Florida Administrative Code
53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY
53 - Departmental
Chapter 53ER23 - Emergency Rule for Year 2023
Section 53ER23-31 - NASCAR®POWERBALL®Playoff Bonus Play Promotion
Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 2024
(1) Beginning July 3 and through July 31, 2023 ("Promotion Period"), the Multi-State Lottery Association, on its own behalf and through third-party contractual partners (hereafter collectively or separately referred to as MUSL or "Prize Provider"), in conjunction with participating Lotteries, including the Florida Lottery, will conduct the NASCAR® POWERBALL® Playoff Bonus Play Promotion ("Promotion"). Players can enter any POWERBALL® ticket purchased/obtained during the Promotion Period into a promotional drawing for a chance to become one of fifty (50) Florida Semi-finalists. The fifty Florida Semi-Finalists will be forwarded to MUSL for a chance to become one of sixteen (16) players, who will then be eliminated through subsequent MUSL-administered drawings to win prizes set forth in subsection (6), below.
POWERBALL 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 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. POWERBALL QuickTicketsT are not eligible for entry into the Promotion.
(2) How to Enter.
(3) Number of Entries Earned. When a player enters a POWERBALL ticket on the website or App or scans the barcode on the App, the player will receive one (1) entry for each $1 value of the ticket. For example, a player would receive ten (10) entries for a ticket price/value of $10.
(4) August 2, 2023 Florida Lottery Semi-Finalist Drawing. One Semi-Finalist drawing will be held by the Florida Lottery. Players will be randomly selected from valid entries submitted and received by 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) on July 31, 2023. A total of seventy-five (75) valid entries will be drawn by the Florida Lottery using a certified random number generation process. The first fifty (50) valid entries drawn will be Semi-Finalists and their names submitted to the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Should two or more ticket numbers be drawn that are associated with the same player, the remaining 25 valid entries will be used in the order drawn to take the place of any duplicate player so that fifty (50) different and unique players can be submitted to MUSL. The fifty (50) Semi-Finalists will be posted on flalottery.com and the Lottery's App on August 4, 2023, or as soon thereafter as practical. The drawing will be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm.
(5) August 12, 2023 MUSL Drawing. MUSL will conduct a drawing to select sixteen (16) players from among all Semi-Finalists submitted by all participating Lotteries, including the names submitted by the Florida Lottery. No more than one (1) Semi-Finalist from any Lottery, including the Florida Lottery, will be chosen to advance to subsequent round/s. No Lottery, including the Florida Lottery, is guaranteed to have a player that is among the sixteen (16) players drawn.
The drawing will be conducted using the MUSL Digital Draw System. The chosen sixteen (16) players will subsequently be eliminated through a series of drawing rounds, as set forth in the table in subsection (6), below. September 9, October 1, and October 11, 2023 drawings will be held using the MUSL Digital Draw System. The November 5, 2023 drawing will be conducted using a Mechanical Ball Machine.
(6) The Drawings, Draw Dates, Dates Draw Results Posted/Announced, the Number of Winners, and the Prizes Won are listed in the table below:
Drawing |
Draw Date |
Date Draw Results Posted/Announced |
Number of Winners |
Prize |
1 |
August 2, 2023 |
August 4, 2023 |
50 |
Named as a Florida Semi-Finalist; Names Forwarded to MUSL |
2 |
August 12, 2023 |
August 26, 2023 |
16 |
Named as a Nationwide Semi-Finalist, Selected by MUSL |
3 |
September 9, 2023 |
September 16, 2023 |
4 |
$2,500 (Fifth Prize) |
4 |
October 1, 2023 |
October 8, 2023 |
4 |
$5,000 (Fourth Prize) |
5 |
October 11, 2023 |
October 29, 2023 |
4 |
$7,500 (Third Prize) |
6 |
November 5, 2023 |
November 5, 2023 |
3 |
$10,000 + VIP Trip to Phoenix, AZ (Second Prize) |
1 |
$1,000,000 + VIP Trip to Phoenix, AZ (Grand Prize) |
(7) Notification - Florida Lottery Semi-Finalist Among the Sixteen MUSL-Drawn Players.
Should a Florida Lottery Semi-Finalist be among the sixteen (16) players drawn by MUSL, the Florida Lottery will attempt to notify that player by telephone or email using the contact information provided in the player's registration data as soon as practical after MUSL has notified the Florida Lottery. The Lottery deems the player's registration data as his/her official contact information. The Florida Lottery will not attempt to further locate a player if attempts to reach the winner by telephone or email are unsuccessful. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact by telephone or email with a player within five (5) calendar days of the date the MUSL-drawn Florida player's name was provided to the Florida Lottery, the player will forfeit his or her right to be further entered into subsequent MUSL drawings, as well as the right to the possibility of winning a prize in a subsequent round.
If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact with the player within five calendar days, the Lottery will promptly notify MUSL. Time permitting, MUSL will name an alternate, which is not guaranteed to be a Florida Lottery player. Should a Florida Lottery player be named an alternate, the alternate will have the same time frame as the first player to have contact with the Florida Lottery. However, no time frame will extend beyond August 26, 2023.
