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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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3770:1 Lottery Commission |
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Chapter3770:1-9. Additional Lottery Games |
3770:1-9-290. Game rule number two hundred ninety
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(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number two hundred ninety, "The Wizard of OzT," 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 agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number two hundred ninety.
(B) General design.
(1) Game rule number two hundred ninety is an extended play game, and is generally known as an "instant lottery."
(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the "Your Coordinates" area to reveal twelve alpha-numeric play symbols. Each alpha-numeric play symbol corresponds to a grid location on the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid." The player then scratches the spaces on the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" that correspond to the alpha-numeric play symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area. If the player reveals three like play symbols in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" that correspond to the alpha-numeric play symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area, the player wins the prize value that corresponds to the matched play symbols in the "Prize Legend." A player may only win once per ticket.
(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: three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars and fifty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number two hundred ninety shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.
(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number two hundred ninety shall be three dollars.
(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.
(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number two hundred ninety called a "regular prize award."
(2) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number two hundred ninety are: three dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, one thousand dollars and fifty thousand dollars. Play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number two hundred ninety shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying play symbols.
(a) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Apple" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for three dollars shall win a regular prize award of three dollars;
(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Hourglasses" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for five dollars shall win a regular prize award of five dollars;
(c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Flying Monkeys" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for ten dollars shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars;
(d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Diplomas" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for twenty dollars shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Hearts" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for thirty dollars shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;
(f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Medals of Courage" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for fifty dollars shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Top Hats" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for one hundred dollars shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Rainbows" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for one thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; and
(i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Ruby Red Slippers" play symbols are completely revealed in the "Yellow Brick RoadT Grid" spaces that correspond to the symbols revealed in the "Your Coordinates" area for fifty thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of fifty thousand dollars.
(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number two hundred ninety 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; and
(2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that the number of winning tickets per four million tickets sold in the following prize categories should be as follows:
(a) Fifteen tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(i) of this rule to win fifty thousand dollars;
(b) Two hundred ninety tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(h) of this rule to win one thousand dollars;
(c) Eight thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(g) of this rule to win one hundred dollars;
(d) Ten thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(f) of this rule to win fifty dollars;
(e) Nine thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(e) of this rule to win thirty dollars;
(f) Sixty thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(d) of this rule to win twenty dollars;
(g) One hundred thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(c) of this rule to win ten dollars;
(h) Three hundred sixty thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(b) of this rule to win five dollars; and
(i) Four hundred eighty thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(a) of this rule to win three 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 two hundred ninety shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.
(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number two hundred ninety is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the play symbols and prize symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the play symbols and prize 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 two hundred ninety in which the ticket was sold.
(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 two hundred ninety 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 two hundred ninety.
(1) The director shall conduct game rule number two hundred ninety in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule. 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 two hundred ninety. 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 two hundred ninety used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number two hundred ninety and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.