's death, or until an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 has been paid, whichever occurs later, provided, that, if the winning holder is other than an individual, this prize shall be measured by the life of the oldest principal of the winning holder on the date of the grand drawing; and

(b) One prize of $50,000; one prize of $25,000; seven prizes of $2,500; and 290 prizes of $100.

(E) Number of prize disbursements.

(1) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of Game No. 10 will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that:

(a) Combinations winning each prize amount are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance; and

(b) Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets per 480,000 tickets sold will be as follows:

(i) Five tickets winning prizes of $10,000;

(ii) Six tickets winning prizes of $1,000;

(iii) Thirty tickets winning prizes of $100;

(iv) 1,500 tickets winning prizes of $10;

(v) 5,040 tickets winning prizes of $5; and

(vi) 47,250 tickets winning prizes of $2.

(2) There shall be forty weekly bonus prize awards in each weekly bonus drawing held. In each such drawing, there shall be one prize of $50,000; one prize of $10,000; one prize of $5,000; and thirty-seven prizes of $1,000. The number of participants in the weekly bonus drawings will vary depending upon the number of tickets sold and the number of valid entries submitted in accordance with the special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures of this rule so as to entitle their holders to participate in such drawings. The weekly bonus prize awards in each weekly bonus prize drawing shall be announced on the date of such drawing.

(3) There shall be 300 grand drawing prize awards in the grand drawing. In this drawing, there shall be one prize of $1,000 per week for life, as described in paragraph (D)(4) above; one prize of $50,000; one prize of $25,000; seven prizes of $2,500; and 290 prizes of $100. The number of participants will depend upon the number of tickets sold and the number of valid tickets winning $2, $5 and $10 which are claimed, surrendered, received and validated in accordance with this rule so as to entitle their holders to participate in such drawing. The grand drawing prize awards in the grand drawing shall be announced on the date of such drawing.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) The random imprinting of prize amounts on all tickets issued in Game No. 10 shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures authorized thereunder.

(2) When a ticket issued in Game No. 10 is sold or deemed sold in accordance with these rules, and the covering material over the prize amounts has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the prize amounts on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize award. All regular prize awards shall be deemed to be announced no later than the last date on which tickets are authorized to be sold in any given sales cycle of Game No. 10.

(3) There shall be one weekly bonus drawing during each week of a given sales cycle of Game No. 10; provided, that, over any such sales cycle, there shall be no more than one such drawing for approximately every 3,600,000 tickets issued and sold in that sales cycle of the game. The final such drawing shall be held on a date to be determined and announced by the director, which date shall not be less than two weeks after the date established by the commission as the end of the sales cycle.

(4) One grand drawing shall be held after each sales cycle of Game No. 10. The grand drawing shall be held on a date to be determined and announced by the director, which date shall be a reasonable period of time after the date established by the commission as the end of the sales cycle.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings conducted by the commission in Game No. 10 shall be open to the public and, whenever practicable, persons eligible to win prizes in those drawings shall be encouraged to attend and participate. Drawings may be held at the commission's headquarters, at its regional offices or at any other place or places in the state. The director shall inform the public as to the time and place of each drawing.

(2) Subject to compliance with authorized claim and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets are entitled to win the regular prize awards determined by the prize amounts imprinted on those tickets.

(3) Subject to compliance with authorized entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets who become eligible for a weekly bonus drawing shall be entitled to participate in that drawing.

(4) Subject to compliance with authorized entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets who become eligible for the grand drawing shall be entitled to participate in the grand drawing.

(5) For every drawing in Game No. 10, the director shall approve procedures and mechanisms for the selection of numbers and winners, and the awarding of prizes, in order that, insofar as is possible, random selection will be achieved.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures.

(1) The director shall establish special entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures governing eligibility for, and participation in, weekly bonus drawings and the grand drawing.

(2) Eligibility for weekly bonus drawings is expressly conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this rule and the procedures of the director authorized hereunder. The director's procedures governing the weekly bonus drawing shall provide, without limitation, procedures for the submission to the lottery of each entry of at least four valid nonwinning tickets; procedures for the identification of the holder of such tickets; procedures for deadlines by which such entries must be received to be eligible for given weekly bonus drawings; procedures for any necessary special validation; and procedures governing all other matters which he may deem necessary or advisable consistent with the provisions of these rules.

(3) Eligibility for the grand drawing is expressly conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this rule and the procedures of the director authorized hereunder. The director's procedures governing the grand drawing shall provide, without limitation, procedures for the transmittal to the state lottery by sales agents of redeemed tickets winning prizes of $2, $5 and $10; procedures for the claim and surrender of such tickets at lottery offices; procedures for any necessary special validation; procedures to establish and announce deadlines at reasonable times after the date established by the commission as the end of any given sales cycle by which tickets winning prizes of $2, $5 or $10 must be claimed, redeemed and surrendered to sales agents, or lottery offices, and actually received at lottery headquarters, in order to cause their holders to become eligible for the grand drawing; procedures for the identification of the holders of such tickets; and procedures as to all other matters which the director may deem necessary or advisable consistent with these rules.

(4) As to tickets transmitted by any means for entry into weekly bonus drawings, and surrendered to sales agents or otherwise transmitted to the lottery for entry into the grand drawing, all risk of loss in transit arising from any source shall be borne by the holder of such tickets, regardless of any negligence, misfeasance or nonfeasance on the part of any lottery sales agent or any bank providing safekeeping and depository services to the lottery, or by any lottery employee. The commission shall have no responsibility or liability as to any such tickets lost or damaged in transit or otherwise not actually received at lottery headquarters in Cleveland. All such tickets must pass all validation tests before their holder may become eligible for a weekly bonus drawing or the grand drawing.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing the prize amounts on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction can be advised of the correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, and it is possible that the ticket was a winning ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a free replacement ticket if ticket sales are still continuing in that sales cycle.

(2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in Game No. 10 to be void if it is stolen, unissued, not sold or not deemed sold in accordance with commission rules; if illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error, or incomplete; if other than exactly one prize amount appears in each of the six spots on the ticket in grey ink; if a prize amount is inconsistent with its caption or the validation number under the "void if removed" spot; if any portion of the "void if removed" number is exposed; if the validation number of a ticket which appears to be a winning ticket is not on the official list in the correct pool of 480,000 tickets; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director pursuant hereto. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the replacement or the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(J) Director's conduct of Game No. 10.

(1) The director shall conduct Game No. 10 in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation, this rule 3770:1-7-10, and the regulations of the director. As he deems it necessary or advisable, he shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of Game No. 10.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of Game No. 10 used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purposes of this rule. In actual operation Game No. 10 and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Supplemental Information

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Amplifies:
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-7-13 | Ohio lottery commission game number thirteen.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game number thirteen shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the commission as the date on which agents are to make their final settlement in respect of tickets allocated to them during the period in game number thirteen.

(B) General design.

