53ER07-72. Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE Retailer Incentive Rules (Replaced by 53ER09-71)  


Effective on Friday, November 16, 2007
  • 1(1) 2Holiday 3MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE 5is an on-line number match game. 11Holiday 12MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE 14tickets will go on sale Mon20day, November 19, 2007. 24Sales of 26Holiday 27MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE 29tickets will cease immediately after the 1,500,00038th 39ticket is sold or at midnight on December 28, 2007, whichever occurs first.

    52(2) Each 54Holiday 55MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket will contain a unique ticket number that will be entered automatically into the 71Holiday 72MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE drawing. A random computerized drawing from among all 82Holiday 83MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket numbers issued during the sales period will be held on December 29, 2007. A total of 237 prizes will be awarded. Prizes will be awarded in the order drawn. The first through twelfth numbers drawn will win $1 million cash. The 13th through 37th numbers drawn will win $100,000 and will be alternates in the order drawn for a $1 million prize in the event a top prize is not claimed within the 180-day claim period. The 38th through 237th numbers drawn will win $10,000.

    173(3) Beginning November 19, 2007, every 51800th 181Holiday 182MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket sold statewide will be an instant cash winner of $50 until a total of 20,000 i202nstant $50 prizes are awarded. 207Instant cash winners will receive a Cash Prize Coupon that can be redeemed instantly at a Florida Lottery retailer.

    226(4) Retailers will receive a five-percent cashing commission on every $50 Cash Prize Coupon they redeem in their store. The cashing commission will be reflected on the retailer’s weekly Settlement Report and will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes.

    270(5) A retailer who sells a winning $1 million 279Holiday 280MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket will receive a bonus commission of $5,000 in addition to the regular five percent sales commission set forth in Rule 53ER05-14, 305F.A.C.

    306(6) Award of a bonus commission is not dependent upon the winning 318Holiday 319MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket being claimed by the winner. Retailers who sell winning $10,000 or $100,000 336Holiday 337MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE 339tickets, including those that subsequently become alternate winners of a $1 million prize, will not be eligible for a bonus commission.

    360(7) Retailers whose Florida Lottery contracts are terminated or inactivated prior to the bonus commission award shall be paid the bonus commission provided the termination or inactivation was not due to non-compliance with Florida Lottery laws, rules or contract terms.

    400(8) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply the bonus commission earned against a retailer’s outstanding debt to the Florida Lottery.

    437Specific Authority 43924.105(9), 44024.109(1), 44124.112(1) FS. 443Law Implemented 44524.105(9), 44624.112(1) FS. 448History449450New 11-16-07.