Florida Administrative Code
53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY
53 - Departmental
Chapter 53ER24 - Emergency Rule for Year 2024
Section 53ER24-1 - Xtreme Cash Bonus Play Promotion
Current through Reg. 50, No. 060; March 26, 2024
(1) Beginning January 15, 2024 and ending April 7, 2024 ("Promotion Period"), the Florida Lottery will conduct the Xtreme Cash Bonus Play Promotion ("Promotion"). Players who purchase Game Number 1551, 10X® THE CASH; Game Number 1552, 20X THE CASH; Game Number 1553, 50X THE CASH; Game Number 1554, 100X THE CASH; and Game Number 1555, 500X THE CASH Scratch-off tickets can earn entries into a Promotion Drawing for a chance to win a cash prize of $1,000; $5,000; or $20,000. Players who purchase Game Number 1555, 500X THE CASH tickets will also have chance/s to win Coupon/s for a $100 cash prize. Only non-winning tickets of the afore-mentioned Scratch-off games may be used [collectively "Eligible ticket(s)"]. Winning tickets cannot be entered.
(2) How to Enter.
(3) How to Earn Entries into the Promotion.
GAME |
PRICE POINT |
NUMBER OF ENTRIES |
No. 1551 - 10X THE CASH |
$1 |
1 |
No. 1552 - 20X THE CASH |
$2 |
2 |
No. 1553 - 50X THE CASH |
$5 |
5 |
No. 1554 - 100X THE CASH |
$10 |
10 |
No. 1555 - 500X THE CASH |
$50 |
50 |
Bonus Entries: Entire X THE CASH Family of Games (defined in Paragraph (3)(c), below) (Games 1551 - 1555) |
$68 |
100 |
(4) Coupons.
Throughout the Promotion Period, Coupons will be randomly generated and awarded for every "nth" non-winning 500X THE CASH ticket scanned or entered statewide. 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, or players may redeem the Coupon by printing the Coupon from the website and presenting a hardcopy. Coupons may not be redeemed by mail; any Coupons submitted through the mail will not be honored. Coupons are valid for one use only and must be redeemed by 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) on June 6, 2024, subject to retailer and Lottery office operating hours. Any Coupons not redeemed by the redemption deadline are not otherwise redeemable. If for any reason all Coupons are not awarded during the Promotion Period, they will not otherwise be awarded. The odds of winning a Coupon depend on the number of tickets entered. Available Coupons for award are:
PRIZE |
NUMBER OF PRIZES |
TOATL PRIZE VALUE (over the entire Promotion Period) |
$100 Cash Coupon |
3,000 |
$300,000 |
(5) Drawings and Number of Prizes. The Florida Lottery will conduct four (4) drawings in the Promotion. Winners for a drawing will be randomly selected from entries submitted and received by midnight (ET) of the last day of each Drawing Entry Period. Entries shall be drawn only from entries submitted and received during each Drawing Entry Period. Winners will be randomly selected using a certified random number generation process. The drawing will 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:
DRAWING ENTRY PERIOD |
DRAW DATE |
WINNERS ANNOUNCED DATE |
January 15 - February 4, 2024 |
February 6, 2024 |
February 8, 2024 |
February 5 - 25, 2024 |
February 27, 2024 |
February 29, 2024 |
February 26 - March 17, 2024 |
March 19, 2024 |
March 21, 2024 |
March 18 - April 7, 2024 |
April 9, 2024 |
April 11, 2024 |
The winners in the Promotion Drawing will be announced and posted on flalottery.com on the "WINNERS ANNOUNCED DATE," set forth in the table above, or as soon as thereafter as possible.
In a Promotion Drawing, a total of 76 valid entries will be drawn by the Florida Lottery. Prizes are awarded to players in the order in which they were drawn during each drawing, starting with the Top Prize. Remaining entries will be alternates and used in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select alternate winners in the event a winner cannot be notified or fails to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (8), below, or in the event an entry is disqualified. A player can only win one prize in a Promotion drawing per entry.
(6) Available prizes, prize amounts, and number of winners are:
PRIZE AMOUNT |
WINNERS PER DRAWING |
TOTAL NUMBER OF WINNERS (over the entire Promotion Period) |
TOTAL PRIZE VALUE (value over the entire Promotion Period) |
|
Top Prize |
$20,000 |
1 |
4 |
$80,000 |
1st Prize |
$5,000 |
15 |
60 |
$300,000 |
2nd Prize |
$1,000 |
35 |
140 |
$140,000 |
TOTALS |
51 |
204 |
$520,000 |
(7) Prize Winner Notification. The Florida Lottery will notify each winner by telephone or email using the contact information provided in the winner's registration data no later than one business day after the winners are posted on the Florida Lottery's website. The Florida Lottery deems the winner's registration data as the winner'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 notify a winner if the attempt to notify the winner by telephone or email was unsuccessful. If a winner does not respond to the Lottery's notification within ten (10) calendar days of the date the winners are posted on the website, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will select an alternate winner in accordance with subsection (5), above. If the alternate winner does not respond to the Lottery's notification within ten (10) calendar days of the date of notification, the alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will select the next alternate winner. This process will continue until an alternate winner responds to the Lottery's notification or the Lottery has exhausted the list of alternates due to unsuccessful notification or due to failure by a winner or an alternate winner 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. To claim a prize won in a Promotion drawing, a winner must submit to the Florida Lottery a completed Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2, Revised 2/23, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2S, Revised 2/23, 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 or at flrules.org. The required documents must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than ten (10) calendar days after the Florida Lottery has first notified the winner 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 winner by the tenth calendar day after notification, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to an alternate winner as described in subsection (5), above. The same timeframe for a winner to return required documentation to the Florida Lottery shall apply to an alternate winner.
(9) Payment of Prizes. Upon the Florida Lottery's timely receipt of a winner's required documentation, the Florida Lottery will award the applicable prize for that winner, subject to 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 any prize won in a Promotion drawing, a winner will be analyzed for Florida state-owed debt and child support debt. If more than one prize is awarded to the winner, a separate analysis shall occur prior to payment of each prize. If the winner 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.
(11) Taxes.
(12) Other Restrictions and Provisions.
Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS.