53ER16-17. April Retailer Book Activation Promotion  


Effective on Friday, March 25, 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 206207O208rlando

    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. 464History465466New 3-25-16468.