Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 2024
(1) Sale of Lottery
Tickets - General Provisions.
(a) Retailers
shall sell only lottery tickets of the Florida Lottery ("Lottery") and no other
state or national lottery tickets, except as may be expressly authorized by the
Florida Lottery.
(b) Retailers are
prohibited from selling lottery tickets to anyone under the age of
eighteen.
(c) Retailers shall sell
lottery tickets during the retailer's normal business hours, unless otherwise
authorized by the Lottery.
(d)
Retailers may not sell tickets at any price other than that established by the
Lottery.
(e) No person or entity
other than the Florida Lottery, an active contracted Lottery retailer, or
employee acting on behalf of the retailer may sell lottery tickets.
(f) Delivery of lottery tickets or ticket
stock to a retailer shall be made only by an authorized Lottery representative.
Without prior Lottery approval, a retailer shall not accept lottery tickets to
be sold from another retailer or anyone except an authorized Lottery
agent.
(g) All ticket sales shall
be final, except as provided in paragraph (2)(d), below.
(h) A retailer shall sell lottery tickets
only at the authorized location stated on its Certificate of
Authority.
(i) A retailer shall not
exchange a book(s), ticket(s), or ticket stock with its other retailer
location(s) or with any other retailer.
(2) Online Terminal Games.
For purposes of this subsection (2), the term "online
terminal game" shall include Draw games and Fast PlayT games. A "play slip" is
defined as an original paper play slip issued and approved by the Florida
Lottery for an online terminal game or a digital play slip for a Draw game
generated on a mobile device using the Florida Lottery Mobile Convenience App
("App'). Except where necessary herein to differentiate between a paper play
slip and a digital play slip, the term "play slip" shall be inclusive of both
types of play slips.
(a) Players may
make their online terminal game ticket selections by using a play slip or by
telling the retailer their desired selections. Additionally, players may make
Draw game ticket selections by using a Florida Lottery vending machine
("vending machine") that provides for Draw game purchases or by requesting to
use the Play It Again feature.
1. Play Slips.
a. Paper Play Slips. Online terminal game
paper play slips must be hand-marked by the player in blue or black ink or
pencil. Retailers shall not accept facsimiles of paper play slips, copies of
paper play slips, or other materials that are inserted into the terminal's play
slip reader that are not printed or approved by the Lottery.
b. Digital Play Slips. For Draw game
purchases, a digital play slip can be created by a player on his or her mobile
device using the App and will contain a barcode to be scanned by the retailer
and processed through the retailer terminal for a ticket purchase.
Additionally, a digital play slip may be used by the player to purchase tickets
through a vending machine that provides for Draw games.
2. Telling the Retailer. When requested by a
player, a retailer is authorized to manually enter Draw game numbers or enter
play selection features, such as Quick Pick, as specified by the player.
Additionally, a retailer may print one or more Fast Play game tickets upon the
request of a player.
3. Vending
Machine. If a vending machine is available at the retailer location and the
vending machine provides for Draw game purchases, the vending machine may be
used by a player to purchase Draw game tickets for one or more games and for
one or more drawings. Fast Play games are not available for purchase from a
vending machine. Neither a retailer nor a player can process the cancelation of
a Draw game ticket through a vending machine. At the request of a player, the
retailer shall make a good faith effort to cancel cancelable Draw game tickets
that are purchased through a vending machine by using the retailer's lottery
terminal.
4. Play It Again. A
player may request to "Play it Again" to replay a previously purchased Florida
Lottery Draw game ticket. If requested, a retailer shall process the original
ticket provided by the player and print a new ticket which will have the same
selected numbers, play amount, number of panels, number of advance play
drawings, draw time and play type for PICK games, and any add-on features as
the original ticket, except as follows. An original ticket with advance play
will be rejected and cannot be replayed if the number of drawings on the ticket
exceeds the number of advance play drawings available due to implementation of
an advance play countdown for the Draw game for which the original ticket was
purchased. Tickets older than sixty (60) days cannot be replayed. Tickets
purchased using the Play It Again feature are subject to the same cancellation
provisions as the original ticket.
(b) Retailers shall not permit any device to
be connected to a lottery terminal to enter plays for online terminal games,
except as specifically approved in writing, in advance, by the
Lottery.
(c) Draw game lottery
tickets shall not be sold after the close of game for the specific drawing for
which they were designated. The time of close of game for each Draw game is set
forth in the rule for that game. A copy of the current Draw game rules may be
obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott
Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011.
(d) A retailer shall make a good faith effort
to cancel a cancelable Draw game lottery ticket upon the request of a player if
the request is made within the cancelation period set forth in the specific
Draw game rule.
(e) For Fast Play
game purchases, a retailer may print a Fast Play game ticket at the time a
request is made by the player or may scan a game barcode found on supporting
Fast Play game materials or on the App on a player's mobile device. Supporting
materials with a barcode include tear pads, game brochures, or Florida Lottery
emails. A Fast Play game barcode may also be printed from the Florida Lottery's
website at flalottery.com. Additionally, paper play slips may be available to
support a specific Fast Play game as determined by the Lottery in the specific
Fast Play game rule. In such case, the play slips may only be processed through
a retailer terminal and not through a vending machine Fast Play game lottery
tickets cannot be purchased through a vending machine.
(f) Fast Play game tickets are not cancelable
by a retailer.
(3)
Scratch-Off Games.
(a) Each book of
Scratch-Off game lottery tickets (also known as instant game lottery tickets)
shall be activated prior to any tickets from the book being sold.
(b) Scratch-Off lottery tickets for a game
shall not be sold after the announced official end-of-game date of the
respective Scratch-Off game.
(c)
Players may purchase Scratch-Off lottery tickets through a vending machine if a
vending machine is available at the retailer location.
(4) The effective date of this emergency rule
is June 26, 2020.
(5) This
emergency rule replaces Emergency Rule 53ER17-56, F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9)(h) FS 24.109(1), 24.112(1)
Law Implemented 24.105(9)(h), 24.112(7)
FS.