(1) Game number thirteen is a lottery game of the type generally known as an instant lottery.

(2) As used in this rule, "prize amount" shall mean one of the following monetary amounts: two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, two hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. Each ticket in game number thirteen shall be imprinted with one prize amount. Each ticket shall also be imprinted with one two-digit number in the inclusive range of zero zero to thirty-five, which number shall be referred to herein as the "target number." Each ticket shall also be imprinted with four single-digit numbers from the set zero, two, three, four, five, six, seven, nine, some or all of which may be the same on any ticket, which shall be referred to herein as the "game numbers." The prize amount, target number and game numbers shall be concealed by an opaque covering which can be scraped off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying prize amount or number. Holders of valid tickets on which the sum of the game numbers is greater than the target number shall win a prize award called a "regular prize" equal to the prize amount on the ticket. Such tickets shall be called "winning tickets."

(3) Subject to the limitations contained in paragraph (F)(3), during each week of any given sales cycle in game number thirteen beginning no later than the third week of such cycle, and after the end of such cycle, there shall be held weekly drawings called "weekly bonus drawings" in which prizes to be called "weekly bonus prizes" shall be awarded; one weekly bonus drawing shall be held for each week in a sales cycle, provided that no such drawing shall be held in any week in which the holding of such a drawing would cause the total number of such drawings held in connection with that sales cycle to exceed one for each two million five hundred thousand tickets sold in that sales cycle. Any holder of four valid tickets which are not winning tickets may become eligible to be selected to participate in a weekly bonus drawing. Any person may enter the process for the selection of participants in a given weekly bonus drawing an unlimited number of times, or may enter the process for the selection of participants in multiple weekly bonus drawings an unlimited number of times, provided that each such entry is based upon a distinct set of at least four nonwinning tickets. Each weekly bonus drawing shall have a prize structure, and shall be conducted, pursuant to the provisions of this rule. All persons seeking to become eligible, enter and participate in any of such drawings shall comply with the provisions of this rule, with the rules of the commission and the regulations of the director, and with the procedures and requirements to be established by the director pursuant to this rule relating to claim, entry, receipt and validation of tickets with respect to such drawings and to the conduct thereof.

(4) After any given sales cycle in game number thirteen, prizes called "grand drawing prizes" shall be awarded in a single drawing called a "grand drawing." All holders of valid winning tickets winning prizes of two dollars, five dollars, or ten dollars may become eligible to be selected to participate in the grand drawing by complying with the special claim, entry, receipt and validation requirements of this rule, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director, and the procedures established by the director pursuant hereto and thereto.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game number thirteen shall be one dollar.

(D) Structure and size of prize disbursements.

(1) There shall be three types of prize awards in game number thirteen, called regular prizes, weekly bonus prizes, and grand drawing prizes, respectively.

(2) The only prize amounts which shall appear on a ticket in this game are two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, two hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. The holder of a valid ticket on which the sum of the game numbers is greater than the target number shall win the prize amount imprinted on the ticket.

(3) Eligible holders selected for a weekly bonus drawing shall be entitled to participate in that drawing. In each weekly bonus drawing, the following weekly bonus prizes shall be awarded: one prize of fifty thousand dollars; one prize of ten thousand dollars; one prize of five thousand dollars; and thirty-seven prizes of one thousand dollars.

(4) As nearly as practicable, one eligible holder shall be selected to participate in the grand drawing for every twenty-two thousand six hundred valid winning tickets winning two dollars, five dollars, or ten dollars received and entered in the grand drawing selection process. Eligible holders selected for the grand drawing shall be entitled to participate in such drawing, in which the following grand drawing prizes shall be awarded:

(a) One prize of one thousand dollars per week until the winner's death, or until an aggregate amount of one million dollars has been paid, whichever occurs later, provided, that, if the winning holder is other than an individual, this prize shall be measured by the life of the oldest principal of the winning holder on the date of the grand drawing; and

(b) One prize of fifty thousand dollars; one prize of twenty-five thousand dollars; seven prizes of five thousand dollars; and prizes of one hundred dollars to each of the remaining participants in the drawing.

(E) Number of prize disbursements.

(1) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game number thirteen will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that:

(a) Combinations of game numbers and target numbers winning each prize amount are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance; and

(b) Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets per one million tickets sold will be as follows:

(i) Ten tickets winning prizes of ten thousand dollars;

(ii) Ten tickets winning prizes of one thousand dollars;

(iii) Fifty tickets winning prizes of two hundred dollars;

(iv) Three thousand tickets winning prizes of ten dollars;

(v) Ten thousand tickets winning prizes of five dollars; and

(vi) One hundred thousand tickets winning prizes of two dollars.

(2) There shall be forty weekly bonus prizes in each weekly bonus drawing held. In each such drawing, there shall be one prize of fifty thousand dollars; one prize of ten thousand dollars; one prize of five thousand dollars; and thirty-seven prizes of one thousand dollars. The number of holders eligible to be selected to participate in the weekly bonus drawings will vary depending upon the number of tickets sold and the number of valid entries submitted in accordance with the special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures of this rule so as to make their holders eligible to be selected to participate in such drawings. The weekly bonus prizes in each weekly bonus drawing shall be announced on the date of such drawing.

(3) The number of grand drawing prizes will depend on the number of eligible holders selected to participate in the grand drawing. In this drawing, there shall be one prize of one thousand dollars per week for life, as described in paragraph (D)(4)(a) above; one prize of fifty thousand dollars; one prize of twenty-five thousand dollars; seven prizes of five thousand dollars; and prizes of one hundred dollars to each of the remaining participants in the grand drawing. The number of holders eligible to be selected to be participants will depend upon the number of tickets sold and the number of valid tickets winning two dollars, five dollars, and ten dollars which are claimed, surrendered, received and validated in accordance with this rule so as to make their holders eligible to be selected to participate in such drawing; as nearly as practicable, one eligible holder shall be selected to participate in the grand drawing for each twenty-two thousand six hundred of such tickets. The grand drawing prizes in the grand drawing shall be announced on the date of such drawing.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) The random imprinting of prize amounts on all tickets issued in game number thirteen shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures authorized thereunder.

(2) When a ticket issued in game number thirteen is sold or deemed sold in accordance with these rules, and the covering material over any of the game numbers, the target number or the prize amount has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers and the prize amount on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize. All regular prizes shall be deemed to be announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game number thirteen in which the ticket was sold.

(3) There shall be one weekly bonus drawing during each week of a given sales cycle of game number thirteen beginning no later than the third week and such drawings as necessary after the end of the sales cycle in order to have one such drawing for each week of the sales cycle; provided, that, in connection with any sales cycle, there shall be no more than one such drawing for approximately every two million five hundred thousand tickets issued and sold in that sales cycle of the game. The final such drawing shall be held on a date to be determined and announced by the director, which date shall not be less than two weeks after the date established by the commission as the end of the sales cycle.

