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Chapter 3770:1-9 | Additional Lottery Games

 
 
 
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Rule 3770:1-9-53 | Game rule number fifty-three.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number fifty-three, "Classic Lotto," will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the final sales date.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number fifty-three is a lottery game of the type generally known as a number match game.

(2) Each ticket in game rule number fifty-three will be imprinted with one set of six unique numbers from the set of integers one through forty-nine inclusive, as determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto lotto feature of the lottery gaming system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase. Tickets purchased in game rule number fifty-three are automatically deemed by the on-line gaming system to reflect payment of the grand prize jackpot in thirty annual installments. As set forth in paragraph (I)(2) of this rule, at the time of claim, any grand prize jackpot prize winner(s) will have sixty calendar days from the date of the presentation for payment of their valid claim to the Ohio lottery commission, to opt for a discounted cash value lump sum known as the "cash option." All other prizes in game rule number fifty-three will be paid out in a lump sum.

(3) At such times as determined by the director, drawings will be conducted during which six unique numbers will be selected at random from the set of integers one through forty-nine inclusive.

Holders of valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that drawing, in whole or in part, will be entitled to a prize award in accordance with this rule.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number fifty-three will be one dollar per wager. 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. Based upon the numbers drawn in each regular drawing for game rule number fifty-three, prizes will be awarded to holders of valid tickets for that drawing as follows:

(1) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three, and only three, of the six integers drawn, the player wins a regular prize award of two dollars.

(2) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four, and only four, of the six integers drawn, the player wins a regular prize award of seventy dollars.

(3) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches five, and only five, of the six integers drawn, the player wins a regular prize award of one thousand five hundred dollars.

(4) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches all six integers drawn, the prize pool to be paid will be equal to the amount designated by the director (hereinafter "jackpot"), which will be divided equally among the winning selections if there is more than one winning selection. The director or his designee will designate and certify the amount of the jackpot for each drawing in writing prior to each drawing.

In any event, the director will have discretion to change the prizes and percentages which represent the prize pools in each of the categories referred to in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(4) of this rule.

(5) The minimum total jackpot amount in any jackpot for which at least one ticket bears a winning selection which matches six of the six integers drawn, as validated by the lottery gaming system, will be one million dollars, and will be divided equally among the winning selections if there is more than one winning selection. The director may set the jackpot at levels higher than the minimum amount in accordance with paragraph (D)(4) of this rule.

(6) Any amounts remaining in the prize pools described in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(4) of this rule after any given drawing, due to residual amounts after prize disbursements, will be retained by the commission.

(7) When there are no winning tickets issued for the prize pool described in paragraph (D)(4) of this rule, the director will, in accordance with paragraph (D)(4) of this rule, establish what amounts from such prize pool will be carried forward into the jackpot for the next drawing.

(8) When there are no winning tickets issued for the prize pool described in paragraph (D)(4) of this rule, the jackpot prize amount will roll pari-mutuelly based on sales as set by the director or increase by a guaranteed amount established by the director, whichever jackpot prize amount is greater.

(9) In a single game rule number fifty-three drawing, a claimant may win in only one prize category per wager as a result of possessing winning numbers, and will be entitled only to the highest prize level won.

(E) In addition to the game described in paragraphs (B) to (D) of this rule, a player will have an option to play "The Kicker." "The Kicker" is available only to "Classic Lotto" players in Ohio, featuring a single six-digit computer-generated number from 000000 to 999999 printed on a "Classic Lotto" ticket. If a player elects "The Kicker" option, the words "Kicker Yes" will be printed on the player's ticket. "The Kicker" number will be printed on the player's ticket if it is elected or not. However, the player may only win "The Kicker" if it is elected and the ticket reflects the "Kicker Yes" message.

(1) The cost of playing "The Kicker" is an extra dollar, in addition to placing at least a one dollar "Classic Lotto" bet.

(2) A player will win a prize award if two, three, four, five or six digits on a player's ticket match in exact order from left to right "The Kicker" number drawn, and any such number will be called a winning "Kicker" number. All "The Kicker" prizes will be paid out in a lump sum. Any winning number of two, three, four, five or six digits will match in exact order, starting with the first two digits and moving from left to right. Winning numbers will correspond to the letters in the word "Kicker" and prizes will be awarded to holders of valid winning tickets as follows:

(a) For each ticket selecting the first two digits (k-i) matching exactly, a prize of ten dollars.

(b) For each ticket selecting the first three digits (k-i-c) matching exactly, a prize of one hundred dollars.

(c) For each ticket selecting the first four digits (k-i-c-k) matching exactly, a prize of one thousand dollars.

(d) For each ticket selecting the first five digits (k-i-c-k-e) matching exactly, a prize of five thousand dollars.

(e) For each ticket selecting all six digits (k-i-c-k-e-r) matching exactly, a prize of one hundred thousand dollars.

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

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings will be open to the public and may be held at such places in the state that the director will determine. The director will 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 fully validated and the prize is not claimed and presented for payment within one hundred eighty days after the date of the drawing, in accordance with the procedures set forth in lottery rules, such unclaimed prize will be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

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

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) Each purchaser of tickets in game rule number fifty-three will be responsible for verifying that the number imprinted on such tickets are those requested by the purchaser, that the purchase price paid is the price recorded on such ticket, and that such ticket has recorded thereon the type of bet(s), the manner of payment of the prize award, and the drawing date(s) therefor that the purchaser desired to make. The Ohio lottery commission will be free of any liability in connection with this paragraph.

(2) Each ticket issued in game rule number fifty-three will have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase a control number, bar code data, or both, supplied by the commission. No prize will be paid by the commission for any tickets without such control number or bar code data.

(3) All winning tickets in game rule number fifty-three are subject to validation by the lottery gaming system under procedures established by the director before the payment of any prize.

(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 rule number fifty-three 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. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(5) For the purpose of determining the number of winning wagers, division of the jackpot is contingent on the lottery gaming system's determination of winning wagers sold, and not by the number of winning tickets presented for payment.

(I) Annual payments or the cash option.

(1) Because the advertised Classic Lotto jackpot is payable over thirty years, jackpot prizes from game rule number fifty-three are payable in thirty annual installment payments, less the appropriately withheld state and federal income taxes or other withholdings as required by law. The first and/or last payment may not be equal to the remaining annual payments, however, the total thirty annual payments will not be less than the jackpot prize award won, less state and federal income tax withholdings or any other withholdings required by law.

(2) Upon completion of internal validation and claiming procedures established by the lottery, at the time a valid claim is presented for payment of the grand prize jackpot, the estimated cash option prize amount along with the amount of appropriately withheld state and federal income taxes will be disclosed in writing to the prize winner. Commencing with the date of presentment of a valid winning grand prize jackpot ticket, and for sixty calendar days thereafter, claimants may choose the cash option value instead of thirty annual installment payments. Notice of such selection must be received by the lottery or post office stamped by the end of the sixty calendar day deadline. Such option, once chosen, may not be revoked. If no selection is made during the allowed time period, the prize winner will be paid in thirty annual installment payments as provided for herein. The discounted cash value of a jackpot amount will be determined by the director based on a formula established pursuant to authority granted under rule 3770:1-8-04 of the Administrative Code.

(3) A single winning Classic Lotto jackpot ticket may be paid pursuant to these rules in either thirty annual installments or in a discounted cash value lump sum ("cash option"). Prize winners who claim a joint prize from a single winning ticket will all receive prize payments in either thirty annual installments or in a discounted cash value lump sum. Prize winners who claim a joint prize from a single winning ticket may not opt to receive different forms of payment.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number fifty-three.

(1) The director will conduct game rule number fifty-three in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation this rule, and the regulations of the director.

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

(3) Should the director determine that drawings conducted pursuant to game rule number fifty-three are to be discontinued, the director has the discretion to transfer any existing funds from the game rule number fifty-three jackpot that was not won before such drawings were discontinued, to any lottery game or to allocate the entire or partial funds to the lower tiered prizes.

(4) The director will have discretion to combine existing or future games for promotional purposes in order to increase revenues and to create a different payment structure for prizes to be paid if games are combined, and to authorize any funding mechanism deemed necessary to accomplish payment of any prize pool.

Last updated August 5, 2024 at 7:28 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date: 7/23/2029
Rule 3770:1-9-55 | Game rule number fifty-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number fifty-five, "KENO," will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the final sales date.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number fifty-five is a lottery game of the type generally known as a number match game.

(2) Each ticket in game rule number fifty-five will be imprinted with one set of unique numbers from the set of integers one through eighty inclusive, as determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature of the lottery gaming system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase. Each set of numbers will consist of at least one unique number and not more than ten unique numbers as chosen by the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature of the on-line gaming computer system. The number of unique numbers in each set of unique numbers is dependent upon the number of "spots" chosen by the ticket purchaser. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "one spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of one unique number. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "two spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of two unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "three spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of three unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "four spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of four unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "five spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of five unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "six spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of six unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "seven spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of seven unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses an "eight spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of eight unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "nine spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of nine unique numbers. If the ticket purchaser chooses a "ten spot" ticket, the set of numbers will consist of ten unique numbers. All prizes in game rule number fifty-five will be paid out in a lump sum.

(3) At such times as determined by the director, a "Booster" option may be added as an available feature of game rule number fifty-five. If the director determines that a "Booster" option is an available feature of game rule number fifty-five, a ticket purchaser will have the option to play the "Booster" option as an addition to any "KENO" ticket purchased. If the "Booster" option is chosen by the purchaser, the words "Booster YES" will be printed on the player's ticket. If the "Booster" option is not chosen, the words "Booster NO" will be printed on the player's ticket. The holder of a valid winning ticket for a drawing, with the "Booster" option, will have the regular prize award that is won multiplied by the "Booster" drawn in that respective drawing. The holder of a valid winning ticket for a drawing, with no "Booster" option, will not have the regular prize award that is won multiplied by the "Booster" drawn in that respective drawing.

(4) At such times as determined by the director, drawings will be conducted during which twenty unique numbers will be selected at random from the set of integers one through eighty inclusive. If the director has determined, pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule, that a "Booster" option will be an available feature of game rule number fifty-five, during the drawings that are conducted, a "Booster" will be selected from the following integers: one, two, three, four, five and ten. Holders of a valid winning ticket for a given drawing bearing the number of matching integers as set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(37) of this rule and excluding the "Booster" option will be entitled to the regular prize award set forth in accordance with the applicable section of this rule. If the director has determined, pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule, that a "Booster" option is an available feature of game rule number fifty-five, holders of a valid winning ticket for a given drawing bearing the number of matching integers as set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(37) of this rule and including the "Booster" option will be entitled to the regular prize award set forth in accordance with the applicable paragraph of this rule multiplied by the "Booster" drawn in that respective drawing.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number fifty-five per wager will be one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars or twenty dollars. 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. If the director has determined, pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule, that a "Booster" option is an available feature of game rule number fifty-five, and if a player chooses the "Booster" option, the cost of the ticket for every one dollar wager will be increased by one dollar for that drawing.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. Based upon the numbers drawn in each regular drawing for game rule fifty-five, and based upon a one dollar wager, regular prize awards will be awarded to holders of a valid winning ticket for that drawing as set forth below. The total regular prize award for a valid winning ticket multiplies according to the amount wagered on the ticket. If a valid winning ticket shows a wager of two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars or twenty dollars per drawing, the regular prize award shown below for a one dollar wager will multiply according to the wager amount shown on the valid winning ticket for that drawing.

(1) If the valid winning ticket is a "ten spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches zero integers, and only zero, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of five dollars;

(2) If the valid winning ticket is a "ten spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches five integers, and only five, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two dollars;

(3) If the valid winning ticket is a "ten spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches six integers, and only six, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of ten dollars;

(4) If the valid winning ticket is a "ten spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches seven integers, and only seven, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;

(5) If the valid winning ticket is a "ten spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches eight integers, and only eight, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;

(6) If the valid winning ticket is a "ten spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches nine integers, and only nine, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of five thousand dollars;

(7) If the valid winning ticket is a "ten spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches ten integers, and only ten, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of one hundred thousand dollars;

(8) If the valid winning ticket is a "nine spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches four integers, and only four, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two dollars;

(9) If the valid winning ticket is a "nine spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches five integers, and only five, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of five dollars;

(10) If the valid winning ticket is a "nine spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches six integers, and only six, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;

(11) If the valid winning ticket is a "nine spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches seven integers, and only seven, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;

(12) If the valid winning ticket is a "nine spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches eight integers, and only eight, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two thousand dollars;

(13) If the valid winning ticket is a "nine spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches nine integers, and only nine, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of twenty-five thousand dollars;

(14) If the valid winning ticket is a "eight spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches four integers, and only four, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two dollars;

(15) If the valid winning ticket is a "eight spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches five integers, and only five, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars;

(16) If the valid winning ticket is a "eight spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches six integers, and only six, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;

(17) If the valid winning ticket is a "eight spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches seven integers, and only seven, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of three hundred dollars;

(18) If the valid winning ticket is a "eight spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches eight integers, and only eight, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of ten thousand dollars;

(19) If the valid winning ticket is a "seven spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches three integers, and only three, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of one dollar;

(20) If the valid winning ticket is a "seven spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches four integers, and only four, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of five dollars;

(21) If the valid winning ticket is a "seven spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches five integers, and only five, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of eleven dollars;

(22) If the valid winning ticket is a "seven spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches six integers, and only six, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;

(23) If the valid winning ticket is a "seven spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches seven integers, and only seven, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two thousand dollars;

(24) If the valid winning ticket is a "six spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches three integers, and only three, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of one dollar;

(25) If the valid winning ticket is a "six spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches four integers, and only four, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of seven dollars;

(26) If the valid winning ticket is a "six spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches five integers, and only five, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of fifty-seven dollars;

(27) If the valid winning ticket is a "six spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches six integers, and only six, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of one thousand one hundred dollars;

(28) If the valid winning ticket is a "five spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches three integers, and only three, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two dollars;

(29) If the valid winning ticket is a "five spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches four integers, and only four, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of eighteen dollars;

(30) If the valid winning ticket is a "five spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches five integers, and only five, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of four hundred ten dollars;

(31) If the valid winning ticket is a "four spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches two integers, and only two, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of one dollar;

(32) If the valid winning ticket is a "four spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches three integers, and only three, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of five dollars;

(33) If the valid winning ticket is a "four spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches four integers, and only four, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of seventy-two dollars;

(34) If the valid winning ticket is a "three spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches two integers, and only two, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two dollars;

(35) If the valid winning ticket is a "three spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches three integers, and only three, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of twenty-seven dollars;

(36) If the valid winning ticket is a "two spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches two integers, and only two, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of eleven dollars; and

(37) If the valid winning ticket is a "one spot" ticket, and if the valid winning ticket bears a selection that matches one integer, and only one, of the twenty integers drawn, the holder of the valid winning ticket will win a regular prize award of two dollars.

(38) If the director has determined, pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule, that a "Booster" option is an available feature of game rule number fifty-five, holders of a valid winning ticket for a given drawing bearing the number of matching integers as set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(37) of this rule and including the "Booster" option will be entitled to the regular prize award set forth in accordance with the applicable section of this rule multiplied by the "Booster" drawn in that respective drawing. The director will have the option to change the prizes and percentages which represent the prize pools in each of the categories referred to in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(38) of this rule.

(39) No amounts will remain in the prize funds described in this rule after any given drawing, whether or not a winning ticket was issued for those prizes, and no prize amounts will be carried forward in the same fund for the next drawing. Any amounts remaining in the prize pools described in this rule after any given drawing, due to residual amounts after prize disbursements, will be retained by the commission.

(40) In a single game rule number fifty-five drawing, a claimant may win in only one prize category per wager as a result of possessing winning numbers, and will be entitled to only the highest prize level won.

(E) For each individual drawing, there will be a jackpot prize cap of two million dollars for tickets bearing selections which match all ten integers drawn on a "ten spot" ticket and/or where the "Booster" option is an available feature. In the event the prize sum of all winning tickets which match all ten integers drawn on a "ten spot" ticket and/or where the "Booster" option is an available feature exceeds two million dollars, each ticket will be awarded a proportional share of the two million dollar jackpot prize cap by dividing each ticket's winning jackpot prize total by the total of all winning jackpot prizes to determine each ticket's proportional share of the two million dollars. For each individual drawing, there will be a jackpot prize cap of two million dollars for tickets bearing selections which match all nine integers drawn on a "nine spot" ticket and/or where the "Booster" option is an available feature. In the event the prize sum of all winning tickets which match all nine integers drawn on a "nine spot" ticket and/or where the "Booster" option is an available feature exceeds two million dollars, each ticket will be awarded a proportional share of the two million dollar jackpot prize cap by dividing each ticket's winning jackpot prize total by the total of all winning jackpot prizes to determine each ticket's proportional share of the two million dollars. For each individual drawing, there will be a jackpot prize cap of two million dollars for tickets bearing selections which match all eight integers drawn on a "eight spot" ticket and/or where the "Booster" option is an available feature. In the event the prize sum of all winning tickets which match all eight integers drawn on a "eight spot" ticket and/or where the "Booster" option is an available feature exceeds two million dollars, each ticket will be awarded a proportional share of the two million dollar jackpot prize cap by dividing each ticket's winning jackpot prize total by the total of all winning jackpot prizes to determine each ticket's proportional share of the two million dollars.

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

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings will be open to the public and may be held at such places in the state that the director will determine. The director will 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 that drawing. If the holder of a winning ticket does not have the ticket fully validated and the prize is not claimed and presented for payment within one hundred eighty days after the date of the drawing, in accordance with the procedures set forth in lottery rules, such unclaimed prize will be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

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

(4) The director reserves the right to suspend or cancel any drawings or the game itself, change the prize structure, frequency of drawings or draw dates.

