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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 |
3770:1-9-929. Game rule number nine hundred twenty-nine
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(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred twenty-nine, EZPLAY "One Away," 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 twenty-nine will cease.
(B) General design.
(1) Game rule number nine hundred twenty-nine is a number game and is generally known as an "Instant Lottery." A ticket for game rule nine hundred twenty-nine is terminal generated.
(2) The holder of a valid ticket will have nine circles and numbers. Three rows of three circles appear. Each circle has one number, "One Away Number," from zero to ten inside with a set prize amount. The player will have one number, "Your Number." If "Your Number" is higher or lower than the "One Away Number" by one digit, the player will receive the prize amount shown. Each circle is played separately. There may be more than one "One Away Number" that is higher or lower than "Your Number."
(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: one dollar, two dollars, six dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, seven hundred dollars and one thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred twenty-nine 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 nine hundred twenty-nine shall be one dollar.
(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.
(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number nine hundred twenty-nine called a "regular prize award."
(2) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number nine hundred twenty-nine are: one dollar, two dollars, six dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, seven hundred fifty dollars, and one thousand dollars.
(a) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for one dollar once shall win a regular prize award of one dollar;
(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for for two dollars once shall win a regular prize award of two dollars;
(c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from three "One Away Numbers" for two dollars three times shall win a regular prize award of six dollars;
(d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars;
(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for twenty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from two "One Away Numbers" for twenty dollars two times and "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for one hundred dollars once shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for two hundred fifty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of two hundred fifty dollars;
(i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from three "One Away Numbers" for two hundred fifty dollars three times shall win a regular prize award of seven hundred fifty dollars; and
(j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which "Your Number" is higher or lower by one digit from one "One Away Number" for one thousand dollars once 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 nine hundred twenty-nine 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) Ten tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(j) of this rule to win one thousand dollars;
(b) Five tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(i) of this rule to win seven hundred fifty dollars;
(c) Twenty-five tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(h) of this rule to win two hundred fifty dollars;
(d) Fifty tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(g) of this rule to win one hundred dollars;
(e) One hundred tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(f) of this rule to win fifty dollars;
(f) Five hundred tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(e) of this rule to win twenty dollars;
(g) Two thousand five hundred tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(d) of this rule to win ten dollars;
(h) Five thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(c) of this rule to win six dollars;
(i) Fifteen thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(b) of this rule to win two dollars; and
(j) Twenty-five thousand tickets with the winning prize combination as set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(a) of this rule to win one dollar.
(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the start of the game number nine hundred twenty-nine 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 twenty-nine 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 twenty-nine 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 twenty-nine, 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 twenty-nine 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 twenty-nine.
(1) The director shall conduct game rule number nine hundred twenty-nine 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 nine hundred twenty-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any 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 twenty-nine 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 twenty-nine and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.