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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 |
3770:1-9-916. Game rule number nine hundred sixteen
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(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred sixteen, "EZ PLAY Basketball Frenzy," 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 sixteen will cease.
(B) General design.
(1) Game rule number nine hundred sixteen is generally known as an "instant lottery." A ticket for game rule nine hundred sixteen is terminal generated. Each ticket will have one (1) game per ticket consisting of sixteen (16) "Game Bracket Numbers," eighteen (18) "Your Frenzy Numbers" and one (1) "Bonus Win Number". The player wins by matching the "Your Frenzy Numbers" to any of the "Game Bracket Numbers." The player wins $25, 000.00 when one of "Your Frenzy Numbers" matches the "Bonus Win Number".
(2) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number nine hundred sixteen are two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, and twenty-five thousand dollars.
(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number nine hundred sixteen shall be two dollars.
(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.
(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number nine hundred sixteen called a "regular prize award."
(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which are the winning prize values printed on a ticket: two dollar, five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars and twenty-five thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred sixteen shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won as a single prize.
(a) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of "Your Frenzy Numbers" matches the "Bonus Win Number" for twenty-five thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five thousand dollars;
(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which sixteen "Game Bracket Numbers" match sixteen of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award two thousand five hundred dollars;
(c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which fifteen "Game Bracket Numbers" match fifteen of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which fourteen "Game Bracket Numbers" match fourteen of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which thirteen "Game Bracket Numbers" match thirteen of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of seventy-five dollars;
(f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which twelve "Game Bracket Numbers" match twelve of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars;
(g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which eleven "Game Bracket Numbers" match eleven of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which ten "Game Bracket Numbers" match ten of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars;
(i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which nine "Game Bracket Numbers" match nine of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars;
(j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which eight "Game Bracket Numbers" match eight of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of five dollars;
(k) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which seven "Game Bracket Numbers" match seven of "Your Frenzy Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of two dollars;
(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number nine hundred sixteen 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-two thousand tickets winning two dollars;
(b) Seventeen thousand five hundred tickets winning five dollars;
(c) Six thousand tickets winning ten dollars;
(d) Two thousand tickets winning winning fifteen dollars;
(e) One thousand tickets winning twenty dollars;
(f) Seven hundred tickets winning twenty-five dollars;
(g) One hundred tickets winning seventy-five dollars;
(h) Twenty-five tickets winning one hundred dollars;
(i) Ten tickets winning five hundred dollars;
(j) Five tickets winning two thousand five hundred dollars; and
(k) One ticket winning twenty-five 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 sixteen 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 sixteen 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 sixteen 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 sixteen, 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 sixteen 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 sixteen.
(1) The director shall conduct game rule number nine hundred sixteen 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 sixteen. 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 sixteen 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 sixteen and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.