(4) One grand drawing shall be held after each sales cycle of game number thirteen. The grand drawing shall be held on a date to be determined and announced by the director, which date shall be a reasonable period of time after the date established by the commission as the end of the sales cycle.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) The selection of persons eligible to participate in prize drawings, and the prize drawings, in game number thirteen shall be open to the public and, whenever practicable, persons eligible to win prizes in such drawings shall be encouraged to attend and participate. Drawings may be held at the commission's headquarters, at its regional offices or at any other place or places in the state. The director shall inform the public as to the time and place of each drawing.

(2) Subject to compliance with authorized claim and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets are entitled to win the regular prizes determined by the game numbers, target numbers and prize amounts imprinted on those tickets.

(3) Subject to compliance with authorized entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets who become eligible for a weekly bonus drawing shall be entitled to participate in that drawing.

(4) Subject to compliance with authorized entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets who become eligible for the grand drawing shall be entitled to participate in the grand drawing.

(5) For every participant selection and drawing in game number thirteen, the director shall approve procedures and mechanisms for the selection of drawing participants, numbers and winners, and the awarding of prizes, in order that, insofar as is possible, random selection will be achieved.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures.

(1) The director shall establish special entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures governing eligibility for selection for, and for participation in, weekly bonus drawings and the grand drawing.

(2) Eligibility for selection for, and for participation in, weekly bonus drawings is expressly conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this rule and the procedures of the director authorized hereunder. The director's procedures governing the weekly bonus drawing shall provide, without limitation, procedures for the submission to the lottery of each entry of at least four valid non-winning tickets; procedures for the identification of the holder of such tickets; procedures for deadlines by which such entries must be received to be eligible for given weekly bonus drawings; procedures for any necessary special validation; and procedures governing all other matters which he may deem necessary or advisable consistent with the provisions of these rules.

(3) Eligibility for selection for, and for participation in, the grand drawing is expressly conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this rule and the procedures of the director authorized hereunder. The director's procedures governing the grand drawing shall provide, without limitation, procedures for the transmittal to the state lottery by agents of redeemed tickets winning prizes of two dollars, five dollars, and ten dollars; procedures for the claim and surrender of such tickets at lottery offices; procedures for any necessary special validation; procedures to establish and announce deadlines at reasonable times after the date established by the commission as the end of any given sales cycle by which tickets winning prizes of two dollars, five dollars, or ten dollars must be claimed, redeemed and surrendered to agents, or lottery offices, and actually received at lottery headquarters, in order to cause their holders to become eligible for selection for the grand drawing; procedures for the identification of the holders of such tickets; and procedures as to all other matters which the director may deem necessary or advisable consistent with these rules.

(4) As to tickets transmitted by any means for entry into the selection procedures for the weekly bonus drawings, and surrendered to sales agents or otherwise transmitted to the lottery for entry into the selection procedures for the grand drawing, all risk of loss in transit arising from any source shall be borne by the holder of such tickets, regardless of any negligence, misfeasance or nonfeasance on the part of any lottery sales agent or any bank providing safekeeping and depository services to the lottery, or by any lottery employee. The commission shall have no responsibility or liability as to any such tickets lost or damaged in transit or otherwise not actually received at lottery headquarters in Cleveland. All such tickets must pass all validation tests before their holder may become eligible for a weekly bonus drawing or the grand drawing.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing the prize amounts on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction can be advised of the correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, and it is possible that the ticket was a winning ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price.

(2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game number thirteen to be void if it is stolen, unissued, not sold or not deemed sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error, or incomplete; if other than exactly one number or prize amount appears in each of the six locations on the ticket in grey ink; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director pursuant hereto. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(J) Director's conduct of game number thirteen.

(1) The director shall conduct game number thirteen in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation, this rule, 3770:1-7-13 of the Administrative Code, and the regulations of the director. As he deems it necessary or advisable, he shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game number thirteen.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number thirteen used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purposes of this rule. In actual operation game number thirteen and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Supplemental Information

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Amplifies:
Five Year Review Date:
Prior Effective Dates: 9/9/1977
Rule 3770:1-7-14 | Ohio lottery commission game number fourteen.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game number fourteen shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the commission as the date on which agents are to make their final settlement in respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game number fourteen.

(B) General design.

(1) Game number fourteen is a lottery game of the type generally known as an instant lottery.

(2) As used in this rule, "prize amount" shall mean one of the following monetary amounts: two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. Each ticket in game number fourteen shall be imprinted with six prize amounts. The prize amounts shall only be in the following form: "$$2.00$"; "$5.00$$"; "$$10.00"; "$100.00"; "$1,000$"; or "$10,000." These prize amounts shall be concealed by an opaque covering which can be scraped off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying prize amounts. Holders of valid tickets on which at least three of the prize amounts are the same shall win a prize award called a "regular prize" equal to such prize amount. Such tickets shall be called "winning tickets."

(3) Subject to the limitations contained in paragraph (F)(3) of this rule, during each week of any given sales cycle in game number fourteen, beginning no later than the third week of such cycle, and after the end of such cycle, there shall be held weekly drawings called "weekly bonus drawings" in which prizes to be called "weekly bonus prizes" shall be awarded. One weekly bonus drawing shall be held for each week in a sales cycle, provided that no such drawing shall be held in any week in which the holding of such a drawing would cause the total number of such drawings held in connection with that sales cycle to exceed one for each two million five hundred thousand tickets sold in that sales cycle. Any holder of four valid tickets which are not winning tickets may become eligible to be selected to participate in a weekly bonus drawing. Any person may enter the process for the selection of participants in a given weekly bonus drawing an unlimited number of times, or may enter the process for the selection of participants in multiple weekly bonus drawings an unlimited number of times, provided that each such entry is based upon a distinct set of at least four nonwinning tickets. Each weekly bonus drawing shall have a prize structure, and shall be conducted, pursuant to the provisions of this rule. All persons seeking to become eligible, enter and participate in any of such drawings shall comply with the provisions of this rule, with the rules of the commission and the regulations of the director, and with the procedures and requirements to be established by the director pursuant to this rule relating to claim, entry, receipt and validation of tickets with respect to such drawings and to the conduct thereof.

(4) After any given sales cycle in game number fourteen, prizes called "grand drawing prizes" shall be awarded in a single drawing called a "grand drawing." All holders of valid winning tickets winning prizes of two dollars, five dollars, or ten dollars may become eligible to be selected to participate in the grand drawing by complying with the special claim, entry, receipt and validation requirements of this rule, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director, and the procedures established by the director pursuant hereto and thereto.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game number fourteen shall be one dollar.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.

(1) There shall be three types of prize awards in game number fourteen, called regular prizes, weekly bonus prizes, and grand drawing prizes, respectively.

(2) The only prize amounts which shall appear on a ticket in this game are two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars.

(a) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of two dollars in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of two dollars.

(b) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of five dollars in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of five dollars.

(c) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of ten dollars in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of ten dollars.

(d) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of one hundred dollars in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of one hundred dollars.

