53ER18-64. $10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion  


Effective on Thursday, October 25, 2018
  • 1(1) 2Beginning October 29, 2018, and continuing through December 31, 2018, (“Promotion Period”) the Florida Lottery will conduct the 20$10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion 27(“Promotion”) in which 30players can enter non-winning Florida Lottery Scratch-Off tickets (also known as instant tickets) from the following HOLIDAY BONUS family of games into a 53$10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion 60second chance drawing for a chance to win a cash prize:

    71(a) Game Number 1399, $10,000 HOLIDAY BONUS;

    79(b) Game Number 1400, $50,000 HOLIDAY BONUS;

    87(c) Game Number 1401, $1,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS; and

    97(d) Game Number 1402, $2,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS.

    106Non-winning Scratch-Off lottery tickets from 111Game Number 1399 ($10,000 HOLIDAY BONUS), Game Number 1400 ($50,000 HOLIDAY BONUS); Game Number 1401 ($1,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS); and Game Number 1402 ($2,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS) may be entered during the Promotion Period for the next available drawing. 154Winning Scratch-Off tickets from the above-listed HOLIDAY BONUS family of games cannot be used for entry into a 172$10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion 179second chance drawing182.

    183(2) 184How to Enter187.

    188(a) 189To enter a non-winning HOLIDAY BONUS Scratch-Off ticket into one of the 201second chance drawings, 204players must enter on the Florida Lottery’s website at 213flalottery.com214. On the home page of the Florida Lottery’s website, players can click on the 229$10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion 236banner 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 HOLIDAY BONUS 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.

    309(b) 310Entry Determination. Each non-winning HOLIDAY BONUS Scratch-Off ticket is assigned a predetermined number of entries that corresponds to the price of the non-winning ticket, 334as shown in the table below.

    340Ticket Price Point

    343Game

    344Number of Entries

    347$1

    348Game Number 1399, $10,000 HOLIDAY BONUS 

    3551

    356$2

    357Game Number 1400, $50,000 HOLIDAY BONUS

    3642

    365$5

    366Game Number 1401, $1,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS

    3745

    375$10

    376Game Number 1402, $2,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS

    38410

    385Each valid ticket number may only be entered one time and only into one drawing. 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 a drawing and will not be returned. The odds of winning depend on the number of entries entered. 455All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.

    475(c) 476Facebook Promo Code. A player may earn 25 additional entries by entering a Facebook promo code at the time the player enters a non-winning HOLIDAY BONUS Scratch-Off ticket into a drawing. A non-winning HOLIDAY BONUS Scratch-Off ticket must be entered to enable the Facebook promo code feature and the ticket and promo code must be entered at the same time. The Florida Lottery will post one promo code on Facebook (547www.facebook.com/floridalottery548) during each of the three entry periods. Each Facebook promo code is only valid for the one entry period for which it is designated and can only be entered one time by each player.

    583(3) Prizes. 585The following table sets forth the prizes available in the Promotion.

    596Prizes per Drawing

    599Prize Level

    601Prize Amount

    603Number of Prizewinners per Drawing

    608Total Prizewinners

    610Top Prize

    612$10,000

    6143

    6159

    616Second Prize

    618$5,000

    6207

    62121

    622Third Prize

    624$1,000

    62635

    627105

    628Total

     

    62945

    630135

    631(4) 632Drawings633. A total of 637three second chance drawings will be held. Prizewinners for each drawing will be randomly selected from entries submitted and received before midnight 659(660ET661) 662on the last day of the entry period for that drawing. The entry periods and drawing dates are set forth in the table below.

    686Drawing

    687Entry Period

    689Drawing Date

    6911

    692October 29, 2018 695 696November 19, 2018

    699November 21, 2018

    7022

    703November 20, 2018 706 707December 10, 2018

    710December 12, 2018

    7133

    714December 11, 2018 717 718December 31, 2018

    721January 2, 2019

    724In 725each of the drawings, a total of 65 valid entries will be drawn by the Florida Lottery using a certified random number generation process. The first through third valid 754entries drawn will each win a top prize of $10,000. The fourth through tenth valid entries drawn will each win a second prize of $5,000. The eleventh through forty-fifth valid entries drawn will each win a third prize of $1,000. The forty-sixth through sixty-fifth valid entries drawn will be used in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select an alternate top, second or third prize winner in the event a top, second or third prize cannot be awarded. Drawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent cer861tified public accounting firm.

