Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 2024
(1)
Beginning April 11, 2022 and ending May 22, 2022 ("Promotion Period"), the
Florida Lottery will conduct the Lotto Bonus Play Promotion ("Promotion").
Players who purchase FLORIDA LOTTO® tickets with
or without Double Play® or
EZmatchTM during the Promotion Period or redeem a
free Lotto ticket prize during the Promotion Period can earn entries into a
Promotion Drawing for a chance to win a cash prize of $5,000; $10,000; or
$25,000 or gift cards of $1,000 (The Home
Depot®); $1,000 (Bass Pro
Shops®); or $500
(Fandango®/VUDU®).
All FLORIDA LOTTO with or without Double Play tickets (winning, non-winning,
and free) [collectively "Eligible" ticket(s)] may be used to enter the
Promotion. Continuation tickets are excluded and cannot be entered in the
Promotion.
(2) How to Enter.
(a) To enter an Eligible FLORIDA LOTTO with
or without Double Play or EZmatch ticket into a Promotion Drawing, a player may
use the Florida Lottery's website at flalottery.com or use the Florida
Lottery's Mobile Convenience App ("App").
1.
Website. On the home page of the Florida Lottery's website, players are to
click on the PROMOTIONS tab, select the Lotto Bonus Play Promotion and follow
the directions. Players will be prompted to log-in or register. Players will
manually enter the 19-digit ticket number on the ticket entry page to collect
entries as described in subsection (3), below.
2. App. On the App, players navigate to the
Promotions section of the app, select the Lotto Bonus Play Promotion, and
follow the directions. A Promotions button is located on the main menu and on
the bottom navigation bar. Players will be prompted to log-in or register if
the app does not recognize them as already logged into the Promotions section.
Players may scan the barcode on the bottom of a ticket or may manually enter
the 19-digit ticket number on the ticket entry page to collect entries as
described in subsection (3), below.
3. Deleted Accounts. If a player deletes
his/her account, whether through the App or on the Florida Lottery's website,
all account data, including ticket entries, associated with the email address
used to register his/her account will also be deleted. Any entries earned, as
described in subsection (3), below, will not be entered into a drawing. A
player's account cannot be reactivated using the email associated with the
deactivated account. Should a player establish a new account utilizing a
different email address, account data, including ticket entries, cannot be
transferred to the newly established account. Tickets entered under the prior
account cannot be re-entered utilizing the newly created account.
4. Regardless of whether a player chooses to
participate in the Promotion by using the web browser or the App, the following
provisions shall apply:
a. The player must use
the same account login information to enter tickets;
b. The player will only be required to
register one time; and
c. The
player's entry history will be cumulative among the entry platforms.
(b) Any attempt by a
player to use more than one account by using multiple or different email
addresses, identities, registrations, logins, or any other methods will subject
the player and any associated entries to disqualification. In the event a
player wins a prize, the name a player uses to register must match the name
shown on his/her identification used to make a claim, except for a person who
has made a legal name change. A person who has made a legal name change must
provide a copy of a marriage certificate/judgment/court order, as applicable,
as proof of a differing name. Fictitious names and business names will not be
accepted and shall subject the player and any associated entries to
disqualification.
(c) The odds of
winning depend on the number of entries in the drawing. All entries are subject
to validation by the Florida Lottery and will be disqualified if eligibility
requirements are not met.
(d)
Lottery tickets should not be mailed to the Lottery for entry into the drawing.
Lottery tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery for entry into the
Promotion will not be entered into the drawing and will not be
returned.
(3) How to Earn
Entries into the Promotion.
(a) To earn
entries into a Promotion Drawing, a player may enter ticket numbers by scanning
the barcode on the bottom of an Eligible ticket using his or her mobile device
or by manually entering the 19-digit ticket number on the website or the App. A
player may earn multiple entries during an entry period; however, a player can
only win one promotion prize per entry. A player may enter a maximum of 200
tickets per day. Each ticket number can only be entered one time and cannot be
entered again for either drawing. Training tickets will not be accepted, and
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.