(5) Drawing refers to the process of randomly selecting by computer the winning numbers, and "Booster" if the director has determined, pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule, that a "Booster" option will be an available feature of game rule number fifty-five, which determine the winners for each prize level for a particular game.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) Each purchaser of tickets in game rule number fifty-five will be responsible for verifying that the numbers imprinted on such tickets are those requested by the purchaser of the ticket, that the purchase price paid is the price recorded on such ticket, and that such ticket has recorded thereon the type of wager(s) and the drawing(s) number and the drawing date(s) for the game thereof that the purchaser desired to make. The Ohio lottery commission will be free of any liability in connection with this paragraph.

(2) Each ticket issued in game rule number fifty-five will have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase a control number, bar code data, or both supplied by the commission. No prize will be paid by the commission for any tickets without such control number or bar code data.

(3) All winning tickets in game rule number fifty-five are subject to validation by the lottery gaming system under procedures established by the director before payment of any prize.

(4) The only basis for a valid claim is compliance with Ohio laws and commission rules and regulations. No valid claim may be premised on human, electronic, or other error in the communication, display or transmission of data, however recorded, displayed or transmitted. No valid claim can be premised upon any intentional human, electronic or other form of communication or transmission of data, which has not been authorized by the lottery commission.

(5) 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 rule number fifty-five 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 tickets fails any of the validation tests of procedures established by the director. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

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

(1) The director will conduct game rule number fifty-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 and advisable, the director will adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game.

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

(3) The director will have discretion to combine existing or future games for promotional purposes in order to increase revenues and to create a different payment structure for prizes to be paid if games are combined, and to authorize any funding mechanism the director deems necessary to accomplish payment of any prize pool.

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date: 7/23/2029
Prior Effective Dates: 5/22/2008
Rule 3770:1-9-208 | Game rule number two hundred eight.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number two hundred eight, "$500,000 Cashword" 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 sales with respect to tickets allocated to sales agents during the period in game rule number two hundred eight will cease.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number two hundred eight is a "Letter Match" word game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) The holder of a valid ticket will remove the covering over the "Call Letters" play area to reveal twenty letters. The player will then scratch off each letter in the "Cashword" puzzle play areas ("Puzzle 1" and "Puzzle 2") that matches the "Call Letters." The letters in "Puzzle 1" shall be black and the letters in "Puzzle 2" shall be red. To win a prize award, the player must uncover four or more horizontal or vertical words using the "Call Letters." The prize amount won is determined by comparing the number of uncovered words in each "Puzzle" to the corresponding "Puzzle Prize Key." Each letter appearing in the "Call Letters" play area may appear more than once in the "Cashword" puzzle play areas. Each "Word" must contain at least three "Call Letters." Letters combined to form a complete "Word" must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical sequence within the "Cashword" puzzle play areas. An unbroken string of letters cannot be interrupted by a black space and each "Word" must contain every single letter square between two black spaces. A "Word" cannot be formed by connecting the letters diagonally, by reading the letters from right to left or from bottom to top, or by using only a portion of the letters in a complete "Word." Words within words are not eligible for a prize. There is one chance to win on each ticket.

(3) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars and five hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number two hundred eight shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number two hundred eight shall be ten dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number two hundred eight called a "regular prize award."

(2) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number two hundred eight are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars and five hundred thousand dollars.

(3) Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in a game rule number two hundred eight shall be concealed by an opaque covering or tab covering which may be scratched off or removed by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(a) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal four complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars;

(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal two complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area and matching "Call Letters" to reveal two complete red words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 2" play area shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;

(c) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal four complete red words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 2" play area shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;

(d) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal five complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;

(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal three complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area and matching "Call Letters" to reveal two complete red words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 2" play area shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;

(f) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal two complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area and matching "Call Letters" to reveal three complete red words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 2" play area shall win a regular prize award of two hundred dollars;

(g) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal six complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;

(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal four complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area and matching "Call Letters" to reveal two complete red words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 2" play area shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars;

(i) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal three complete black words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 1" play area and matching "Call Letters" to reveal three complete red words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 2" play area shall win a regular prize award of ten thousand dollars; and

(j) Holder of a valid winning ticket matching "Call Letters" to reveal six complete red words in the "Cashword" "Puzzle 2" play area shall win a regular prize award of five hundred thousand dollars.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number two hundred eight 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 the following occur:

(1) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout the prize pool; and

(2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that the number of winning tickets per four million tickets sold in the following prize categories should be as follows:

(a) Four tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(j) of this rule to win five hundred thousand dollars;

(b) Sixty tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(i) of this rule to win ten thousand dollars;

(c) One thousand five hundred tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(h) of this rule to win one thousand dollars;

(d) Two thousand tickets with the winning prize combination a set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(g) of this rule to win five hundred dollars;

(e) Ten thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(f) of this rule to win two hundred dollars;

(f) Thirty thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(e) of this rule to win one hundred dollars;

(g) Eighty thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(d) of this rule to win fifty dollars;

(h) Eighty thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(c) of this rule to win thirty dollars;

(i) Four hundred thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(b) of this rule to win twenty dollars; and

(j) Four hundred eighty thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(a) of this rule to win ten dollars.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number two hundred eight shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number two hundred eight is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the prize values and play symbol on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize award. A regular prize award shall be deemed announced on the date a ticket is purchased.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number two hundred eight void if it is stolen, unissued not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, 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 refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number two hundred eight.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number two hundred eight and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and 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 and any promotions or drawings associated therewith. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number two hundred eight. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-368 | Game rule number three hundred sixty-eight.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number three hundred sixty-eight,"Max The Money" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number three hundred sixty-eight.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number three hundred sixty-eight is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal eight "Winning Numbers," twenty-five "Your Numbers", and twenty-five corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize value(s). If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "200X" symbol, the player wins two hundred times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol, the player wins one hundred dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "MAX" symbol, the player wins all twenty-five prizes shown. There are twenty-five chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty-five times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number three hundred sixty-eight are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," and an "Annuity Prize Award" of four hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number three hundred sixty-eight shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number three hundred sixty-eight shall be thirty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule three hundred sixty-eight, a "regular prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," and an "Annuity Prize Award" of four hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number three hundred sixty-eight shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(3) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number three hundred sixty-eight will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

(a) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance.

(4) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except lines fifty-nine and sixty, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on lines fifty-nine and sixty, column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on lines fifty-nine and sixty in column four represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of twenty-two million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(E) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number three hundred sixty-eight shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(G) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(H) Validity of Tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number three hundred sixty-eight void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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 refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(I) Director's conduct of game rule number three hundred sixty-eight.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number three hundred sixty-eight and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number three hundred sixty-eight. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule three hundred sixty-eight used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number three hundred sixty-eight and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-433 | Game rule number four hundred thirty-three.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number four hundred thirty-three, "Extreme Millions," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number four hundred thirty-three.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number four hundred thirty-three is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal ten "Winning Numbers," twenty-five "Your Numbers" and twenty-five corresponding prize amounts. If any one of the "Winning Numbers" matches the any of the "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount for that game. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize automatically. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the corresponding prize automatically.If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the corresponding prize automatically. If the player reveals a "200X" symbol, the player wins two hundred times the corresponding prize automatically.If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol, the player wins one hundred dollars automatically. If the player reveals an "Extreme" symbol, the players wins all twenty-five prizes automatically. There are twenty-five chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty-five times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number four hundred thirty-three are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," and an "Annuity Prize Award" of four hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number four hundred thirty-three shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number four hundred thirty-three shall be thirty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number four hundred thirty-three called a "regular prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," and an "Annuity Prize Award" of four hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number four hundred thirty-three shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number four hundred thirty-three will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except lines fifty-nine and sixty, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on lines fifty-nine and sixty, column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on lines fifty-nine and sixty in column four represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of twenty-two million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number four hundred thirty-three shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number four hundred thirty-three void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number four hundred thirty-three.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number four hundred thirty-three, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number four hundred thirty-three. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04. 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-519 | Game rule number five hundred nineteen.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number five hundred nineteen, "Platinum Diamond Spectacular" 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number five hundred nineteen.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number five hundred nineteen is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal two separate games. In "Game One," the player will reveal six prize amounts. If three identical prize amounts are revealed, the player wins the corresponding prize amount for that game. In "Game Two,' the player will reveal eight "Diamond Numbers" and twenty "Your Lucky Numbers." If any one or more of "Your Lucky Numbers" match any of the "Diamond Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount shown. If a player reveals a "Diamond" symbol, the player wins the prize shown automatically. If a reveals a "Double Diamond" symbol, the player wins double the corresponding prize shown automatically. If a player reveals a "Triple Diamond" symbol, the player wins all twenty prizes shown. There are twenty-two chances to win on each ticket and a player may win up to twenty-two times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number five hundred nineteen are: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand and two million dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number five hundred nineteen shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number five hundred nineteen shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number five hundred ninteen called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately two million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number five hundred nineteen shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(3) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number five hundred nineteen will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

(a) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance.

(4) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line seventy-seven the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three and four shall win the prize award on that same line in column five. A player having the prize value set forth on line seventy-seven of column four of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line seventy-seven, of column five of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given lines in column three and four of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column six.

(E) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number five hundred nineteen shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(G) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(H) Validilty of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number five hundred nineteen void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(I) Director's conduct of game rule five hundred nineteen.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number five hundred nineteen and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number five hundred nineteen. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule five hundred nineteen used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number five hundred nineteen and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-522 | Game rule number five hundred twenty-two.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number five hundred twenty-two, "Cash Explosion," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number five hundred twenty-two.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number five hundred twenty-two is a match three lottery game of the type generally known as an "instant lottery," and contains an Ohio Lottery Commission TV game show feature.

(2) Prize values and play symbols shall be concealed by an opaque covering that may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal nine underlying prize values and play symbols. Holders of valid tickets on which at least three of the prize values are the same shall win a prize award equal to such prize value. If two identical amounts are revealed and a "2X" symbol is revealed, the player wins two times the amount shown. If two identical amounts are revealed and a "5X" symbol is revealed, the player wins five times the amount shown. If the player reveals an "ENTRY" symbol three times, the player becomes eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion.

(3) All holders of valid winning tickets, which reveal an "ENTRY" symbol three times shall become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the Cash Explosion Game Show by complying with the special claim, entry, receipt, validation and drawing requirements of the Ohio lottery commission's current Game Show Mail and Drawing Procedures, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director and the procedures established by the director.

(4) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number five hundred twenty-two are: an "ENTRY" ticket symbol, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and five thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number five hundred twenty-two shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number five hundred twenty-two shall be two dollars.

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

(1) The type of prize to be awarded in game rule number five hundred twenty-two shall be the prize awards. Other types of prizes, "game show prizes," shall be awarded in each Ohio Lottery TV game show.

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean an "ENTRY" as described in paragraph (D) (2) (a) of this rule, or one of the following monetary amounts: two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and five thousand dollars.

(a) Each holder of a valid ticket on which three of the prize values revealed are "ENTRY" ticket symbols shall become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on The Ohio Lottery TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show;

(3) Each eligible holder of an "ENTRY" ticket whose name is drawn for participation in The Ohio Lottery TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show shall be subject to the rules and regulations established by the director in the Ohio lottery commission's current Game Show Procedures. (The director shall have the discretion to establish Bonus prizes and to modify prize amounts awarded to contestants for promotional purposes.)

(4) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number five hundred twenty-two will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

(a) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance.

(5) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of sixteen million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(E) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number five hundred twenty-two shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number five hundred twenty-two is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the play symbols and prize symbol has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the play symbols and prize symbols on that ticket, which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number five hundred twenty-two in which the ticket was sold.

(3) Drawings conducted for the purposes of determining who shall become entitled to appear as a contestant on The Ohio Lottery TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show and any other drawings conducted in connection with a TV game show shall comply with the rules and regulations of the commission governing "prize drawings" and special lottery drawings as set forth in rules 3770:1-6-05 and 3770:1-6-06 of the Administrative Code, as applicable.

(4) An Ohio Lottery TV game show shall be held on dates determined and announced by the director.

(G) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number five hundred twenty-two void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

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

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number five hundred twenty-two and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number five hundred twenty-two. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-527 | Game rule number five hundred twenty-seven.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number five hundred twenty-seven, "Lots of $500!" 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number five hundred twenty-seven.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number five hundred twenty-seven is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If any one of the "Winning Numbers" matches the any of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount for that game. If the player reveals a "Star" symbol, the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "$50 Burst" symbol, the player wins fifty dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "Bill" symbol, the player wins all fifteen prizes shown automatically. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number five hundred twenty-seven are: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number five hundred twenty-seven shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number five hundred twenty-seven shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number five hundred twenty-seven called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number five hundred twenty-seven shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number five hundred twenty-seven will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number five hundred twenty-seven shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(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 rule number five hundred twenty-seven void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number five hundred twenty-seven.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number five hundred twenty-seven, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number five hundred twenty-seven. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-530 | Game rule number five hundred thirty.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number five hundred thirty, "$1,000,000 Cashword"" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number five hundred thirty.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number five hundred thirty is an extend play game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) The holder of a valid ticket will remove the covering over the "Call Letters" play area to reveal twenty letters. The player will then scratch off each letter in "Puzzle 1," "Puzzle 2," "Puzzle 3" and the four "Bonus Words" that matches the "Call Letters." The "Call Letters" may appear more than once. "Puzzle 1" and "Puzzle 2" are played together. To win a prize award, the player must uncover three or more horizontal or vertical words using the "Call Letters." The player will add the number of completed "Words" revealed between the two puzzles. The player will then win the corresponding prize shown in the "Prize Key" for that "Puzzle 1" and "Puzzle 2" prize key. A player may win only the highest prize shown in the legend for the total number of completed words. Each letter appearing in the "Call Letters" play area may appear more than once in the "Puzzle" play area. Each "Word" must contain at least three "Call Letters." Letters combined to form a complete "Word" must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical sequence within the "Cashword" puzzle play areas. A string of letters cannot be interrupted by a space and each "Word" must contain every single letter square within the space allotted. A "Word" cannot be formed by connecting the letters diagonally, by reading the letters from right to left or from bottom to top, or by using only a portion of the letters in a complete "Word." Words within words are not eligible for a prize.

(3) The player will add the number of completed "Words" revealed in "Puzzle 3" and win the corresponding prize shown in the "Prize Key" for "Puzzle 3." A player may win only the highest prize shown in the lend for the total number of completed words. "Puzzle 3" is played separately.

(4) If the holder of a valid ticket uncovers all six letters in any of the "Bonus Words" by scratching the letters that match a letter in the "Call Letters," the player wins the prize shown in the word's "Prize Box." Each "Bonus Word" is played separately.

(5) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number five hundred thirty are: twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one hundred fifty dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, three hundred, four hundred, five hundred dollars, seven hundred fifty dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number five hundred twenty-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number five hundred thirty shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number five hundred thirty shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule five hundred thirty, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one hundred fifty dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, three hundred dollars, four hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, seven hundred fifty dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number five hundred twenty-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awaards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number five hundred thirty will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line thirty-eight, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three, four, and five shall win the prize award on the same line in column six. A player having the prize value set forth on line thirty-eight, column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line thirty-eight in column six represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." and in a pool of four million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, in column three, four, and five should be as set forth on that same line in column seven.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number five hundred thirty shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number five hundred thirty void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number five hundred thirty.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number five hundred thirty and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number five hundred thirty. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule five hundred thirty used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number five hundred thirty and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-623 | Game rule number six hundred twenty-three.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number six hundred twenty-three, "Go for the Green!" 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number six hundred twenty-three.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number six hundred twenty-three is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal four "Winning Numbers" and fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize value(s) automatically. If the player reveals a matching "Your Numbers" in "Green," the players wins ten times the prize for that matching number. If the player reveals a "Pot of Gold" symbol in the play area, the player wins all fifteen prizes automatically. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times per ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-three are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-three shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred twenty-three shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number six hundred twenty-three called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollar, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars and one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-three shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred twenty-three will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and bonus, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of five million four hundred thousand tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and bonus, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number six hundred twenty-three shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

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

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number six hundred twenty-three void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule six hundred twenty-three.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred twenty-three, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number six hundred twenty-three. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-625 | Game rule number six hundred twenty-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number six hundred twenty-five,"Millions" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number six hundred twenty-five.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number six hundred twenty-five is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal five "Bonus Spots," ten "Winning Numbers," twenty-five "Your Numbers", and twenty-five corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a "$50 Burst" symbol in the first "Bonus Spot," the player wins fifty dollars automatically. If a player reveals a "$100 Burst" symbol in the second "Bonus Spot," the player wins one hundred dollars automatically. If a player reveals a "$250 Burst," symbol in the third "Bonus Spot," the player wins two hundred fifty dollars automatically. If a player reveals a "$500 Burst" symbol in the fourth "Bonus Spot," the players wins five hundred dollars automatially. If a player reveals a "$1,000 Burst" symbol in the fifth "Bonus Spot," the player wins one thousand dollars automatially. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize value(s) automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "200X" symbol, the player wins two hundred times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol, the player wins all twenty-five prizes automatically. There are thirty chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to thirty times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-five are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, one million dollars which is to be paid as an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-five shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred twenty-five shall be thirty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule six hundred twenty-five, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-five shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred twenty-five will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line fifty-two, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line fifty-two, column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line fifty-two in column four represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of eleven million two hundred thousand tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number six hundred twenty-five shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number six hundred twenty-five void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number six hundred twenty-five.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred twenty-five and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number six hundred twenty-five. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-627 | Game rule six hundred twenty-seven.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number six hundred twenty-seven,"$25, $50 or $250" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number six hundred twenty-seven.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number six hundred twenty-seven is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers", and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize value(s) automatically. If the player reveals a "$25 Burst" symbol, the player wins twenty-five dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "$50 Burst" symbol, the player wins fifty dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "$250 Burst" symbol, the player wins two hundred fifty dollars automatically. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-seven are: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, two hundred fifty dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-seven shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred twenty-seven shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule six hundred twenty-seven, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, two hundred fifty dollars. Each ticket in game rule number six hundred twenty-seven shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred twenty-seven will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number six hundred twenty-seven shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number six hundred twenty-seven void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number six hundred twenty-seven.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred twenty-seven and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number six hundred twenty-seven. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.02
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-656 | Game number six hundred fifty-six.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number six hundred fifty-six, "Triple Red 777's" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number six hundred fifty-six.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number six hundred fifty-six is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal six "Winning Numbers" and twenty "Your Numbers". If any or more of "Your Numbers" matches any of the "Winning Numbers", the player wins the prize shown below your matching number. If the player reveals a Red "7" symbol, the player wins the prize shown automatically. If the player wins a Double Red "77" symbol, the players wins double the prize shown. If the player reveals a Triple Red "777", symbol, the players wins triple the prize shown. There are twenty chances to win on each ticket and a player may win up to twenty times.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred fifty-six are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and five hundred thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred fifty-six shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred fifty-six shall be ten dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule six hundred fifty-six, a "prize award".