(e) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of one thousand dollars in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of one thousand dollars.

(f) The holder of a valid ticket having an occurrence of ten thousand dollars in three separate boxes on the ticket shall win a regular prize of ten thousand dollars.

(g) If a ticket bears two sets of three prize amounts, only the higher prize amount will be won.

(3) Eligible holders selected for a weekly bonus drawing shall be entitled to participate in that drawing. The commission shall specify the prizes to be awarded in the weekly bonus drawings in accordance with the provisions of this rule. The prizes to be awarded in the weekly bonus drawings shall either be the monetary amounts, the combinations of goods and monetary amounts or the monetary equivalents thereof described in paragraphs (D)(4) and (D)(5) of this rule or the monetary amounts described in paragraph (D)(6) of this rule.

(4) The commission may specify that in each weekly bonus drawing the following prizes shall be awarded:

(a) Four prizes called level one prizes each having a cost not less than five thousand eight hundred dollars and not more than fifteen thousand dollars, and all having an average cost, as nearly as practicable, of approximately nine thousand seven hundred dollars; twenty-four prizes called level two prizes, each having a cost not less than four hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars, and all having an average cost, as nearly as practicable, of approximately two thousand three hundred fifty dollars; and seventy-two prizes called level three prizes having a cost of approximately two hundred dollars.

(b) The level one prizes shall be monetary amounts or combinations of monetary amounts and goods consisting of automobiles, kitchen appliances and television sets to be specified by the commission. The level two prizes shall be monetary amounts and goods consisting of automobiles, kitchen appliances and television sets to be specified by the commission. The level three prizes shall be television sets to be specified by the commission.

(5) The commission may specify under the prize structure described in paragraph (D)(4) of this rule that the winner of any given prize consisting of a good may elect to receive the cost to the commission of such good instead of receiving the good itself.

(6) As an alternative to the prize structure described in paragraph (D)(4) of this rule, the commission may specify that in each weekly bonus drawing the following monetary prizes shall be awarded: one prize of fifty thousand dollars; one prize of ten thousand dollars; one prize of five thousand dollars; and thirty-seven prizes of one thousand dollars.

(7) Prizes consisting of goods or combinations of goods may contain such numbers of the specified goods, or none of certain of the specified goods, as the commission may determine.

(8) As nearly as practicable, one eligible holder shall be selected to participate in the grand drawing for every twenty thousand valid winning tickets winning two dollars, five dollars, or ten dollars received and entered in the grand drawing selection process. Eligible holders selected for the grand drawing shall be entitled to participate in such drawing, in which the following grand drawing prizes shall be awarded:

(a) One prize of one thousand dollars per week until the winner's death, or until an aggregate amount of one million dollars has been paid, whichever occurs later, provided that if the winning holder is other than an individual, this prize shall be measured by the life of the oldest principal of the winning holder on the date of the grand drawing; and

(b) One prize of twenty-five thousand dollars; one prize of ten thousand dollars; seven prizes of one thousand dollars; and prizes of one hundred dollars to each of the remaining participants in the drawing.

(E) Number of prize awards.

(1) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game number fourteen will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that:

(a) Combinations winning each prize amount are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance; and

(b) Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets per one million tickets sold will be as follows:

(i) Eight tickets winning prizes of ten thousand dollars;

(ii) Eight tickets winning prizes of one thousand dollars;

(iii) Fifty tickets winning prizes of one hundred dollars;

(iv) Three thousand tickets winning prizes of ten dollars;

(v) Ten thousand tickets winning prizes of five dollars; and

(vi) One hundred ten thousand tickets winning prizes of two dollars.

(2) There shall be either one hundred weekly bonus prizes or forty weekly bonus prizes, as specified by the commission pursuant to paragraphs (D)(3) to (D)(7) of this rule in each weekly bonus drawing held. The number of holders eligible to be selected to participate in the weekly bonus drawings will vary depending upon the number of tickets sold and the number of valid entries submitted in accordance with the special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures of this rule so as to make their holders eligible to be selected to participate in such drawings. The weekly bonus prizes in each weekly bonus drawing shall be announced on the date of such drawing.

(3) The number of grand drawing prizes will depend on the number of eligible holders selected to participate in the grand drawing. In this drawing, there shall be one prize of one thousand dollars per week for life, as described in paragraph (D)(5)(a) of this rule; one prize of twenty-five thousand dollars; one prize of ten thousand dollars; seven prizes of one thousand dollars; and prizes of one hundred dollars to each of the remaining participants in the grand drawing. The number of holders eligible to be selected to be participants will depend upon the number of tickets sold and the number of valid tickets winning two dollars, five dollars, and ten dollars which are claimed, surrendered, received and validated in accordance with this rule so as to make their holders eligible to be selected to participate in such drawing; as nearly as practicable, one eligible holder shall be selected to participate in the grand drawing for each twenty thousand of such tickets. The grand drawing prizes in the grand drawing shall be announced on the date of such drawing.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) The random imprinting of prize amounts on all tickets issued in game number fourteen shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures authorized thereunder.

(2) When a ticket issued in game number fourteen is sold or deemed sold in accordance with these rules, and the covering material over the prize amounts has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the prize amounts on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize. All regular prizes shall be deemed to be announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game number fourteen in which the ticket was sold.

(3) There shall be one weekly bonus drawing during each week of a given sales cycle of game number fourteen beginning no later than the third week and such drawings as necessary after the end of the sales cycle in order to have one such drawing for each week of the sales cycle; provided that in connection with any sales cycle, there shall be no more than one such drawing for approximately every two million five hundred thousand tickets issued and sold in that sales cycle of the game. The final such drawing shall be held on a date to be determined and announced by the director, which date shall not be less than two weeks after the date established by the commission as the end of the sales cycle.

(4) One grand drawing shall be held after each sales cycle of game number fourteen. The grand drawing shall be held on a date to be determined and announced by the director, which date shall be a reasonable period of time after the date established by the commission as the end of the sales cycle.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) The selection of persons eligible to participate in prize drawings, and the prize drawings, in game number fourteen shall be open to the public and, whenever practicable, persons eligible to win prizes in those drawings shall be encouraged to attend and participate. Drawings may be held at the commission's headquarters, at its regional offices, or at any other place or places in the state. The director shall inform the public as to the time and place of each drawing.

(2) Subject to compliance with authorized claim and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets are entitled to win the regular prizes determined by the prize amounts imprinted on those tickets.

(3) Subject to compliance with authorized entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets who become eligible for a weekly bonus drawing shall be entitled to participate in that drawing.

(4) Subject to compliance with authorized entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures, all holders of valid tickets who become eligible for the grand drawing shall be entitled to participate in the grand drawing.

(5) For every participant selection and drawing in game number fourteen, the director shall approve procedures and mechanisms for the selection of drawing participants, numbers and winners, and the awarding of prizes, in order that, insofar as is possible, random selection will be achieved.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures.

