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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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53. Department of the Lottery |
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D53. Departmental |
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53ER15. Emergency Rule For Year 2015 |
1(1) 2Beginning 3June 416, 520165, 7through 8August 1102, 11201125, 13the 14Florida Lottery will conduct the 19Payday Second Chance Promotion 23(“Promotion”) 24in which 26players can enter non-winning 30Florida Lottery Scratch-Off tickets 34from the following 37WEEK FOR LIFE 40games 41on the Florida Lottery website for a chance to win 51a cash prize54:
55(a) 56$57500 A WEEK FOR LIFE 62Game Number 64126576;
66(b) 67$681,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE 74G75ame 76N77umber 127977;
80(c) 81$822,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE Game Number 1278; 91and,
92(d) 93$945,000 96A WEEK FOR LIFE 100G101ame 102N103umber 1041210579.
106W107inning 108Scratch-Off 109tickets 110from the above listed games 115cannot be used for entry in121to 122the 123Promotion124.
125(2) How to Enter. 129To enter a non-winning $500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, or $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off ticket in160to 161one of the 164second chance drawings, 167players must enter on the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com. On the home page of the Florida Lottery’s website, players can click on the Payday Second Chance Promotion banner and follow the directions. Players will be prompted to log-in or register. The 24-digit ticket serial number (4-digit game number and 20-digit ticket number) is located below the play area on the front of a $500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, and $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off ticket under the latex covering. Players are to scratch off the latex covering to reveal the number and enter the entire 24-digit ticket serial number in the designated ticket entry area on the website.
290(3) 291Entry Determination. Each non-winning $500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, and $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE Scratch-Off ticket is assigned a predetermined number of entries that corresponds to the price of the non-winning ticket, as shown in the table below.
343Ticket Price Point
346WEEK FOR LIFE 349Game
350Number of Entries
353$10
354$5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE
36010
361$5
362$2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE
3685
369$2
370$1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE
3762
377$1
378$500 A WEEK FOR LIFE
3831
384Players may enter as many times as they wish during the contest period; however, each valid ticket number may only be 405entered one time408. Tickets should not be mailed to the Florida Lottery unless players are contacted by the Florida Lottery and requested to do so. Non-winning tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery will not be entered in the drawing and will not be returned. The odds of winning depend on the number of entries entered. 464All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.
484(4854486) 487Drawings. 488A total of 491f492our 493second c495hance d497rawings 498(499three bi501weekly drawings and one grand prize 507drawing) 508will be held 511and winners will be randomly selected 517from entries 519submitted before midnight 522(523ET524) 525on the last day of the entry period for each drawing536. Entries will be good for 542only 543one 544bi545weekly 546drawing, 547however, a grand prize drawing will be held on August 14, 2015, and will include all entries received between June 56716, 5682015, and 11:59 p.m. (ET) on August 12, 2015. 577The 578entry periods and drawing dates 583are 584set forth in the table below.
590Draw591ing
592Entry Period
594Draw595ing 596Date
5971
598June 59916, 6002016015 602– 603July 15, 6052016065
607July 17, 6092016105
6112
612July 16, 2015 615– 616July 29, 2015
619July 31, 2015
6223
623July 30, 2015 626– 627August 12, 2015
630August 14, 6322015
633Grand Prize 635Drawing
636June 63716, 6382015 – 640August 12, 6422015
643August 14, 6452015
646(6475648) 649Prizes. 650The following table sets forth the prizes 657available 658in the Payday Second Chance Promotion.
664Prizes per Bi667weekly Drawing
669Prize Level
671Prize Amount
673Number of Winners per Drawing
678First Prize
680$26810,682000
6831
684Second 685Prize
686$10,000
6884
689Third 690Prize
691$1,000
69326945
695Grand Prize Drawing
698Prize Level
700Prize Amount
702Number of Winners
705Grand Prize
707$50,000
7091
710A grand total of 91 prizes will be available in the Promotion.
722(7236724) 725Winner Selection.
727(a) Biw729eekly Drawings. 731In 732each of the 735three bi737weekly 738drawings, a total of 742forty-five 743valid entries will be drawn 748by the 750Florida 751Lottery using a certified random number generation process. 759T760he first valid 763entry 764drawn will win the 768first 769p770rize of 772$77320,774000775. 776T777he 778second through 780fifth 781valid entries drawn will each 786win a 788s789econd 790p791rize of 793$79410,079600797. 798The 799sixth 800through 801thirtieth 802valid entries drawn will 806each 807win a third prize of $1,000814. 815The 816thirty-first 817through 818forty-fifth 819valid entries drawn will 823be used in the order in which they were drawn 833and in the order of need 839to select an 842alternate first, 844second or third 847prize winner in the event a 853first, second or third 857prize cannot be awarded.