Leaving a voicemail message, if available, and/or issuing an email, if available, constitutes "contact" with a player/alternate. The Florida Lottery is not responsible or liable for email failures or faults, telephone failures or faults, voicemail failures or faults; system, network, or software failures or faults; or the like.
Within ten (10) calendar days of contact with the Florida Lottery, the player/alternate must submit, and the Lottery must receive, a completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 2/2023, or a Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 2/2023, 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. Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained at any Florida Lottery office or retailer, from the Florida Lottery's website at flalottery.com, or by contacting the Florida Lottery, Claims Processing, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016.
Also, within ten (10) calendar days of contact with the Florida Lottery, the player/alternate must submit, and the Florida Lottery must receive, a completed Winner Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization form, DOL 474-NASCAR-Winner, effective 7/3/2023, and a Guest Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization form, DOL 474-NASCAR-Guest, effective 7/3/2023. If a guest is under the age of majority in his/her state of residence, as of the date of first travel (November 3, 2023), a parent or legal guardian shall execute form DOL 474-NASCAR-Guest on behalf of the guest. No guest changes are permitted past October 20, 2023. Regardless of the date submitted, once names are submitted, any changes made may incur fee/s. Forms DOL 474-NASCAR-Winner and DOL 474-NASCAR-Guest are hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained at any Florida Lottery office or by contacting the Florida Lottery, Claims Processing, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. If a player does not provide the required forms within the timeframes, set forth above, the player will forfeit his/her right to claim a Trip Prize and the Trip Prize will be forfeited. The Player will remain eligible to be entered into the final MUSL drawing, held on November 5, 2023.
Prior to finalization of an award of a cash prize in the final drawing, held November 5, 2023, a player must submit a second completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 2/2023, or a Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 2/2023, and a copy of acceptable identification as set forth in the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes.
(8) How to Claim a NASCAR Championship Weekend VIP Trip Prize to Phoenix, Arizona ("Trip Prize" or "Trip").
Should a Florida Semi-Finalist be one of the four (4) players, drawn on October 11, 2023, chosen to receive a Trip Prize, the Florida Lottery will attempt to notify that player by telephone or email as soon as practical after MUSL has notified the Florida Lottery. The Florida Lottery will not attempt to further locate a player if attempts to reach the winner by telephone or email are unsuccessful. Leaving a voicemail message, if available, and/or issuing an email, if available, constitutes "contact" with a winner. If the Lottery is unable to make contact with the player by October 20, 2023, the player will forfeit his or her right to claim the Trip Prize, and the Trip Prize will be forfeited. The player will remain eligible to be entered into the final MUSL drawing, held on November 5, 2023.
(9) Award of NASCAR Championship Weekend VIP Trip Prize.
Exclusive of any cash prize, the reportable taxable value of the Trip Prize includes the value of the Trip Prize plus the value of the federal income tax withholding paid by the Florida Lottery. The approximate retail value of the Trip Prize and the estimated reportable taxable value of the Trip Prize are:
Approximate Retail Value of Trip Prize (exclusive of any cash prize) |
Estimated Reportable Taxable Value of Trip Prize (exclusive of any cash prize) (U.S. Citizen or Legal Resident - 24%) |
Estimated Reported Taxable Value of Trip Prize (exclusive of any cash prize) (Nonresident - 30%) |
$9,600.00 |
$12,631.58 |
$13,714.29 |
Forms DOL 474-NASCAR-Proxy, DOL 491-B, and DOL 474-NASCAR-Guest must be received by the Lottery on or before October 20, 2023. Forms DOL 491-B and DOL 474-NASCAR-Proxy are hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained from any Florida Lottery office or by contacting the Florida Lottery, Claims Processing Division, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016.
The deadline to book Trip travel is October 29, 2023. If the Trip Prize winner/proxy fails to book the trip prior to the booking deadline of October 29, 2023, the winner will forfeit the Trip and will remain taxable on the entire value of the Trip Prize. In the event a Proxy is appointed, the original Trip Prize winner will remain eligible, and may win, a cash prize in the final drawing, as set forth in subsection (6), above. Should a Proxy, for any reason, be unable to travel, the Proxy may not appoint another proxy; and the Trip Prize shall be forfeited. In such case, the Trip Prize winner will remain eligible, and may win, a cash prize in the final drawing, as set forth in subsection (6). Under all circumstances, the entire value of the Trip Prize shall remain taxable to the original Trip Prize winner. The Proxy is not eligible to win any cash prize.
(10) No substitution of any kind, a cash redemption/substitution/compensation, assignment, or transfer of the Trip Prize, or element thereof, is permitted, except as provided herein. Any cancelled/delayed/postponed event and any unused Trip Prize or Trip Prize element/s will be forfeited, will not be redeemable for cash, and will not reduce the Trip Prize value awarded for tax purposes. A substitution initiated by the Prize Provider is at the sole discretion of the Prize Provider. Should there be prize substitutions, such will be of comparable or greater value.
(11) Should a Trip Prize be forfeited, it will not otherwise be awarded nor shall any other cash or other compensation to awarded to any player.
(12) Taxes.
(13) Other Restrictions and Provisions.
Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1), FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS.