3770:1-9-363 Game rule number three hundred sixty-three.  

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    3770:1-9-363               Game rule number three hundred sixty-three.

     

     

     

    (A)Title and term. Ohio Lottery Commission game rule number three hundred sixty-three, "Special Edition Cashword" shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes 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 three hundred sixty-three.

     

    (B)General design.

     

    (1)Game rule number three hundred sixty-three is an extend play game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."

     

    (2)The holder of a valid ticket will remove the covering over the "Call Letters" play area to reveal twenty letters. The player will then scratch off each letter in "Puzzle 1," "Puzzle 2" and "Bonus Word" that matches the "Call Letters." The "Call Letters" may appear more than once. To win a prize award, the player must uncover three or more horizontal or vertical words using the "Call Letters." The player will then win the corresponding prize shown in the "Prize Key" for that "Puzzle." If the holder of a valid ticket uncovers all six letters in the "Bonus Word" by scratching the letters that match a letter in the "Call Letters," the player wins the prize shown in the "Prize Box." Each letter appearing in the "Call Letters" play area may appear more than once in the "Puzzle" play area. Each "Word" must contain at least three "Call Letters." Letters combined to form a complete "Word" must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical sequence within the "Cashword" puzzle play areas. A string of letters cannot be interrupted by a space and each "Word" must contain every single letter square within the space allotted. A "Word" cannot be formed by connecting the letters diagonally, by reading the letters from right to left or from bottom to top, or by using only a portion of the letters in a complete "Word." Words within words are not eligible for a prize. Each puzzle is played separately.

     

    (3)The only "prize values," which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number three hundred sixty-three are: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, five thousand dollars, and three hundred thousand dollars. Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number three hundred sixty-three shall be concealed by an opaque covering, which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.

     

    (C)Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number three hundred sixty-three shall be five dollars.

     

     

     

    (D)Structure, nature, value, and number of prize awards.

    (1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule three hundred sixty-three, 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: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, and three hundred thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number three hundred sixty-three shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.

    (3) The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number three hundred sixty-three 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.

    (a) Combinations  winning  each  prize  award  are  randomly  distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance.

    (4) For each line in column one of the appendix to this rule, the player having the prize value and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three, four, and five shall win the prize award on the same line in column six; and in a pool of ten million tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize value and multiplier, if any, in column three, four, and five should be as set forth on that same line in column seven.

    (E) 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.

    (F) Frequency of prize drawings.

    (1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number three hundred sixty-three shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.

    (2) When a ticket issued in game rule number three hundred sixty-three is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers, prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers, prize values 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  three  hundred

    sixty-three in which the ticket was sold.

    (G) 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.

    (H)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 three hundred sixty-three void if it is stolen, 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.

    (I)Director's conduct of game rule number three hundred sixty-three.

    (1) The director shall conduct game rule number three hundred sixty-three 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. 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 three hundred sixty-three. 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 three hundred sixty-three used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number three hundred sixty-three and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.

    Effective:

     

     

    CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

    08/27/2016

    Certification

     

     

    08/17/2016

     

    Date

     

     

    Promulgated Under:

     

    111.15

    Statutory Authority:

    3770.03

    Rule Amplifies:

    3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05,

     

    3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08

Document Information

Effective Date:
8/27/2016
File Date:
2016-08-17
Last Day in Effect:
2016-08-27
Rule File:
3770$1-9-363_FF_N_RU_20160817_0903.pdf
Related Chapter/Rule NO.: (1)
Ill. Adm. Code 3770:1-9-363. Game rule number three hundred sixty-three