3.1
Lotto America Game
3.1.1 Lotto
America is a five (5) out of fifty-two (52) plus one (1) out of ten (10)
numbers lottery game drawn on days as determined by the Lotto America Product
Group as part of the Lotto America drawing event, which pays the Grand Prize,
at the election of the player made in accordance with these rules or by a
default election made in accordance with these rules, either on an annuitized
Pari-Mutuel basis or as a single lump sum payment of the total funding held in
the Grand Prize Pool (GPP) for the winning Drawing on a Pari-Mutuel basis.
Except as provided in these rules, all other prizes are paid on a single
payment basis.
3.1.2 Lotto America
Winning Numbers applicable to determine Lotto America prizes will be determined
in the Lotto America Drawing event. During the Drawing event, five (5) numbers
shall be drawn from the first set of fifty-two (52) numbers, and one (1) number
shall be drawn from the second set of ten (10) numbers, which shall constitute
the Winning Numbers.
3.1.3 To play
Lotto America, a player shall select (or computer pick) five (5) different
numbers, from one (1) through fifty-two (52) and one (1) additional number from
one (1) through ten (10). The additional number may be the same as one of the
first five numbers selected by the player.
3.1.4 Lotto America Plays can be purchased
for one dollar (U.S. $1.00), including any specific statutorily mandated tax of
a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a Play.
3.1.5 Plays may be purchased from a Selling
Lottery approved sales outlet in a manner as approved by the Selling Lottery
and in accordance with MUSL Rules.
3.2
Claims. Unless otherwise
permitted by a selling lottery, a ticket (subject to the validation
requirements set forth in Section
7.0 of these Rules (Ticket
Validation) or properly registered ticketless transaction shall be the only
proof of a game Play or Plays and the submission of a winning ticket to the
issuing Selling Lottery or its authorized agent shall be the sole method of
claiming a prize or prizes. A Play Slip has no pecuniary or prize value and
shall not constitute evidence of play purchase or of numbers selected. A
terminal produced paper receipt has no pecuniary or prize value and shall not
constitute evidence of play purchase or of numbers selected.
3.3
Cancellations: Request for
Plays, Returned Plays, Incomplete Transaction Plays, Stolen Plays and Refunds
for Game Cancellations.
3.3.1
Plays
Non-Cancellable. In all instances, a Play recorded on the CGS ("Computer
Gaming System") may not be voided or cancelled by returning the ticket or
ticketless transaction to the Retailer or to the Selling Lottery, including
tickets that are misprinted, illegible, print in error, or for any reason not
successfully transferred to an authorized selling entity or Player.
3.3.2
Request for Plays. A
lottery may conduct future sales through a subscription or other system that
does not immediately record such sales on the CGS. At the sole discretion of
the lottery, authorized sales through a subscription or other system which have
not been recorded on the CGS (instead recorded as "Request for Plays"), may be
cancelled at any time prior to the time the Request for Play is recorded as a
Play on the CGS. If a Request for Play is cancelled, it shall not be recorded
on the CGS.
Per 3.3.1, once a Play is recorded on the CGS, it may not
be cancelled at any time. Any cancelled "Request for Play" shall not be
included in sales data reports to MUSL.
3.3.3
Returned Plays. To promote
good Player or Retailer relations, a Selling Lottery, at its sole discretion,
may develop a method of compensating Players or Retailers for Plays accepted by
the Selling Lottery as returned to the Selling Lottery ("Returned Plays") that
are misprinted, illegible, printed in error, future Plays affected by changes
in game features by the Selling Lottery, or due to game cancellations.
3.3.3.1 Returned Plays may not be cancelled
or voided. Returned Plays are not reported to MUSL.
3.3.3.2 The Selling Lottery must remit its
required prize pool contributions on all Plays accepted as returned Plays by
the Selling Lottery.
3.3.3.3
Returned Plays may not be claimed for a prize by any person or entity,
including the Selling Lottery. Any prizes which would have been won on a
Returned Play shall become an unclaimed prize at the end of the prize claim
period.
3.3.4
Incomplete Transaction Plays. Incomplete Transaction Plays occur
when a Retailer begins a Play transaction as requested by a Player, and the
Play is registered on the CGS, but the transaction is terminated prior to
transferring Play confirmation to the Player, there is no attempt to print the
Play on a ticket, and the Player has not paid for the Play. Transaction
terminations may be due to time sensitivities, communications loss or other
issues as accepted by the Selling Lottery.
