Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1)
(a)
Traditional Sales Compensation: The Lottery shall pay a retailer eight percent
of weekly sales of traditional lottery game tickets or shares offered by the
Lottery and sold by the retailer.
(b) Calculation of Sales: A retailer's weekly
sales shall be calculated on the combined weekly gross sales of Draw game
tickets and Scratch-it tickets made from the retailer's premises during a
business week, less Scratch-it ticket returns recorded by the Lottery and other
sales related adjustments made during the week. For the purpose of calculating
weekly sales, Scratch-it tickets are sold when the tickets are activated by the
retailer, and Draw game tickets are sold when the request for the Draw game
ticket is electronically received and verified by the Lottery's central
computer system.
(2)
(a) One Percent Selling Bonus: For selling
any winning and validated Scratch-it or Draw game ticket with a prize of
$10,000 or more, a Lottery retailer shall receive a bonus equal to one percent
(1.00%) of the offered or advertised prize won by the player up to a maximum
bonus of $100,000 rounded to the nearest dollar. For example: For selling a
winning and validated annuitized prize of $8,000,000, the selling Lottery
retailer shall receive a bonus of $80,000 regardless of the payment option
chosen by the winner; for selling a winning and validated Scratch-it prize of
$25,000, the selling Lottery retailer shall receive $250.
(b) Bonus for Variable Prizes: Prior to the
implementation of a traditional lottery game that includes one or more prizes
with a value that is, in the opinion of the Director, variable or in some other
way ambiguous including, but not limited to, circumstances such as non-monetary
prizes or annuities of unspecified duration, the Director shall assign a prize
value to any such prize for the purposes of determining the retailer selling
bonus pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The Director's determination
of the prize value is final.
(3) One Percent Prize Payment Bonus: For
paying a winning and validated Scratch-it or Draw game ticket with a prize of
$600 or less, a Lottery retailer shall receive a bonus from the Lottery equal
to one percent of the prize won by the player.
(4) Alternative Compensation Agreements: Upon
approval of the Commission, the Director may enter into an alternative
compensation agreement with certain Lottery retailers to accommodate new
business models aimed at the retention and recruitment of Lottery retailers
offering different sales styles. Under such alternative compensation
agreements, the Lottery retailer may receive a compensation rate, selling
bonuses, and prize payment bonuses that are less, or more, than the rates or
bonuses established in sections (1), (2), and (3) of this rule. The
compensation rate and bonuses shall be determined by the Director for each
agreement.
Statutory/Other Authority: OR Const. Art. XV § 4(4)(a)
& ORS
461.120,
461.260,
461.300
Statutes/Other Implemented: OR Const. Art. XV § 4, ORS
461.120,
461.260,
461.300,
461.310,
461.445