(1) The director shall establish special entry, claim, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by agents of tickets winning prizes which are to be paid by agents in accordance with these rules, to govern eligibility for selection and for participation in, weekly bonus drawings and the grand drawing.

(2) Eligibility for selection for, and for participation in, weekly bonus drawings is expressly conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this rule and the procedures of the director authorized hereunder. The director's procedures governing the weekly bonus drawing shall provide, without limitation, procedures for the submission to the lottery of each entry of at least four valid nonwinning tickets; procedures for the identification of the holder of such tickets; procedures for deadlines by which such entries must be received to be eligible for given weekly bonus drawings; procedures for any necessary special validation; and procedures governing all other matters which he may deem necessary or advisable consistent with the provisions of these rules.

(3) Eligibility for selection for, and for participation in, the grand drawing is expressly conditioned on compliance with the provisions of this rule and the procedures of the director authorized hereunder. The director's procedures governing the grand drawing shall provide, without limitation, procedures for the transmittal to the state lottery by agents of redeemed tickets winning prizes of two dollars, five dollars, and ten dollars; procedures for the claim and surrender of such tickets at lottery offices; procedures for any necessary special validation; procedures to establish and announce deadlines at reasonable times after the date established by the commission as the end of any given sales cycle by which tickets winning prizes of two dollars, five dollars, or ten dollars must be claimed, redeemed and surrendered to agents, or lottery offices, and actually received at lottery headquarters, in order to cause their holders to become eligible for selection for the grand drawing; procedures for the identification of the holders of such tickets; and procedures as to all other matters which the director may deem necessary or advisable consistent with these rules.

(4) As to tickets transmitted by any means for entry into the selection procedures for the weekly bonus drawings, and surrendered to agents or otherwise transmitted to the lottery for entry into the selection procedures for the grand drawing, all risk of loss in transit arising from any source shall be borne by the holder of such tickets, regardless of any negligence, misfeasance or nonfeasance on the part of any agent or any bank providing safekeeping and depository services to the lottery, or by any lottery employee. The commission shall have no responsibility or liability as to any such tickets lost or damaged in transit or otherwise not actually received at lottery headquarters in Cleveland. All such tickets must pass all validation tests before their holder may become eligible for a weekly bonus drawing or the grand drawing.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing the prize amounts on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which the information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction can be advised of the correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, and it is possible that the ticket was a winning ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a free replacement ticket if ticket sales are still continuing in that sales cycle.

(2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game number fourteen to be void if it is stolen, unissued, not sold or not deemed sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error, or incomplete; if other than exactly one prize amount appears in each of the six locations on the ticket; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director pursuant hereto. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the replacement or the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(J) Director's conduct of game number fourteen.

(1) The director shall conduct game number fourteen in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation, this rule 3770:1-7-14 of the Administrative Code, and the regulations of the director. As he deems it necessary or advisable, he shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game number fourteen.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number fourteen used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purposes of this rule. In actual operation game number fourteen and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Supplemental Information

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Amplifies:
Five Year Review Date:
Prior Effective Dates: 2/20/1978
Rule 3770:1-7-20 | Ohio lottery commission game number twenty.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game number twenty, "Pick 3," shall be conducted at such time and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced, and continuing through the date on which sales are terminated by the commission.

(B) General design.

(1) Game number twenty will be a number-match lottery game.

(2) Each ticket in game number twenty shall be imprinted with a two or three-digit number which shall be determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature of the computer system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase.

(3) Drawings will be conducted on those days and times determined by the director at which three one-digit numbers shall be selected at random from the three sets of all one-digit numbers. Holders of valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that drawing in specified combinations of positions, as determined by the purchaser, or the auto pick feature and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase, shall be entitled to a prize award in accordance with this rule.

(4) Purchasers of tickets in game number twenty may purchase, at their option, tickets offering the following winning possibilities for any drawing:

(a) A three-digit number, specified by the purchaser, to match in exact order the three one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "straight bet."

(b) A three-digit number with one-digit repeated, specified by the purchaser, to match in any order the three one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "three-way box bet."

(c) A three-digit number, with no digits repeated, specified by the purchaser, to match in any order the three one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "six-way box bet."

(d) A two-digit number, specified by the purchaser, to match in exact order the first two one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "front pair bet."

(e) A two-digit number, specified by the purchaser, to match in exact order the last two one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "back pair bet."

(f) A two-digit number, specified by the purchaser, to match in exact order the first one-digit number selected and the third one-digit number selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "split pair bet."

(g) A three-digit number, specified by the purchaser, in accordance with paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(b) of this rule; or paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(c) of this rule, hereinafter referred to as "backup bet."

(h) A three-digit number, with one-digit repeated, specified by the purchaser, to match in exact order one of all possible combinations for the three one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "three-way wheel bet."

(i) A three-digit number, with no digits repeated, specified by the purchaser, to match in exact order one of all possible combinations for the three one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "six-way wheel bet."

(5) A drawing of numbers in another commission game may serve as the regular drawing in this game.

(C) Price of tickets. The price paid in game number twenty for each winning possibility for any given drawing by the purchaser shall be fifty cents, or multiple thereof to a maximum of one dollar at the choice of the purchaser. This amount shall constitute the wager. The price paid for a back up bet shall be equal to the wager amount. The total price paid for a wheel bet shall be the wager amount multiplied by the number of possible wheel combinations. The total of all wagers, including back up bet and wheel bet amounts, with respect to each ticket sold shall constitute that ticket's purchase price; said price to be imprinted on the ticket at the time of purchase. The player may purchase up to the number of wagers per ticket, or multiples thereof, as designated by the director if a multi-draw wager is requested at the player's discretion in accordance with the number of game panels and inclusive drawings.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.

(1) Based upon the numbers drawn in each regular drawing, prizes of each wager times five hundred, one hundred sixty-seven, eighty-three, or fifty shall be awarded to the holders of valid tickets for that drawing as follows:

(a) A prize of five hundred times the wager if the ticket includes a straight bet matching the three one-digit numbers exactly.

(b) A prize of one hundred sixty-seven times the wager if the ticket includes a three-way box combination bet matching the three one-digit numbers in any order.

(c) A prize of eighty-three times the wager if the ticket includes a six-way box combination bet matching the three one-digit numbers in any order.

(d) A prize of fifty times the wager if the ticket includes a front pair bet matching the first two one-digit numbers exactly.

(e) A prize of fifty times the wager if the ticket includes a back pair bet matching the last two one-digit numbers exactly.

(f) A prize of fifty times the wager if the ticket includes a split-pair bet matching the first one-digit number and the third one-digit number exactly.

(g) Prizes in accordance with paragraphs (D)(1)(a), (D)(1)(b), and (D)(1)(c) of this rule, as applicable, if the ticket includes a winning backup bet.

(h) A prize of five hundred times the wager if the ticket includes a winning wheel bet.

(2) As determined by the director, on selected days the prize payouts may increase for promotional purposes.