3.3.4.1 A Selling Lottery, at its sole
discretion, may develop an approved method of managing Incomplete Transaction
Plays, subject to these provisions.
3.3.4.2 Incomplete Transaction plays may not
be cancelled or voided.
3.3.4.3 The
Selling Lottery must remit its required prize pool contributions on any
Incomplete Transaction Plays. At its sole discretion, the Selling Lottery may
develop a method of compensation Retailers for Incomplete Transaction Plays if
Retailers are required to reimburse Selling Lotteries for prize pool
contributions.
3.3.4.4 Incomplete
Transaction Plays may not be claimed for a prize by any person or entity
including the Retailer. Any prize which cannot be claimed as a prize under this
Rule but would otherwise have been won on an Incomplete Transaction Play shall
become an unclaimed prize at the end of the prize claim period of the drawing
for which the Incomplete Transaction Play was recorded. Incomplete Transaction
Plays are not reported to MUSL.
3.3.5
Stolen Plays. Plays
reported as stolen from a Retailer that have been recovered cannot be accepted
by the Selling Lottery as Returned Plays.
3.3.5.1 Selling lotteries may compensate a
Retailer for the loss from theft if a Selling Lottery, solely at its
discretion, determines to assume such a loss, but Stolen Plays cannot be
cancelled or voided.
3.3.5.2
Ownership of Stolen Plays, and whether any party has a right to claim prizes on
Stolen Plays, shall be determined by the rules of the Selling
Lottery.
3.3.6
Game Cancellation. In the event of cancellation of the Game by the
Product Group prior to the occurrence of all drawings for which Plays have been
sold and recorded on the CGS, the Selling Lottery may provide a refund
mechanism for such Plays to the Players, and the Selling Lottery shall not be
required to remit its prize pool contributions for any such refunded
Plays.
3.3.7
Selling
Lotteries Prohibited from Claiming Prizes. Selling Lotteries and lottery
officials are prohibited from claiming any prizes on Plays that are owned by
the Selling Lottery through "Returned Plays" or otherwise acquired and held by
the Selling Lottery. Any prizes that would otherwise be won on Plays owned or
acquired by Selling Lotteries shall become unclaimed prizes at the end of the
prize claim period.
3.4
Player Responsibility. It shall be the sole responsibility of the
player to verify the accuracy of the game Play or Plays and other data printed
on the ticket or contained in a ticketless transaction. The placing of Plays is
done at the player's own risk through the agent that is acting on behalf of the
player in entering the Play or Plays. The purchaser of a Play or Plays through
a ticketless transaction has the sole responsibility for verifying the accuracy
and condition of the data at the time of purchase.
3.5
Entry of Plays. Plays may
only be entered manually using the lottery terminal keypad or touch screen or
by means of a Play Slip as approved by the Selling Lottery or by such other
means approved by the Selling Lottery. Retailers shall not permit the use of
Play Slips that are not approved by the Selling Lottery. Retailers shall not
permit any device to be physically or wirelessly connected to a lottery
terminal to enter Plays, except as approved by the Selling Lottery.
3.6
Registration of Plays.
Ticketless transaction Plays may be registered by the Selling Lottery at a
lottery processing site that meets the requirements established by the Product
Group and the MUSL Board.
3.7
Maximum Purchase. Except for a ticketless transaction Play
purchase, when the Selling Lottery has a process in place to allow players to
make changes to their Play purchases in the event of a game change, the maximum
number of consecutive Drawings on a single Play purchase is thirty-nine (39).
The maximum number of consecutive drawings encompassed by a ticketless
transaction Play purchase when the Selling Lottery has a process in place to
allow players to make changes to their Play purchases in the event of a game
change is one hundred four (104).
3.8
Matrix Changes. In the event
of a matrix change, the Selling Lottery that issued the ticketless transaction
will determine the option(s) available to ticketless transaction purchasers for
that Selling Lottery for the balance of Plays remaining on their ticketless
transactions effective as of the date of the matrix change.
3.9
Emergency Rule-making
Authority. Pursuant to the Product Group's fiduciary duties, it may
become necessary for these rules to be modified by emergency rule making
pursuant to
5 MRS
§8054.
