Florida Administrative Code
53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY
53 - Departmental
Chapter 53ER21 - Emergency Rule for Year 2021
Section 53ER21-48 - POWERBALL[®] First Millionaire of the Year®Promotion
Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 2024
(1) Beginning August 22, 2021, through September 27, 2021 ("Promotion Period") the Florida Lottery will conduct the POWERBALL® First Millionaire of the Year® Promotion ("Promotion"). Players who purchase a POWERBALL® lottery ticket of any price point can scan the barcode on their tickets using the Florida Lottery's Mobile Convenience App ("App") or can manually enter the ticket number through the Florida Lottery's website (flalottery.com) to collect symbols and earn entries into the Semifinalist Drawing for a chance to win a $1,000 prize and become one of fifty Florida semifinalists in the national Finalist Drawing. Additionally, if selected as a one of five finalists, he or she will win a Celebrate@Home New Year's Eve Party Package Prize ("Celebrate@Home Prize") that includes a chance to win the $1 Million prize in the New Year's $1 Million Drawing. POWERBALL lottery tickets, including POWERBALL tickets in a Jackpot Combo play, POWERBALL® tickets with Power Play® and/or Double Play®, and both winning and non-winning POWERBALL tickets [collectively "POWERBALL ticket(s)"] may all be used to enter the Promotion. Only POWERBALL tickets purchased or issued as a "free ticket" during the Promotion Period may be used to enter the Promotion.
(2) How to Enter.
(3) How to Earn Entries.
To collect play symbols and earn entries into the Semi-finalist drawing, a player may scan the barcode on the bottom of a POWERBALL ticket using his or her mobile device or may manually enter the 19-digit ticket number. Thereafter, four game cards will appear on the screen. Each game card contains four spots to collect the four symbols. For each POWERBALL ticket entered, the player will earn 1 symbol for each dollar of the total price of the ticket. If the ticket includes Double Play, the player will also earn an additional number of symbols equal to the price of the ticket. If the ticket includes one or more Monday drawings, the player will also earn an additional number of symbols equal to the price of the ticket. For example, a $10 POWERBALL ticket will earn 10 symbols. A $10 POWERBALL ticket with Double Play will earn 20 symbols. A $10 POWERBALL ticket that includes a Monday drawing will earn 20 symbols. A $10 POWERBALL with Double Play that also includes a Monday drawing will earn 30 symbols. Awarded symbols will be placed randomly in an available game card. When all four symbols have been collected on a game card, the player will earn one entry into the drawing. When a filled game card generates an entry into the drawing, the symbols will be cleared on that game card, and a player can begin collecting more symbols. A player may earn multiple entries during the entry period; however, a player can only win one prize. Players may only manually enter or scan up to two hundred tickets per day, Each ticket number can only be scanned or entered one time. Entries that include training tickets that were produced by a retailer terminal while in training mode or tickets with invalid ticket numbers will be disqualified. The hours for ticket entry are between 6:00 a.m. (ET) and 12:00 midnight (ET) seven days a week during the Promotion Period. The odds of winning depend on the number of entries in each drawing. All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met. POWERBALL lottery tickets shall not be mailed to the Lottery for entry into the Semifinalist Drawing. POWERBALL lottery tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery for entry into the Promotion will not be entered into the Semifinalist Drawing, or any other promotional drawing and will not be returned.
(4) Coupons. Beginning August 24, 2021, and continuing through September 27, 2021, 5,000 buy one get one coupons will be generated for every "nth" ticket scanned or entered statewide. When an nth ticket is entered and a coupon awarded, a "bonus notification" will pop-up on the ticket entry page at the conclusion of the entry process. The coupon will be added to the "My Coupons" section of the "Coupons" page of the player's account. Coupons are for a free $2 POWERBALL Quick Pick ticket with the purchase of any POWERBALL with Double Play ticket. Coupons may be redeemed by players at a Florida Lottery retailer or a Florida Lottery District Office by presenting the coupon barcode on their mobile device for scanning, or players may redeem the coupon by printing the coupon from the website and presenting a hardcopy. Coupons may not be redeemed by mail. Coupons are valid for one use only and must be redeemed by 11:59:59 (ET) on November 26, 2021. The odds of winning a coupon depend on the number of tickets entered per day.
(5) Semifinalist Drawing and Number of Prizes. The Florida Lottery will conduct one drawing in the Promotion to select fifty semi-finalists. Prizewinners for the drawing will be randomly selected from entries submitted and received before midnight (ET) on September 27, 2021. Prizewinners will be randomly selected using a certified random number generation process. The drawing shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The drawing date, entry period, and number of prizes are as follows:
DRAWING |
DRAWING DATE |
ENTRY PERIOD |
1 |
September 29, 2021 |
August 22, 2021 - September 27, 2021 |
PRIZE |
NUMBER OF PRIZES |
$1,000/ Semifinalist in the Finalist Drawing |
50 |
In the drawing, the Florida Lottery will select a total of eighty-five valid entries. The first fifty entries drawn will each win a $1,000 prize and become a semifinalist in a national finalist drawing further described below. The remaining entries drawn will be alternates and used in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select an alternate prizewinner in the event a prizewinner cannot be notified or fails to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (7) below, or in the event an entry is disqualified.