(2) As used in this rule,"prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and five hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number six hundred fifty-six shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred fifty-six will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

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

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number six hundred fifty-six void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number six hundred fifty-six.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred fifty-six and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number six hundred fifty-six. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-670 | Game rule six hundred seventy.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number six hundred seventy, "Cash Explosion® Cashword" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number six hundred seventy.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number six hundred seventy is an extended play game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) The holder of a valid ticket will remove the covering over "Your Letters" play area to reveal eighteen letters. The player will then scratch off each letter in the "Puzzle" play area that matches "Your Letters." To win a prize award, the player must uncover three or more horizontal or vertical words using "Your Letters." The prize amount won is determined by comparing the number of uncovered words in the "Puzzle" to the corresponding "Puzzle Legend." Each letter appearing in the "Your Letters" play area may appear more than once in the "Puzzle" play area. Each "Word" must contain at least three of "Your Letters." Letters combined to form a complete "Word" must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical sequence within the "Cashword" puzzle play areas. An unbroken string of letters cannot be interrupted by a black space and each "Word" must contain every single letter square between two black spaces. A "Word" cannot be formed by connecting the letters diagonally, by reading the letters from right to left or from bottom to top, or by using only a portion of the letters in a complete "Word." Words within words are not eligible for a prize. The player will remove the covering over the "Bonus Play." If the player reveals a prize amount in the "Bonus Play" box, the player wins that amount. If the player reveals an "Entry" symbol in the "Bonus Play" box, the player becomes eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion.There are two chances to win on each ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred seventy are: three words, four words, five words, six words, seven words, eight words, nine words, ten words, two dollars, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty-five dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and one thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred seventy shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred seventy shall be two dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule six hundred seventy, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand dollars, and twenty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number six hundred seventy shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred seventy will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of ten million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drzwings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number six hundred seventy shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number six hundred seventy void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number six hundred seventy.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred seventy, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number six hundred seventy. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-671 | Game rule number six hundred seventy-one.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number six hundred seventy-one, "$300 Million Diamond Dazzler" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number six hundred seventy-one.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number six hundred seventy-one is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal six "Winning Numbers," twenty-five "Your Numbers" and twenty-five corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s). If the player reveals a "Diamond" symbol, the player wins the corresponding prize automatically. If the player reveals a "Double Diamond" symbol, the player wins double the corresponding prize amount. If the player reveals a "Triple Diamond" symbol, the player wins all twenty-five prizes automatically. There are twenty-five chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty-five times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred seventy-one are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred seventy-one shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred seventy-one shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule six hundred seventy-one, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number six hundred seventy-one shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred seventy-one will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line thirty-nine, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line thirty-nine of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line thirty-nine of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of twenty million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given lines in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number six hundred seventy-one shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number six hundred seventy-one void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number six hundred seventy-one.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred seventy-one and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number six hundred seventy-one. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Last updated December 29, 2021 at 9:38 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-696 | Game rule number six hundred ninety-six.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commissin game rule number six hundred ninety-six,"Monopoly 200X" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number six hundred ninety-six.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number six hundred ninety-six is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal two "Bonus" spots, eight "Monopoly Numbers," twenty-five "Your Numbers", and twenty-five corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a "$100 Bill" symbol in the "$100 Bonus" spot, the player wins one hundred dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "$500 Bill" symbol in the "$500 Bonus" spot, the players wins $500 automatically. If the player matches one or more of the "Monopoly Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize value(s). If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "200X" symbol, the player wins two hundred times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol, the player wins all twenty-five prizes shown. There are twenty-five chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty-five times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred ninety-six are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars and an "Annuity Prize Award" of two hundred dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately two million five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred ninety-six shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred ninety-six shall be thirty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule six hundred ninety-six, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars and an "Annuity Prize Award" of two hundred dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately two million five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number six hundred ninety-six shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred ninety-six depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. In a pool of twelve million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

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

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number six hundred ninety-six void if it is stolen, unissued, deactivated, 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 or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting, prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number six hundred ninety-six.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred ninety-six and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number six hundred ninety-six. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated December 2, 2021 at 10:59 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-729 | Game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine, "Magnificent Millions" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal three "Bonus Spots," eight "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match any of the "Winning Numbers," player wins the corresponding prize shown below automatically. If the player reveals a "Star" symbol, player wins the prize amount shown below automatically. If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol, player wins all twenty prizes shown. If a player reveals a "10X" symbol or "20X" symbol in any of the "Bonus Spot" areas, player multiplies any winning prize amount in the "Your Numbers" area automatically. If player reveals a "$100" symbol, "$250" symbol or a "$500" symbol in any of the "Bonus Spot" areas, player wins that amount respectively. There are twenty-three chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty-three times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be on type of prize in game rule seven hundred twenty-nine, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately one million dollars before taxes inn lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Numbers of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line fifty-five, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line fifty-five of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line fifty-five of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of four million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 entitle to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred twenty-nine void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred twenty-nine and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

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Last updated May 4, 2022 at 11:39 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-740 | Game rule number seven hundred forty.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred forty, "Bingo Times 50" 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred forty one.

(B) General design

(1) Game rule seven hundred forty is an extended play game and is generally know as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holder of a valid ticket will remove the covering off the entire play area on the front of the ticket to reveal 33 "Caller's Card" numbers, ten "Bonus Numbers," and nine "Cards." If the player matches the "Bingo Numbers" from the "Caller's Card" and reveals a complete vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line, the player wins the corresponding prize amount shown. If the player matches the "Bingo Numbers" from the "Caller's Card" in all four corners, the player wins the corresponding prize amount shown. If the player matches the "Bingo Numbers" from the "Caller's Card" to make a complete "X," eight numbers including the "Free" spaces, the player wins the corresponding prize amount shown. The player will remove the covering off the "Bonus Box" to multiply the total prize shown by "1X," "2X," "3X," "4X," "5X," "10X," "25X," or "50X." The player may win more than one prize on the ticket, but cannot win more than one prize on each "Card" inclusive. Only the highest winning prize of each "Card" will be paid. The player will then remove the covering off the entire play area on the backside of the ticket to reveal three "Bonus Games" which are played separately. Each game has a "Winning Number" and five "Your Numbers." If the player matches one or more "Your Numbers" with the "Winning Number," in the same "Bonus Game," the player wins the prize amount shown below the matching number(s). The games on the front and back of the ticket are played separately. There are twenty-four chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty-two times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred forty are: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and fifty thousand dollars.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred forty shall be ten dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred forty called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars, and five hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred forty shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred forty will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be reprinted in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the players having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve shall win the prize award on the same line in column fourteen; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column fifteen.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred forty shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred forty void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the administrative code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred forty.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred forty, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the "Lottery Act" and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred forty. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated June 28, 2022 at 1:31 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-741 | Game rule number seven hundred forty-one.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred forty-one, "Bingo Times 25" 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 ales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the date on which sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred forty one.

(B) General design

(1) Game rule seven hundred forty-one is an extended play game and is generally know as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal 33 "Caller's Card," numbers five bonus numbers, and eight "Cards." If the player matches the "Bingo Numbers" from the "Caller's Card" and reveal a complete vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line, the player wins the corresponding prize amount shown. If the player matches the "Bingo Numbers" from the "Caller's Card" in all four corners, the player wins the corresponding prize amount shown. If the player matches the "Bingo Number" from the "Caller's Card" to make a complete "X," eight numbers including the "Free" space, the player wins the corresponding prize amount shown. The player may remove the covering off the "Bonus Box" to multiply the total prize shown by "1X," "2X," "3X," "4X," "5X," "10X" or "25X." The player may win more than one prize on the ticket, but cannot win more than one prize on each "Card" inclusive. Only the highest winning prize of each "Card" will be paid.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred forty-one are: a "Line," "4 Corners," and "X." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred forty-one shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred forty-one shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred forty-one called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousands five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred forty-one shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred forty-one will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be reprinted in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the players having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven shall win the prize award on the same line in column twelve; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column thirteen.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred forty-one shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred forty-one void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the administrative code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred forty-one.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred forty-one, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the "Lottery Act" and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred forty-one. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated April 12, 2022 at 3:23 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 111.15
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-755 | Game rule number seven hundred fifty-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred fifty-five, "Electric 7's" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred fifty-five.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred fifty-five is a reveal symbol and key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal seven "Electric Spots," eight "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a prize amount in any of the "Electric Spots," the player wins that prize amount automatically. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "100X" symbol, the player wins one hundred times the prize shown. It the player reveals a "Bolt of Lightning" symbol, the player wins all twenty prizes shown automatically. There are twenty seven chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty seven times on one ticket.

(3) The only "Prize Values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule seven hundred fifty-five are: ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred fifty-five shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred fifty-five shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred fifty-five, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred fifty-five shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred fifty-five will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line seventy-four, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line seventy-four of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line seventy-four of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at the time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of four million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred fifty-five shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of Tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred fifty-five void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the administrative code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred fifty-five.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred fifty-five and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred fifty-five. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated August 31, 2022 at 4:32 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-762 | Game rule number seven hundred sixty-two.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred sixty-two, "Billion" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred sixty-two.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred sixty-two is a reveal symbol and key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal a "$500 Bonus Spot," "$1,000 Bonus Spot," "$5,000 Bonus Spot," eighteen "Winning Numbers," thirty-five "Your Numbers," and thirty-five corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a "$500" symbol in the same "$500 Bonus Spot," the player wins five hundred dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "$1,000" symbol in the same "$1,000 Bonus Spot," the player wins one thousand dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "$5,000" symbols in the same "$5,000 Bonus Spot," the player wins five thousand dollars automatically. "Instant Bonus Spots" play separately. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "100X" symbol, the player wins one hundred times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "500X" symbol, the player wins five hundred times the prize shown. There are thirty-eight chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to thirty-eight times on one ticket.

(3) The only "Prize Values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule seven hundred sixty-two are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years, or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," and an "Annuity Prize Award" of one million dollars per year for the winner's natural life, but not less than twenty years before taxes, or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately ten million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-two shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred sixty-two shall be fifty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred sixty-two, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years, or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," and an "Annuity Prize Award" of one million dollars per year for the winner's natural life, but not less than twenty years before taxes, or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately ten million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-two shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred sixty-two will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but is not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except lines sixty-two and sixty-three, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on lines sixty-two or sixty-three of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on lines sixty-two or sixty-three of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost annuity investment, at the time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of twenty-five million nine hundred twenty thousand tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred sixty-two shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of Tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred sixty-two void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the administrative code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred sixty-two.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred sixty-two and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred sixty-two. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated October 3, 2022 at 1:49 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-764 | Game rule number seven hundred sixty-four.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred sixty-four, "$520,000 Make My Week" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred sixty-four.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred sixty-four is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the opaque covering over the entire play area to reveal two "Winning Numbers," ten "Your Numbers" and ten corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches the "Winning Number" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s). If the player reveals a "Stack of Coins" symbol, the player wins that prize shown. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol, the player wins five times that prize shown. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times that prize shown. If the player reveals a "Week" symbol, the player wins a prize award of one thousand dollars a week for ten years, will be paid in ten annual payments of fifty-two thousand dollars, totaling five hundred twenty thousand dollars, less applicable taxes. There are ten chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to ten times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-four are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, and a prize award of one thousand dollars a week for ten years, will be paid in ten annual payments of fifty-two thousand dollars, totaling five hundred twenty thousand dollars, less applicable taxes. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-four shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred sixty-four shall be two dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred sixty-four, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and a prize award of one thousand dollars a week for ten years, will be paid in ten annual payment of fifty two thousand dollars, totaling five hundred twenty thousand dollars, less applicable taxes. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-four shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred sixty-four will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. In a pool of eight million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred sixty-four shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred sixty-four is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the opaque covering material over any of the numbers, prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers, prize values and play symbols on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred sixty-four in which the ticket was sold.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred sixty-four void if it is stolen, unissued, deactivated, 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 or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting, prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred sixty-four.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred sixty-four and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred sixty-four. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule seven hundred sixty-four used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred sixty-four and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

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Last updated November 22, 2022 at 11:28 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-765 | Game rule number seven hundred sixty-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred sixty-five, "$1,000,000 Make My Month" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred sixty-five.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred sixty-five is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the opaque covering over the entire play area to reveal four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s). If the player reveals a "Stack of Coins" symbol, the player wins that prize automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "25X" symbol, the player wins twenty-five times that prize shown. If the player reveals a "Month" symbol, the player wins a prize award of eight thousand three hundred thirty three dollars a month for ten years, and will be paid in ten annual payments of one hundred thousand dollars, totaling one million dollars, less applicable taxes. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-five are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, five thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars per year for ten years, totaling one million dollars before applicable taxes. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-five shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be removed by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred sixty-five shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred sixty-five, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, and a prize award of eight thousand three hundred thirty three dollars a month for ten years, will be paid in ten annual payments of one hundred thousand dollars, totaling one million dollars, less applicable taxes. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-five shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred sixty-five depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line fifty-two, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. In a pool of ten million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred sixty-five shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred sixty-five is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the opaque covering material over any of the numbers, prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers, prize values and play symbols on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred sixty-five in which the ticket was sold.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred sixty-five void if it is stolen, unissued, deactivated, 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 or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting, prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred sixty-five.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred sixty-five and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred sixty-five. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule seven hundred sixty-five used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred sixty-five and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Last updated November 22, 2022 at 11:28 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-766 | Game rule number seven hundred sixty-six.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred sixty-six, "$2,500,000 Make My Year" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred sixty-six.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred sixty-six is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the opaque covering over the entire play area to reveal six "Wining Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers" and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s). If the player reveals a "Stack of Coins" symbol, the player wins that prize automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times that prize shown. If the player reveals a "25X" symbol, the player wins twenty-five times that prize shown. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times that prize shown. If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol, the player wins all twenty prizes shown. If the player reveals a "Year" symbol, the player wins a prize award of two hundred fifty thousand dollars a year for ten years, to be paid in ten annual payments of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, totaling two million five hundred thousand dollars, less applicable taxes.There are twenty chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-six are: five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, seven hundred fifty dollars, one thousand dollars, fifteen thousand dollars, one hundred fifty thousand dollars, and a prize award of two hundred fifty thousand dollars a year for ten years, will be paid in ten annual payments of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, totaling two million five hundred thousand dollars, less applicable taxes. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-six shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred sixty-six shall be ten dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred sixty-six, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, seven hundred fifty dollars, one thousand dollars, fifteen thousand dollars, one hundred fifty thousand dollars, and a prize award of two hundred fifty thousand dollars a year for ten years, will be paid in ten annual payments of two hundred fifty thousand dollars, totaling two million five hundred thousand dollars, less applicable taxes. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred sixty-six shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred sixty-six depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. In a pool of ten million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred sixty-six shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 retail sales price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred sixty-six void if it is stolen, unissued, deactivated, 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 or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting, prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred sixty-six.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred sixty-six and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred sixty-six. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated November 22, 2022 at 11:28 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-776 | Game rule number seven hundred seventy-six.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred seventy-six, "Lucky $500s" 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred seventy-six.

(B) General Design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred seventy-six is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If any one of the "Your Numbers" matches any of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "Star" symbol, the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "$50 Burst" symbol, the player wins fifty dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "Bill" symbol, the player wins all fifteen prizes shown automatically. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-six are: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-six shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred seventy-six shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred seventy-six called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-six shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred seventy-six will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred seventy-six shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(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 rule number seven hundred seventy-six void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred seventy-six.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred seventy-six, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred seventy-six. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated January 9, 2023 at 12:15 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-777 | Game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven, "Precious Diamonds" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal a "$50 Bonus Spot," "$100 Bonus Spot," "$500 Bonus Spot," six "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the holder reveals a "$50 Burst" symbol in the "$50 Bonus Spot," the holder wins fifty dollars automatically. If the holder reveals a "$100 Burst" symbol in the "$100 Bonus Spot," the holder wins one hundred dollars automatically. If the holder reveals a "$500 Burst" symbol in the "$500 Bonus Spot," the holder wins five hundred dollars automatically. If the holder matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the holder wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the holder reveals a "5X" symbol, the holder wins five times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the holder reveals a "10X" symbol, the holder wins ten times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the holder reveals a "20X" symbol, the holder wins twenty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the holder reveals a "50X" symbol, the holder wins fifty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. There are twenty-three chances to win on each ticket, and a holder can win up to twenty-three times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven shall be ten dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred seventy-seven, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line eighty-nine, the holder having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A holder having the prize value set forth on line eighty-nine of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line eighty-nine of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given lines in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred seventy-seven void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule seven hundred seventy-seven used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred seventy-seven and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

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Last updated January 9, 2023 at 12:15 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-778 | Game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight, "Nothing But Cash!" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal three "Bonus Game," spots, eight "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match any of the "Winning Numbers," player wins the corresponding prize shown below automatically. If the player reveals a "Star" symbol, player wins the prize amount shown automatically. If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol, player wins all twenty prizes shown. If the player reveals a "$100 Burst" symbol, "$250 Burst" symbol, or a "$500 Burst" symbol in any of the "Bonus Game" spots, player wins that amount respectively. There are twenty-three chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty-three times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight are: ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one hundred fifty dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be on type of prize in game rule seven hundred seventy-eight, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Numbers of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line fifty-five, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line fifty-five of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line fifty-five of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of four million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 entitle to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred seventy-eight void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred seventy-eight and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Last updated January 9, 2023 at 12:15 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-779 | Game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine, "Triple Tripler," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine is a key number match game with "multiplier" features, and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) The holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal six "Prize Amounts." If a player matches three identical prize amounts, the player wins the corresponding prize value. If the player reveals two identical prize amounts and reveals a "Star" symbol, the player wins the corresponding prize amount. The player will then remove the covering off the "Your Prize Level" box to reveal either "Single Prize," "Triple Prize" or "Triple Tripler." If "Single Prize" is revealed, the prize amount remains the same. If "Triple Prize" is revealed, the player wins triple the prize amount. If "Triple Tripler" is revealed, the play wins nine times the prize amount.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, six dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, sixty dollars, ninety dollars, one hundred dollars, three hundred dollars, nine hundred dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars. Prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying prize values and play symbols

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine shall be one dollar.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine, a "regular prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, six dollars, nine dollars, eighteen dollars, thirty dollars, sixty dollars, ninety dollars, one hundred eighty dollars, three hundred dollars, nine hundred dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars.