(b)
Number of Entries Received. For each Eligible ticket, a player will receive the
number of draw entries equal to the dollar value of the Eligible ticket
entered.
(c) Promo Codes. Various
promo codes providing additional entries will be available during the Promotion
Period via GSTV L-Bar (gas station TV), High Impact Digital Units, CTV
(Connected TV), and emails to players. Each Promo code earns a player five (5)
additional entries into a drawing. Eligible ticket(s) must be entered to enable
the promo code feature, and the ticket number and the promo code must be
entered at the same time. Each promo code is only valid for the corresponding
entry period for which it is designated and can only be entered one time.
However, more than one different promo code may be entered during the
corresponding entry period for which it is designated, each with a different
ticket number. Promo codes available for Entry Period 1 cannot be used, and
will not be valid, for Entry Period 2
(4) Drawings and Number of Prizes. The
Florida Lottery will conduct two drawings in the Promotion to select
prizewinners. Prizewinners for the first drawing will be randomly selected from
entries submitted and received during the first drawing entry period and before
midnight (ET) on May 1, 2022. Prizewinners for the second drawing will be
randomly selected from entries submitted and received during the second drawing
entry period and before midnight (ET) on May 22, 2022. Entries for the first
drawing entry period are not carried over into the second drawing entry period;
tickets shall be drawn only from the Eligible ticket entries submitted and
received during each drawing entry period. 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 dates,
entry periods, and winner announcement dates are as follows:
|
DRAWING ENTRY PERIOD
|
DRAWING DATE
|
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
|
|
April 11, 2022 through May 1, 2022
|
May 3, 2022
|
May 5, 2022
|
|
May 2, 2022 through May 22, 2022
|
May 24, 2022
|
May 26, 2022
|
(a) The
prizewinners in a Promotion Drawing will be announced and posted on
flalottery.com on the "WINNERS ANNOUNCED" dates, set forth in the table above,
or as soon as thereafter as possible.
(b) In each Promotion Drawing, a total of 307
valid entries will be drawn by the Florida Lottery. Prizes will be awarded in
the quantities set forth in the table in subsection (5), below, and awarded to
players in the order in which they were drawn during each drawing. Remaining
entries will be alternates and used in the order in which they were drawn and
in the order of need to select alternate grand, second, and third prizewinners
in the event a grand, second, or third 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. Alternates will not be drawn
for fourth, fifth, or sixth prizes. A player may only win one prize per draw
entry.
(5) The prizes,
prize amounts, and number of prizewinners are listed in the table, below:
|
PRIZE
|
AMOUNT/VALUE
|
NUMBER OF WINNERS PER DRAWING
|
TOTAL NUMBER OF WINNERS
|
TOTAL PRIZE AMOUNT
|
|
GRAND PRIZE
|
$25,000
|
1
|
2
|
$50,000
|
|
2nd Prize
|
$10,000
|
2
|
4
|
$40,000
|
|
3rd Prize
|
$5,000
|
5
|
10
|
$50,000
|
|
4th Prize
(The Home Depot® gift
card)
|
$1,000
|
74
|
148
|
$148,000
|
|
5th Prize
(Bass Pro Shops® gift
card)
|
$1,000
|
121
|
242
|
$242,000
|
|
6th Prize
(Fandango®/VUDO®
gift card)
|
$500
|
79
|
158
|
$79,000
|
|
TOTALS
|
N/A
|
282
|
564
|
$609,000
|
(6)
Prizewinner Notification. The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify each
prizewinner by telephone or email using the contact information provided in the
prizewinner's registration data no later than one business day after the
prizewinners are posted on the Florida Lottery's website. The Florida Lottery
deems the prizewinner's registration data as the prizewinner's official contact
information. Issuing an email or leaving a telephone message on voicemail, if
available, shall constitute notification. The Florida Lottery will not attempt
to further locate a prizewinner if attempts to reach the prizewinner by
telephone or email are unsuccessful. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have
contact by telephone or email with a prizewinner within ten calendar days of
the date the prizewinners are posted on the Lottery's website, the prizewinner
will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will
select an alternate prizewinner in accordance with subsection (4), above. If
the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact by email or telephone with the
alternate prizewinner within ten calendar days of the date of notification, the
alternate prizewinner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the
Florida Lottery will select the next alternate prizewinner. This process will
continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted
the list of alternates due to unsuccessful notification attempts or due to
failure by a prizewinner or an alternate prizewinner to timely provide required
claim documentation as set forth in subsection (7), below. The Florida Lottery
is not responsible or liable for system failures of any sort or type,
including, but not exclusively, computer failures, email service failures,
telephone failures. If a prize cannot be awarded for any reason, the prize will
not be awarded.
