Florida Administrative Code
53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY
53 - Departmental
Chapter 53ER23 - Emergency Rule for Year 2023
Section 53ER23-56 - $5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION
Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 2024
(1) Beginning October 30, 2023 and ending January 14, 2024 ("Promotion Period"), the Florida Lottery will conduct the $5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION ("Promotion"). Players who purchase Game Number 1544, $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1546, $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1547, $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; and Game Number 1543, $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH (collectively "TRIPLE MATCH") Scratch-Off tickets and who purchase or have issued (such as a free ticket) any JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAYTM (with or without COMBO) ticket/s during the Promotion Period can earn entries into a Promotion Drawing for a chance to win a prize of $1,000; $5,000; or $20,000. Players will also have chance/s to win Tango Reward Link® ("Tango") E-Gift card/s and JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBOTM BOGO coupon/s.
Non-winning TRIPLE MATCH tickets purchased during the Promotion Period are eligible for entry throughout the Promotion Period. All JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO) tickets purchased or issued (including free tickets) during a Promotion Drawing Entry Period (defined in subsection (5), below) are eligible for entry only during that respective Drawing Entry Period. Hereafter, and collectively, "Eligible" tickets, as defined herein. Winning TRIPLE MATCH Scratch-Off tickets are not eligible. Canceled JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO) tickets are not eligible.
(2) How to Enter.
(3) How to Earn Entries.
Game |
Price Point/Value |
Number of Entries |
#1544 - $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH |
$1 |
1 |
#1545 - $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH |
$2 |
2 |
#1546 - $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH |
$5 |
5 |
#1547 - $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH |
$10 |
10 |
#1543 - $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH |
$20 |
20 |
JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO)* (includes free tickets) |
$1 - $60 |
1 Entry for each $1 Paid/Value of the Ticket |
BONUS ENTRIES - Entire TRIPLE MATCH Family of Games (Non-Winning tickets) |
$38 |
50 |
* JACKPORT TRIPLE PLAY tickets purchased or issued during a Drawing Entry Period can only be entered during that respective Drawing Entry Period. An attempt to enter a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY ticket during a Drawing Entry Period in which it was not purchased or issued will be rejected and will not create drawing entries.
TRIPLE MATCH Family of Scratch-Off games. In addition to the entries earned, as set forth in the table in paragraph (3)(b), above, a player who enters a complete family of non-winning TRIPLE MATCH tickets (Game Number 1544, $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1546, $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1547, $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; and Game Number 1543, $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH) will receive 50 additional entries.
Once an Eligible ticket is either scanned or manually entered, four (4) game cards will appear on the screen. Each card has six (6) spaces; one free space and one space for each of Game Number 1544, $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1546, $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1547, $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; and Game Number 1543, $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH. Once a card has all six (6) symbols (free space and one for each of the TRIPLE MATCH games), 50 additional entries will be awarded for the next available drawing. Once a card has all six spots filled, the card will clear and be available for additional ticket entry symbols. If a ticket is entered in excess of the number of spaces available on all four cards for a given game, the ticket will be discarded, will not be saved, and will not be entered onto a card once a card has been cleared. A complete family of tickets is not required to be entered simultaneously.
Example: This example assumes all game cards are empty. If one or more cards contain symbols, the number of available card entry spots will be reduced accordingly. A player enters five (5) Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH ticket numbers. The player will earn two (2) (reference the table in paragraph (3)(b)) entries into a Promotion drawing for each of the five (5) tickets entered, for a total of ten (10) drawing entries. For the purposes of a chance to obtain 50 additional entries into the next available drawing, four of the tickets will cause one symbol to be entered onto each of the four game cards, thereby filling all available Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH spaces. (No additional Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH tickets will be applied to a game card until a card has been completely filled and cleared, though additional Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH ticket entries will earn entries into a Promotion drawing, as set forth in the table in paragraph (3)(b).) The fifth Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH ticket entry will be discarded, not saved, and not entered onto another game card once a card is cleared. The same applies to each of the other TRIPLE MATCH games.
(4) Tango Reward Link E-Gift Cards and JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO BOGO Coupons.
For a Tango E-Gift Card, credits equivalent to the value of the E-Gift Card won are awarded to the player. The credits are then redeemable for digital gift cards for available merchant/s. Winning players can go to flalottery.com/holidaybonusplay ($5,000,000 Holiday Bonus Play Promotion site) to view a list of available Florida Lottery Tango Reward Link merchants, log in to their account, link to their Tango Reward Link prize page, and make their selections. A player may choose multiple merchants; however, the total value across all chosen merchants cannot exceed the value of the Tango E-Gift card. The merchant digital gift cards may be used for online or in-store purchases.