(E) Limitations of prize liability. If the total prize liabilities for any number in combination of all types of bets, exceeds a limit as determined by the commission, then no further wagers on that number shall be accepted for that drawing.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings. Drawings shall be held at times determined by the director.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings shall be open to the public and may be held at such places in the state that the director shall determine. The director shall inform the public as to the time and place of each prize drawing.

(2) All holders of valid tickets for a given drawing are eligible to win in that drawing. If the holder of a winning ticket does not have the ticket validated within the requisite validation period from the date of the drawing, in accordance with the procedures set fourth in these rules, such unclaimed prize shall be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(3) All drawings in game number twenty will be conducted in accordance with random procedures approved by the director. For every drawing in game number twenty, the director will approve procedures and mechanisms for the selection of winners and the awarding of prizes in order that random selection will be achieved.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) Each purchaser of tickets in game number twenty shall be responsible for verifying that the numbers imprinted on such tickets are those requested, that the purchase price paid is the price recorded on such ticket, and that such ticket has recorded thereon the type of bet or bets, and the drawing dates therefor, that the purchaser desired to make.

(2) Each ticket issued in game number twenty shall have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase, a control number and bar code data supplied by the commission. No prize shall be paid by the commission with respect to any tickets without such control number or bar code data.

(3) All tickets in game number twenty are subject to validation under procedures to be established by the director before the payment of any prize thereon.

(4) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game number twenty to be void if it is stolen, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, altered, or counterfeit; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director pursuant hereto. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(I) Director's conduct of game number twenty.

(1) The director shall conduct game number twenty in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation this rule 3770:1-7-20 of the Administrative Code, and the regulations of the director. Deemed necessary or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders of directives to implement and operate this lottery game.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number twenty used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purpose of this rule. In actual operation, game number twenty and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Last updated March 14, 2024 at 9:12 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07 and 3770.08
Five Year Review Date: 5/20/2023
Prior Effective Dates: 4/8/1993 (Emer.)
Rule 3770:1-7-25 | Ohio lottery commission game number twenty-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game number twenty-five, "Pick 4," shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced, and continuing through the date on which sales are terminated by the commission.

(B) General design.

(1) Game number twenty-five will be a number-match lottery game.

(2) Each ticket in game number twenty-five shall be imprinted with a four-digit number which shall be determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature of the computer system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase.

(3) At such times as determined by the director, drawings will be conducted at which four one-digit numbers shall be selected at random from the four sets of all one-digit numbers. Holders of valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that drawing in specified combinations of positions, as determined by the purchaser or the auto pick feature, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase, shall be entitled to a prize award in accordance with this rule.

(4) Purchasers of tickets in game number twenty-five may purchase, at their option, tickets offering the following winning possibilities for any drawing:

(a) A four-digit number specified by the purchaser to match, in exact order, the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "straight bet."

(b) A four-digit number with three digits the same, specified by the purchaser, to match in any order the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "four-way box bet."

(c) A four-digit number with two sets of matching digits, specified by the purchaser, to match in any order the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "six-way box bet."

(d) A four-digit number with two digits the same, specified by the purchaser, to match in any order the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "twelve-way box bet."

(e) A four-digit number, with no digits repeated, specified by the purchaser, to match in any order the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as "twenty-four-way box bet."

(f) A four-digit number specified by the purchaser in accordance with paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(b); paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(c); paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(d); or paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(e) of this rule, hereinafter referred to as "backup bet."

(5) A drawing of numbers in another commission game may serve as the drawing in this game.

(C) Price of tickets. The price paid in game number twenty-five for each winning possibility for any given drawing by the purchaser shall be fifty cents, or multiple thereof to a maximum of one dollar at the choice of the purchaser. This amount shall constitute the wager. The price paid for a back up bet shall be equal to the wager amount. The total of all wagers, including back up bet amounts, with respect to each ticket sold shall constitute that ticket's purchase price; said price to be imprinted on the ticket at the time of purchase. The player may purchase up to the number of wagers per ticket, or multiples thereof, as designated by the director if a multi-wager is requested at the player's discretion in accordance with the number of game panels and inclusive drawings.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards, based upon the numbers drawn in each drawing. Prizes shall be awarded to the holders of valid one dollar tickets for that drawing as follows:

(1) A prize of five thousand dollars if the ticket includes a straight bet matching the four one-digit numbers exactly as selected in the applicable drawing.

(2) A prize of one thousand one hundred ninety-eight dollars if the ticket includes a four-way box bet matching in any order the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing.

(3) A prize of eight hundred dollars if the ticket includes a six-way box bet matching in any order the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing.

(4) A prize of four hundred dollars if the ticket includes a twelve-way box bet matching in any order the four one-digit numbers selected in the applicable drawing.

(5) A prize of two hundred dollars if the ticket includes a twenty-four way box bet matching in any order the four one-digit numbers.

(6) Winning tickets made in fifty-cent increments shall be awarded prizes at one-half the levels stated in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(5) of this rule.

(7) Prizes in accordance with paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(6) of this rule, as applicable, if the ticket includes a winning backup bet.

(8) As determined by the director, on selected days the prize payouts may increase for promotional purposes.

(E) Limitations of prize liability. If the total prize liabilities for any number in combination of all types of bets, exceeds a limit as determined by the commission, then no further wagers on that number shall be accepted for that drawing.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings. Drawings shall be held at times determined by the director.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings shall be open to the public and may be held at such places in the state that the director shall determine. The director shall inform the public as to the time and place of each prize drawing.

(2) All holders of valid tickets for a given drawing are eligible to win in that drawing. If the holder of a winning ticket does not have the ticket validated within the requisite validation period from the date of the drawing, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these rules, such unclaimed prize shall be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(3) All drawings in game number twenty-five will be conducted in accordance with random procedures approved by the director. For every drawing in game number twenty-five, the director will approve procedures and mechanisms for the selection of winners and the awarding of prizes in order that random selection will be achieved.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) Each purchaser of tickets in game number twenty-five shall be responsible for verifying that the numbers imprinted on such ticket are those requested, that the purchase price paid is the price recorded on such ticket, and that such ticket has recorded thereon the type of bet or bets, and the drawing date or dates therefore, that the purchaser desired to make.

(2) Each ticket issued in game number twenty-five shall have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase, a control number or bar code data supplied by the commission. No prize shall be paid by the commission with respect to any tickets without such control number or bar code data.

(3) All tickets in game number twenty-five are subject to validation under procedures to be established by the director before the payment of any prize thereon.

(4) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game number twenty-five to be void if it is stolen, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, altered, or counterfeit; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director pursuant hereto. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(I) Director's conduct of game number twenty-five.

