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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 |
3770:1-9-826. Game rule number eight hundred twenty-six
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(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number eight hundred twenty-six, "Hit $1,000," 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 eight hundred twenty-six.
(B) General design.
(1) Game rule number eight hundred twenty-six is a match symbol game with an instant win feature, and is generally known as an "instant lottery."
(2) Holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal ten spots in the play area. The player matches the total number of "Dollar Bill" symbols revealed to win the corresponding prize value shown in the "Prize Legend." If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol in the play area, the player wins twenty-five dollars automatically.
(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number eight hundred twenty-six shall be one dollar.
(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.
(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number eight hundred twenty-six 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, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars and one thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number eight hundred twenty-six 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 two "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of one dollar;
(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of two dollars;
(c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which four "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of five dollars;
(d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which five "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars;
(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which six "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "Moneybag" symbol is revealed for twenty-five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars;
(g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which seven "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which eight "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which nine "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; and
(j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which all ten "Dollar Bill" symbols are revealed shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars;.
(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number eight hundred twenty-six 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 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) Two tickets revealing ten "Dollar Bill" symbols for one thousand dollars to win one thousand dollars;
(b) Five tickets revealing nine "Dollar Bill" symbols for five hundred dollars to win five hundred dollars;
(c) Thirty tickets revealing eight "Dollar Bill" symbols for one hundred dollars to win one hundred dollars;
(d) Fifty tickets revealing seven "Dollar Bill" symbols for fifty dollars to win fifty dollars;
(e) Five hundred tickets revealing a "Moneybag" symbol for twenty-five dollars to win twenty-five dollars;
(f) Five hundred tickets revealing six "Dollar Bill" symbols for twenty dollars to win twenty dollars;
(g) One thousand tickets revealing five "Dollar Bill" symbols for ten dollars to win ten dollars;
(h) Six thousand tickets revealing four "Dollar Bill" symbols for five dollars to win five dollars;
(i) Seventeen thousand tickets revealing three "Dollar Bill" symbols for two dollars to win two dollars; and
(j) Sixteen thousand tickets revealing two "Dollar Bill" symbols for one dollar to win one dollar.
(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 eight hundred twenty-six shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.
(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number eight hundred twenty-six is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers and play symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers 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 eight hundred twenty-six 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 eight hundred twenty-six 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 eight hundred twenty-six.
(1) The director shall conduct game rule number eight hundred twenty-six 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 eight hundred twenty-six. 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 eight hundred twenty-six used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number eight hundred twenty-six and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.