Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3770:1 - Lottery Commission
Chapter 3770:1-9 - Additional Lottery Games
Section 3770:1-9-639 - Game rule number six hundred thirty-nine

(1) Game rule number six hundred thirty-nine is a matching symbols game and is generally known as an "instant lottery." A ticket for game rule six hundred thirty-nine is terminal generated.

(2) The holder of a valid ticket will have a ticket containing nine "Hands" with a total of thirty-eight cards in all nine "Hands," and twenty-four "Your Cards." Using the player's "Your Cards," the player shall mark off the matching cards in each of the nine "Hands." Each of the nine "Hands" has a corresponding prize value next to the "Hand." Each of "Your Cards" and each card in the "Hands" will have one of the following numbers/symbols with "2" being the lowest value number/symbol and "A" being the highest level number/symbol: "2," "3," "4," "5," "6," "7," "8," "9," "10," "J," "Q," "K," or "A," and each card in "Your Cards" and each card in the "Hands" will have one of the following card suits: "heart," "spade," diamond," or "club." To win, using the player's "Your Cards," a player must match all cards in one of the "Hands" to create one of the following complete "Hand(s):" a "pair" which consists of two cards of the same number/symbol, "two pair" which consists of four cards having two cards of same number/symbol twice, "three of a kind" which consists of three cards having the same number/symbol, a "straight" which consists of five cards having numbers/symbols in sequential order, a "flush" which consists of five cards having the same card suit, a "full house" which consists of five cards having two cards of the same number/symbol and having three cards of the same number/symbol, "four of a kind" which consists of four cards having the same number/symbol, a "straight flush" which consists of five cards having numbers/symbols in sequential order and also having the same card suit, and a "royal flush" which consists of five cards having the same card suit and having the following numbers/symbols: "10," "J," "Q," "K," and "A." If, using the player's "Your Cards," the player matches all cards in one of the "Hands" to create one of the complete "Hands" listed above, the player shall win the corresponding prize value next to that "Hand."

(3) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: two dollars, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, thirteen dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, thirty-three dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one hundred thirty dollars, five hundred dollars, twenty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number six hundred thirty-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number six hundred thirty-nine called a "regular prize award."

(2) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred thirty-nine are: two dollars, three dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and twenty thousand dollars.

(1) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout the prize pool; and

(2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that the number of winning tickets per two hundred forty thousand tickets sold in the following prize categories should be as follows:

(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number six hundred thirty-nine shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number six hundred thirty-nine is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the prize values and play symbol on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize award. A regular prize award shall be deemed announced on the date a ticket is purchased.

(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction may be advised of correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game rule number six hundred thirty-nine void if it is stolen, unissued not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error or incomplete; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.

(3) A ticket may not be canceled once the ticket is printed by the lottery terminal even if such ticket is printed in error.

(1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred thirty-nine in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. As deemed necessary or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number six hundred thirty-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.

(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule number six hundred thirty-nine used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number six hundred thirty-nine and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.