Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY
Division 85 - POWERBALL®
Section 177-085-0065 - Power Play®

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 177-085-0065

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

(1) General: The Powerball® Power Play® promotion is an optional, limited extension of the Powerball® Game described in OAR Division 85. The Lottery Director, in the Lottery Director's sole discretion and based on agreements with MUSL, is authorized to initiate and terminate the Power Play® option.

(2) Set Prizes Only: The Power Play® promotion offers to the owner of a qualifying play a chance to increase the amount of any of the cash Set Prizes (the prizes normally paying $4 to $1,000,000) won in a drawing held during the promotion. The Grand Prize is not a Set Prize and will not be increased.

(3) Power Play® Purchase: A qualifying Power Play® option play is any single Powerball® play for which the player selects the Power Play® option on either the game slip or by selecting the Power Play® option through a clerk-activated or player-activated terminal, pays one extra dollar for the Power Play® option play, and which is recorded at the Lottery's central computer as a qualifying play.

(4) Qualifying Play: Except as provided in these rules, a qualifying play which wins one of the seven lowest lump sum Set Prizes (excluding the Grand Prize and the Match 5+0 prize) will be multiplied by the number selected, either 2, 3, 4, 5, or sometimes 10 in a separate random Power Play® drawing announced during the official Powerball® drawing show. The "10X" multiplier will be available for drawings in which the initially advertised annuitized Grand Prize amount is $150,000,000 or less. The announced Match 5+0 prize, for players selecting the Power Play® option, shall be $2,000,000 unless a higher limited promotional dollar amount is announced by the Group.

(5) Power Play® Drawings: MUSL will conduct a separate random Power Play® drawing and announce results during each of the regular Powerball® drawings held during the promotion. During each Power Play® drawing a single number, 2, 3, 4, 5, or sometimes 10, shall be drawn. The "10X" multiplier shall be available for all drawings in which the initially advertised annuitized Grand Prize amount is $150,000,000 or less. The Powerball® Product Group may modify the multiplier features for special promotions from time to time.

(6) Power Play® Prize Pool Account:

(a) Power Play® Prize Pool Account: The Power Play® Prize Pool Account has been established by the Product Group and is used to fund Power Play® prizes. The Power Play® Prize Pool Account holds the temporary balances that may result from having fewer than expected winners in the Power Play®. The source of the Power Play® Prize Pool Account is the Party Lotterys' weekly prize contributions less actual Power Play® prize liability.

(b) Percentage: In total, 50 percent of each draw's sales shall be collected and placed in the Power Play® Prize Pool Account for the payment of prizes.
(A) "10X" Multiplier Available: In drawings where the "10X" multiplier is available, the expected payout for all prize categories shall consist of up to 49.969 percent of each drawing period's sales.

(B) "10X" Multiplier Not Available: In drawings where the "10X" multiplier is not available, the expected payout for all prize categories shall consist of up to 45.934 percent of each drawing period's sales.

(C) Additional Amounts:
(i) "10X" Multiplier Available: In drawings where the "10X" multiplier is available, an additional 0.031 percent of each drawing period's sales may be collected and placed in trust in the Power Play® Prize Pool Account, for the purpose of paying Power Play® prizes.

(ii) "10X" Multiplier Not Available: In drawings where the "10X" multiplier is not available, an additional 4.066 percent of each drawing period's sales, may be collected and placed in trust in the Power Play® Prize Pool Account, for the purpose of paying Power Play® prizes.

(D) Carry Forward: The prize payout percentage per draw may vary. The Power Play® Prize Pool Account shall be carried forward to subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the Power Play® prizes awarded in the current draw and held in the Power Play® Prize Pool Account.

(7) End of Game: Any amount remaining in the Power Play® Prize Pool Account when the Product Group declares the end of this game shall be returned to all lotteries participating in the account after the end of all claim periods of all Selling Lotteries, carried forward to a replacement game, or otherwise expended in a manner at the election of the individual members of the Product Group in accordance with jurisdiction law.

(8) Power Play® Payout: Except as otherwise provided in these rules, all prizes awarded shall be paid as lump sum set prizes. Instead of the Powerball® set prize amounts, qualifying Power Play® option plays will pay the Power Play® prize amounts shown in section (9) of this rule. In certain rare instances, and as determined under OAR 177-085-0025(4)(c)(B) and section (11) of this rule, the Powerball® set prize amount may be less than the amounts shown in section (9) of this rule. In such case, the eight Power Play® prize amounts will be changed to an amount announced after the draw.

(9) Expected Power Play® Prize Payout: [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]

(10) Probability of Winning: The following tables set forth the probability of the various Power Play® numbers being drawn during a single Powerball® drawing, except that the Power Play® amount for the Match 5+0 prize will be $2,000,000. The Group may elect to run limited promotions that may modify the multiplier features.

(a) When the "10X" Multiplier is Available: [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]

(b) When the "10X" Multiplier is not Available: [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]

(11) Pari-Mutuel Prizes - All Prize Amounts: Except as provided in subsection (d) of this rule, for Party Lotteries, if the total of the original Powerball® set prizes and the Power Play® prizes awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the prize pools allocated to the set prizes, then the amount needed to fund the set prizes (including the Power Play® prize amounts) awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the following order:

(a) The amount available in the Set Prize Pool Account and the Power Play® Prize Pool Account, if any;

(b) An amount from the Powerball® Set-Prize Reserve Account, if available in the account, not to exceed $40,000,000 per drawing; and

(c) Other amounts as agreed to by the Product Group in their sole discretion.

(d) If, after these sources are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay the set prizes awarded (including Power Play® prize amounts), then the highest set prize (including the Power Play® prize amounts) shall become a pari-mutuel prize. If the amount of the highest set prize, when paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops to or below the next highest set prize and there are still not sufficient funds to pay the remaining set prizes awarded, then the next highest set prize, including the Power Play® prize amount, shall become a pari-mutuel prize. This procedure shall continue down through all set prizes levels, if necessary, until all set prize levels become pari-mutuel prize levels. In that instance, the money available from the funding sources listed in this rule shall be divided among the tickets with winning game plays in proportion to their respective prize percentages. Powerball® and Power Play® prizes will be reduced by the same percentage.

(e) By agreement with the Licensee Lotteries, the Licensee Lotteries shall independently calculate their set pari-mutuel prize amounts, including the Power Play® prize amounts. The Party Lotteries and the Licensee Lotteries shall then agree to set the pari-mutuel prize amounts for all lotteries selling the game at the lesser of the independently calculated prize amounts.

(12) Prize Payment: All Power Play® prizes shall be paid in one lump sum through the Selling Lottery that sold the winning ticket(s). The Lottery may begin paying Power Play® prizes after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central office.

(13) Prizes Rounded: Prizes, which under these rules may become pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid in whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding these prizes shall be carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.

Tables referenced are not included in rule text. Click here for PDF copy of table(s)

Stat. Auth.: OR Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) & ORS 461

Stats. Implemented: ORS 461

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