Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 2, 2024) |
53. Department of the Lottery |
D53. Departmental |
53ER16. Emergency Rule For Year 2016 |
1(1) Beginning Tuesday, April 5, 2016 through Wednesday, April 6, 2016, the Florida Lottery will conduct the April Retailer Book Activation Promotion (“Promotion”) in which Florida Lottery retailers will have a chance to win $4,36000.
37(2) Florida Lottery retailers who activate at least one book of each of the three April launch Scratch-Off games (also known as instant games) by midnight 63(64ET65) 66on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, will be entered into one of eighteen drawings on Thursday, April 14, 2016. The three April launch games are: Game Number 5010, WHEEL OF FORTUNE96®; 97Game Number 1304, TRIPLE CASH; and Game Number 1305, EA$Y MONEY.
108(3) Drawings and Prizes. The eighteen retailer drawings, determined by district and retailer category (corporate or independent), will be conducted by the Florida Lottery using a certified random number generation process. The number of entries drawn and prizes awarded will be in accor151dance with the following table:
156Lottery Sales District
159Prize Per Retailer
162Number of Corporate Retailer Prizes
167Number of Independent Retailer Prizes
172District 1 174‒ 175Tallahassee
176$4,000
1782
1792
180District 3 182‒ 183Pensacola
184$4,000
1862
1872
188District 4 190‒ 191Jacksonville
192$4,000
1942
1952
196District 5 198‒ 199Gainesville
200$4,000
2022
2032
204District 6 206‒ 207O208rlando
209$4,000
2114
2124
213District 9 215‒ 216Tampa
217$4,000
2194
2204
221District 10 223‒ 224Ft. Myers
226$4,000
2282
2292
230District 11 232‒ 233West Palm Beach
236$4,000
2382
2392
240District 13 242‒ 243Miami
244$4,000
2464
2478
248A total of 52 $4,000 prizes will be awarded in the Promotion.
261An individual retailer location m266ay only win one prize per drawing. Alternate entries will be drawn in each drawing. The number of alternate entries drawn will be twice the number of prizes to be awarded in that drawing. Alternate entries will be used as needed in the order in which they are drawn to award a prize in the event a retailer’s entry is disqualified. Retailers will be subject to disqualification from the drawing if the Florida Lottery determines that the return of one or more of the qualifying books of tickets invalidates the entry.
357(4) Winning retailers will receive their Promotion prize check within approximately thirty days of the 372drawing.
373(5) Retailers whose Florida Lottery contracts are terminated or inactivated prior to the promotional prize award shall be paid the promotional prize provided the termination or inactivation was not due to non-compliance with Florida Lottery laws, rules or terms of the retailer contract.
416(6) A promotional prize will be considered comp424ensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply the promotional prize awarded against a retailer’s outstanding debt to the Florida Lottery.
454Rulemaking Authority 45624.105(9)(i), 45724.109(1) FS. 459Law Implemented 46124.105(9)(i), 46224.112(1) FS. 464History465–466New 3-25-16468.