(a) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one dollar and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one dollar;

(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one dollar, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one dollar;

(c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of two dollars;

(d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of two dollars;

(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one dollar and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three dollars;

(f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one dollar, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three dollars;

(g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for three dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three dollars;

(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of six dollars;

(i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of six dollars;

(j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for six dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of six dollars;

(k) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one dollar and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine dollars;

(l) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one dollar, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine dollars;

(m) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for three dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine dollars;

(n) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of eighteen dollars;

(o) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two dollars, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of eighteen dollars;

(p) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for ten dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;

(q) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for ten dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;

(r) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for twenty dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;

(s) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for twenty dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;

(t) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for sixty dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;

(u) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for sixty dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;

(v) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for thirty dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of ninety dollars;

(w) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for ten dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of ninety dollars;

(x) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for ten dollars, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular award of ninety dollars;

(y) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for ninety dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of ninety dollars;

(z) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for twenty dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one hundred eighty dollars;

(aa) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one hundred dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three hundred dollars;

(bb) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for three hundred dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize amount of nine hundred dollars;

(cc) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one hundred dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine hundred dollars;

(dd) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for nine hundred dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize amount of nine hundred dollars;

(ee) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one thousand eight hundred dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one thousand eight hundred dollars;

(ff) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two hundred dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize of one thousand eight hundred dollars; and

(gg) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two hundred dollars, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one thousand eight hundred dollars.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that the number of winning tickets per eight million tickets sold in the following prize categories should be as follows

(a) Twenty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two hundred dollars, and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one thousand eight hundred dollars;

(b) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for two hundred dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one thousand eight hundred dollars;

(c) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for one thousand eight hundred dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one thousand eight hundred dollars;

(d) Twenty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for nine hundred dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine hundred dollars;

(e) Twenty-five tickets revealing three identical numbers for one hundred dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine hundred dollars;

(f) Twenty-five tickets revealing three identical numbers for three hundred dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine hundred dollars;

(g) One hundred tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one hundred dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three hundred dollars; and

(h) Two hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for twenty dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one hundred eighty dollars.

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

(a) Ten tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for ninety dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;

(b) Ten tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for ten dollars, and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;

(c) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for ten dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;

(d) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for thirty dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;

(e) Sixty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for sixty dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;

(f) Sixty tickets revealing three identical numbers for sixty dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;

(g) Sixty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for twenty dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;

(h) Sixty tickets revealing three identical numbers for twenty dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;

(i) One hundred fifty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for ten dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win thirty dollars;

(j) One hundred fifty tickets revealing three identical numbers for ten dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win thirty dollars;

(k) Two hundred fifty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two dollars, and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win eighteen dollars;

(l) Two hundred fifty tickets revealing three identical numbers for two dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win eighteen dollars;

(m) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for three dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine dollars;

(n) Five hundred tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one dollar and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine dollars;

(o) One thousand tickets revealing three identical numbers for one dollar and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine dollars;

(p) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for six dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win six dollars;

(q) Five hundred tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win six dollars;

(r) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for two dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win six dollars;

(s) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for three dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three dollars;

(t) One thousand tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one dollar, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three dollars;

(u) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for one dollar and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three dollars;

(v) Nine thousand tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win two dollars;

(w) Five thousand tickets revealing three identical numbers for two dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win two dollars;

(x) Eleven thousand tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one dollar, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one dollar; and

(y) Ten thousand tickets revealing three identical numbers and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one dollar.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred seventy-nine void if it is stolen, unissued, deactivated, 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 refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and 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 and any promotions or drawings associated therewith. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-780 | Game rule number seven hundred eighty.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred eighty, "Cash Explosion 5X," will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred eighty.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred eighty is a match three lottery game of the type generally known as an "instant lottery," and which contains an Ohio Lottery Commission TV game show feature.

(2) Prize values and play symbols will be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal nine underlying prize values and play symbols. Holders of valid tickets on which at least three of the prize values are the same will win a prize award equal to such prize value. If two identical amounts are revealed and a "2X" symbol is revealed, the player wins two times the amount shown. If two identical amounts are revealed and a "5X" symbol is revealed, the player wins five times the amount shown. If the player reveals an "ENTRY" symbol three times, the player becomes eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show."

(3) All holders of valid winning tickets, which reveal an "ENTRY" symbol three times will become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" by complying with the special claim, entry, receipt, validation and drawing requirements of the Ohio lottery commission's current game show entry and drawing procedures, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director and the procedures established by the director.

(4) The only "prize values" which will appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty are: an "ENTRY" ticket symbol, one dollar, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, and five hundred dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty will be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred eighty will be one dollar.

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

(1) The type of prize to be awarded in game rule number seven hundred eighty will be the prize awards. Other types of prizes, "game show prizes," will be awarded in each Lottery TV game show.

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" will mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: "ENTRY" ticket symbol to appear on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show," one dollar, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, and five hundred dollars.

(3) Holder of a valid ticket on which three of the prize values revealed are an "ENTRY" ticket symbol will become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on "The Ohio Lottery TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show."

(4) Each eligible holder of an "ENTRY" ticket whose name is drawn for participation in "The Ohio Lottery TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show" will be subject to the rules and regulations established by the director in the Ohio lottery commission's current game show procedures. The director will have the discretion to establish bonus prizes and to modify prize amounts awarded to contestants for promotional purposes.

(E) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets will be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three will win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of ten million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty will be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the play symbols and prize symbols have been removed, the holder will be deemed to have drawn the play symbols and prize symbols on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards will be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty in which the ticket was sold.

(3) Drawings conducted for the purposes of determining who will become entitled to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show" and any other drawings conducted in connection with a TV game show will comply with the rules and regulations of the commission governing "prize drawings" and special lottery drawings as set forth in rules 3770:1-6-05 and 3770:1-6-06 of the Administrative Code, as applicable.

(4) The "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" will be held on dates determined and announced by the director.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director will establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards will be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket will not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director will 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 will be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred eighty void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred eighty.

(1) The director will conduct game rule number seven hundred eighty and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. The director will inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred eighty. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Last updated April 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-781 | Game rule number seven hundred eighty-one.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred eighty-one, "Cash Explosion 10X ," will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred eighty-one.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred eighty-one is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery," and contains an Ohio Lottery Commission TV game show feature.

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the opaque covering off the entire play area to reveal one "Bonus Spot," two "Winning Numbers," ten "Your Numbers," and ten corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match any one or more of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount. If the player reveals a "CASH" symbol, the player wins all ten prizes shown. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol in the "Bonus Spot," the player wins five times the total prize won automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol in the "Bonus Spot," the player wins ten times the total prize won automatically. If the player reveals an "ENTRY" symbol in the "Bonus Spot," the player becomes eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show." There are ten chances to win on each ticket, and the player can win up to ten times on a ticket.

(3) All holders of valid winning tickets, which reveal an "ENTRY" symbol will become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" by complying with the special claim, entry, receipt, validation and drawing requirements of the Ohio lottery commission's current game show drawing procedures, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director and the procedures established by the director.

(4) The only "prize values," which will appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-one are: an "ENTRY" ticket symbol, a "CASH" symbol, one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars and ten thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-one will be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred eighty-one will be two dollars.

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

(1) The type of prize to be awarded in game rule number seven hundred eighty-one will be the prize awards. Other types of prizes, "game show prizes," will be awarded in each Ohio Lottery TV game show.

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" will mean an "ENTRY" as described in paragraph (D) (2) (a) of this rule, or one of the following monetary amounts: two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars.

(a) Each holder of a valid ticket on which an "ENTRY" ticket symbol is revealed, will become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show."

(3) Each eligible holder of an "ENTRY" ticket whose name is drawn for participation in the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" will be subject to the rules and regulations established by the director in the Ohio lottery commission's current game show procedures. (The director will have the discretion to establish bonus prizes and to modify prize amounts awarded to contestants for promotional purposes.)

(4) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-one will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets will be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

(a) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance.

(5) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three will win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of ten million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(E) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-one will be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-one is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the play symbols and prize symbol has been removed, the holder will be deemed to have drawn the play symbols and prize symbols on that ticket, which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards will be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-one in which the ticket was sold.

(3) Drawings conducted for the purposes of determining who will become entitled to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" and any other drawings conducted in connection with the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" will comply with the rules and regulations of the commission governing "prize drawings" and special lottery drawings as set forth in rules 3770:1-6-05 and 3770:1-6-06 of the Administrative Code, as applicable.

(4) The "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" will be held on dates determined and announced by the director.

(G) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director will establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards will be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket will not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director will 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 will be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred eighty-one void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(I) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred eighty-one.

(1) The director will conduct game rule number seven hundred eighty-one and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director will inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred eighty-one. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Last updated April 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-782 | Game rule number seven hundred eighty-two.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred eighty-two, "Cash Explosion25X," will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred eighty-two.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred eighty-two is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery," and contains an Ohio lottery commission TV game show feature.

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the opaque covering off the entire play area to reveal one "Bonus Spot," four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers," and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match any one or more of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s). If the player reveals a "STAR" symbol, the player wins that prize automatically. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol in the "Bonus Spot," the player wins five times the total prize won automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol in the "Bonus Spot," the player wins ten times the total prize won automatically. If the player reveals a "25X" symbol in the "Bonus Spot," the player wins twenty-five times the total prize won automatically. If the player reveals an "ENTRY" symbol in the "Bonus Spot," the player becomes eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show." There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and the player can win up to fifteen times on a ticket.

(3) All holders of valid winning tickets, which reveal an "ENTRY" symbol will become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" by complying with the special claim, entry, receipt, validation and drawing requirements of the Ohio lottery commission's current game show drawing procedures, and with all other applicable requirements of the rules of the commission, the regulations of the director and the procedures established by the director.

(4) The only "prize values," which will appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-two are: an "ENTRY" ticket symbol, a "STAR" symbol, one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, and one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-two will be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred eighty-two will be five dollars.

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

(1) The type of prize to be awarded in game rule number seven hundred eighty-two will be the prize awards. Other types of prizes, "game show prizes," will be awarded in each Ohio Lottery TV game show.

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" will mean an "ENTRY" as described in paragraph (D) (2) (a) of this rule, or one of the following monetary amounts: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, and one hundred fifty thousand dollars.

(a) Each holder of a valid ticket on which three of the prize values revealed are "ENTRY" ticket symbols will become eligible for a chance to be selected in a scheduled drawing to appear as a contestant on The Ohio Lottery TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show.

(3) Each eligible holder of an "ENTRY" ticket whose name is drawn for participation in the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV Game Show, Cash Explosion Game Show" will be subject to the rules and regulations established by the director in the Ohio lottery commission's current game show procedures. (The director will have the discretion to establish bonus prizes and to modify prize amounts awarded to contestants for promotional purposes.)

(4) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-two will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets will be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

(a) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance.

(5) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three will win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of eight million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(E) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(F) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-two will be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-two is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the play symbols and prize symbol has been removed, the holder will be deemed to have drawn the play symbols and prize symbols on that ticket, which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards will be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-two in which the ticket was sold.

(3) Drawings conducted for the purposes of determining who will become entitled to appear as a contestant on the "Ohio Lottery Commission TV game show, Cash Explosion Game Show" and any other drawings conducted in connection with a TV game show will comply with the rules and regulations of the commission governing "prize drawings" and special lottery drawings as set forth in rules 3770:1-6-05 and 3770:1-6-06 of the Administrative Code, as applicable.

(4) An Ohio Lottery TV game show will be held on dates determined and announced by the director.

(G) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director will establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards will be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket will not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director will 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 will be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred eighty-two void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(I) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred eighty-two.

(1) The director will conduct game rule number seven hundred eighty-two and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director will inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred eighty-two. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Last updated April 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-783 | Game rule number seven hundred eighty-three.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred eighty-three, "$1,000,000 PAYOUT" will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes of this rule, "sales cycle" will 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred eighty-three.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred eighty-three is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal two "Bonus Boxes," six "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a "COIN" symbol in the left "Bonus Box," the player wins the prize shown in that "Bonus Box" automatically. If the player reveals a "MONEY" symbol in the right "Bonus Box," the player wins the prize shown in that "Bonus Box" automatically. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s) automatically. If the player reveals a "DIAMOND" symbol, the player wins that prize automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "MONEY BAG" symbol, the player wins all twenty prizes shown. There are twenty-two chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty-two times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which will appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-three are: five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-three will be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred eighty-three will be ten dollars.

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

(1) There will be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred eighty-three, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" will mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of forty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-three will be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-three will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets will be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line eighty-two, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three will win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line eighty-two of column three of the appendix to this rule will win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line eighty-two of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of four million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-three will be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-three is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers, prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder will be deemed to have drawn the numbers, prize values and play symbols on that ticket, which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards will be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-three in which the ticket was sold.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director will establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards will be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket will not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director will 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 will be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred eighty-three void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred eighty-three.

(1) The director will conduct game rule number seven hundred eighty-three and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director will inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred eighty-three. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule seven hundred eighty-three used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred eighty-three and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Last updated April 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-785 | Game rule number seven hundred eighty-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred twenty-one, "$300,000,000 Extreme Cash" will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes of this rule, "sales cycle" will 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred eighty-five.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred eighty-five is a reveal symbol and key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal four "Mystery Bonus" spots, ten "Winning Numbers," twenty-five "Your Numbers," and twenty-five corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a prize amount in any of the "Mystery Bonus" spots, the player wins that prize amount automatically. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s) automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "200X" symbol, the player wins two hundred times the prize shown. It the player reveals a "Money Bag" symbol, the player wins all twenty-five prizes shown automatically. There are twenty-nine chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty-nine times on one ticket.

(3) The only "Prize Values," which will appear on a ticket in game rule seven hundred eighty-five are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars and an "Annuity Prize Award" of two hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately two million five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-five will be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred eighty-five will be thirty dollars.

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

(1) There will be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred eighty-five, a "regular prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" will mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of two hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately two million five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-five will be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-five will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets will be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line fifty seven, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three will win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line fifty seven of column three of the appendix to this rule will win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line fifty seven of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at the time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of thirteen million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-five will be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-five is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers, prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder will be deemed to have drawn the numbers, prize values and play symbols on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards will be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-five in which the ticket was sold.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director will establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards will be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of Tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket will not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director will 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 will be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred eighty-five void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the administrative code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred eighty-five.

(1) The director will conduct game rule number seven hundred eighty-five and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director will inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred eighty-five. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Last updated April 26, 2023 at 5:36 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-788 | Game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight, "Electric 8's," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight is a reveal symbol game with a "Bonus" feature, and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal a "Prize Box," a "Bonus Prize," and nine symbols. If the player reveals three "8" symbols in the same row, column, or diagonal line, the player wins the prize value revealed in the "Prize Box." If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol in any spot the player wins the "Bonus Prize" shown.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight are: one dollar, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and one thousand eight hundred eighty-eight dollars. Prize values, play symbols and prize levels appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying prize values, play symbols and prize levels.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight shall be one dollar.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: one dollar, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and one thousand eight hundred eighty-eight dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. In a pool of eight million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the prize values, play symbols and prize levels has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the prize values, play symbols and prize levels on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a prize award. All prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight in which the ticket was sold.

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred eighty-eight void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred eighty-eight. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-789 | Game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine, "Level Up 10X" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine is a reveal symbol style game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) The holder of a valid ticket will play each of the "Games" separately. In each "Game" the player will scratch each of the "Circle" symbols in that row. If the player reveals five "Arrow" symbols from "Start" to "Finish" without revealing a "Stop" symbol, the holder wins the prize shown for that "Game" automatically. If a holder reveals a "2X," "5X," or "10X" multiplier in any "Game," the holder will multiply the prize amount shown for that "Game." Each "Game" is played separately. There are four chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to four times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine are: one dollar, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, and twenty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine shall be two dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred eighty-nine, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, and twenty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred eighty-nine void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule seven hundred eighty-nine used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred eighty-nine and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-790 | Game rule seven hundred ninety.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred ninety, "Lucky 7s," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred ninety.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred ninety is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals two identical symbols in the "Bonus" area, the player wins the prize shown. If a player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize value(s) shown. If the player reveals a "7" symbol, the player wins the prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "77" symbol, the player wins ten times prize shown. If the player reveals a "777" symbol, the player wins twenty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "Lucky" symbol, the player wins all fifteen prizes shown. There are sixteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to sixteen times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety are: one dollar, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred ninety shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred ninety called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand, and one hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred ninety will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three and four should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred ninety shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred ninety void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred ninety.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred ninety, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred ninety. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-795 | Game rule number seven hundred ninety-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred ninety-five, "$2,000,000 Diamond Spectacular" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred ninety-five.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred ninety-five is a reveal symbol and key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal five "Prize" spots in the "Extra Bonus Chances," eight "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a "Double Dollar Sign" symbol in the "Extra Bonus Chances," the player wins that prize amount automatically. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s) automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "100X" symbol, the player wins one hundred times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "Roll of Money" symbol, the player wins all twenty prizes shown automatically. There are twenty five chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty five times on one ticket.

