Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 15, 2025) |
53. Department of the Lottery |
D53. Departmental |
53ER11. Emergency Rule For Year 2011 |
1(1) Name of Game. 5Instant Game Number 7014, “BONUS CROSSWORD.”
11(2) Price. 13BONUS CROSSWORD lottery tickets sell for $3.00 per ticket.
22(3) “BONUS CROSSWORD” lottery tickets shall have a series of numbers in Machine Readable Code (or bar code) on the back of the ticket, along with a Void If Removed Number under the latex area on the ticket. 60To be a valid winning BONUS CROSSWORD lottery ticket, the ticket must meet the applicable requirements of Rule 53ER10-1, 79F.A.C80.
81(4) The “YOUR LETTERS” play symbols are as follows:
90(5) The “PUZZLE” 93and “95BONUS WORD” play symbols are as follows:
102(6) The “BONUS WORD” prize amounts are as follows:
111(7) The legends are as follows:
117(8) Determination of Prizewinners.
121(a)122The holder of a ticket whose letters (Play Symbols) under the caption YOUR LETTERS match the letters (Play Symbols) in the CROSSWORD PUZZLE to form at least two (2) different complete words wins the corresponding prize in the PRIZE LEGEND 162for the total number of words matched169. 170A 171“172word173” 174must contain at least three (3) letters. A 182“183word184” 185cannot be formed by linking letters diagonally or by reading the 196letters from the bottom to top or right to left. 206Letters combined to form a 211“212word213” 214must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical string of letters in the CROSSWORD PUZZLE 229or BONUS WORD 232t233hat is not interrupted by a blan240k space and contains every singl246e letter square between two blan252k spaces. 254Every letter in the unbroken string must be revealed in YOUR LETTERS and be included to form a 272“273word.274” 275The possible complete words are shown in the CROSSWORD PUZZLE. Each possible complete word consists of three or more letters and occupies an entire word space. All of the letters in a possible complete word must be matched in order 315to complete the word. The 320three 321letters that appear in the YOUR LETTERS box under the scratch-off coating on the ticket that are smaller in size than the 34320 344YOUR LETTERS, are not play symbols to be used in playing the game.
357(b) The holder of a ticket whose letters (Play Symbols) under the caption YOUR LETTERS match 373all six 375lett376ers (Play Symbols) in the BONUS 382WORD 383shall be entitled to 387the prize shown in the PRIZE box394. The BONUS WORD cannot be used in conjunction with the crossword puzzle words to win a prize in the PRIZE LEGEND.
416(9417) The estimated odds of winning, value and number of prizes in Instant Game Number 4327014 are 434as follows:
436NUMBER OF
438WINNERS IN
44084 POOLS OF
443ESTIMATED
444120,000
446ODDS OF
448TICKETS
449GAME PLAY
451WIN
4521 IN
454PER POOL
4562 WORDS
458$3.00
45920.83
460483,840
462$3 BONUS
464$3.00
466524,160
4683 WORDS
470$5.00
47141.67
472241,920
474$5 BONUS
476$5.00
47745.45
478221,760
4803 WORDS + $3 BONUS
485$8.00
48650.00
487201,600
4894 WORDS
491$10.00
49241.67
493241,920
495$10 BONUS
497$10.00
49845.45
499221,760
5014 WORDS + $5 BONUS
506$15.00
507250.00
50840,320
510$15 BONUS
512$15.00
513250.00
51440,320
5165 WORDS
518$15.00
519500.00
52020,160
5226 WORDS
524$20.00
525500.00
52620,160
528$20 BONUS
530$20.00
531250.00
53240,320
5345 WORDS + $5 BONUS
539$20.00
540250.00
54140,320
5435 WORDS + $15 BONUS
548$30.00
549320.00
55031,500
552$30 BONUS
554$30.00
555320.00
55631,500
5587 WORDS
560$50.00
561857.14
56211,760
5646 WORDS + $30 BONUS
569$50.00
570857.14
57111,760
5738 WORDS
575$100.00
5761,200.00
5788,400
5807 WORDS + $50 BONUS
585$100.00
5862,400.00
5884,200
5909 WORDS
592$500.00
5938,400.00
5951,200
59710 WORDS
599$1,000.00
601100,800.00
603100
604$1,000 BONUS
607$1,000.00
609100,800.00
611100
6129 WORDS + $500 BONUS
617$1,000.00
619100,800.00
621100
62210 WORDS + $1000 BONUS
627$2,000.00
629252,000.00
63140
632$5,000 BONUS
635$5,000.00
6371,008,000.00
64010
641$20,000 BONUS
644$20,000.00
6461,008,000.00
64910
65011 WORDS
652$45,000.00
6541,008,000.00
65710
658(65910660) The estimated overall odds of winning some prize in Instant Game Number 6737014 are 1 in 4.13678. 679Prizes, including the top prizes, are subject to availability at the time of ticket purchase. 694Prizes may be unavailable due to prior sale or other causes occurring in the normal course of business including, but not limited to, ticket damage, defect, theft, or loss.
723(11724) For reorders of Instant Game Number 7317014, 732the estimated odds of winning, value, and number of prizes shall be proportionate to the number of tickets reordered.
751(75212753) By purchasing a BONUS CROSSWORD lottery ticket the player agrees to comply with and abide by all prize payment rules of the Florida Lottery.
778(13779) Payment of prizes for BONUS CROSSWORD lottery tickets shall be made in accordance with rules of the Florida Lottery governing payment 801of prizes803.
804A copy of the current rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011.
828Rulemaking 829Authority 83024.109(1), 83124.115(1) FS. 833Law Implemented 83524.105(9)(a), 836(b), 837(c), 83824.115(1) FS. 840History841–842New 8435-6-11, 844Replaced by 53ER13-6.