(1) The director shall conduct game number twenty-five in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation this rule, and the regulations of the director. As deemed necessary, or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number twenty-five used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purpose of this rule. In actual operation, game number twenty-five and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Last updated March 14, 2024 at 9:12 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07 and 3770.08
Five Year Review Date: 5/20/2023
Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/1990, 5/27/1993
Rule 3770:1-7-41 | Ohio lottery commission game number forty-one.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game number forty-one, "Spring Fling," shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the date on which agents are to make their final settlement in respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game number forty-one.

(B) General design.

(1) Game number forty-one is a lottery game of the type generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary amounts: free ticket, two dollars, five dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game number forty-one shall be imprinted with six prize awards, from the set listed above. The purchaser of the ticket will remove the block of scratch off labeled "prize" to reveal a prize value for the ticket. Next the player removes the covering from the block of scratch off labeled "your number" to reveal a single digit. The purchaser then removes the covering from the block of scratch off labeled "lucky numbers." If any of the four "lucky numbers" matches "your number," the player wins the prize designated on the ticket.

(3) After any given sales cycle in game number forty-one, prizes called "grand drawing prizes" shall be awarded in a single drawing called a "grand prize drawing." All holders of valid winning tickets winning prizes of a free ticket, may become eligible to be selected to participate in the grand prize drawing by complying with the special claim, entry, receipt and validation requirements of this rule, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director, and the procedures established by the director.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game number forty-one shall be one dollar.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.

(1) There shall be two types of prizes in game number forty-one, namely, "regular prizes" and "grand drawing prizes."

(2) The only prizes which shall appear on a ticket in game number forty-one are: free ticket, two dollars, five dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars.

The only way to win any of the regular prizes in game number forty-one is to rub off the covering and then to match "your number" to any one of four "lucky numbers" and win the amount in the "prize box."

(3) Eligible holders selected for the grand drawing shall be entitled to participate in such drawing, in which the following grand drawing prizes shall be awarded:

(a) One prize of one million dollars.

(b) One prize of forty thousand dollars; one prize of twenty thousand dollars; one prize of ten thousand dollars; and six prizes of five thousand dollars.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game number forty-one will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that:

(1) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance; and

(2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets sold will be as follows:

(a) For each twenty million tickets sold, ten tickets winning one hundred thousand dollars;

(b) For each one million tickets sold:

(i) Six hundred tickets winning fifty dollars;

(ii) One thousand two hundred tickets winning twenty-five dollars;

(iii) Twenty thousand tickets winning five dollars;

(iv) One hundred six thousand five hundred tickets winning two dollars;

(v) Fifty thousand tickets winning a free ticket.

(3) The number of grand drawing prizes shall be in accordance with paragraph (D)(3) of this rule.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) The random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game number forty-one shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures authorized thereunder.

(2) When a ticket issued in game number forty-one is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule, and the covering material over any of the numbers has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize. All regular prizes shall be deemed to be announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game number forty-one in which the ticket was sold.

(3) One grand drawing shall be held after each sales cycle of game number forty-one. The grand prize drawing shall be held on a date to be determined and announced by the director, which date shall be a reasonable period of time after the end of the sales cycle.

(G) Special claim, entry receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special entry, claim receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by agents of tickets winning prizes which are to be paid by agents in accordance with these rules.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards or other numbers on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction can be advised of correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price, or a replacement ticket.

(2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game number forty-one to be void if it is stolen, unissued, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error or incomplete; or if any portion of the "void if removed" number is exposed; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director pursuant hereto. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket, or the issuance of a replacement ticket.

(I) Director's conduct of game number forty-one.

(1) The director shall conduct game number forty-one in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. As he deems it necessary or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game number forty-one.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number forty-one used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purposes of this rule. In actual operations, game number forty-one and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

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Rule 3770:1-7-96 | Ohio lottery commission game number ninety-six.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game number ninety-six, "Win for Life," shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period, including reprints, beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the date on which agents are to make their final settlement in respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game number ninety-six.

(B) General design.

(1) Game number ninety-six is a lottery game of the type generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Game number ninety-six is a match three game. Each ticket contains a block of scratch-off material covering the game play data. Holder of the ticket removes the scratch-off material to reveal game play data. Match three like dollar amounts and win that amount. Match three "life" symbols and win one thousand dollars a month for life.

(3) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean a free ticket or one of the following monetary amounts: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars and one thousand dollars a month for life.

(4) Life winners shall be paid annual lump sum payments of twelve thousand dollars. Payments shall continue for life with minimum total payments of two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

(C) Price of tickets. Price of a ticket issued by the commission in game number ninety-six shall be one dollar.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game number ninety-six called a "regular prize."

(2) The only prizes which shall appear on a ticket in game number ninety-six are: free ticket, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars and a "life" symbol valued at one thousand dollars a month for life.

(a) Holder of a valid ticket on which at least three of the prize awards are free ticket shall win a regular prize of a free ticket.

(b) Holder of a valid ticket on which at least three of the prize awards are five dollars shall win a regular prize of five dollars.

(c) Holder of a valid ticket on which at least three of the prize awards are ten dollars shall win a regular prize of ten dollars.

(d) Holder of a valid ticket on which at least three of the prize awards are twenty-five dollars shall win a regular prize of twenty-five dollars.

(e) Holder of a valid ticket on which at least three of the prize awards are fifty dollars shall win a regular prize of fifty dollars.

(f) Holder of a valid ticket on which at least three of the prize awards are one hundred dollars shall win a regular prize of one hundred dollars.

(g) Holder of a valid ticket which matches at least three life symbols shall win a regular prize of one thousand dollars a month for life.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game number ninety-six will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that:

(1) Ten tickets shall win one thousand dollars a month for life; and

(2) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance; and

(3) Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets per two hundred forty thousand tickets sold will be as follows:

(a) Three hundred seventy-three tickets winning one hundred dollars;

(b) Three hundred seventeen tickets winning fifty dollars;

(c) Four hundred seventy-six tickets winning twenty-five dollars;

(d) Eight hundred forty tickets winning ten dollars;

(e) Five thousand one hundred sixty tickets winning five dollars;

(f) Twenty-three thousand four hundred tickets winning a free ticket.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) The random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game number ninety-six shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game number ninety-six is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize. All regular prizes shall be deemed to be announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game number ninety-six in which the ticket was sold.

(G) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. Director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by agents of tickets winning prizes which are to be paid by agents in accordance with this rule.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards or other numbers on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction may be advised of correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price, or a replacement ticket.

(2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game number ninety-six void if it is stolen, unissued, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error or incomplete; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket, or the issuance of a replacement ticket.

(I) Director's conduct of game number ninety-six.

(1) Director shall conduct game number ninety-six in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. As he deems it necessary or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game. Director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedure established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game number ninety-six.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number ninety-six used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game number ninety-six and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

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Rule 3770:1-7-101 | Ohio Lottery commission game number one hundred one.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game number one hundred one, "Pick 5", shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced, and continuing through the date on which sales are terminated by the commission.

(B) General design.

(1) Game number one hundred one will be a number-match lottery game.