(3) The only "Prize Values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule seven hundred ninety-five are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-five shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred ninety-five shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred ninety-five, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-five shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred ninety-five will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line sixty-seven, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three shall win the prize award on that same line in column four. A player having the prize value set forth on line sixty-seven of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line sixty-seven of column four of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at the time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of four million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred ninety-five shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of Tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred ninety-five void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the administrative code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred ninety-five.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred ninety-five and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred ninety-five. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-796 | Game rule number seven hundred ninety-six.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred ninety-six, "Fast $50!" 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred ninety-six.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred ninety-six is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal two "Winning Numbers," six "Your Numbers" and six corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match either of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize below that matching number(s). If the player reveals a "2X" symbol, the player wins two times that prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol, the player wins five times that prize shown automatically. There are six chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to six times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-six are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, and one thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-six shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

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

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

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

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, and one thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-six shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred ninety-six will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of eight million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

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

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred ninety-six void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred ninety-six.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred ninety-six, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred ninety-six. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-797 | Game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven, "Space Invaders Cash Invasion," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven is a key number match game with a "multiplier" feature and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) The player will remove the covering over the entire play are to reveal three "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize values. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match any of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize value(s) shown below the matching "Your Numbers." If the player reveals a "2X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins two times the prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins five times the prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins ten times the prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "SATURN" symbol the player wins all fifteen prizes automatically. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven shall be two dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars and ten thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and bonus, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of five million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and bonus, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred ninety-seven void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule seven hundred ninety-seven.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred ninety-seven. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-798 | Game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight, "Fistful of $500," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match any of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "Money Roll" symbol, the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "$50 Burst" symbol, the player wins fifty dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "Fist of Money" symbol, the player wins all fifteen prizes shown automatically. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight are: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(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 rule number seven hundred ninety-eight void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred ninety-eight. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-799 | Game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine, "Red Hot Riches" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal a "Red Hot 1" spot, "Red Hot 2" spot, "Red Hot 3" spot, six "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the player reveals a "Coins" symbol in the "Red Hot 1" spot, the player wins fifty dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "Gold Bar" symbol in the "Red Hot 2" spot, the player wins one hundred dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol in the "Red Hot 3" spot, the player wins five hundred dollars automatically. If the player matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers" to one or more of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "50X" symbol, the player wins fifty times the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "Riches" symbol the player wins all twenty prizes shown automatically. There are twenty-three chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty-three times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, and five hundred thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine shall be ten dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule seven hundred ninety-nine, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, fifty thousand dollars, and five hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and bonus prize, if any, on that same line in columns three and/or four shall win the prize award on that same line in column five. In a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column six.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number seven hundred ninety-nine void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred ninety-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-800 | Game rule number eight hundred.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number eight hundred, "Mining for Millions" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number eight hundred.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number eight hundred is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area to reveal three "Bonus Spots," eight "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" match any of the "Winning Numbers," player wins the corresponding prize shown below automatically. If the player reveals a "Pick" symbol, player wins the prize amount shown below automatically. If the player reveals a "Diamond" symbol, player wins all twenty prizes shown. If a player reveals a "TNT" symbol in any of the "Bonus" spots, player wins that prize shown automatically. "Bonus" spots are played separately. There are twenty-three chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to twenty-three times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number eight hundred are: ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty-five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number eight hundred shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number eight hundred shall be twenty dollars.

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

(1) There shall be on type of prize in game rule eight hundred, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of eighty thousand dollars per year for twenty five years before taxes or the "Elected Cash Option" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number eight hundred shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Numbers of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number eight hundred will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, except line forty-six, the player having the prize value and bonus prize, if any, on that same line in columns three and/or four shall win the prize award on that same line in column five. A player having the prize value set forth on line forty-six of column three of the appendix to this rule shall win either the "Annuity Prize Award" or the "Elected Cash Option Prize Award." The amounts set forth on line forty-six of column five of the appendix to this rule represent the estimated cost of annuity investment, at time of game development, to fund the "Annuity Prize Award." In a pool of four million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column six.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number eight hundred shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 entitle to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable 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 rule number eight hundred void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number eight hundred.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number eight hundred and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number eight hundred. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-804 | Game rule number eight hundred four.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number eight hundred four, "Spooky Loot" 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number eight hundred four.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number eight hundred four is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area on the front side of the ticket to reveal one "Winning Number," five "Your Numbers" and five corresponding prize amounts. If the "Winning Number" matches the any of "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize below to that matching number. If the player reveals a "Witch" symbol, the player double the prize shown automatically. There are five chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to five times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number eight hundred four are: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number eight hundred four shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

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

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number eight hundred four called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, and five hundred dollars. Each ticket in game rule number eight hundred four shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number eight hundred four will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of eight million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number eight hundred four shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number eight hundred four void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number eight hundred four.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number eight hundred four, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number eight hundred four. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Last updated July 21, 2023 at 9:55 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-805 | Game rule number eight hundred five.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number eight hundred five, "10X The Money," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number eight hundred five.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number eight hundred five is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal two "Winning Numbers," two "Bonus Numbers," ten "Your Numbers" and ten corresponding prize amounts. If any one of the "Winning Numbers" or any one of the "Bonus Numbers" matches any of the "Your Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount. If the player reveals a "2X," "5X" or "10X" symbol the player wins two times, five times or ten times the prize shown for that symbol automatically. If the player reveals a "STAR" symbol, the player wins all ten prizes shown automatically. There are ten chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to ten times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number eight hundred five are: one dollar, two dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number eight hundred five shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number eight hundred five shall be two dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number eight hundred five called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number eight hundred five shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number eight hundred five will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partially reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on a given line in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number eight hundred five shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number eight hundred five void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule eight hundred five.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number eight hundred five, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number eight hundred five. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Last updated July 21, 2023 at 9:55 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-806 | Game rule eight hundred six.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number eight hundred six, "Wheel of Fortune," 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number eight hundred six.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number eight hundred six is a key number match game and is generally known as an "Instant Lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the top play area, "Game 1," to reveal four "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers," and fifteen corresponding prize amounts. If any one or more of "Your Numbers" matches any of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount(s) shown below that number. If the player reveals a "Star" symbol, the player wins that corresponding prize automatically. If the player reveals a "Money Bag" symbol, the player wins fifty dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol, the player wins five times the corresponding prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "Wheel" symbol, the player wins all fifteen prizes shown automatically. The player will then remove the covering from the bottom play area, "Game 2," to reveal a total of twelve "Your Twelve Letters," and a total of twenty-seven boxes, nine boxes in each of three rows. Row one being labeled "Person." Row two being labeled "Place." Row three being labeled "Thing." Along with three corresponding "Prize" spots, one to the right of each of the three rows. If the player completes a "Word" in any of the three rows, the player wins the corresponding prize directly to the right of that row. Letters combined to form a complete "Word" must appear in an unbroken horizontal sequence within the designated row. A "Word" cannot be formed by connecting the letters diagonally between rows, by reading the letters from right to left or from bottom to top or top to bottom between rows, or by using only a portion of the letters in a complete "Word." Words within words are not eligible for a prize. There are eighteen chances to win in game number eight hundred six and a player may win up to eighteen times.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number eight hundred six are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, four dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number eight hundred six shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number eight hundred six shall be five dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number eight hundred six called a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, two thousand dollars, ten thousand dollars, and one hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number eight hundred six shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number eight hundred six will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of five million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier in column three, if any, should be as set forth on that same line in column five.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number eight hundred six shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number eight hundred six void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number eight hundred six.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number eight hundred six, and any promotions associated therewith, in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule, and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number eight hundred six. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

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

Last updated July 21, 2023 at 9:55 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-807 | Game rule eight hundred seven.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number eight hundred seven, "Psychedelic Payout" 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, 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 sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number eight hundred seven.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number eight hundred seven is a key number match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering over the entire play area on the front and back of the ticket. The front and back of each ticket plays separately. On the front of the ticket the player will reveal six "Winning Numbers," twenty "Your Numbers," and twenty corresponding prize amounts. If the player matches one or more of "Your Numbers" to one or more of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins the corresponding prize amount automatically. If the player reveals a "Sunglasses" symbol the player wins that prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol, the player wins ten times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol, the player wins twenty times the prize shown. If the player reveals a "Payout" symbol, the player wins all twenty prizes shown automatically. On the back of the ticket the player will reveal ten "Extra Groovy Play!" bonus spots. If the player reveals a "$20," "$50," "$100," or "$500" prize amount in any one of the "Extra Groovy Play" bonus spots, the player wins the prize shown automatically. There are thirty chances to win on each ticket, and a player can win up to thirty times on one ticket.

(3) The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number eight hundred seven are: five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, and five hundred thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number eight hundred seven shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number eight hundred seven shall be ten dollars.

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

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule eight hundred seven, a "prize award."

(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures, which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and five hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number eight hundred seven shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(E) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number eight hundred seven will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or partial reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques.

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

(2) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in columns three and/or four shall win the prize award on that same line in column five. In a pool of six million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having the prize value and multiplier, if any, set forth on a given line in column three and/or four of the appendix to this rule should be as set forth on that same line in column six.

(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.

(G) Frequency of prize drawings.

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number eight hundred seven shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

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

(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards, which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.

(I) Validity of tickets.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words 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 of comparable 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 rule number eight hundred seven void if it is stolen, deactivated, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(J) Director's conduct of game rule number eight hundred seven.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number eight hundred seven and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto, which affect the play of game rule number eight hundred seven. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule eight hundred seven used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number eight hundred seven and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

Last updated July 21, 2023 at 9:55 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date:
Rule 3770:1-9-947 | Game rule number nine hundred forty-seven.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred forty-seven, "General EZPLAY tap game rule," and the individual EZPLAY tap games offered and operated pursuant to the authority of this general EZPLAY tap game rule shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number nine hundred forty-seven is an EZPLAY tap game known as an "online game," offered and operated pursuant to the authority of this general EZPLAY tap game rule and shall only be played on a multi-purpose terminal manufactured in accordance with lottery approved specifications, owned and tested by the lottery and connected to a lottery central system.

(2) Each EZPLAY tap game shall have an individual game name, a summary of how the game shall be played, specified wager amounts and a prize structure detailing winning prizes at each wager amount selected by the player.

(3) Each EZPLAY tap game shall provide for announcement of immediate EZPLAY tap game prize winnings as determined by a random number generator within the lottery central system which prize winnings shall be communicated from the central system to each terminal.

(4) The amount of the prize pool for each EZPLAY tap game shall be replenished after each winning prize and shall not diminish as prizes are won.

(5) Each EZPLAY tap game shall be displayed on a single screen. A game may allow for the screen to be tapped to reveal game results, or allow for game results to be revealed automatically, or both.

(C) Price of EZPLAY tap game tickets. The wager amount for an EZPLAY tap game ticket shall be in the minimum amount of twenty-five cents. Other wager amounts and the maximum wager amount shall be established for each EZPLAY tap game by the director and shall be subject to approval through a resolution of five commissioners present at a meeting of the commission.

(D) Number nature and value of prize awards. Game design features as set forth in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule, including the value of EZPLAY tap game prize winnings and the number and nature of different EZPLAY tap game prize winning combinations available for each EZPLAY tap game, and any bonus features or progressive jackpot features in the game shall be established by the director and shall be subject to approval through a resolution of five commissioners present at a meeting of the commission prior to the EZPLAY tap game being available to a lottery sales agent for sale to players.

(1) The value of the EZPLAY tap game prize winnings, and any cash balance, shall be displayed on the terminal.

(2) The EZPLAY tap game result, whether winning or non-winning, for a valid wager, shall be displayed on the terminal.

(E) Payment of EZPLAY tap game prize winnings. Notwithstanding the information displayed on a terminal screen, EZPLAY tap game prize winnings shall not be due and payable to a player until a pay voucher has been generated by the terminal, the pay voucher is presented by the player for payment and the pay voucher is determined by the lottery or an authorized lottery agent to be valid, all in accordance with applicable provisions of law. EZPLAY tap game prize winnings are subject to all applicable tax and other required withholdings.

(F) Frequency and period of EZPLAY tap games. EZPLAY tap games may only be played during the established hours of operation of lottery sales agents locations authorized by the lottery to use the terminal.

(G) Validity of EZPLAY tap game play.

(1) It shall be the sole responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of the EZPLAY tap game play. Once a player has initiated game play on a terminal, the wager may not be canceled.

(2) All EZPLAY tap game play is subject to validation requirements, test and/or procedures established by the lottery, including but not limited to validation by the lottery central system.

(3) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power or authority conferred on the director or the commission by commission rules, the director may declare the play of an EZPLAY tap game, a pay voucher, or any other aspect of EZPLAY tap gaming void if stolen, not played or issued in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, altered, mutilated, or counterfeit; or if the terminal on which a game was played or a pay voucher fails any validation tests or procedures established by the director. The lottery shall have no liability for EZPLAY tap game play, pay voucher or any other aspect of EZPLAY tap gaming declared by the director to be void.

(H) Director's conduct of EZPLAY tap games under game rule nine hundred forty-seven.

(1) The director shall offer and operate EZPLAY tap games and promotions associated therewith under the authority of this general EZPLAY tap game rule in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation this rule and any resolution of the commissioners adopted under this rule. As deemed necessary or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate these lottery games and any promotions associated therewith. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of EZPLAY tap games. The director reserves the right to declare any game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) More than one EZPLAY tap game may be offered by the commission, if authorized by the director or commission, under the authority of this rule. In actual operation, EZPLAY tap games offered under the authority of this rule may be given names or titles chosen by the director or commission.

Last updated October 12, 2023 at 2:49 PM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.071, 3770.072
Five Year Review Date: 5/1/2024
Rule 3770:1-9-955 | Game rule nine hundred fifty-five.
 

(A) Title and term. Game number nine hundred fifty-five is the Ohio-adopted modified version of the "Powerball" game for "Powerball" draws beginning August 23, 2021. Game number nine hundred nine hundred fifty-five will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the director may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the Ohio lottery commission executive director as the date on which sales agents are to make final settlement with respect to such period.

(B) General design.

(1) "Powerball" is a statewide joint lottery game that is based on an agreement for the sale of "Powerball" by participating party lotteries.

(2) As used in this rule, "Powerball" will hereinafter be referred to as "game number nine hundred fifty-five" as it applies to statewide ticket sales in Ohio conducted by the Ohio lottery commission for draws beginning August 23, 2021.

(3) As used in this rule, "MUSL" will mean the multi-state lottery association.

(4) Game number nine hundred fifty-five will be conducted in accordance with this rule and the "Powerball" group rules as last amended by MUSL on January 7, 2021 (hereinafter "Group Rules"). The "Group Rules" are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein and will be posted on the Ohio lottery commission website. The "Group Rules" as last amended January 7, 2021 may be accessed by going to the link https://www.ohiolottery.com/Claiming/RulesAndRegulations and clicking on the "Powerball" tab.

(5) As used in this rule, "panel or play area" will mean the area of an official "Powerball" ticket which sets forth a player's selection and is identified by the following two fields of play: one field of five numbers consisting of one or two digits that were selected by the player or through the gaming system through the auto pick feature, and second field of one number consisting of one or two digits selected by the player or through the gaming system through the auto pick feature. Up to ten such panels or play areas may appear on any one ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-five. The director may change the number of panels or play areas appearing on any one ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-five. Each panel will constitute a separate wager.

(6) As used in this rule, "party lottery" or "party lotteries" will mean the lottery or lotteries established and operated pursuant to the laws of the jurisdictions participating in "Powerball" including but not limited to members and licensees of "MUSL" who are participating in "Powerball."

(7) As used in this rule, "Ohio lottery" will mean the state lottery commission.

(8) As used in this rule, "directors" will mean the chief officers of the party lotteries or any other persons to whom a chief officer's or a group of chief officers' authority is lawfully delegated.

(9) As used in this rule, "director" will mean the executive director of the Ohio lottery commission.

(10) As used in this rule, "set prize" means all other prizes except the grand prize that are advertised to be paid by a single cash payment and, except as otherwise provided or authorized herein, will be equal to the prize amount established by applicable procedures.

(11) As used in this rule "grand prize" will mean the top prize in game number nine hundred fifty-five.

(12) As used in this rule, "subscription play" is only valid when registered with a party lottery in accordance with the rules and procedures of a party lottery who has authorized sales through subscription and the person or, if permitted by the party lottery's rules, the persons registering the play will be the owner of the subscription play. A receipt for a subscription play has no value and is not evidence of a play.

(13) As used in this rule, "applicable procedures" will mean procedures, "Group Rules" and/or agreements relating to or associated with "Powerball," as designated or agreed to by the director for the operation of game number nine hundred fifty-five.

(14) Game number nine hundred fifty-five is not required to be amended when a party lottery is added or removed from participating, unless the addition or removal of a party lottery will substantively change the game matrix, play style or the method of prize payments in game nine hundred fifty-five. Nothing contained herein will be deemed to be a prohibition against amendments to game number nine hundred fifty-five, as determined by the director to be appropriate or necessary.

(15) Each ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-five will be imprinted with one set of five unique numbers from a set of numbers, one through sixty-nine inclusively ("field one"), and one unique number from a second set of numbers, one through twenty-six, inclusively ("field two"), as determined by choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature on the gaming system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of the purchase. Players may use a bet card to have the auto pick feature select their numbers in either field one, field two or both fields. Bet cards are available at no cost to the player and will have no pecuniary or prize value, nor will a bet card constitute evidence of purchase or number selection. When a player verbally places a "Powerball" wager, the player will either manually select the numbers from both fields or request usage of the auto pick feature to select numbers from both fields. A player may also place a wager through other means that are approved by the director. A ticket may contain one or more panels as described in paragraph (B)(5) of this rule.

(16) As used in this rule, game number nine hundred fifty-five winning numbers will be randomly selected during each official "Powerball" drawing, and will consist of five numbers selected from a field of numbers one through sixty-nine inclusively, and one number selected from a second field of numbers one through twenty-six inclusively. Holders of valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that drawing, in whole or in part, and excluding the "Power Play" option will be entitled to the set prize award in accordance with the applicable section(s) of this rule. In addition, as set forth in this rule or as approved by the director, with each official "Powerball" drawing, a single "Power Play" number will be randomly selected.

