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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 2, 2024) |
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53. Department of the Lottery |
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D53. Departmental |
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53ER20. Emergency Rule For Year 2020 |
1(1) Beginning October 8, 2020 and continuing through December 2, 2020 (“Promotion Period”), the Florida Lottery will conduct the FLORIDA LOTTO22® 23Rebrand Retailer Promotion (“Promotion”).
27(228) 29Cash prizes will be awarded to retailers based on the highest percentage increase in FLORIDA LOTTO sales within a Florida Lottery Sales District (“District”).
53(3) The following eligibility requirements must be met by a retailer in order for inclusion in the Promotion:
71(a) 72T73he retailer must have been an active retailer selling FLORIDA LOTTO t85ickets as of October 10, 2019;
91(b) 92T93he retailer must have a minimum of $5,000 in total FLORIDA LOTTO sales during the 8-week Promotion Period; and
113(c) 114T115he retailer must meet the minimum sales percentage increase requirement for FLORIDA LOTTO sales during the Promotion Period established by the Lottery. 137The 138minimum sales percentage increase requirement for a retailer for FLORIDA LOTTO sales during the Promotion Period is set based on the retailer’s prior year total FLORIDA LOTTO sales during the comparable 8-week sales period of October 10, 2019 through December 4, 2019 (“Base Period”). The minimum sales percentage increase requirements are set forth as follows:
193Total FLORIDA LOTTO Sales During Base Period
200Minimum Sales Percentage Increase Requirement for Promotion Period
208$10,000 and greater
21210%
213Between $8,000 and $9,999
21920%
220Between $5,000 and $7,999
22625%
227Less than $5,000
23130%
232(4) Within each District, eligible 237retailers will be ranked (independent and corporate jointly) according to their percentage increase in total FLORIDA LOTTO sales for the Promotion Period over the total FLORIDA LOTTO sales for the Base Period. The highest ranked retailers will be awarded cash prizes, starting with $5,000 prizes. The number and amount of cash prizes per District is se294t forth in the table in below.
301LOTTERY SALES DISTRICT
304NUMBER OF $1,000 PRIZES PER DISTRICT
311NUMBER OF $5,000 PRIZES PER DISTRICT
318District 1 320– 321Tallahassee
3225
3231
324District 3 326– 327Pensacola
32810
3292
330District 4 332– 333Jacksonville
33415
3353
336District 5 338– 339Gainesville
34010
3412
342District 6 344– 345Orlando
34620
3474
348District 9 350– 351Tampa
35220
3534
354District 10 356– 357Ft. Myers
35915
3603
361District 11 363– 364West Palm Beach
36715
3683
369District 13 371– 372Miami
37330
3746
375Total
376140
37728
378Retailers will be subject to disqualification if the Florida Lottery determines that:
390(a) the retailer is not in good financial standing with the Florida Lottery at the time of prize payment; or
410(b) the retailer is not in an “active” retailer status at the time of prize payment.
426(5) In the event that there is an insufficient number of eligible retailers within a District to award all promotional prizes designated for that District, any excess prize or prizes will not be awarded.
460(6) A promotional prize will be considered compensation to the retailer and will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service by the Florida Lottery.
484Rulemaking Authority 48624.105(9)(i), 48724.109(1) FS. 489Law Implemented 49124.105(9)(i), 49224.112(1) FS. 494History–New 10-8-20.
