Ohio Admin. Code 3770:1-9-681 - Game rule number six hundred eighty-one
(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission
game rule number six hundred eighty-one, "$200 Million Extreme Cash" 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 six hundred eighty-one.
(B) Game rule number six hundred
eighty-one is a key number match game with two additional instant win features
and is generally known as an "instant lottery."
(1) Holders of valid tickets will remove the
covering off the entire play area to reveal six "Winning Numbers", fifteen
"Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize values. If any one or more of
"Your Numbers" matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers", the player wins
the corresponding prize values shown below the matching "Your Numbers." If the
player reveals a "Star" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the
player wins one hundred dollars automatically. If the player reveals a "Cash"
symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins all fifteen
prize values automatically. If the player matches any one of "Your Numbers" to
one of the "Winning Numbers" and the corresponding prize value revealed is a
"TPD" symbol, the player wins five thousand five hundred dollars automatically,
and, upon the filing of a valid claim at an Ohio lottery commission office,
shall also automatically be entered in the Top Prize Drawing (TPD) for a chance
to win the Annuity Prize Award of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty
years (before taxes) or the Elected Cash-Option Prize Award of approximately
five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the Annuity Prize Award.
The Top Prize Drawing shall be conducted in accordance with Ohio lottery rules
and procedures established and approved by the director. There are fifteen
chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one
ticket.
(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: ten dollars, fifteen
dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars,
five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand five hundred dollars,
ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and the Annuity Prize Award of
fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years (before taxes) or the Elected
Cash-Option Prize Award of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before
taxes in lieu of the Annuity Prize Award. Each ticket in game rule number six
hundred eighty-one 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 six hundred eighty-one shall be
ten dollars.
(D) Structure, nature
and value of prize awards.
(1) There shall be
two types of prizes in game rule six hundred eighty-one, a "regular prize
award" and a "TPD" prize award.
(2) The only prize values which shall appear
on a ticket in game rule number six hundred eighty-one are: five dollars, ten
dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one
hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, the TPD symbol
corresponding to a prize value of five thousand five hundred dollars, ten
thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars and the Annuity Prize Award of fifty
thousand dollars per year for twenty years (before taxes) or the Elected
Cash-Option Prize Award of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before
taxes in lieu of the Annuity Prize Award. Numbers, prize values and play
symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number six hundred eighty-one
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.
(a) Holder of a valid winning ticket
on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" for
ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars;
(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of "Your Numbers" for
five dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars;
(c) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your
Numbers" for fifteen dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifteen
dollars;
(d) Holder of a valid
winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two
of "Your Numbers" for five dollars once and ten dollars once shall win a
regular prize award of fifteen dollars;
(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of "Your Numbers" for
five dollars three times shall win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars;
(f) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your
Numbers" for twenty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty
dollars;
(g) Holder of a valid
winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two
of "Your Numbers" for five dollars once and fifteen dollars once shall win a
regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of "Your Numbers" for
ten dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(i) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of
"Your Numbers" for five dollars two times and ten dollars once shall win a
regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of "Your Numbers" for
five dollars four times shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars;
(k) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your
Numbers" for thirty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of thirty
dollars;
(l) Holder of a valid
winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two
of "Your Numbers" for fifteen dollars two times shall win a regular prize award
of thirty dollars;
(m) Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by three of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars three times shall win a regular
prize award of thirty dollars;
(n)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers"
are matched by four of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars two times and five
dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;
(o) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by six of "Your Numbers" for
five dollars six times shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;
(p) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your
Numbers" for fifty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifty
dollars;
(q) Holder of a valid
winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by
three of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars once and twenty dollars two times shall
win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(r) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of "Your Numbers" for
ten dollars five times shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(s) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by six of
"Your Numbers" for five dollars two times and ten dollars four times shall win