(C) Price of tickets. The price of a "Powerball" wager in game number nine hundred fifty-five will be two dollars. 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 panels and inclusive drawings. The cost of every two dollar wager will be increased by one dollar if a player purchases the "Power Play" option.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. Except as otherwise provided or authorized herein, all prize awards for prizes described in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule will be set as set prizes. The grand prize described in paragraph (D)(9) of this rule will be paid on a pari-mutuel basis. Except as otherwise determined in accordance with applicable procedures, no advertised grand prize is a guaranteed amount. In the event that an advertised grand prize is determined in accordance with applicable procedures to be a guaranteed amount, funding and payment of such guaranteed grand prize amounts will be in accordance with applicable procedures. Except as otherwise provided or authorized herein, based upon the numbers drawn in each regular drawing for game nine hundred fifty-five, prizes will be awarded to holders of valid winning tickets for that drawing as follows:

(1) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches none of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of four dollars.

(2) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches one of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of four dollars.

(3) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches two of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of seven dollars.

(4) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of seven dollars.

(5) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of one hundred dollars.

(6) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of one hundred dollars.

(7) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of fifty thousand dollars.

(8) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches five of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number for field two, the player will be entitled to a set prize award of one million dollars.

(9) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches five of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, the player will win the grand prize award which will be divided equally among the winning selections if there is more than one winning selection. The grand prize will be determined on a pari-mutuel basis and will be equal to the amount designated in accordance with applicable procedures.

(10) In the event that there are no winning tickets for the grand prize described in paragraph (D)(9) of this rule for a drawing, except as otherwise approved in accordance with applicable procedures, the designated grand prize amount from that drawing will be carried forward into the grand prize for the next consecutive drawing.

(11) If the total prize liability for the prize levels set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule exceeds the liability cap designated in accordance with applicable procedures, then that liability cap may be enforced for the payment of the prize awards set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule. In the event the prize liability is exceeded, then the prizes set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, or in another manner as determined by the director, rather than a set prize basis, provided, however, that in no event will the pari-mutuel prizes or other prizes awarded be greater than the applicable set prizes. In the event that the liability cap is exceeded and prizes are paid on a pari-mutuel basis, the amounts to be used for allocation of such pari-mutuel prizes, or other prizes awarded, for each prize level will be determined in accordance with applicable procedures. If the liability cap is exceeded for a particular drawing, the director will make the liability cap publicly available by means that the directors deems appropriate.

(12) In a single game number nine hundred fifty-five drawing, a claimant may win in only one prize category per wager as a result of processing winning numbers selected in either one or both of the fields of play, and will be entitled to only the highest prize level won.

(13) Annuitized payments of the grand prize or a share of the grand prize may be rounded to facilitate the purchase of an appropriate funding mechanism. Breakage on an annuitized grand prize win will be added to the first cash payment to the winner or winners. Prizes other than the grand prize which, in accordance with applicable procedures, become single-payment, pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid in multiples of whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding these prizes will be handled in accordance with applicable procedures.

(14) Subject to the laws and regulations governing each party lottery, the number of prize categories and the allocation of the prize fund among the prize categories may be changed at the discretion of the directors.

(E) "Power Play." Powerball "Power Play" is an addition to the "Powerball" game and, if approved by the director, will be conducted in accordance with the "Powerball" game rules and other applicable procedures. Provided that the director approves "Power Play," as used in this rule, "Power Play" is an available feature of game rule number nine hundred fifty-five, and a ticket purchaser will have the option to play the "Power Play" option as an addition to the "Powerball" ticket purchased, except that "Power Play" will not apply to the "Powerball" grand prize. If the "Power Play" option is chosen by the purchaser, the cost for every two dollar wager will be increased by one dollar, and the words "Power Play YES" will be printed on the player's ticket. If the "Power Play" option is not chosen, the words "Power Play NO" will be printed on a player's ticket. The director may announce prior to a drawing that the "Power Play" number of ten will not be available for drawings in which the advertised grand prize amount is above a specified amount, but the "Power Play" number of ten will at a minimum be available for all drawings in which the advertised annuitized grand prize amount is one hundred fifty million dollars or less. If the "Power Play" option is chosen by the purchaser and the "Power Play" number of ten is available, a single "Power Play" number will be randomly selected from forty-three numbers. Those numbers will consist of: twenty-four twos; thirteen threes; three fours; two fives; and one ten. If the "Power Play" option is chosen by the purchaser and the "Power Play" number of ten is not available, a single "Power Play" option will be randomly selected from forty-two numbers. Those numbers will consist of: twenty-four twos; thirteen threes; three fours; and two fives. The set prizes will be multiplied by the "Power Play" number drawn for that respective drawing, except that the "Power Play" feature will not apply to the "Powerball" grand prize. Except as otherwise provided or authorized herein, instead of prizes set forth under paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule, prizes awarded to holders of valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that drawing, in whole or in part, and including the purchase of the "Power Play" option will be as follows in paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(8) of this rule and will be paid as cash prizes. In the event that a higher promotional prize is designated by the director in accordance with applicable procedures, prizes awarded in connection with any such promotion will be paid in accordance with applicable procedures for that promotion. In certain instances, the "Powerball" set prizes may be less than the amounts set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule. In such an event, the "Power Play" prizes set forth in paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(7) of this rule may be adjusted by the director in accordance with applicable procedures and the "Power Play" prize set forth in paragraph (E)(8) of this rule may be in an amount determined after the draw, rather than the prizes set forth in paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(8) of this rule.

(1) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches none of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is two, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of eight dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is three, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twelve dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is four, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of sixteen dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is five, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twenty dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, the "Power Play" option of ten is available and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is ten, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by ten and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of forty dollars.

(2) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches one of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respected drawing is two, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of eight dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is three, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twelve dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is four, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of sixteen dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is five, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twenty dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, the "Power Play" option of ten is available and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is ten, the set prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by ten and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of forty dollars.

(3) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches two of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, and in the event the player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respected drawing is two, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of fourteen dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is three, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twenty-one dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is four, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twenty-eight dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is five, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of thirty-five dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, the "Power Play" option of ten is available and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is ten, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by ten and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of seventy dollars.

(4) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number for field two, and in the event the player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respected drawing is two, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of fourteen dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is three, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twenty-one dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is four, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of twenty-eight dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is five, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of thirty-five dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, the "Power Play" option of ten is available and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is ten, the set prize award of seven dollars will be multiplied by ten and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of seventy dollars.

(5) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, and in the event the player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respected drawing is two, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of two hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is three, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of three hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is four, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of four hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is five, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of five hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, the "Power Play" option of ten is available and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is ten, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by ten and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of one thousand dollars.

(6) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number for field two, and in the event the player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respected drawing is two, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of two hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is three, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of three hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is four, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of four hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is five, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of five hundred dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, the "Power Play" option of ten is available and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is ten, the set prize award of one hundred dollars will be multiplied by ten and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of one thousand dollars.

(7) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number for field two, and in the event the player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respected drawing is two, the set prize award of fifty thousand dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of one hundred thousand dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is three, the set prize award of fifty thousand dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of one hundred fifty thousand dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is four, the set prize award of fifty thousand dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of two hundred thousand dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is five, the set prize award of fifty thousand dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of two hundred fifty thousand dollars. In the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, the "Power Play" option of ten is available and the "Power Play" number selected for that respective drawing is ten, the set prize award of fifty thousand dollars will be multiplied by ten and the player will be entitled to a total prize award of five hundred thousand dollars.

(8) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches five of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number for field two, and in the event that a player has purchased the "Power Play" option, regardless of the "Power Play" number selected, the player will be entitled to a prize award of two million dollars.

(9) If the total prize liability for the prize levels set forth in paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(8) of this rule exceeds a liability cap designated in accordance with applicable procedures, then that liability cap may be enforced for the payment of the prize awards set forth in paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(8) of this rule. In the event the prize liability is exceeded, then the prizes set forth in paragraphs (E)(1) to (E)(8) of this rule may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, or in another manner as determined by the director, rather than a set prize basis, provided, however, that in no event will the pari-mutuel prizes or other prizes awarded be greater than the applicable set prizes. In the event that the liability cap is exceeded and prizes are paid on a pari-mutuel basis, the amounts to be used for allocation of such pari-mutuel prizes, or other prizes awarded, for each prize level will be determined in accordance with applicable procedures. If the liability cap is exceeded for a particular drawing, the director will make the liability cap publicly available by means that the directors deems appropriate.

(10) In a single game number nine hundred fifty-five drawing, a claimant may win in only one prize category per wager as a result of processing winning numbers selected in either one or both of the fields of play, and will be entitled to only the highest prize level won.

(11) Prizes other than the grand prize, which, in accordance with applicable procedures, become single-payment, pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid in multiples of whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding these prizes will be handled in accordance with applicable procedures.

(12) Subject to the laws and regulations governing each party lottery, the number of prize categories and the allocation of the prize fund among the prize categories may be changed at the discretion of the directors.

(F) Frequency and location of prize drawings. Drawings will be held at such times and places determined by the directors.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings will be open to the public and may be held at such places and times in any party lottery jurisdiction that the directors determine. The public will be informed as to the time and place of each prize drawing.

(2) Holders of valid tickets for a given drawing are eligible to win in that drawing.

(3) All drawings conducted in association with "Powerball" will be conducted randomly in accordance with applicable procedures and with drawing devices for the selection of winning numbers approved in accordance with applicable procedures.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) It will be the sole responsibility of each purchaser of a ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-five to verify the accuracy of the game play or plays and other data printed on the ticket. The Ohio lottery commission will be free from any liability in connection with this paragraph.

(2) Each ticket issued in game number nine hundred fifty-five will have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase a control number, bar code data, or both, supplied by the Ohio lottery commission. No prize will be paid by the Ohio lottery commission for any tickets without such control number or bar code data. A valid winning ticket bearing matching player number selections or gaming system generated number selections and also containing a control number, bar code data, or both, supplied by the Ohio lottery commission, will serve as the only valid proof of the wager placed and the only valid receipt for claiming or redeeming any prize in game number nine hundred fifty-five.

(3) As applicable to this rule, any and all game tickets may not be canceled. This will not prohibit the director, at the director's discretion, from compensating a retailer for a returned ticket, which is not eligible to win a prize at the time it is returned to the Ohio lottery commission, except that tickets stolen by a retailer's employee or agent cannot be accepted as a returned ticket. Any ticket that is accepted by the director as a returned ticket is for Ohio lottery commission auditing purposes only and will have no effect on the outcome of the drawing for which they were issued or reduce the Ohio lottery commission's required contribution to the grand prize pool.

(4) In addition to all other validation conditions contained in this rule, valid winning game number nine hundred fifty-five tickets will meet the following conditions:

(a) Validation data must be present in its entirety and needs to correspond, using the computer validation file, to the number selections printed on the ticket for the drawing date(s) printed on the ticket;

(b) The ticket must be intact;

(c) The ticket must not be mutilated, altered, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner;

(d) The ticket must not be counterfeit or an exact duplicate of another winning ticket;

(e) The ticket must have been issued by an authorized Ohio lottery commission sales location authorized to sell tickets for game number nine hundred fifty-five on official paper stock of the Ohio lottery commission;

(f) The ticket must be submitted for payment in accordance with the Ohio lottery commission's validation and claiming procedures;

(g) The ticket data must have been recorded on the gaming system prior to the drawing and the ticket data must match this computer record in every respect (in the event of contradiction between the information as printed on the ticket and as accepted by the gaming system, the wager accepted by the gaming system will be the valid wager);

(h) The player selected or gaming system selected number selections, validation data and the drawing date(s) of an apparent winning ticket must appear on the official file of winning tickets, and a ticket with the exact data must not have been previously paid;

(i) The ticket must not be misregistered, defectively printed or printed or produced in error to an extent that it cannot be processed by the Ohio lottery commission;

(j) The ticket must pass all other confidential security checks of the Ohio lottery commission;

(k) In submitting an official game number nine hundred fifty-five ticket for validation, the claimant agrees to abide by all applicable laws, all rules and regulations of the Ohio lottery commission, all applicable procedures and any instructions, conditions and final decisions of the Ohio director;

(l) There must not be any breach of the rules or applicable procedures established for "Powerball" which, in the opinion of the Ohio director, justifies disqualification;

(m) To be eligible for payment for a winning ticket sold in Ohio, all winning tickets must be presented for payment to the Ohio lottery within the claiming period established by the Ohio lottery. To be eligible for payment of a winning ticket sold in a party lottery other than the Ohio lottery, all winning tickets must be presented for payment to the party lottery which issued it within the claiming period as established by that party lottery. If no such claim period has been established, all grand prize claims will be made within one hundred eighty days after the drawing date; and

(n) All winning tickets in game number nine hundred fifty-five are subject to validation by the gaming system under applicable procedures and are subject to all other required validation processes and requirements before the payment of any prize.

(5) An official game number nine hundred fifty-five ticket submitted for validation which fails any of the validation conditions established in this rule will be considered void subject to the following determination:

(a) In all cases of doubt, the determination of the director will be final and binding. However, the director, at the director's option, may replace an invalid ticket with an official game number nine hundred fifty-five ticket of equivalent sales price or a refund of the purchase price;

(b) In the event a defective ticket is purchased or in the event that the director determines to adjust an error, the sole and exclusive remedy will be the replacement of such defective or erroneous ticket(s) with an official game number nine hundred fifty-five ticket of equivalent sales price or a refund of the purchase price; and

(c) In the event an official game number nine hundred fifty-five ticket is not paid by the Ohio lottery commission, and a dispute occurs as to whether the ticket is a valid winning ticket, the Ohio lottery commission may, at its option, replace the ticket or provide a refund of the purchase price.

(6) The Ohio lottery commission will not be responsible for lost or stolen game number nine hundred fifty-five tickets.

(7) The Ohio lottery commission will not be responsible to any claimant and sales agent for game number nine hundred fifty-five tickets redeemed in error by an Ohio lottery commission sales agent.

(8) Valid prize winners are determined by the numbers drawn and not the numbers reported. The Ohio lottery commission will not be responsible for game number nine hundred fifty-five winning numbers reported in error.

(9) In purchasing a ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-five, the player agrees to comply with and be bound by all applicable statutes, administrative rules, and procedures of the Ohio lottery commission, and understands that unless designated or agreed to by the director, directives and determinations of the other party lotteries do not apply to game number nine hundred fifty-five purchases in Ohio. The player agrees, as its sole and exclusive remedy, that claims arising out of any "Powerball" ticket purchase can only be pursued against the state or jurisdiction of ticket purchase. Therefore, litigation, if any, may only be maintained against the Ohio lottery commission in the appropriate forum for game number nine hundred fifty-five tickets purchased at an authorized Ohio lottery commission sales location.

(10) For purposes of determining the number of winning wagers, division of the grand prize jackpot is contingent on the gaming system's determination of winning wagers sold, and not by the number of winning wagers presented for payment.

(I) Procedures for claiming and payment of prize awards.

(1) Effective upon a determination of prize payouts, prizes will be redeemed or claimed only in the jurisdiction where the official winning "Powerball" ticket was purchased. Claimants of prizes in "Powerball" must comply with the claiming periods of deadlines of the jurisdiction where the winning "Powerball" ticket was purchased. Claimants of game number nine hundred fifty-five prizes for winning tickets purchased in Ohio must comply with the following terms and conditions:

(a) Prizes for game number nine hundred fifty-five purchased in Ohio may be redeemed or claimed only through Ohio lottery sales agents authorized to sell game number nine hundred fifty-five, or other authorized claim centers or locations designated by the Ohio lottery commission;

(b) Claimants of winning game number nine hundred fifty-five prizes for tickets purchased in Ohio must comply with the prize claim requirements of the Ohio lottery commission and the applicable claiming period of one hundred eighty days as set forth in division (A)(1) of section 3770.07 of the Revised Code;

(c) In the event a single game number nine hundred fifty-five ticket purchased in Ohio contains two or more winning wagers, the cumulative prize amount will be claimed or redeemed in accordance with the specified prize payment limits of the Ohio lottery commission;

(d) State and federal withholding taxes for winning tickets purchased in Ohio will be withheld from game number nine hundred fifty-five prizes awarded by the Ohio lottery commission in such amounts as may be required by law, along with any other deductions required by law;

(e) A "Powerball" prize, including but not limited to any promotional prizes associated with "Powerball," awarded by any party lottery will not be paid to any persons prohibited from playing or claiming an Ohio lottery prize by the governing law or rules of the Ohio lottery commission. In addition, those persons designated by a party lottery's law as being ineligible to play its games will also be ineligible to play "Powerball," and any promotions associated therewith, in that party lottery's jurisdiction;

(f) A "Powerball" ticket or a share of "Powerball" ticket, or any promotional tickets associated with "Powerball," issued by any party lottery will not be purchased by, and a prize won by any such ticket or share will not be paid to:

(i) A "MUSL" employee, officer, or director;

(ii) A contractor or consultant under agreement with "MUSL" to review the "MUSL" audit and security procedures;

(iii) An employee of an independent accounting firm under contract with "MUSL" to observe drawings or site operations and actually assigned to the "MUSL" account and all partners, shareholders, or owners in the local office of the firm; or

(iv) An immediate family member (parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, spouse or sibling) of an individual described in paragraphs (I)(1)(f)(i) to (I)(1)(f)(iii) of this rule and residing in the same household.

(g) For winning official game number nine hundred fifty-five tickets purchased in Ohio for which no claim or redemption is made within one hundred eighty days after the date of the drawing as required by the procedures set forth in Ohio lottery commission rules, following any required reconciliation of prize liability as may be agreed to from time to time by the directors of the party lotteries, such unclaimed prize(s) will be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(J) Payment of grand prize jackpot award.

(1) Payment of a grand prize, if due, will be paid in thirty annual payments ("annuity option"). Within sixty days after a holder of a valid winning ticket presents for payment his or her valid claim for a grand prize, he or she may elect to receive payment of a grand prize as a lump sum cash payment ("lump sum cash option"). Calculation of the amount of "lump sum cash option" or the amount of the "annuity option" will be in accordance with applicable procedures. Grand prizes will be paid, at the election of the player made not later than sixty days after the player becomes entitled to the prize, with either an annuity or cash payment. If the payment election is not made by the player within sixty days after the player becomes entitled to the prize, then the prize will be paid as an annuity prize. The election to take the cash payment may be made at the time of the prize claim or within sixty days after the player becomes entitled to the prize. An election made after the winner becomes entitled to the prize is final and cannot be revoked, withdrawn or otherwise changed.