861(b) Grand Prize Drawing. In the grand prize drawing, a total of 873six 874valid entries will be drawn 879by the Florida Lottery using a certified random number generation process. The first valid 893entry drawn will win the grand prize of $50,000. The second through 906sixth 907valid entries drawn will be used in the order in which they were drawn to select an alternate grand prize winner in the event 931the 932grand prize cannot be awarded.
937(7) Notification.
939(a) The prize942winners in each second chance drawing will be posted on flalottery.com after the drawing.
956(b) 957The F959lo960r961ida Lottery will attempt to notify 967each 968prizewinner 969no later than twenty-four hours after the winner 977is 978posted on the Florida Lottery’s website. Notification will be made by telephone, U.S. mail or email using the contact information provided in the winner’s registration data. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with 1015the 1016grand 1017prize winner or a 1021first, 1022second or third 1025prize winner within 1028two weeks 1030of the date of the drawing, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to the first alternate winner 1061in accordance with 1064subsection (6) above1067. 1068If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the first alternate winner within 1084two weeks 1086of the date of 1090notification, 1091the alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to a second alternate winner. This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted the list of available alternates. If the 1139Florida 1140Lottery is unable to contact an alternate, the prize will not be awarded.
1153(115481155) 1156How to Claim a Prize. 1161To claim 1163any 1164prize in a 1167Payday 1168second chance drawing, the winner must submit to the Florida Lottery the original valid non-winning 1183$500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $1,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE, $2,500 A WEEK FOR LIFE, or $5,000 A WEEK FOR LIFE 1207Scratch-Off 1208ticket bearing the entry number selected in the drawing. Without such ticket, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim a prize. 1232The w1234inner must submit the valid entry ticket along with a completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 12519/13, 1252or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 12609/13 1261and a copy of acceptable identification 1267as set forth in the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes. A copy of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011. 1307Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference 1318and may be obtained at any 1324Florida 1325Lottery office, from the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com, or by writing to: Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. The required 1350documentation 1351must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than two weeks after the Florida Lottery has made personal contact with the winner. If the Florida Lottery has not received the required 1383documentation 1384from 1385a 1386prize1387winner by the fourteenth day after notification, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to 1415the first alternate winner 1419in accordance with subsection (6) above. 1425If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the first alternate winner within two weeks of the date of notification, the alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to a second alternate winner. This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted the list of available alternates. If the Florida Lottery is unable to contact an alternate, th1505e prize will not be awarded.
1511(151291513) 1514Award of 1516Grand 1517Prize1518. 1519Upon 1520the Florida Lottery’s 1523timely 1524receipt of 1526the 1527g1528rand 1529p1530rize 1531winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will 1537award a prize of $154250,1543000, 1544less applicable federal tax withholding.
1549(10) Award of First Prizes. 1554Upon 1555the Florida Lottery’s 1558timely 1559receipt of a first prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $20,000, less applicable federal tax withholding.
1581(1158211583) 1584Award of Second Prizes. 1588Upon 1589the Florida Lottery’s 1592timely 1593receipt of a second prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $10,000, less applicable federal tax withholding.
1615(1161621617) Award of Third Prizes. Upon 1623the Florida Lottery’s 1626timely 1627receipt of a third prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $1,000.
1644(1164531646) 1647Taxes. 1648A1649ll federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the prizes won in the 1664Payday Second Chance Promotion 1668will be the responsibility of the winner.
1675(1167641677) 1678Oth1679er Restrictions and Provisions.
1683(a) 1684All prizes are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, F1695.1696S1697., 1698and rules promulgated thereunder. 1702Prizes 1703shall be paid in accordance 1708with the rule 1711of the Florida Lotter1715y governing payment of prizes. 1720A copy of the current 1725prize payment 1727rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011.
1746(1747b1748) 1749All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may 1761be disqualified if eligibility 1765requirements are not met.
1769(1770c1771) 1772If 1773any 1774p1775rize1776winner 1777in the Payday Second Chance Promotion 1783is identified as owing an outstanding debt to a state agency or child support collected through a court, the debt will be collected in accordance with 1809S1810ection 181124.115, 1812F1813.1814S1815.
1816(1817d1818) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons 1829prohibited by 1831S1832ection 183324.116, 1834F1835.1836S1837., 1838from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to play.
1849(1850e1851) By entering 1854the 1855Payday Second Chance Promotion, 1859a player gives his or her permission for the Florida Lottery to photograph and/or videotape and record the prizewinner with or without prior notification and to use the name, photograph, videotape, and/or recording of the prizewinner for advertising or publicity purposes without additional compensation.
1903(1904f1905) 1906Payday 1907second chance d1910rawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The results of each drawing will be available after the drawin1942g on the Florida Lottery’s webs1948ite at flalottery.com.
1951Rulemaking Authority 195324.1051954(91955), 195624.109(1) FS. 1958Law Implemented 196024.105(9), 196124.115(1) FS. 1963History1964–1965New 19666-111967-1196851969.