a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(t) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by eight of "Your Numbers" for
five dollars six times and ten dollars two times shall win a regular prize
award of fifty dollars;
(u) Holder
of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are
matched by ten of "Your Numbers" for five dollars ten times shall win a regular
prize award of fifty dollars;
(v)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of
the "Your Numbers" play spots for one hundred dollars shall win a regular prize
award of one hundred dollars;
(w)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers"
are matched by two of "Your Numbers" for fifty dollars two times shall win a
regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(x) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of "Your Numbers" for
twenty dollars five times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred
dollars;
(y) Holder of a valid
winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by six
of "Your Numbers" for ten dollars four times and thirty dollars two times shall
win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(z) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which
one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by ten of "Your Numbers" for
ten dollars ten times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(aa) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by all fifteen
of "Your Numbers" for five dollars ten times and ten dollars five times shall
win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars;
(bb) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which a "Cash" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for
five dollars ten times and ten dollars five times shall win a regular prize
award of one hundred dollars;
(cc)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is
matched by one of "Your Numbers" for five hundred dollars once shall win a
regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(dd) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of "Your
Numbers" for one hundred dollars five times shall win a regular prize award of
five hundred dollars;
(ee) Holder
of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are
matched by ten of "Your Numbers" for fifty dollars ten times shall win a
regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(ff) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by twelve of "Your
Numbers" for thirty dollars ten times and fifty dollars two times; and on which
a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one
hundred dollars shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(gg) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by all fifteen
of "Your Numbers" for twenty dollars ten times, fifty dollars four times and
one hundred dollars once shall win a regular prize award of five hundred
dollars;
(hh) Holder of a valid
winning ticket on which a "Cash" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your
Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars four times, one hundred dollars once and
twenty dollars ten times shall win a regular prize award of five hundred
dollars;
(ii) Holder of a valid
winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your
Numbers" for one thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize award of one
thousand dollars;
(jj) Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by two of "Your Numbers" for five hundred dollars two times shall win a regular
prize award of one thousand dollars;
(kk) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by ten of "Your Numbers"
for one hundred dollars ten times shall win a regular prize award of one
thousand dollars;
(ll) Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched
by twelve of "Your Numbers" for fifty dollars four times and one hundred
dollars eight times shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars;
(mm) Holder of a valid winning
ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by all fifteen
of "Your Numbers" for fifty dollars ten times and one hundred dollars five
times shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars;
(nn) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which a "Cash" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for
fifty dollars ten times and one hundred dollars five times shall win a regular
prize award of one thousand dollars;
(oo) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" and a
"TPD" prize symbol is revealed for five thousand five hundred dollars shall win
a regular prize award of two thousand dollars, and, upon the filing of a valid
claim at an Ohio lottery commission office, automatic entry into the Top Prize
Drawing for a chance to win the Annuity Prize Award of fifty thousand dollars
per year for twenty years (before taxes) or the Elected Cash-Option Prize Award
of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the
Annuity Prize Award;
(pp) Holder
of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by
one of "Your Numbers" for ten thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize
award of ten thousand dollars;
(qq) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by ten of "Your Numbers"
for one thousand dollars ten times shall win a regular prize award of ten
thousand dollars;
(rr) Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of
"Your Numbers" for twenty thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize award
of twenty thousand dollars; and
(ss) Holder of a valid winning ticket on
which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" to win
the Annuity Prize Award of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years
(before taxes) or the Elected Cash-Option Prize Award of approximately five
hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the Annuity Prize Award.
(E) Number
of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule
number six hundred eighty-one 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 thirty million tickets sold in the following
prize categories should be as follows:
(a)
Nineteen tickets matching numbers for the Annuity Prize Award of fifty thousand
dollars per year for twenty years (before taxes) or the Elected Cash-Option
Prize Award of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu
of the Annuity Prize Award; and
(b) One hundred twenty-five tickets matching
numbers for twenty thousand dollars once to win twenty thousand dollars;
(3) 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 matching
numbers for one thousand dollars ten times to win ten thousand dollars;
(b) One ticket matching numbers
for ten thousand dollars once to win ten thousand dollars;
(c) One ticket matching numbers for five