(2) Share of the grand prize will be determined by dividing the cash available in the grand prize pool equally among all winning grand prize wagers from all participating party lotteries. Winner(s) who elect a cash payment will be paid their share(s) in a single cash payment. The annuitized option prize will be determined by multiplying a winner's share of the grand prize by the annuity factor. If individual shares of the cash held to fund an annuity is less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, the Ohio lottery may elect, in its sole discretion, to pay the winners their share of the cash held in the grand prize pool. In the event that a claim is submitted jointly by one or more persons, all persons submitting that claim must elect to receive his or her share either through a cash payment or annuity payment (different options may not be chosen).

(3) The "MUSL" annuity factor is determined through a process as approved by the "MUSL" finance and audit committee.

(4) Except in those instances where the grand prize has been designated as a guaranteed amount in accordance with applicable procedures, neither "MUSL" nor the party lotteries will be responsible or liable for changes in the advertised or estimated annuity prize amount and the actual amount purchased after the prize payment method is actually known to "MUSL."

(5) Except as otherwise provided by law, all annuitized prizes will be paid annually in thirty payments with the initial payment being made in cash, to be followed by twenty-nine payments funded by the annuity, and all annuitized payments will be paid in thirty graduated payments (increasing each year) by a rate as determined in accordance with applicable procedures. Prize payments may be rounded down to the nearest one thousand dollars. After the first initial payment, annual payments will coincide with the anniversary month of the grand prize.

(6) Payment of prize payments upon the death of a prize winner. In the event of the death of a prize winner, payments will be made in accordance with rule 3770:1-8-01 of the Administrative Code and applicable procedures, relating to payment and calculation of the cash value of prize payments in a statewide joint lottery game upon the death of a prize winner.

(K) Payment of prizes other than grand prize. All prizes, other than the grand prize, will be paid in cash through the party lottery that sold the winning ticket(s). Payment of all prizes, other than the grand prize, may be made after a party lottery receives authorization to pay from "MUSL." In accordance with applicable procedures, in the event that the total amount of any prizes exceeds the percentage of the prize pool allocated to those prizes, then in such an event, the prizes may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis in accordance with applicable procedures.

(L) Net proceeds to lottery profits education fund. The entire net proceeds from the sale of game number nine hundred fifty-five in Ohio that remain after associated operating expenses, prize disbursements, lottery sales agent bonuses, commissions, and reimbursements, and any other expenses necessary to comply with the agreements or the rules are deducted from the gross proceeds of game number nine hundred fifty-five, will be transferred to the lottery profits education fund as required under division (B) of section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(M) Conduct by director(s) in game number nine hundred fifty-five.

(1) The director will conduct game number nine hundred fifty-five and any promotions conducted in association with game number nine hundred fifty-five in a manner consistent with the Ohio Lottery Act and the rules of the Ohio lottery commission, including this rule.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number nine hundred fifty-five used in this rule are considered generic terms used solely for the purpose of this rule.

(3) The director may discontinue drawings conducted pursuant to game number nine hundred fifty-five. In the event that Ohio discontinues drawings conducted pursuant to game number nine hundred fifty-five, the director will designate the applicable procedures to be followed in discontinuing drawings conducted pursuant to game number nine hundred fifty-five. Should the directors determine that "Powerball" will be discontinued and replaced by a modified version of "Powerball" or another statewide joint lottery game with a grand prize agreed to by the party lotteries, then the directors will have the discretion to transfer any existing funds from the "Powerball" grand prize that was not won before such drawings were discontinued, to such new statewide joint lottery game.

(4) The directors will have discretion to authorize any funding mechanism deemed necessary to accomplish payment of any prize pool or any prizes. The directors may collectively authorize sale of "Powerball" tickets at a discount for promotional purposes. In addition, the director may authorize sale of game number nine hundred fifty-five tickets at a discount for promotional purposes within the state of Ohio, provided that such discounted sales are reported to the other party lotteries at full gross sales value.

(5) Nothing contained in this rule will prohibit a party lottery from offering Powerball tickets as prizes in any other non-"MUSL" game or promotion operated by the party lottery after advising the party lotteries and "MUSL" of the terms and dates of the offering.

(6) In the event that a party lottery offers "Powerball" tickets as a prize or as part of an authorized discount, promotion or rebate, the party lottery will contribute that party lottery's share of the prizes based on the full value of a ticket sold at a uniform price.

(7) In the event of any conflict between paragraphs (A) to (M) of this rule and the "Group Rules," this rule will control.

(8) All decisions made by the director with respect to the play of game number nine hundred fifty-five in Ohio, including but not limited to the declaration of prizes and the payment thereof and the interpretation of Ohio lottery commission rules, will be final and binding on all purchasers and on every person making a claim in respect thereof.

Last updated August 5, 2024 at 7:28 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date: 7/23/2029
Prior Effective Dates: 9/3/2015, 11/3/2016
Rule 3770:1-9-958 | Game rule number nine hundred fifty-eight.
 

(A) Title and term. Game number nine hundred fifty-eight is the Ohio-adopted modified version of the "Mega Millions" game for "Mega Millions" draws beginning October 28, 2017. Game number nine hundred fifty-eight will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the director may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the Ohio lottery commission executive director as the date on which sales agents are to make final settlement with respect to such period.

(B) General design.

(1) "Mega Millions" is a statewide joint lottery game that exists based on an agreement between all participating party lotteries.

(2) As used in this rule, "Mega Millions" will hereinafter be referred to as "game number nine hundred fifty-eight" as it applies to statewide ticket sales in Ohio conducted by the Ohio lottery commission.

(3) As used in this rule, "party lotteries" will mean the member lotteries established and operated pursuant to the laws of the jurisdictions participating in "Mega Millions."

Game number nine hundred fifty-eight will not be amended when one or more lottery is added or removed from participating, unless the addition or removal of such party lottery will substantively change the game matrix, the play style or the method of prize payments in this game.

(4) Game number nine hundred fifty-eight will be conducted in accordance with this rule and the "Mega Millions Official Game Rules" effective April 19, 2017 (hereinafter "Official Game Rules"). The "Official Game Rules" are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. The "Official Game Rules" will be posted on the Ohio lottery commission website and may be accessed by going to the link: https://www.ohiolottery.com/Claiming/RulesAndRegulations and clicking on the "New Mega Millions" tab.

(5) As used in this rule, "directors" will mean the chief officers of the member party lotteries or any other persons to whom the directors' authority is lawfully delegated.

(6) As used in this rule, "cash Grand/Jackpot Prize" will mean the cash value of the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" paid in a lump sum as determined by the directors or their designees. The cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" will be an amount less than the annuity "Grand/Jackpot Prize".

(7) As used in this rule, "annuity Grand/Jackpot Prize" will mean the annuity value of a "Grand/Jackpot Prize" based on the investment by the Ohio lottery commission of the cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount to fund an annual installment payment stream over thirty years as determined by the directors or their designees.

(8) As used in this rule, "Ohio lottery" will mean the Ohio lottery commission.

(9) As used in this rule, "Ohio director" will mean the executive director of the Ohio lottery commission.

(10) As used in this rule, game number nine hundred fifty-eight "panel or play area" will mean the area of an official "Mega Millions" ticket identified by the following two fields of play: one field of five numbers consisting of one or two digits that were selected by the player or the lottery gaming system , and a second field of one number consisting of one or two digits selected by the player or the lottery gaming system. Up to five such panels or play areas may appear on any one ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-eight. The director may change the number of panels or play areas appearing on any one ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-eight. Each panel will constitute a separate wager.

(11) Each ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-eight will be imprinted with one set of five unique numbers from a set of numbers, one through seventy inclusively ("field one"), and one unique number from a second set of numbers, one through twenty-five, inclusively ("field two"), as determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature of the on-line computer system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase. Players may use a bet card to have the auto pick feature select their numbers in either field one, field two or both fields. Players may also use a bet card to manually select their numbers in either field one, field two or both fields. (Bet cards are available at no cost to the player and will have no pecuniary or prize value, nor will they constitute evidence of purchase or number selections). When a player orally places a "Mega Millions" wager, the player must either manually select numbers from both fields or request usage of the auto pick feature to select numbers from both fields. A ticket may include one or more panels as described in paragraph (B)(10) of this rule.

(12) As used in this rule, game number nine hundred fifty-eight winning numbers will be randomly selected during each official "Mega Millions" drawing, and will consist of five numbers selected from a field of numbers one through seventy, inclusively, and one number selected from a second field of numbers one through twenty-five, inclusively. Holders of valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that drawing, in whole or in part, will be entitled to a prize award in accordance with the applicable paragraph(s) of this rule. The prize awarded to holders of winning tickets may be dependent upon whether a player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature.

(13) Tickets purchased in game number nine hundred fifty-eight are automatically deemed by the lottery gaming system to reflect payment of the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" in thirty annual installments. As set forth at paragraph (J)(3) of this rule, at the time of claim, any "Grand/Jackpot Prize" winner(s) who purchased their game number nine hundred fifty-eight ticket(s) from an authorized Ohio lottery sales agent will have sixty calendar days from the date of the presentation for payment of their valid claim to the Ohio lottery commission, to opt for a cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" known as the "cash option." All other prizes, other than the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" in game number nine hundred fifty-eight, will be paid out in a lump sum.

(C) Price of tickets.

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (C) (2) of this rule, the price of a wager for the game as described in paragraphs (B) to (D) of this rule issued by the Ohio lottery commission in game number nine hundred fifty-eight will be two dollars. 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. The cost of every two dollar wager will be increased by one dollar if the player purchases the "Megaplier" feature. "Megaplier" is not applicable to the "Grand Prize Jackpot".

(2) In addition or alternatively, there is a subset of "Mega Millions Tickets" known as "Just The Jackpot" tickets which may be purchased for three dollars per two plays for only the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" (which excludes all other prizes), or multiples thereof, in accordance with the rules of the Ohio lottery commission. The player receives two plays for each three dollars wagered for the chance to win only the "Grand/Jackpot Prize". If the player matches any non-"Grand/Jackpot" prize numbers, the player who purchased a "Just The Jackpot" ticket is not eligible to win those non-"Grand/Jackpot" prizes. The availability and cost of any "Add-on Game," as defined in this rule, or "Just the Jackpot" will be determined by the Ohio lottery commission, will not be included in the cost of the official "Mega Millions" ticket, and will be subject to the applicable statutes and administrative regulations of the Ohio lottery commission. Megaplier is not applicable to the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" in connection with the "Just the Jackpot" ticket.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. Based upon the numbers drawn in each regular drawing for game number nine hundred fifty-eight, prizes will be awarded to holders of valid tickets for that drawing as follows:

(1) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches none of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of two dollars;

(2) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches one of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of four dollars;

(3) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of ten dollars;

(4) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches two of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of ten dollars;

(5) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of two hundred dollars.

(6) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of five hundred dollars.

(7) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of ten thousand dollars.

(8) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches all five of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number drawn for field two, the player will be entitled to a regular prize award of one million dollars.

(9) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches all five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, the player will win the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" award which will be divided equally among the winning selections if there is more than one winning selection. Except as otherwise designated by the directors or their designees, the prize pool to be paid will be equal to the amount designated by the directors, following the drawing, as the cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount rather than an annuity "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount. The directors or their designees may advertise estimated cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" or annuity "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amounts for each drawing. Except as otherwise determined by the directors or their designees, advertised cash or annuity "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amounts are not guaranteed amounts. Except as otherwise determined by the directors or their designees, the cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount designated by the directors or their designees following a drawing will be the basis for determining the amount to be awarded for each valid winning ticket matching all five of the five winning numbers drawn for field one and one winning number drawn for field two. Advertised cash or annuity "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amounts may be forecasted for each drawing by the directors or their designees based upon expected sales, but, unless the directors or their designees have determined that such advertised amounts are guaranteed amounts, any such amounts forecasted for purposes of advertisement are not guaranteed amounts. In any event, the directors or their designees will have discretion to change the prizes and percentages which represent the prize pools in each of the categories referred to in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(9) of this rule.

(10) The minimum total "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount in any "Grand/Jackpot" for which at least one ticket bears a winning selection which matches five of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matches one number drawn for field two, as validated by the lottery gaming sytem, will be an amount designated by the directors or their designees, and will be divided equally among the holders of the winning tickets if there is more than one winning ticket. If the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount that is divided by the number of prize winners matching five winning numbers for field one and one winning number for field two is less than one million dollars, each "Grand/Jackpot Prize" winner will be paid in a single cash payment in an amount equal to the cash option "Grand/Jackpot Prize" divided equally by the number of "Grand/Jackpot Prize" winners. The directors may set the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" at levels higher than the minimum amount in accordance with paragraph (D)(9) of this rule.

(11) Any amounts remaining in the prize pools described in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule after any given drawing, due to residual amounts after prize disbursements, will be retained by the party lotteries.

(12) When there are no winning tickets issued for the prize pool described in paragraph (D)(9) of this rule, the directors will carry the prize pool amount forward into the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" for the next consecutive drawing.

(13) When there are no winning tickets issued for the prize pool described in paragraph (D)(9) of this rule, the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount will roll pari-mutuelly based on sales as set by the directors, however, the directors may establish a "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount higher than that amount.

(14) If the total prize liability for the prize levels described in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule exceeds the liability cap agreed upon by the directors, then that liability cap may be enforced for the payment of the prize awards set forth in paragraphs (D)(5) to (D)(8) of this rule. In the event the liability cap is exceeded, then the prizes set forth in paragraphs (D)(5) to (D)(8) of this rule may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, or in another manner as determined by the directors, rather than fixed prize basis, provided, however, that in no event will the pari-mutuel prizes or other prizes awarded be greater than the applicable fixed prizes. In the event that the liability cap is exceeded and prizes are paid on a pari-mutual basis, or in another manner as determined by the directors, the amounts used for allocation of such pari-mutuel prizes, or other prizes awarded, for each prize level will be determined by the directors. If the liability cap is exceeded for a particular drawing, the Ohio director will make the amount of the liability cap publicly available by means that the Ohio director deems appropriate. For purposes of prize calculation with respect to any game number nine hundred fifty-eight pari-mutuel prize, the calculation will be rounded down so that prizes will be paid in multiples of one dollar.

(15) In a single game number nine hundred fifty-eight drawing, a claimant may win in only one prize category per wager as a result of possessing winning numbers selected in either one or both fields of play, and will be entitled only to the highest prize level won.

(16) Subject to the laws and regulations governing each party lottery, the number of prize categories and the allocation of the prize fund among the prize categories may be changed at the discretion of the directors for promotional purposes. Such change will be announced by public notice.

(E) In addition to the game described in paragraphs (B) to (D) of this rule, and where applicable in accordance with this rule, a player will have an option to play "The "Megaplier"." If a player selects the "Megaplier" feature, the words "Megaplier Yes" will be printed on the player's ticket. If a player does not select the "Megaplier" feature, the words ""Megaplier" No" will be printed on the player's ticket.

(1) The cost of every two dollar "Mega Millions" wager will be increased by one dollar if the player purchases "The "Megaplier"" feature.

(2) In connection with the "Megaplier" feature, if said feature is an available feature, for purposes of the prize levels set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(7) of this rule, a drawing will occur prior to each "Mega Millions" drawing to select, unless otherwise approved by the director, a multiplier number from one of the following fifteen numbers: two, two, two, two, two, three, three, three, three, three, three, four, four, four, and five. As determined by the director, multiplier numbers other than two, three, four, or five including but not limited to numbers higher than five may be used for promotions. In the event of a winning ticket, the multiplier number selected will only apply to the prize levels set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule. The multiplier number selected is not applied to or does not impact the prize award set forth in paragraph (D)(9) of this rule. In the event of a winning ticket, as set forth in paragraph (E)(2)(h) of this rule, purchase of the "Megaplier" feature will increase the regular prize award set forth in paragraph (D)(8) of this rule. Purchase of the "Megaplier" feature will not multiply, increase or impact the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" award set forth in paragraph (D)(9) of this rule. A player who chooses the "Megaplier" feature, will win the prize awards set forth in this paragraph which will be in lieu of the prize awards set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule, not in addition to the prize awards set forth therein. "Megaplier" does not apply to "Just The Jackpot tickets."

(a) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches none of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of two is selected, the regular prize award of two dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of four dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of three is selected, the regular prize award of two dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of six dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of four is selected, the regular prize award of two dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of eight dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of two dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of ten dollars;

(b) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches one of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of two is selected, the regular prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of eight dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of three is selected, the regular prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of twelve dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of four is selected, the regular prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of sixteen dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of four dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of twenty dollars;

(c) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of two is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of twenty dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of three is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of thirty dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of four is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of forty dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of fifty dollars;

(d) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches two of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of two is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of twenty dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of three is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of thirty dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of four is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of forty dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of ten dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of fifty dollars;

(e) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches three of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of two is selected, the regular prize award of two hundred dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of four hundred dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of three is selected, the regular prize award of two hundred dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of six hundred dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of four is selected, the regular prize award of two hundred dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of eight hundred dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of two hundred dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of one thousand dollars;

(f) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of two is selected, the regular prize award of five hundred dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of one thousand dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of three is selected, the regular prize award of five hundred dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of one thousand five hundred dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of four is selected, the regular prize award of one five hundred dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of two thousand dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of five hundred dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of two thousand five hundred dollars;

(g) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches four of the five numbers drawn for field one, and matching the one number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of two is selected, the regular prize award of ten thousand dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of twenty thousand dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of three is selected, the regular prize award of ten thousand dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of thirty thousand dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier number of four is selected, the regular prize award of ten thousand dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of forty thousand dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of ten thousand dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of fifty thousand dollars; and

(h) For each ticket bearing a selection which matches five of the five numbers drawn for field one, and no matching number drawn for field two, and in the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of two is selected, the regular prize award of one million dollars will be multiplied by two and the player will be entitled to a prize award of two million dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of three is selected, the regular prize award of one million dollars will be multiplied by three and the player will be entitled to a prize award of three million dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of four is selected, the regular prize award of one million dollars will be multiplied by four and the player will be entitled to a prize award of four million dollars. In the event that the player has purchased the "Megaplier" feature and a multiplier of five is selected, the regular prize award of one million dollars will be multiplied by five and the player will be entitled to a prize award of five million dollars.

