Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3770:1 - Lottery Commission
Chapter 3770:1-9 - Additional Lottery Games
Section 3770:1-9-745 - Game rule number seven hundred forty-five
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3770:1-9-745
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred forty-five. "Lucky Millionaire" shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period, including reprints, beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the date on which sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred forty-five.
(B) General design.
(1)
Game rule number seven hundred forty-five is a key number match game with a
"multiplier" feature and is generally known as an "instant lottery."
(2)
The
holder of a valid ticket will remove the covering over the entire play area to
reveal six "Winning Numbers." twenty "Your Number(sV and twenty corresponding
prize values. If any one or more of "Your Number(sV matches one or more of the
"Winning Numbers." the player wins the corresponding prize value(s^) shown
below the matching "Your Number(sY" If the player reveals a "Lucky" symbol in
any of "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins the corresponding prize value
automatically. If the player reveals a "Double Dollar Sign" symbol in any of
the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins double the corresponding prize
automatically. If the player reveals a "IPX" symbol in any of "Your Numbers"
play spots, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize value shown
automatically. If the player reveals a "20X" symbol in any of the "Your
Numbers" play spots, the player wins twenty times the corresponding prize value
shown automatically. If the player matches any of "Your Numbers" to one of the
"Winning Numbers" and the corresponding prize value revealed is a "TPD" symbol,
the player wins five thousand five hundred dollars automatically, and upon the
filing of a valid claim at an Ohio lottery commission office, shall
automatically be entered into the Top Prize Drawing ("TPD"^) for a chance to
win an "Annuity Prize Award" of one hundred thousand dollars per year for
twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of
approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize
Award." The Top Prize Drawing shall be conducted in accordance with Ohio
lottery rules and procedures established and approved by the director. There
are twenty chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty
times on one ticket.
(3)
The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket
in game rule number seven hundred forty-five are: ten dollars, twenty dollars,
twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred
dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars,
the "TPD" symbol corresponding to a prize value of five thousand five hundred
dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars and an "Annuity Prize
Award" of one hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes
or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars
before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and
play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred
forty-five shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off
by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and
play symbols.
(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred forty-five shall be twenty dollars.
(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards
(1)
There shall be
two types of prizes in game rule seven hundred forty-five, a "regular prize
award" and a "TPD" prize award.
(2)
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: twenty dollars,
twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred
dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand five hundred
dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars and an "Annuity Prize
Award" of one hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes
or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars
before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule
number seven hundred forty-five shall be imprinted in such a way that prize
awards from the set listed above may be won.
(a)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which a "Double Dollar Sign" symbol is revealed in one
of the "Your Numbers" play spots for ten dollars doubled shall win a regular
prize award of twenty dollars;
(b)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by two of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars two times shall win a regular prize
award of twenty dollars;
(c)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the
"Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" for twenty dollars once
shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(d)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of
"Your Numbers" for twenty-five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of
twenty-five dollars;
(e)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more
of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars
three times shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;
(f)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by two of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars once and twenty dollars once shall win
a regular prize award of thirty dollars;
(g)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of
"Your Numbers" for thirty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of
thirty dollars;
(h)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more
of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars
four times shall win a regular prize award of forty dollars;
(i)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by three of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars two times and twenty dollars once
shall win a regular prize award of forty dollars;
(j)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by two of "Your Numbers" for twenty dollars two times shall win a regular prize
award of forty dollars;
(k)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "Double
Dollar Sign" symbol is revealed in one of "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty
dollars doubled shall win a regular prize award of forty dollars;
(l)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is
matched by one of "Your Numbers" for forty dollars once shall win a regular
prize award of forty dollars;
(m)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by five of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars five times shall win a regular prize
award of fifty dollars;
(n)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more
of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars
three times and twenty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifty
dollars;
(o)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more
of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of "Your Numbers" for twenty
dollars two times and ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifty
dollars;
(p)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "Double
Dollar Sign" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for
twenty-five dollars doubled shall win a regular prize award of fifty
dollars;
(q)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the
"Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" for fifty dollars once
shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(r)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which a "IPX" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your
Numbers" play spots for ten dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award
of one hundred dollars;
(s)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more
of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by five of "Your Numbers" for twenty
dollars five times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred
dollars;
(t)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more
of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of "Your Numbers" for twenty-five
dollars four times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred
dollars;
(u)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "Double
Dollar Sign" symbol is revealed in one of "Your Numbers" play spots for fifty
dollars doubled shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(v)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers"
are matched by seven of "Your Numbers" for twenty dollars three times and ten
dollars four times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred
dollars;
(w)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the
"Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" for one hundred dollars
once shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(x)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by three of "Your Numbers" for one hundred dollars two times, and on which a
"IPX" symbol is revealed in one of "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty-five
dollars times ten and fifty dollars once, shall win a regular prize award of
five hundred dollars;
(y)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "Double
Dollar Sign" symbol is revealed in one of "Your Numbers" play spots for two
hundred fifty dollars doubled shall win a regular the prize award of five
hundred dollars.
(z)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "2PX"
symbol is revealed in one of "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty-five dollars
times twenty shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(aa)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers"
are matched by twenty of "Your Numbers" for twenty-five dollars twenty times
shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(bb)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by twelve of "Your Numbers" for forty dollars ten times and fifty dollars two
times shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(cc)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which a "IPX" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your
Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award
of five hundred dollars;
(dd)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by five of "Your Numbers" for one hundred dollars five times shall win a
regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(ee)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of
"Your Numbers" for five hundred dollars once shall win a regular prize award of
five hundred dollars;
(ff)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "20X"
symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars
times twenty shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars;
(gg)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "IPX" symbol is revealed in one of
the "Your Numbers" play spots for one hundred dollars times ten shall win a
regular prize award of one thousand dollars;
(hh)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which a "Double Dollar Sign" symbol is revealed in one
of "Your Numbers" play spots for five hundred dollars doubled shall win a
regular prize award of one thousand dollars;
(ii)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of
"Your Numbers" for one thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize award of
one thousand dollars;
(jj)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the
"Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" and a "TPD" prize symbol
is revealed for five thousand five hundred dollars shall win a regular prize
award of five thousand five hundred dollars, and, upon the filing of a valid
claim at an Ohio lottery commission office, automatic entry into the Top Prize
Drawing for a chance to win a prize of an "Annuity Prize Award" of one hundred
thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected
Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in
lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award;"
(kk)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which a "20X" symbol is revealed in one of "Your
Numbers" play spots for five hundred dollars times twenty shall win a regular
prize award often thousand dollars;
(ll)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which a "IPX" symbol is revealed in one of "Your
Numbers" play spots for one thousand dollars times ten shall win a regular
prize award often thousand dollars;
(mm)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by twenty of "Your Numbers" for five hundred dollars twenty times shall win a
regular prize award of ten thousand dollars;
(nn)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of
"Your Numbers" for ten thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize award
often thousand dollars;
(oo)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the
"Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" for twenty thousand
dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty thousand dollars;
(pp)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "20X" symbol is revealed in one of
the "Your Numbers" play spots for one thousand dollars times twenty shall win a
regular prize award of twenty thousand dollars; and
(qq)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of
"Your Numbers" to win an "Annuity Prize Award" of one hundred thousand dollars
per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award"
of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize
Award."
(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred forty-five will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by. but not limited to. circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:
(1)
Combinations winning each prize award are randomly
distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance;
(2)
Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of
tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets per five million tickets
sold should be as follows:
(a)
Four tickets matching numbers for the "Annuity Prize
Award" of one hundred thousand dollars for twenty years before taxes or the
"Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before
taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award;
(b)
Ten tickets
revealing the "20X" symbol for one thousand dollars times twenty to win twenty
thousand dollars; and (c) Ten tickets matching numbers for twenty thousand
dollars once to win twenty thousand dollars;
(3)
Mathematical
reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the
average number of winning tickets per two hundred thousand tickets sold should
be as follows:
(a)
One ticket matching numbers for ten thousand dollars
once to win ten thousand dollars;
(b)
One ticket
matching numbers for five hundred dollars twenty times to win ten thousand
dollars;
(c)
One ticket revealing the "IPX" symbol for one thousand
dollars times ten to win ten thousand dollars;
(d)
One ticket
revealing the "20X" symbol for five hundred dollars times twenty to win ten
thousand dollars;
(e)
One ticket revealing the "TPD" symbol to win five
thousand five hundred dollars, and upon the filing of a valid claim at an Ohio
lottery commission office, automatic entry into the Top Prize Drawing for a
chance to win a grand prize of an "Annuity Prize Award" of one hundred thousand
dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option
Prize Award" of approximately one million dollars before taxes in lieu of the
"Annuity Prize Award;
(f)
Ten tickets matching numbers for one thousand dollars
once to win one thousand dollars;
(g)
Forty-five
tickets revealing the "Double Dollar Sign" symbol for five hundred dollars
doubled to win one thousand dollars;
(h)
Twenty tickets
revealing the "IPX" symbol for one hundred dollars times ten to win one
thousand dollars;
(i)
Twenty-five tickets revealing the "20X" symbol for
fifty dollars times twenty to win one thousand dollars;
(j)
Fifty tickets
matching numbers for five hundred dollars once to win five hundred
dollars;
(k)
Fifty tickets matching numbers for one hundred dollars
five times to win five hundred dollars;
(l)
One hundred
tickets revealing the "IPX" symbol for fifty dollars times ten to win five
hundred dollars;
(m)
One hundred tickets matching numbers for forty dollars
ten times and fifty dollars two times to win five hundred dollars;
(n)
One
hundred tickets matching numbers for twenty-five dollars twenty times to win
five hundred dollars;
(o)
Two hundred tickets revealing the "20X" symbol for
twenty-five dollars times twenty to win five hundred dollars;
(p)
One hundred
fifty tickets revealing the "Double Dollar Sign" symbol for two hundred fifty
dollars doubled to win five hundred dollars;
(q)
One hundred
tickets matching numbers for one hundred dollars two times, and fifty dollars
once, and revealing the "IPX" symbol once for twenty-five dollars times ten to
win five hundred dollars;
(r)
One thousand one
hundred tickets matching numbers for one hundred dollars once to win one
hundred dollars;
(s)
One thousand one hundred tickets matching numbers for
twenty dollars three times and ten dollars four times to win one hundred
dollars;
(t)
Two thousand tickets revealing the "Double Dollar
Sign" symbol for fifty dollars doubled to win one hundred dollars;
(u)
One
thousand two hundred tickets matching numbers for twenty-five dollars four
times to win one hundred dollars;
(v)
One thousand
tickets matching numbers for twenty dollars five times to win one hundred
dollars;
(w)
One thousand six hundred tickets revealing the "IPX"
symbol for ten dollars times ten to win one hundred dollars;
(x)
One thousand
tickets matching numbers for fifty dollars once to win fifty dollars;
(y)
Two
thousand tickets revealing the "Double Dollar Sign" symbol for twenty-five
dollars doubled to win fifty dollars;
(z)
One thousand
tickets matching numbers for twenty dollars two times and ten dollars once to
win fifty dollars;
(aa)
One thousand tickets matching numbers for ten dollars
three times and twenty dollars once to win fifty dollars;
(bb)
One thousand
tickets matching numbers for ten dollars five times to win fifty dollars;
(cc)
Three hundred tickets matching numbers for forty dollars once to win forty
dollars;
(dd)
One thousand five hundred tickets revealing the
"Double Dollar Sign" symbol for twenty dollars times two to win forty
dollars;
(ee)
Three hundred tickets matching numbers for twenty
dollars two times to win forty dollars;
(ff)
Three hundred
twenty-five tickets matching numbers for ten dollars two times and twenty
dollars once to win forty dollars;
(gg)
Four hundred
tickets matching numbers for ten dollars four times to win forty dollars;
(hh)
Five
hundred tickets matching numbers for thirty dollars once to win thirty
dollars;
(ii)
Five hundred tickets matching numbers for ten dollars
once and twenty dollars once to win thirty dollars;
(jj)
Five hundred
tickets matching numbers for ten dollars three times to win thirty
dollars;
(kk)
Sixteen thousand tickets matching numbers for
twenty-five dollars once to win twenty-five dollars;
(ll)
Four thousand
tickets matching numbers for twenty dollars once to win twenty dollars;
(mm)
Four
thousand tickets matching numbers for ten dollars two times to win twenty
dollars; and
(nn)
Sixteen thousand tickets revealing the "Double Dollar
Sign" symbol for ten dollars doubled to win twenty dollars.
(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.
(G) Frequency of prize drawings.
(1)
Random
imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven
hundred forty-five shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the
commission's rules and procedures.
(2)
When a ticket
issued in game rule number seven hundred forty-five is sold or deemed sold in
accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers,
prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to
have drawn the numbers, prize values and play symbols on that ticket which
determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize award. All regular
prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales
cycle of game rule number seven hundred forty-five in which the ticket was
sold.
(3)
The Top Prize Drawing to award one prize of an
"Annuity Prize Award" of one hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty years
before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately one
million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award" shall take
place in accordance with rules and procedures established and approved by the
director, and specifically, rule
3770:1-6-05 of the
Administrative Code governing"Prize drawings" and rule
3770:1-6-06
of the Administrative Code governing"Special lottery drawings." Such drawings
shall be held on dates determined and announced by the director, however, the
earliest Top Prize Drawing date shall be one hundred eighty days from the game
close date or when all tickets winning a prize value corresponding with a "TPD"
symbol have been claimed, whichever is earlier.
(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.
(I) Validity of Tickets.
(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 seven hundred forty-five void if it is stolen, unissued,
deactivated, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules;
if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered.
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.
(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred forty-five.
(1)
The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred
forty-five and any promotions or drawings associated therewith 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 seven hundred
forty-five. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as
unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and
accountability.
(2)
Names and definitions of elements of game rule seven
hundred forty-five used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used
solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven
hundred forty-five and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by
the commission.
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