(7) How to Claim a
Prize.
(a) To claim a prize won valued at
$1,000 and greater in a Promotion 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.
(b) To claim a
$500
Fandango®/VUDU®
gift card prize, a prizewinner must submit to the Florida Lottery a copy of
acceptable identification as set forth in the rule of the Florida Lottery
governing payment of prizes.
(c) 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.
(d) The
required documents must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than ten
calendar 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 tenth calendar 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 subsection (4), above. The same
timeframe for a prizewinner to return required documentation to the Florida
Lottery shall apply to an alternate prizewinner.
(8) Award of Prizes. Upon the Florida
Lottery's timely receipt of a prizewinner's required documentation, the Florida
Lottery will award the applicable prize for that prizewinner, subject to
Federal tax withholding and analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support
Debt.
(9) Analysis for State-Owed
Debt and Child Support Debt. Prior to the award of all cash prizes, a
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. If the prizewinner is identified as
owing outstanding debt to any state agency or owes child support collected
through a court, the debt will be offset in accordance with Section
24.115, F.S. If
the debt is an amount less than the amount of the cash prize, the balance of
the prize less applicable income tax withholding and after the debt is offset
shall be awarded. If the debt is an amount greater than any cash prize, the
entire prize amount, after applicable income tax withholding, will be applied
to the outstanding debt.
(10) A
player can only win one prize per entry.
(11) A prizewinner in this Promotion is not
required to submit the Eligible ticket he or she entered to claim a
prize.
(12) Taxes.
(a) Except as specifically defined herein,
all Federal, state, and/or local taxes and/or other costs and fees on all
prizes will be the responsibility of the prizewinner.
(b) For $25,000 and $10,000 cash prizes won
in the Promotion drawings, and pursuant to applicable provisions of the
Internal Revenue Service code, Federal income taxes will be withheld at a rate
of twenty-four percent (24%) for a U. S. citizen or legal U.S. resident and at
a rate of thirty percent (30%) for nonresident prizewinner/s. Regardless of
prize amount, for all cash prizes won in the Promotion drawing, Federal income
taxes will be withheld at a rate of thirty percent (30%) for nonresident
prizewinners. For all gift cards, a nonresident prizewinner will be required to
pay the Florida Lottery an amount of thirty percent (30%) for Federal income
taxes on the value of the gift card won prior to issuance of the gift card to
him/her. The reporting and subsequent payment of any additional Federal, state,
and/or local taxes and any other fees and costs shall be the responsibility of
the prizewinner.
(13)
Other Restrictions and Provisions.
(a) A
prizewinner must be at least 18 years of age.
(b) All prizes are subject to the provisions
of Chapter 24, F.S., and rules promulgated thereunder. Prizes will be paid in
accordance with the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes.
Copies 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.
(c) Persons
prohibited by Section
24.116,
F.S., from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to enter this
Promotion.
(d) By entering the
Lotto Bonus Play Promotion, a player gives his or her permission for the
Florida Lottery to photograph and/or videotape and record the prizewinner with
or without prior notification and to use the name, photograph, videotape,
and/or recording of the prizewinner for advertising or publicity purposes
without additional compensation.
Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law
Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS.
