Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 2, 2024) |
53. Department of the Lottery |
D53. Departmental |
53ER19. Emergency Rule For Year 2019 |
1(1) Beginning June 1, 2019, and continuing through July 30, 2019, (“Promotion Period”) the Florida Lottery will conduct the Cold Hard Cash Second Chance Promotion (“Promotion”). Players who purchase a 31JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY34™ 35or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo41™ 42lottery ticket of any price point can scan the barcode on their tickets 55using the Florida Lottery Collect ‘N Win app 63on a smartphone or tablet or can manually enter the ticket number through the Florida Lottery’s website (flalottery.com) to collect symbols and earn entries into a drawing for a chance to win a cash prize. Both winning and non-winning JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo lottery tickets of any value may be used to enter the Promotion. 123Only 124JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo lottery tickets 135purchased during the Promotion Period may be used to enter the Promotion.
147(2) How to Participate.
151(a) Florida Lottery Collect ‘N Win App Download and Registration. A player may participate in the 167Promotion 168by downloading the free Florida Lottery Collect ‘N Win app at the App Store for iOS devices, or for other devices including Android smartphones, the app is available to download from the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com/coldhardcash. After the app is downloaded and opened, the “Welcome” page will be displayed. Click on the navigation bar found in the top left corner, select the “Login” button and click on “Sign in with email,” “Sign in with Facebook,” or “Sign in with Twitter” to log in. After logging in, a “Register” page will be displayed. Players must register their contact information one time upon first usage to activate their account278. 279A player will be sent an email directing the player to confirm his or her registration. The player should check the junk mail or spam folder if he or she does not promptly receive an email confirmation. After confirming registration, a player may log in. 324Thereafter, the player may directly log in by selecting his or her preferred “Sign in” method. Players that have participated in a previous Florida 348Lottery Collect ‘N Win Promotion (POWERBALL354® 355Power Cruise357™ 358Promotion, Game Day Cash Promotion, or Fast Play366™ 367Replay Second Chance Promotion) need not re-register and may directly log in.
379(b) Web Browser. A player may participate in the 388Promotion 389via web browser by visiting the Florida Lottery’s homepage, flalottery.com, clicking on the Cold Hard Cash Second Chance Promotion banner and following the directions, or by going directly to flalottery.com/coldhardcash and clicking on the Register/Login link at the top right corner of the page to reach the Login page to login/register as described in paragraph (2)(a) above.
446(c) Regardless of whether a player chooses to participate in the Promotion by using the Florida Lottery Collect ‘N Win app or web browser, the following provisions shall apply475:
4761. The player may use the same account login information to enter tickets;
4892. The player will only be required to register one time; and
5013. The player’s entry history will be cumulative among the entry platforms.
513(3) How to Earn Entries.
518To collect play symbols and earn entries into a drawing, a player may scan the barcode on the bottom of a 539JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo lottery 549ticket 550using a camera on a smartphone or tablet, or a player may manually enter the 19-digit ticket number (located near the top right corner of the ticket) on the entry page at 582flalottery.com/coldhardcash. Four game cards will appear on the screen. Each game card contains four spots to collect the four symbols. A JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo ticket number entered will randomly generate a quantity (2, 4, 6, or 8) of symbols and place them automatically in an available game card. When all four symbols have been collected on a game card, the player will earn one entry into the next available drawing. Players will receive an entry with a minimum of one ticket and a maximum of seven tickets entered. When a filled game card generates an entry into a drawing, the symbols will be cleared, and a player can begin collecting more symbols. Partially completed cards will carry over to the next entry period. A player may earn multiple entries during the entry period; however, a player may only manually enter or scan up to two hundred tickets per day. Each ticket number can only be scanned or entered one time to earn entries for one drawing. The purchase price of a ticket does not affect the number of symbols generated or the number of entries produced. Entries that include training tickets that were produced by a retailer terminal while in training mode or tickets with invalid ticket numbers will be disqualified from the 801applicable 802drawing or drawings. The odds of winning depend on the number of entries in each drawing. All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met. 838JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo lottery 848tickets should not be mailed to the Lottery for entry into a Promotion drawing. 862JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with 870Combo lottery 872tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery will not be entered into a drawing and will not be returned.
893(4) Coupons. 895During the Promotion Period, $25 Cash Prize coupons will be generated for every “nth” ticket scanned or entered statewide up to a maximum of 66 coupons per day. When an nth ticket is generated, a coupon will be added to the “My Coupons” section of the “Coupons” page of the player’s account. Coupons may be redeemed by players at a Florida Lottery retailer or a Florida Lottery District Office by presenting the coupon barcode on their mobile device for scanning, or players may redeem the coupon by printing the coupon from the website and presenting a hardcopy. Coupons may not be redeemed by mail. Coupons are valid for one use only and must be redeemed by 11:59:59 (ET) on September 30, 2019. The odds of winning a coupon depend on the number of tickets entered per day.
1032(5) Drawings and Number of Prizes. The Florida Lottery will conduct a total of three drawings. Prizewinners for each drawing will be randomly selected from entries submitted and received before midnight 1063(1064ET1065) 1066on the last day of the entry period for that drawing. Entries will be good for one drawing only. 1085Prizewinners will be randomly selected using a certified random number generation process. Drawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The drawing dates and entry periods are as follows:
1127Drawing
1128Drawing Date
1130Entry Period
11321
1133June 19, 2019
1136June 1, 2019 – June 18, 2019
11432
1144July 10, 2019
1147June 19, 2019 – July 9, 2019
11543
1155July 31, 2019
1158July 10, 2019 – July 30, 2019
1165(a) In each of the drawings, the Florida Lottery will draw a total of seventy-two entries. The first two valid entries drawn will each win a top prize of $10,000. The third through seventh valid entries drawn will each win a second prize of $5,000. The eighth through forty-seventh valid entries drawn will each win a third prize of $500. The remaining valid entries drawn 1232will be used as alternates in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select a 1254prizewinner in the event a prize cannot be awarded. A total of forty-seven prizes will be available in each drawing.
1274(b) The following table sets forth the number of prizes and the amount of the prizes available in the Promotion:
1294Prizes Per Drawing
1297Total Prizes in the Promotion
1302Prize
1303Prize Amount
1305Number of Prizes per Drawing
1310Top Prize
1312$10,000
13142
13156
1316Second Prize
1318$5,000
13205
132115
1322Third Prize
1324$500
132540
1326120
1327Total
132847
1329141
1330(6) Prizewinner 1332Notification.
1333(a) The prizewinners in each drawing will be posted on flalottery.com after the drawing.
1347(b) The F1350lo1351r1352ida Lottery will attempt to notify each prizewinner by telep1362ho1363n1364e or email using the contact information provided in th1374e 1375prizewinner’s registration data 1378no later than one business day (Monday – Friday) after the prizewinners are posted on the Florida Lottery’s website. The Florida Lottery deems the prizewinner’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 prizewinner by telephone or email are unsuccessful. If 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 prizewinner 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 paragraph (5)(a) above. 1498If 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. 1549This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted the list of alternates due to unsuccessful notification attempts or due to failure by a winner or an alternate prizewinner to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (7) below. If the Florida Lottery exhausts the list of alternate prizewinners, the prize will not be awarded.
1613(7) How to Claim a Prize.
1619(a) Top and Second Prize. To claim a top or second prize in a 1633Cold Hard Cash Second Chance Promotion 1639drawing, 1640the prizewinner must submit to the Florida Lottery a completed Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2, Revised 9/13, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2S, Revised 9/13, and 1665a copy of acceptable identification 1670as set forth in the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes. 1684A 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. 1710Forms DOL-173-2 and DOL-173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained 1723from any Florida Lottery office or retailer, from the Florida Lottery’s website (flalottery.com1736), 1737or by writing to: Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016.
1751(b) Third Prize. To claim a third prize in a 1761Cold Hard Cash Second Chance Promotion drawing, a prizewinner must submit to the Florida Lottery 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.
1821(c) For all prizes, 1825the required documentation must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than two weeks after the Florida Lottery has first made contact by telephone or email with the prizewinner. If the Florida Lottery has not received the required documentation from a prizewinner by the fourteenth calendar 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 as described in paragraphs (5)(a) and (6)(b) above. The same timeframe for a winner to return required documentation to the Florida Lottery shall apply to an alternate prizewinner. A prizewinner in this Promotion is not required to submit the JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY or JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo lottery 1948ticket(s) 1949he or she scanned or manually entered to generate an entry to claim a prize.
1964(8) Award of Top Prizes. Upon 1970the 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.
1997(9) Award of Second Prizes. 2002Upon 2003the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a second prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $5,000.
2024(10) Award of Third Prizes2029. 2030Upon the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a third prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $500.
2051(11) Taxes. Except as specifically described herein, all federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the prizes won in the 2073Cold Hard Cash Second Chance Promotion 2079will be the responsibility of the prizewinner. 2086Thirty 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 prizewinner.
2136(12) Other Restrictions and Provisions.
2141(a) All prizes are subject to the provisions of 2150c2151hapter 24, F.S., 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.
2201(b) Top prize and second prize winners will be analyzed for state-owed debt. If a top prize or second prize winner 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 225024.115(4), F.S. 2252If 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.
2302(c) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons prohibited by section 231624.116, F.S., 2318from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to enter the 2330Cold Hard Cash Second Chance Promotion2336.
2337(d) By entering the 2341Cold Hard Cash Second Chance Promotion, 2347a 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.
2391Rulemaking Authority 239324.105(9), 239424.109(1) FS. 2396Law Implemented 239824.105(9), 239924.115(1) FS. 2401History–New 5-29-19.