(2) Each ticket in game number one hundred one shall be imprinted with a five-digit number which shall be determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature of the computer system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase.

(3) At such times as determined by the director, drawings will be conducted at which five one-digit numbers shall be selected at random from the five sets of all one-digit numbers. Holders of valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that drawing in specified combinations of positions, as determined by the purchaser or the auto pick feature, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase, shall be entitled to a prize award in accordance with this rule.

(4) Purchasers of tickets in game number one hundred one may purchase, at their option, tickets offering the following winning possibilities for any drawing:

(a) A five-digit number specified by the purchaser to match, in exact order, the five one-digit winning numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "straight bet."

(b) A five-digit number, with no digits repeated, specified by the purchaser, to match the five one-digit winning numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "one hundred twenty-way box bet."

(c) A five-digit number, two of which are the same number and the remaining three are each different numbers, specified by the purchaser, to match the five one-digit winning numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "sixty-way box bet".

(d) A five-digit number, two of which are the same number, two are different but matching numbers and the remaining is a different number, specified by the purchaser, to match the five one-digit winning numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "thirty-way box bet."

(e) A five-digit number, three of which are the same number and the remaining two are different numbers, specified by the purchaser, to match the five one-digit winning numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "twenty-way box bet."

(f) A five-digit number, three of which are the same number and the remaining two are different but matching numbers, specified by the purchaser, to match the five one-digit winning numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "ten-way box bet."

(g) A five-digit number with four digits the same and the remaining number is a different number, specified by the purchaser, to match the five one-digit winning numbers selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "five-way box bet."

(h) A five-digit number in which the first four numbers match the first four of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "front four type play".

(i) A five-digit number in which the last four numbers match the last four numbers of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "back four type play".

(j) A five-digit number in which the first three numbers match the first three of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "front three type play".

(k) A five-digit number in which the last three numbers match the last three of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "back three type play".

(l) A five-digit number in which the first two numbers match the first two numbers of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "front pair type play".

(m) A five-digit number in which the last two numbers match the last two numbers of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, selected in the applicable drawing, hereinafter referred to as a "back pair type play".

(n) A five-digit number in accordance with paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(b); paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(c); paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(d); paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(e); paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (4)(B)(f); and paragraphs (B)(4)(a) and (B)(4)(g) of this rule hereinafter referred to as a "back-up bet".

(5) A drawing of numbers in another commission game may serve as the drawing in this game.

(C) Price of tickets. The price paid in game number one hundred one for each winning possibility for any given drawing by the purchaser shall be fifty cents, or one dollar, at the choice of the purchaser. This amount shall constitute the wager.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards, based upon the numbers drawn in each drawing. Prizes shall be awarded to the holders of valid one dollar tickets for that drawing as follows:

(1) A prize of fifty thousand dollars if the ticket includes a "straight bet" matching the five one-digit winning numbers exactly as selected in the applicable drawing.

(2) A prize of four hundred seventeen dollars if the ticket includes a "one hundred twenty-way box bet" matching the five one-digit winning numbers in any order, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(3) A prize of eight hundred thirty-four dollars if the ticket includes a "sixty-way box bet" matching two of the five one-digit winning numbers and the remaining three numbers are different, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(4) A prize of one thousand six hundred sixty-eight dollars if the ticket includes a "thirty-way box bet", two of which are the same number as the five one-digit winning numbers, two are different but matching numbers and the remaining is a different number, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(5) A prize of two thousand five hundred dollars if the ticket includes a "twenty-way box bet", three of which are the same number as three of the five winning one-digit numbers and the remaining two are different numbers, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(6) A prize of five thousand dollars if the ticket includes a "ten-way box bet", three of which are the same number as three of the five one-digit winning numbers and the remaining two are different but matching numbers, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(7) A prize of ten thousand dollars if the ticket includes a "five-way box bet", four of which are the same number match the first four of the five one-digit winning numbers and the remaining number is a different number, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(8) A prize of five thousand dollars if the ticket includes a "front four type play" in which the first four numbers match the first four of the five one-digit winning numbers in exact order, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(9) A prize of five thousand dollars if the ticket includes a "back four type play" in which the last four numbers match the last four of the five one-digit winning numbers in exact order, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(10) A prize of five hundred dollars if the ticket includes a "front three type play" in which the first three numbers match the first three numbers of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(11) A prize of five hundred dollars if the ticket includes a "back three type play" in which the last three numbers match the last three numbers of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(12) A prize of fifty dollars if the ticket includes a "front pair type play" in which the first two numbers match the first two numbers of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(13) A prize of fifty dollars if the ticket includes a "back pair type play" in which the last two numbers match the last two numbers of the five one-digit winning numbers, in exact order, as selected in the applicable drawing.

(14) Prizes in accordance with paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(7) of this rule, as applicable, if the ticket includes a winning backup bet.

(15) Winning tickets made in the fifty-cent increments shall be awarded prizes at one-half the levels stated in paragraphs D(1) to D(14) of this rule.

(16) As determined by the director, on selected days the prize payouts may increase for promotional purposes.

(E) Limitations of prize liability. If the total prize liabilities for any number in combination of all types of bets, exceeds a limit as determined by the commission, then no further wagers on that number shall be accepted for that drawing.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings. Drawings shall be held at times determined by the director.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings shall be open to the public and may be held at such places in the state that the director shall determine. The director shall inform the public as to the time and place of each prize drawing.

(2) All holders of valid tickets for a given drawing are eligible to win in that drawing. If the holder of a winning ticket does not have the ticket validated within the requisite validation period from the date of the drawing, in accordance with the procedures set forth in these rules, such unclaimed prize shall be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(3) All drawings in game number one hundred one will be conducted in accordance with random procedures approved by the director. For every drawing in game number one hundred one, the director will approve procedures and mechanisms for the selection of winners and the awarding of prizes in order that random selection will be achieved.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) Each purchaser of tickets in game number one hundred one shall be responsible for verifying that the numbers imprinted on such ticket are those requested, that the purchase price paid is the price recorded on such ticket, and that such ticket has recorded thereon the type of bet or bets, and the drawing date and time or dates and times therefore, that the purchaser desired to make.

(2) Each ticket issued in game number one hundred one shall have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase, a control number or bar code data supplied by the commission. No prize shall be paid by the commission with respect to any tickets without such control number or bar code data.

(3) All tickets in game number one hundred one are subject to validation under procedures to be established by the director before the payment of any prize thereon.

(4) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game number one hundred one be void if it is stolen, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, altered, or counterfeit; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director pursuant hereto. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to the refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(I) Director's conduct of game number one hundred one.

(1) The director shall conduct game number one hundred one in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation this rule, and the regulations of the director. As deemed necessary, or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number one hundred one used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for the purpose of this rule. In actual operation, game number one hundred one and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Last updated March 14, 2024 at 9:12 AM

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Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.03, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08, 3770.071, 3770.072, 3770.073
Five Year Review Date: 2/15/2022