The Florida Lottery is not responsible or liable for the availability or non-availability of Tango merchants. Merchants shown through the Tango Reward Link catalog may change/be added/be removed at the discretion of the Florida Lottery/its contractors/Tango as the need arises. The Florida Lottery is not responsible or liable for any fees charged by a Tango merchant or the expiration of any Tango merchant gift cards. Should Tango and/or any merchant, whether under their current name/s, operating under other name/s, or otherwise merged with other entity/entities, their parent companies, subsidiaries, divisions, banks/financial institutions, and/or other entities responsible for honoring gift cards declare bankruptcy or in any manner be unable to honor or refuse to honor a gift card, no cash compensation or other manner of compensation shall be provided. While Tango E-Gift cards, at the time of the time of this Promotion, do not expire, should Tango change its policies/practices regarding its E-Gift cards, the Florida Lottery will not be responsible or liable and players will not be further compensated.
To use a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO BOGO coupon, a player must purchase a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket and present the coupon at the time of purchase. Upon the purchase of a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket, and in conjunction with presentment of the BOGO coupon, a free JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket will be issued. Coupons may only be used one time. Coupons may be redeemed at any Lottery retailer or Lottery office, subject to hours of operation. The redemption deadline for coupons is 11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 14, 2024.
COUPON PRIZES |
TOTAL NUMBER OF E-GIFT CARD/COUPON PRIZES (quantity over the entire Promotion Period) |
TOTAL VALUE OF COUPON PRIZES (value over the entire Promotion Period) |
$500 Tango Reward Link E-Gift Card |
2,000 |
$1,000,000 |
$250 Tango Reward Link E-Gift Card |
5,000 |
$1,250,000 |
$100 Tango Reward Link E-Gift Card |
20,000 |
$2,000,000 |
BOGO Coupon for JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket |
52,500 |
$105,000 |
Totals |
79,500 |
$4,355,000 |
(5) Entry Periods and Drawings. The Florida Lottery will conduct three (3) drawings in the Promotion. Prizewinners for each drawing will be randomly selected from entries submitted and received before midnight (ET) of a Drawing Entry Period end date, as identified in the table, below. Entries for one Drawing Entry Period are not carried over into a subsequent Drawing Entry Period. Prizewinners will be randomly selected using a certified random number generation process. The drawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The drawing entry periods, drawing dates, and winner announcement dates are:
DRAWING ENTRY PERIOD (all dates are inclusive) |
DRAWING DATE |
WINNERS ANNOUNCED |
October 30, 2023 through November 30, 2023 |
December 4, 2023 |
December 6, 2023 |
December 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 |
January 3, 2024 |
January 5, 2024 |
January 1, 2024 through January 14, 2024 |
January 16, 2024 |
January 18, 2024 |
(6) The prizes, prize amounts, and number of prizewinners are listed in the table, below:
PRIZE |
AMOUNT |
NUMBER OF WINNERS PER DRAWING |
TOTAL PRIZE AMOUNTS PER DRAWING |
TOP PRIZE |
$20,000 |
1 |
$60,000 |
2nd Prize |
$5,000 |
24 |
$360,000 |
3rd Prize |
$1,000 |
75 |
$225,000 |
TOTALS |
N/A |
100 |
$645,000 |
(7) 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 within 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 notification is unsuccessful. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact with a prizewinner within ten (10) 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 (5), above. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact with the alternate prizewinner within ten (10) 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 (8), 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.
(8) How to Claim a Prize.
(9) Award of Prizes. Upon the Florida Lottery's timely receipt of a prizewinner's required documentation, the Florida Lottery will award the prize for that prizewinner, subject to applicable federal tax withholding and analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support Debt.
(10) Analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support Debt. Prior to the award of all Promotion drawing 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, the debt will be offset in accordance with section 24.115, Fla. Stat. If the debt is an amount less than the amount of the cash prize, the balance of the prize, less applicable income tax withholding on the full prize amount, 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 on the full prize amount, will be applied to the outstanding debt.
(11) Taxes.
(12) A player can only win one prize in a Promotion Drawing per entry.
(13) If a prize (cash/gift cards/coupons) is not awarded during the Promotion for any reason, it will not otherwise be awarded.
(14) A prizewinner is not required to submit the Eligible ticket he or she entered to claim a prize.
(15) Retailer Bonus Sales Commission. The sum of $400,000 has been allocated for the award of bonus commissions during this Promotion. During the Promotion Period, retailers will receive double sales commissions for JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO) tickets sold until the allocated sum has been reached. Should this sum be reached prior to the end of the Promotion Period, bonus commissions will no longer be awarded.
(16) Other Restrictions and Provisions.
Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS.