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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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53ER17. Emergency Rule For Year 2017 |
1(1) 2Beginning 3January 157, 620177, 8through 9April 1011, 11201127, 13the 14Florida Lottery will conduct the 19Doubly Rich 21Second Chance Promotion 24(“Promotion”) 25in which 27players can enter non-winning 31Florida Lottery Scratch-Off tickets 35from the following 38GOLD RUSH DOUBLER 41games 42into a second chance drawing 47for a chance to win 52a cash prize55:
56(a) 57$5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER 63Game Number 65166322;
67(b) 68$692,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER 75Game Number 771335;
78(c) 79$500,000 81GOLD RUSH DOUBLER 84Game Number 187334;
88(d) 89$9050,000 92GOLD RUSH DOULBER 95Game Number 198333; 99and,
100(e) $10210,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER 107Game Number 1110332111.
112W113inning 114Scratch-Off 115tickets 116from the above listed games 121cannot be used for entry in127to 128the 129Promotion130.
131(2) 132How to Enter.
135(a) 136To enter a non-winning 140$5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $2,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, 152$500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $50,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER or $10,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER 168Scratch-Off ticket in171to 172one of the 175second chance drawings, 178players 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 202Doubly Rich 204Second 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 2435,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $2,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $50,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER and $10,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER 271Scratch-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 ti301cket entry area on the website.
307(308b309) 310Entry Determination. Each non-winning 314$3155,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $2,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $50,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER and $10,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER 343Scratch-Off ticket is assigned a predetermined number of entries that corresponds to the price of the non-winning ticket, 361as shown in the table below.
367Ticket Price Point
370GOLD RUSH DOUBLER 373Game
374Number of Entries
377$37823790
380$5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER
38623870
388$38910
390$2,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER
39610
397$3985
399$500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER
4045
405$4062
407$54080,409000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER
4132
414$1
415$10,000 417GOLD RUSH DOUBLER
4201
421Players may enter as many times as they wish during the contest period; however, each valid ticket number may only be 442entered one time445. 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. 501All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.
521(c) 522Instagram 523Promo Code. 525The Florida Lottery will post 530one 531promo code on 534Instagram 535(536http://www.instagram.com/FloridaLottery537) 538during each of the four entry periods set forth in subsection (4), below. A player may earn 25565 557additional entries by entering the promo code 564(565designated for that entry period570) 571at the time the player enters a non-winning 579$5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $2,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $50,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER or $10,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER 607ticket into a drawing. A player may only enter a promo code once during each entry period.
624(6253626) Prizes. 628The following table sets forth the prizes available in the 638Doubly Rich 640Second Chance Promotion.
643Prizes per Drawing
646Prize Level
648Prize Amount
650Number of Winners per Drawing
655First Prize
657$25,000
6591
660Second Prize
662$10,000
6643
665Third Prize
667$1,000
66920
670A total of 96 prizes will be available in the 680P681romotion682.
683(6844685) 686Drawings. 687A total of 690f691our 692second c694hance d696rawings 697will be held 700and winners will be randomly selected 706from entries 708submitted 709and received 711before midnight 713(714ET715) 716on the last day of the entry period for each drawing727. The 729entry periods and drawing dates 734are 735set forth in the table below.
741Draw742ing
743Entry Period
745Draw746ing 747Date
7481
749January 17, 2017 – February 7, 2017
756February 9, 2017
7592
760February 8, 2017 763– February 28, 2017
767March 2, 2017
7703
771March 1, 2017 – March 21, 2017
778March 23, 2017
7814
782March 22, 2017 – April 11, 2017
789April 13, 2017
792In 793ea794ch of the drawings, a total of forty-four 802valid entries will be drawn by the Florida Lottery using a certified random number generation process. The first valid 821entry drawn will win the first prize of $28305,000. 832The second through 835fourth 836valid entries drawn will each win a second prize of 846$10,000. 848The 849fifth 850through 851twenty-fourth 852valid entries drawn will each win a third prize of $1,000. The 865twenty-fifth through 867forty-868fourth 869valid entries drawn will be used in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select an alternate first, second or third prize winner in the event a first, second or third prize cannot be awarded.
911(9125913) Notification.
915(a) The prize918winners in each second chance drawing will be posted on fl929alottery.com after the drawing.
933(b) 934The F936lo937r938ida Lottery will attempt to notify each winner by 947telep948ho949n950e or 952email using the contact information provided in th960e 961winner’s registration data 964no later than twenty-four hours after the winners are posted on 975the Florida Lottery’s website. 979The Florida Lottery deems the winner’s registration data as the winner’s official contact information, including the physical mailing address, and will not attempt to further locate a winner if attempts to reach the winner using the winner’s registration data are unsuccessful. 1020If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with 1031the 1032first 1033prizewinner or a 1036second or third 1039prize winner within 1042two weeks 1044of 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 1075in accordance with 1078subsection (108041081), 1082above1083. 1084If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the first alternate winner within 1100two weeks 1102of the date of 1106notification, 1107the 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 1155Florida 1156Lottery is unable to contact an alternate, the prize will not be awarded.
1169(117061171) 1172How to Claim a Prize. 1177To claim 1179any 1180prize in a 1183Doubly Rich 1185second chance drawing, the winner must submit to the Florida Lottery the original valid non-winning 1200$5,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $2,000,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $500,000 GOLD RUSH DOUBLER, $50,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER or $10,000 GOLD RUSH DOULBER 1228Scratch-Off 1229ticket bearing the entry number selected in the drawing. Without such ticket, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim a prize. 1253The w1255inner must submit the valid entry ticket along with a completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 12729/13, 1273or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 12819/13 1282and a copy of acceptable identification 1288as 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. 1328Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference 1339and may be obtained at any 1345Florida 1346Lottery office, from the Florida Lottery’s website at 1354flalottery.com, 1355or by writing to: Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. The required 1371documentation 1372must 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 1404documentation 1405from 1406a 1407prize1408winner 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 1436the first alternate winner 1440in accordance with subsection (144541446), 1447above. 1448If 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, the prize will not be awarded.
1533(153471535) 1536Award of 1538First 1539Prize1540. 1541Upon 1542the Florida Lottery’s 1545timely 1546receipt of 1548the 1549first 1550p1551rize 1552winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will 1558award a prize of $156325,1564000, 1565less applicable federal tax withholding.
1570(157181572) Award of 1575Second 1576Prizes. 1577Upon 1578the Florida Lottery’s 1581timely 1582receipt of a 1585second 1586prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $1598115990,000, less applicable federal tax withholding.
1606(160791608) 1609Award of 1611Third 1612Prizes. 1613Upon 1614the Florida Lottery’s 1617timely 1618receipt of a 1621third 1622prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will 1629award a prize of $1,16340001635.
1636(1637101638) 1639Taxes. 1640A1641ll federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the prizes won in the 1656Doubly Rich 1658Second Chance Promotion 1661will be the responsibility of the winner. 1668Thirty percent federal income tax withholding will be withheld from any prize won 1681by a nonresident alien claimant 1686in the Promotion, 1689regardless of the amount of the prize. 1696The reporting and subsequent payment of any additional federal, state and/or local taxes shall be the responsibility o1714f the nonresident alien winner.
1719(1720111721) 1722Oth1723er Restrictions and Provisions.
1727(a) 1728All prizes are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, F1739.1740S1741., 1742and rules promulgated thereunder. 1746Prizes 1747shall be paid in accordance 1752with the rule 1755of the Florida Lotter1759y governing payment of prizes. 1764A copy of the current 1769prize payment 1771rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011.
1790(1791b1792) 1793If 1794any 1795p1796rize1797winner 1798in the 1800Doubly Rich 1802Second Chance Promotion 1805is 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 1831S1832ection 183324.115, 1834F1835.1836S1837.
1838(1839c1840) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons 1851prohibited by 1853S1854ection 185524.116, 1856F1857.1858S1859., 1860from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to play.
1871(1872d1873) By entering 1876the 1877Doubly Rich 1879Second Chance Promotion, 1882a 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.
1926(1927e1928) 1929Doubly Rich 1931second chance d1934rawings 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 drawin1966g on the Florida Lottery’s webs1972ite at flalottery.com.
1975Rulemaking Authority 197724.105(9), 197824.1019799(1) 1980FS. Law Implemented 198324.105(9), 198424.115(1) FS. 1986History1987–1988New 19891-19901199121992-171993.