thousand five hundred dollars by revealing the "TPD" prize symbol, and, upon
the filing of a valid claim at an Ohio lottery commission office, automatic
entry into the Top Prize Drawing to win the Annuity Prize Award of fifty
thousand dollars per year for twenty years (before taxes) or the Elected
Cash-Option Prize Award of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before
taxes in lieu of the Annuity Prize Award;
(d) Twenty-five tickets revealing the "Cash"
symbol for fifty dollars ten times and one hundred dollars five times to win
one thousand dollars;
(e) Twenty
tickets matching numbers for fifty dollars ten times and one hundred dollars
five times to win one thousand dollars;
(f) Twenty tickets matching numbers for fifty
dollars four times and one hundred dollars eight times to win one thousand
dollars;
(g) Twenty tickets
matching numbers for one hundred dollars ten times to win one thousand dollars;
(h) Fifteen tickets matching
numbers for five hundred dollars two times to win one thousand dollars;
(i) Twenty tickets matching
numbers for one thousand dollars once to win one thousand dollars;
(j) Fifty tickets revealing the "Cash" symbol
for twenty dollars ten times, fifty dollars four times and one hundred dollars
once to win five hundred dollars;
(k) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers for
twenty dollars ten times, fifty dollars four times and one hundred dollars once
to win five hundred dollars;
(l)
Twenty-five tickets matching numbers for thirty dollars ten times and fifty
dollars two times; and revealing the "Star" symbol for one hundred dollars to
win five hundred dollars;
(m)
Twenty-five tickets matching numbers for fifty dollars ten times to win five
hundred dollars;
(n) Twenty-five
tickets matching numbers for one hundred dollars five times to win five hundred
dollars;
(o) Twenty-five tickets
matching numbers for five hundred dollars once to win five hundred dollars;
(p) Five hundred tickets revealing
the "Cash" symbol for five dollars ten times and ten dollars five times to win
one hundred dollars;
(q) Four
hundred twenty tickets matching numbers for five dollars ten times and ten
dollars five times to win one hundred dollars;
(r) Three hundred sixty tickets matching
numbers for ten dollars ten times to win one hundred dollars;
(s) Three hundred tickets matching numbers
for ten dollars four times and thirty dollars two times to win one hundred
dollars;
(t) Three hundred twenty
tickets matching numbers for twenty dollars five times to win one hundred
dollars;
(u) Three hundred tickets
matching numbers for fifty dollars two times to win one hundred dollars;
(v) Three hundred tickets
revealing the "Star" symbol for one hundred dollars to win one hundred dollars;
(w) Six hundred tickets matching
numbers for five dollars ten times to win fifty dollars;
(x) Six hundred tickets matching numbers for
five dollars six times and ten dollars two times to win fifty dollars;
(y) Six hundred tickets matching
numbers for five dollars two times and ten dollars four times to win fifty
dollars;
(z) Six hundred tickets
matching numbers for ten dollars five times to win fifty dollars;
(aa) Six hundred tickets matching numbers for
ten dollars once and twenty dollars two times to win fifty dollars;
(bb) Six hundred tickets matching numbers for
fifty dollars once to win fifty dollars;
(cc) Three hundred fifty tickets matching
numbers for five dollars six times to win thirty dollars;
(dd) Three hundred fifty tickets matching
numbers for five dollars two times and ten dollars two times to win thirty
dollars;
(ee) Three hundred fifty
tickets matching numbers for ten dollars three times to win thirty dollars;
(ff) Three hundred fifty tickets
matching numbers for fifteen dollars two times to win thirty dollars;
(gg) Three hundred fifty tickets
matching numbers for thirty dollars once to win thirty dollars;
(hh) Two thousand tickets matching numbers
for five dollars four times to win twenty dollars;
(ii) Four thousand tickets matching numbers
for five dollars two times and ten dollars once to win twenty dollars;
(jj) Four thousand tickets
matching numbers for ten dollars two times to win twenty dollars;
(kk) Four thousand tickets matching numbers
for five dollars once and fifteen dollars once to win twenty dollars;
(ll) Four thousand tickets
matching numbers for twenty dollars once to win twenty dollars;
(mm) Two thousand tickets matching numbers
for five dollars three times to win fifteen dollars;
(nn) Two thousand tickets matching numbers
for five dollars once and ten dollars once to win fifteen dollars
(oo) Four thousand tickets matching numbers
for fifteen dollars once to win fifteen dollars;
(pp) Eight thousand tickets matching numbers
for five dollars two times to win ten dollars; and
(qq) Eight thousand tickets matching numbers
for ten dollars once to win ten 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 six
hundred eighty-one shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the
commission's rules and procedures
(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number
six hundred eighty-one 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 six
hundred eighty-one in which the ticket was sold.
(3) The Top Prize Drawing to award one grand
prize of one hundred thousand dollars shall take place in accordance with rules
and procedures established and approved by the director, and specifically, rule
3770:1-6-05 of the
Administrative Code governing"Prize drawings" and rule
3770:1-6-01 of the
Administrative Code governing"Special lottery drawings." Such drawings shall be
held on dates determined and announced by the director, however, the earliest
Top Prize Drawing date shall be one hundred eighty days from the game close
date or when all tickets winning a prize value corresponding with a "TPD"
symbol have been claimed, whichever is earlier
(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, as well as procedures for entry into the Top
Prize Drawings described in Section (G)(3) of this Rule. 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 six hundred
eighty-one 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
six hundred eighty-one.
(1) The director
shall conduct game rule number six hundred eighty-one 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 six hundred
eighty-one. 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 six hundred eighty-one used in this rule are to be
considered generic terms used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual
operation, game rule number six hundred eighty-one and these elements may be
given names or titles chosen by the commission
Notes
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
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