(6) $1,000 Prize Prizewinner Notification.
(7) How to Claim a $1,000 Prize. To claim a $1,000 prize in the Semifinalist Drawing, a prizewinner must submit to the Florida Lottery a completed Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2, Revised 3/21, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2S, Revised 3/21, and a copy of acceptable identification as set forth in the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes. A copy of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011. The required documents must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than six business days after the Florida Lottery has first notified the prizewinner by telephone (notification by telephone is deemed complete by leaving a voicemail message, if available) or email (issuing an email constitutes notification). If the Florida Lottery does not receive the required documents from a prizewinner by the sixth business day after notification, the prizewinner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to an alternate prizewinner as described in subsections (5) and (6), above. The same timeframe for a prizewinner to return required documentation to the Florida Lottery shall apply to an alternate prizewinner. A prizewinner in this Promotion is not required to submit the POWERBALL ticket(s) he or she scanned or manually entered to generate an entry to claim a prize.
(8) Finalist Drawing and $1 Million Prize Drawing. All prizewinners of the $1,000 Prize and prizewinners from other Lotteries participating in their states' First Millionaire of the New Year Promotion, will be entered into a Finalist Drawing anticipated to be conducted in early November 2021, in which five finalists will be selected for the $1 Million Prize drawing. If one or more Florida entries (maximum of five) are selected as finalist(s), each finalist will win a Celebrate@Home Prize, as further described below. The $1 Million Prize Drawing is anticipated to be conducted on or about January 1, 2022 in which one $1 Million Prize will be awarded. A prizewinner is not required to be present at the Finalist Drawing to be entered or selected in the Finalist Drawing, nor is a finalist required to be present at the $1 Million Prize Drawing to be entered or selected in the $1 Million Prize drawing. Both the finalist drawing and the $1 Million Prize Drawing will be conducted by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) using a certified random number generation process. Drawings will be witnessed by an independent auditor employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. It is anticipated that the finalists selected in the Finalist Drawing will be announced in late November or early December. The $1 Million Prize prizewinner will be announced on or about January 1, 2022. The odds of being selected as a finalist depend on the total number of valid eligible entries (which includes entries from other participating Lotteries) in the finalist drawing. The odds of a finalist winning the $1 Million Prize in the $1 Million Prize Drawing are 1 in 5.
(9) How to Claim a Celebrate@Home Prize. A Florida Celebrate@Home Prize prizewinner in the Finalist Drawing will be contacted first by the Florida Lottery and required to complete a Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 3/21, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 3/21, and provide a copy of acceptable identification as set forth in the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes in order to claim the prize. A copy of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011. The prizewinner must also submit a completed Winner Release, Acknowledgement and Authorization form DOL 474-NYRE-W, revised 8/21, along with a Guest Release, Acknowledgement and Authorization form DOL 474-NYRE-G, revised 8/21, for each guest attending the party, to be completed by the guest. Forms DOL 173-2, DOL 173-2S, DOL 474-NYRE-W and DOL 474-NYRE-G are hereby incorporated by reference. Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S can be obtained from any Florida Lottery office or retailer, from the Florida Lottery's website, flalottery.com, or by writing to: Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. Forms DOL 474-NYRE-W and DOL 474-NYRE-G can be obtained from any Florida Lottery office or by writing to Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. Soon thereafter, the prizewinner will also be contacted by a representative of Dick Clark Productions, Inc. ("Prize Provider") who will coordinate with the prizewinner and be responsible for fulfillment of each non-cash element of the Celebrate@Home Prize.
(10) Celebrate@Home Prize. The Celebrate@Home Prize will consist of the elements for the prizewinner to host a New Year's Eve party for up to eight people, including the prizewinner, at their home and to participate remotely as one of five finalists in the $1 Million Prize Drawing for a chance to win $1 Million during the live television broadcast of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' EveSM on ABC ("Program").
The reportable taxable value of the prize includes the value of the prize plus the value of the federal income tax withholding paid by the Lottery. The retail value of the Celebrate@Home Prize and the estimated reportable taxable value of the prize for a U.S. citizen are as follows:
Approximate Retail Value of Celebrate@Home Prize |
Estimated Reportable Taxable Value of Celebrate@Home Prize |
$20,000 |
$26,315.79 |
(11) Payment of Cash Prizes.
(12) Analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support Debt. Prior to the award of any cash prize awarded in this promotion, the prizewinner will be analyzed for Florida state-owed debt and child support debt. If more than one prize is awarded to the prizewinner, a separate analysis shall occur prior to payment of each prize.
(13) $1,000,000 Prize Claiming Procedures. If the prizewinner in the $1 Million Prize drawing is a Florida winner, the prizewinner will be required to complete a Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2, Revised 3/21, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2S, Revised 3/21, and provide a copy of acceptable identification as set forth in the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes in order to claim the prize. A copy of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011. Payment of prizes will be made in accordance with the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes. Applicable tax forms for the $1 Million Prize will be issued by the Florida Lottery to the prizewinner separately from the tax forms for the Celebrate@Home Prize.
(14) A prizewinner in this Promotion is not required to submit the POWERBALL ticket(s) he or she scanned or manually entered to generate an entry to claim a prize.
(15) Taxes.
(16) Other Restrictions and Provisions.
Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS.