Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A)
Title and term.
Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred four, "Piggy Bank Bucks,"
shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may
determine. For the purpose 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 with respect to tickets allocated to sales agents during
the period in game rule number nine hundred four will cease.
(B)
General
design.
(1)
Game rule number nine hundred four is generally known as an "instant lottery."
A ticket for game rule nine hundred four is terminal generated.
(2)
The
holder of a valid ticket will have a "Piggy Bank" with nine (9) coins numbered
from one (1) through forty (40), and nine (9) corresponding prize amounts. Each
"Piggy Bank" will have eight (8) "Your Piggy Bank Numbers". The player matches
the "Your Piggy Bank Numbers" to the numbered coins in the "Piggy Bank." The
Player wins the amount associated with the remaining coin.
(3)
The only "prize
values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number nine hundred four
are one dollar, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty-five dollars,
fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars and three thousand
dollars.
(C)
Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the
commission in game rule number nine hundred four shall be one dollar.
(D)
Structure, nature and value of prize awards.
(1)
There shall be
one type of prize in game rule number nine hundred four called a "regular 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: one dollar, three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars,
twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars
and three thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred four
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 the remaining
numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is one dollar shall win a regular prize
award of one dollar;
(b)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the
remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is three dollars shall win a
regular prize award of three dollars;
(c)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy
Bank" is five dollars shall win a regular prize award of five dollars;
(d)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining numbered coin prize in
the "Piggy Bank" is ten dollars shall win a regular prize award of ten
dollars;
(e)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the
remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is twenty-five dollars shall
win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars;
(f)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy
Bank" is fifty dollars shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(g)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining numbered coin prize in
the "Piggy Bank" is one hundred dollars shall win a regular prize award of one
hundred dollars;
(h)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the
remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is five hundred dollars shall
win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; and
(i)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy
Bank" is three thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of three
thousand dollars.
(E)
Number of prize
awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number nine
hundred four will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle.
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 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:
(a)
Twenty-one thousand tickets on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the
"Piggy Bank" is one dollar to win one dollar;
(b)
Fourteen
thousand five hundred tickets on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the
"Piggy Bank" is three dollars to win three dollars;
(c)
Twelve thousand
tickets on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is five
dollars to win five dollars;
(d)
One thousand
tickets on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is ten
dollars to win ten dollars;
(e)
Two hundred
fifty tickets on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is
twenty-five dollars to win twenty-five dollars;
(f)
One hundred
tickets on which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is fifty
dollars to win fifty dollars;
(g)
Ten tickets on
which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is one hundred
dollars to win one hundred dollars;
(h)
Two tickets on
which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is five hundred
dollars to win five hundred dollars; and
(i)
One ticket on
which the remaining numbered coin prize in the "Piggy Bank" is three thousand
dollars to win three thousand dollars.
(F)
Tickets sold.
Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the
start of the game number nine hundred four and at the time a ticket is
purchased.
(G)
Frequency of prize drawings.
(1)
Random
imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number nine
hundred four shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the
commission's rules and procedures.
(2)
When a ticket
issued in game rule number nine hundred four 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.
(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. For purposes of game rule
nine hundred four, the close date for a ticket that is sold shall be the date
the ticket is purchased. Prize awards shall be claimed within one hundred
eighty days of the date that a ticket is purchased.
(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 nine hundred four 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.
(J)
Director's conduct of game rule number nine hundred
four.
(1)
The
director shall conduct game rule number nine hundred four 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 and any promotions or drawings associated therewith.
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 nine hundred four. 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 number
nine hundred four used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used
solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number nine
hundred four and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the
commission.