    865(5) 866Notification867.

    868(a) The prizewinners in each second chance drawing will be posted on fl881alottery.com after the drawing.

    885(b) 886The F888lo889r890ida Lottery will attempt to notify each prizewinner by telep900ho901n902e or email using the contact information provided in th912e 913prizewinner’s registration data 916no later than one business day (Monday-Friday) after the prizewinners are posted on the Florida Lottery’s website. The Florida Lottery deems the winner’s registration data as the prizewinner’s official contact information, including the physical mailing address. The Florida Lottery will not attempt to further locate a prizewinner if attempts to reach the winner by telephone or email are unsuccessful. 975If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact by telephone or email with a prizewinner within two weeks of the date the prizewinners are posted on the website, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to an alternate prizewinner in accordance with subsection (4), 1033above. 1034If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact by email or telephone with the alternate prizewinner within two weeks of the date of notification, the alternate prizewinner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to the next alternate prizewinner. This process will continue until an alternate prizewinner is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted the list of alternate prizewinners due to unsuccessful notification attempts or due to failure by a prizewinner or an alternate prizewinner to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (6), 1134below. If the Florida Lottery exhausts the list of alternate prizewinners, the prize will not be awarded.

    1151(6) 1152How to Claim a Prize1157. To claim any prize in a second chance drawing, the prizewinner must submit to the Florida Lottery the original valid non-winning HOLIDAY BONUS 1181Scratch-Off 1182ticket bearing the entry number selected in the drawing. Without such ticket, the prizewinner will forfeit his or her right to claim a prize. The prizewinner must submit the valid entry ticket along with a completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 9/13, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 9/13 and a copy of acceptable identification as 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. 1280Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference 1291and may be obtained at any Florida Lottery office or retailer, 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 documentation must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than two weeks after the Florida Lottery has made personal contact with the prizewinner. If the Florida Lottery has not received the required documentation from a prizewinner by the fourteenth day after notification, the prizewinner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to an alternate prizewinner 1392in accordance with subsections (4) and (5), 1399above. The same timeframe for a prizewinner to return required documentation to the Florida Lottery shall apply to an alternate prizewinner.

    1420(7) 1421Award of Top Prizes1425. Upon 1427the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a top prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $10,000, less applicable federal income tax withholding.

    1454(8) 1455Award of Second Prizes1459. 1460Upon 1461the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a second prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $5,000.

    1482(9) 1483Award of Third Prizes1487. Upon 1489the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a third prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $1,000.

    1510(10) 1511Taxes1512. Except as specifically described herein, all federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the prizes won in the 1533$10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion 1540will be the responsibility of the prizewinner. 1547Thirty percent federal income tax withholding will be withheld from any prize won by a nonresident alien prizewinner in the Promotion, regardless of the amount of the prize. The reporting and subsequent payment of any additional federal, state and/or local taxes shall be the responsibility of the nonresident alien prize1597winner.

    1598(11) 1599Other Restrictions and Provisions1603.

    1604(a) All prizes are subject to the provisions of 1613c1614hapter 24, Florida Statutes, and rules promulgated thereunder. Prizes shall be paid in accordance with 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.

    1665(b) All prizewinners will be analyzed for state-owed debt. If a prizewinner is identified as owing an outstanding debt to any state agency or owes child support collected through a court, the debt will be offset in accordance with section 170524.115(4), 1706Florida Statutes. If the debt is an amount less than the amount of the prize, the balance of the prize after deduction of the debt shall be awarded. If the debt is an amount greater than the amount of the prize, the entire prize amount will be applied to the outstanding debt.

    1758(c) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons prohibited by section 177224.116, 1773Florida Statutes, from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to enter the $10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion.

    1794(d) By entering the 1798$10,000 Holiday Bonus Second Chance Promotion, 1805a 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.

    1849Rulemaking Authority 185124.105(9), 185224.109(1) FS. 1854Law Implemented 185624.105(9), 185724.115(1) FS. 1859History18601861New 10-25-18.