(3) The directors or their designees will have discretion to change the prize amounts and number of prizes referred to in paragraphs (E)(2)(a) to (E)(2)(h) of this rule in accordance with paragraph (E)(5) of this rule. Changes will be publicly announced.

(4) Any amounts remaining in the prize pools described in paragraphs (E)(2)(a) to (E)(2)(h) of this rule after any given drawing, due to residual amounts after prize disbursements, will be retained by the party lotteries.

(5) If the total prize liability for the prize levels described in paragraphs (E)(2)(a) to (E)(2)(h) of this rule exceed the liability cap agreed upon by the directors, then that liability cap may be enforced for the payment of the prize awards set forth in paragraphs (E)(2)(a) to (E)(2)(h) of this rule. In the event the liability cap is exceeded, then the prizes set forth in paragraphs (E)(2)(a) to (E)(2)(h) of this rule may be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, or in another manner as determined by the directors, rather than fixed prize basis, provided, however, that in no event will the pari-mutuel prizes or other prizes awarded be greater than the applicable fixed prizes. In the event that the liability cap is exceeded and prizes are paid on a pari-mutuel basis, or in another manner as determined by the directors, the amounts used for allocation of such pari-mutuel prizes, or other prizes awarded, for each prize level will be determined by the directors. If the liability cap is exceeded for a particular drawing, the Ohio director will make the amount of the liability cap publicly available by means that the Ohio director deems appropriate. For purposes of prize calculation with respect to any game number nine hundred fifty-eight pari-mutuel prize, the calculation will be rounded down so that prizes will be paid in multiples of one dollar.

(6) In a single game number nine hundred fifty-eight drawing, a claimant may win in only one prize category per wager as a result of possessing winning numbers selected in either one or both fields of play, and will be entitled only to the highest prize level won, and if the "Megaplier" feature is selected, the prizes awarded under paragraphs (E)(2)(a) to (E)(2)(h) will be in lieu of the prize awards set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(8) of this rule, not in addition to the prize awards set forth therein.

(F) Frequency and location of prize drawings. Drawings will be held at such times and places determined by the directors.

(G) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) All drawings conducted in connection with this rule will be open to the public and may be held at such places and times in any party lottery jurisdictions that the directors will determine. The directors will 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.

(3) All drawings in connection with the "Mega Millions" will be conducted randomly in accordance with procedures approved by the directors. For every drawing in connection with "Mega Millions", the directors will approve operating procedures and drawing devices to be used in the selection of winning numbers and the awarding of prizes.

(H) Validity of tickets.

(1) Each purchaser of tickets in game number nine hundred fifty-eight will 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 wager(s) and the drawing date(s) therefor that the purchaser desired to make. The Ohio lottery commission will be free of any liability in connection with this paragraph.

(2) Each ticket issued in game number nine hundred fifty-eight will have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase, a control number, bar code data, or both, supplied by the Ohio lottery commission. No prize will be paid by the Ohio lottery commission for any tickets without such control number or bar code data. A valid winning ticket bearing matching player or lottery gaming system number selections and also containing a control number, bar code data, or both, supplied by the Ohio lottery commission, will serve as the only valid proof of the wager placed and the only valid receipt for claiming or redeeming any prize. Each party lottery follows the same requirements set forth in this paragraph.

(3) As applicable to this rule, any and all game tickets, including the "Megaplier" feature, may not be canceled.

(4) Valid winning game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets must meet the following conditions:

(a) Validation data must be present in its entirety and must correspond, using the computer validation file, to the number selections printed on the ticket for the drawing date(s) printed on the ticket;

(b) The ticket must be intact;

(c) The ticket must not be mutilated, altered, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner;

(d) The ticket must not be counterfeit or an exact duplicate of another winning ticket;

(e) The ticket must have been issued by an authorized Ohio lottery commission sales agent on official paper stock of the Ohio lottery commission;

(f) The ticket must not have been stolen, to the knowledge of the Ohio lottery;

(g) The ticket must be submitted for payment in accordance with the Ohio lottery commission's validation and claiming procedures;

(h) The ticket data must have been recorded on the central computer system prior to the drawing and the ticket data must match this computer record in every respect (in the event of a contradiction between the information as printed on the ticket and as accepted by the Ohio lottery commission lottery gaming system, the wager accepted will be the valid wager);

(i) The player or computer number selections, validation data and the drawing date(s) of an apparent winning ticket must appear on the official file of winning tickets, and a ticket with that exact data must not have been previously paid;

(j) The ticket must not be misregistered, defectively printed or printed or produced in error to an extent that it cannot be processed by the Ohio lottery commission;

(k) The ticket must pass all other confidential security checks of the Ohio lottery commission;

(l) In submitting an official game number nine hundred fifty-eight ticket for validation, the claimant agrees to abide by applicable laws, all rules and regulations of the Ohio lottery commission, and any instructions, conditions and final decisions of the Ohio director;

(m) There must not be any other breach of the rules described herein in relation to the ticket which, in the opinion of the Ohio director, justifies disqualification; and

(n) To be eligible for payment, all winning tickets must be presented for payment to the party lottery which issued it within the claiming period as established by that party lottery.

(5) All winning tickets in game number nine hundred fifty-eight are subject to validation by the on-line computer system under procedures established by the Ohio director before the payment of any prize.

(6) An official game number nine hundred fifty-eight ticket submitted for validation which fails any of the validation conditions as established in paragraph (H)(4) of this rule will be considered void, subject to the following determination:

(a) In all cases of doubt, the determination of the Ohio director will be final and binding. However, the Ohio director, at his/her option, may replace an invalid ticket with an official game number nine hundred fifty-eight ticket of equivalent sales price or a refund of the purchase price;

(b) In the event a defective ticket is purchased or in the event that the Ohio director determines to adjust an error, the sole and exclusive remedy will be the replacement of such defective or erroneous ticket(s) with an official game number nine hundred fifty-eight ticket of equivalent sales price or a refund of the purchase price; and

(c) In the event an official game number nine hundred fifty-eight ticket is not paid by the Ohio lottery commission, and a dispute occurs as to whether the ticket is a valid winning ticket, the Ohio lottery commission may, at its option, replace the ticket or provide a refund of the purchase price.

(7) The Ohio lottery commission will not be responsible for lost or stolen game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets.

(8) The Ohio lottery commission will not be responsible to any claimant and sales agent for game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets redeemed in error by an Ohio lottery commission sales agent.

(9) Valid prize winners are determined by the numbers drawn and not the numbers reported. The Ohio lottery commission will not be responsible for game number nine hundred fifty-eight winning numbers reported in error.

(10) In purchasing a ticket issued for game number nine hundred fifty-eight, the player agrees to comply with and be bound by all applicable statutes, administrative regulations, and procedures of the Ohio lottery commission, and understands that the directives and determinations of the other party lotteries do not apply to game number nine hundred fifty-eight purchases in Ohio. The player agrees, as its sole and exclusive remedy, that claims arising out of any "Mega Millions" ticket purchase can be pursued only against the state or jurisdiction of ticket purchase. Therefore, litigation, if any, may only be maintained against the Ohio lottery commission in the appropriate forum for game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets purchased at an authorized Ohio lottery sales agent location.

(11) For the purpose of determining the number of winning wagers, division of the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" is contingent on the on-line computer system's determination of winning wagers sold, and not by the number of winning tickets presented for payment.

(I) Procedures for claiming and payment of prize awards.

(1) Effective upon determination of prize payouts, prizes will be redeemed or claimed only in the jurisdiction where the official winning "Mega Millions" ticket was purchased. Claimants of prizes in "Mega Millions" must comply with the claiming periods or deadlines of the jurisdiction where the winning "Mega Millions" ticket was purchased. Claimants of game number nine hundred fifty-eight prizes for winning tickets purchased in Ohio must comply with the following terms and conditions:

(a) Prizes for game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets purchased in Ohio may be redeemed or claimed only through Ohio lottery sales agents authorized to sell game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets, or other authorized claim centers designated by the Ohio lottery commission;

(b) Claimants of winning game number nine hundred fifty-eight prizes for tickets purchased in Ohio must comply with the prize claim requirements of the Ohio lottery commission and the applicable claiming period of one hundred eighty days as set forth in division (A)(1) of section 3770.07 of the Revised Code;

(c) In the event a single game number nine hundred fifty-eight ticket purchased in Ohio contains two or more winning wagers, the cumulative prize amount will be claimed or redeemed in accordance with the specified prize payment limits of the Ohio lottery commission;

(d) State and federal withholding taxes for winning tickets purchased in Ohio will be withheld from game number nine hundred fifty-eight prizes awarded by the Ohio lottery commission in such amounts as may be required by law, along with any other deductions required by law; and

(e) Game number nine hundred fifty-eight prizes will not be paid to any persons prohibited from playing by the governing law or rules of the Ohio lottery commission. In addition, "Mega Millions" tickets may not be purchased in any other party lottery jurisdictions by any party lottery board or commission member; or any officer or employee of a party lottery; or any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of residence of any such party lottery board member or commissioner, officer or employee.

(f) For winning official game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets purchased in Ohio for which no claim or redemption is made within one hundred eighty days after the date of the drawing as required by the procedures set forth in Ohio lottery commission rules, the corresponding prize monies will be returned to the Ohio lottery in accordance with procedures for the reconciliation of prize liability as may be agreed from time to time by the directors of the party lotteries. Such unclaimed prizes will be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(J) Payment of the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" award.

(1) In accordance with the "Mega Millions" agreement, if the Ohio lottery commission sells a winning "Grand/Jackpot Prize" ticket, the party lotteries will, through the "Mega Millions" clearinghouse, transfer to the Ohio lottery commission an amount equivalent to each party lottery's share as determined by the directors or their designees to be the amount needed to fund payment of the "Grand/Jackpot Prize."

(2) Except as otherwise provided by law, all annuitized prizes will be paid annually in thirty payments with the initial payment being made in cash, to be followed by twenty-nine payments funded by the annuity, and all annuitized payments will be paid in thirty graduated payments (increasing each year) by five percent or as otherwise agreed to by participating party lotteries. Prize payments may be rounded down to the nearest one thousand dollars.

(3) Upon completion of internal validation and claiming procedures established by the Ohio lottery commission, at the time a valid claim is presented for payment of the "Grand/Jackpot Prize," the cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" option amount along with the amount of appropriately withheld state and federal income taxes will be disclosed in writing to the prize winner. Commencing with the date of presentment of a valid winning "Grand/Jackpot Prize" ticket to the Ohio lottery commission, and for sixty calendar days thereafter, claimants may choose the cash option instead of annual installments. Claimants who choose the cash option will receive the amount of cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" option amount disclosed to claimant by the Ohio lottery commission in accordance with applicable rules, less the appropriately withheld state and federal income taxes and any other deductions required by law. Notice of the cash option selection must be received by the Ohio lottery commission or post office stamped by the end of the sixty calendar day deadline. Such option, once chosen, may not be revoked. If no selection is made during the allowed time period, the prize winner will automatically be paid the prize as an annuity "Grand/Jackpot Prize" in thirty annual installments as provided for herein. No payment will be issued during the period prior to selection.

(4) As set forth in paragraphs (J)(1) to (J)(3) of this rule, a single winning game number nine hundred fifty-eight "Grand/Jackpot Prize" ticket may be paid in either thirty annual installments or in one lump sum, cash option payment. However, prize winners who claim a joint prize from a single winning ticket will all receive prize payments in either annual installments or in a lump sum payment. Prize winners who claim a joint prize from a single winning ticket may not opt to receive different forms of payment.

(K) Net proceeds to lottery profits education fund. The entire net proceeds from the sale of game number nine hundred fifty-eight in Ohio that remain after associated operating expenses, prize disbursements, lottery sales agent bonuses, commissions, and reimbursements, and any other expenses necessary to comply with the agreements among the party lotteries or these rules are deducted from the gross proceeds of game number nine hundred fifty-eight, will be transferred to the lottery profits education fund as required under division (B) of section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(L) Director's conduct of game number nine hundred fifty-eight.

(1) The Ohio director will conduct game number nine hundred fifty-eight in a manner consistent with the Ohio Lottery Act and the rules of the Ohio lottery commission, including without limitation this rule.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game number nine hundred fifty-eight used in this rule are considered generic terms used solely for the purpose of this rule.

(3) Should the Ohio director determine that drawings conducted pursuant to game number nine hundred fifty-eight are to be discontinued, such discontinuation must occur at the end of a jackpot sequence. Should the directors determine that "Mega Millions" will be discontinued and replaced by a modified version of "Mega Millions" or another joint lotto game with a grand prize jackpot agreed to by the party lotteries, then the directors will have the discretion to transfer any existing funds from the "Mega Millions Grand/Jackpot Prize" that was not won before such drawings were discontinued, to such new joint lotto game.

(4) The directors will have discretion to authorize any funding mechanism deemed necessary to accomplish payment of any prize pool. The directors may collectively authorize sale of "Mega Millions" tickets at a discount for promotional purposes. In addition, the Ohio director may authorize sale of game number nine hundred fifty-eight tickets at a discount for promotional purposes within the state of Ohio, provided that such discounted sales are reported to the other party lotteries at full gross sales value.

(5) In the event of any conflict between the "Official Game Rules" and the statutes, rules or regulations of the Ohio lottery commission, the Ohio lottery commission statutes, rules and regulations will control.

(6) All decisions made by the Ohio director with respect to the play of game number nine hundred fifty-eight in Ohio, including the declaration of prizes and the payment thereof and the interpretation of Ohio lottery commission rules, will be final and binding on all purchasers and on every person making a claim in respect thereof.

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Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date: 7/23/2029
Rule 3770:1-9-959 | Game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine.
 

(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine, "The Lucky One," will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the final sales date.

(B) General design.

(1) Game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine is a lottery game of the type generally known as a draw game.

(2) Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be imprinted with a "Lucky Number" bet type, which is one number from a field of numbers between one and thirty-six, a "High/Low" bet-type or an "Odd/Even" bet-type, as determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser, or the auto pick feature of the on-line gaming computer system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase. If the player chooses the "Lucky Number" bet-type, the player must match their number to "The Lucky One" number to win. If the player chooses "High" for the "High/Low" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from nineteen to thirty-six. If the player chooses "Low" for the "High/Low" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from one to eighteen. If the player chooses "Odd" for the "Odd/Even" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an odd number. If the player chooses "Even" for the "Odd/Even" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an even number.

(C) Price of tickets. The wager in game number nine hundred fifty-nine for each bet-type on a given ticket for any given drawing will be in only one of the following denominations per ticket: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars or fifty dollars at the choice of the purchaser. The player may only place the same wager amount on any one, two or all three bet-types for any given drawing per ticket. If a multi-draw wager is requested, the player must place the same wager amount on all bet-types for all draws on that ticket. The total of all wagers with respect to each ticket sold will 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 twenty draws per ticket, if a multi-draw wager is requested, at the player's discretion.

(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. All prizes in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be paid out in a lump sum. Based upon "The Lucky One" number drawn in each regular drawing for game rule nine hundred fifty-nine, and based upon a one dollar wager, regular prize awards will be awarded to holders of a valid winning ticket for that drawing as set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(5) of this rule. If a valid winning ticket shows a wager of two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars or fifty dollars per drawing, the regular prize award shown in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(5) of this rule for a one dollar wager will be multiplied according to the wager amount shown on the valid winning ticket for that drawing.

(1) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is the "Lucky Number" bet-type and "Your Number" matches "The Lucky One" number drawn, will win a regular prize award of twenty-four dollars.

(2) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "High/Low" and the player selected "High," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from nineteen to thirty-six, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.

(3) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "High/Low" and the player selected "Low," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from one to eighteen, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.

(4) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "Odd/Even" and the player selected "Odd," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an odd number, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.

(5) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "Odd/Even" and the player selected "Even," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an even number, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.

(6) No amounts will remain in the prize funds described in this rule after any given drawing, whether or not a winning ticket was issued for those prizes, and no prize amounts will be carried forward in the same fund for the next drawing. Any amounts remaining in the prize pools described in this rule after any given drawing, due to residual amounts after prize disbursements, will be retained by the commission.

(E) Frequency of prize drawings. At such times as determined by the director, drawings will be conducted approximately every four minutes.

(F) Manner of prize drawings.

(1) Prize drawings will be open to the public and may be held at such places in the state that the director will determine. The director will 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 that drawing. If the holder of a winning ticket does not have the ticket fully validated, and the prize is not claimed and presented for payment within one hundred eighty days after the date of the drawing, in accordance with the procedures set forth in lottery rules, such unclaimed prize will be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.

(3) All drawings in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be conducted in accordance with procedures approved by the director in order that random selection of "The Lucky One" number by the lottery gaming system will be achieved.

(4) The director reserves the right to suspend or cancel any drawings or the game itself, or change the frequency of drawings or draw dates.

(G) Validity of tickets.

(1) Each purchaser of tickets in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be responsible for verifying the bet-types imprinted on such tickets are those requested by the purchaser of the ticket, that the purchase price paid is the price recorded on such ticket, and that such ticket has recorded thereon the bet-type, wager-value and the drawing(s) number and the drawing date(s) for the game thereof that the purchaser desired to make. The Ohio lottery commission will be free of any liability in connection with this paragraph.

(2) Each ticket issued in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase a control number, bar code data, or both supplied by the commission. No prize will be paid by the commission for any tickets without such control number or bar code data.

(3) All winning tickets in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine are subject to validation by the lottery gaming system under procedures established by the director before payment of any prize.

(4) To be valid, a claim must comply with all applicable Ohio laws and commission rules. In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by applicable Ohio laws and commission rules, the director may declare a ticket in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine 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 tickets fails any of the validation tests of procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket.

(H) Director's conduct of game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine.

(1) The director will conduct game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation this rule.

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

Last updated August 5, 2024 at 7:29 AM

Supplemental Information

Authorized By: 3770.03
Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Five Year Review Date: 7/23/2029