Ohio Admin. Code 3770:1-9-903 - Game rule number nine hundred three
(A)
Title and term.
Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred three, "Cornhole," 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 three will cease.
(B)
General
design.
(1)
Game rule number nine hundred three is generally known as an "instant lottery."
A ticket for game rule nine hundred three is terminal generated. Each ticket
consists of a Game Board with one circle with seven (7) numbers and two columns
of four (4) numbers each for a total of fifteen (15) "Numbers." There are ten
(10) "Your Throws Numbers" printed below the Game Board. "Point Numbers" and
"Your Throws Numbers" range from 1-50. The player gets three (3) points for
matching any number in the circle and one (1) point for matching any of the
numbers in the two columns with the "Your Throws Numbers." The player totals
the matched numbers and wins the prize on the Prize Legend corresponding to the
number of "Point Numbers" matched.
(2)
The only "prize
values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number nine hundred three
are three dollars, five dollars, seven dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars,
twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one
thousand dollars and twenty thousand dollars.
(C)
Price of
tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number
nine hundred three 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 three 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: three dollars,
five dollars, seven dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars,
fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars
and twenty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred three
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 twenty-one (21)
of the "Your Throws Numbers" match twenty-one (21) of the "Point Numbers" shall
win a regular prize award of twenty thousand dollars;
(b)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which twenty (20) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match
twenty (20) of the "Point Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of one
thousand dollars;
(c)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which nineteen
(19) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match nineteen (19) of the "Point Numbers"
shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars;
(d)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which eighteen (18) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match
eighteen (18) of the "Point Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of one
hundred dollars;
(e)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which seventeen
(17) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match seventeen (17) of the "Point Numbers"
shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars;
(f)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which sixteen (16) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match
sixteen (16) of the "Point Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of twenty
dollars;
(g)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which fifteen (15)
of the "Your Throws Numbers" match fifteen (15) of the "Point Numbers" shall
win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars;
(h)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which fourteen (14) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match
fourteen (14) of the "Point Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of ten
dollars;
(i)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which thirteen
(13) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match thirteen (13) of the "Point Numbers"
shall win a regular prize award of seven dollars;
(j)
Holder of a
valid winning ticket on which twelve (12) of the "Your Throws Numbers" match
twelve (12) of the "Point Numbers" shall win a regular prize award of five
dollars; and
(k)
Holder of a valid winning ticket on which eleven (11)
of the "Your Throws Numbers" match eleven (11) of the "Point Numbers" shall win
a regular prize award of three dollars,
(E)
Number of prize
awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number nine
hundred three 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-three thousand tickets on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point
Numbers" total eleven (11) points for three dollars once to win three
dollars;
(b)
Fifteen thousand tickets on which the "Your Throws
Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total twelve (12) points for five dollars once
to win five dollars;
(c)
Eight thousand tickets on which the "Your Throws
Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total thirteen (13) points for seven dollars
once to win seven dollars;
(d)
Five thousand
tickets on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total
fourteen (14) points for ten dollars once to win ten dollars;
(e)
Eight hundred
tickets on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total
fifteen (15) points for fifteen dollars once to win fifteen dollars;
(f)
Five
hundred tickets on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point Numbers"
total sixteen (16) points for twenty dollars once to win twenty dollars;
(g)
Fifty
tickets on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total
seventeen (17) points for fifty dollars once to win fifty dollars;
(h)
Twenty tickets on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total
eighteen (18) points for one hundred dollars once to win one hundred
dollars;
(i)
Seven tickets on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and
the "Point Numbers" total nineteen (19) points for five hundred dollars once to
win five hundred dollars;
(j)
Five tickets on
which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total twenty (20)
points for one thousand dollars once to win one thousand dollars; and
(k)
One
ticket on which the "Your Throws Numbers" and the "Point Numbers" total
twenty-one (21) points for twenty thousand dollars once to win twenty 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 three 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 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 nine hundred three 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 three, 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 three 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
three.
(1)
The
director shall conduct game rule number nine hundred 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 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 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 number
nine hundred three 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 three 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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