Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 2, 2024) |
53. Department of the Lottery |
D53. Departmental |
53ER24. Emergency Rule for Year 2024 |
1(1) Name of Game. Game Number 71582, 8ULTIMATE VIP CA$HWORD11.
12(2) Game Number 151582, 16ULTIMATE VIP CA$HWORD, 19is a Scratch-Off lottery game (also known as an instant lottery game).
31(3) Price. 33ULTIMATE VIP CA$HWORD 36lottery tickets sell for $411042.00 per ticket.
45(4) 46ULTIMATE VIP CA$HWORD 49lottery tickets have a series of numbers in 57m58achine 59r60eadable 61c62ode (or bar code) on the back of the ticket, along with a 75validation number 77under the latex area on the ticket. To be a valid winning 89ULTIMATE VIP CA$HWORD 92lottery ticket, the ticket must meet the applicable requirements of 102Emerge103ncy R105ule 53ER10721083-20, 109Payment of Prizes112.
113(5) 114L115etters that may appear in the “YOUR LETTERS123” 124play area126:
127(6) 128P129lay symbol131s 132that may appear in 136“137GAME 1381139” 140and141/or 142“GAME 2 144play areas146:
147(1487149) 150Play symbols, play symbol captions, prizes, and prize symbol captions 160that may appear in the “166BONUS167” 168play area170:
171(1728173) 174L175egend176s177:
178(1799180) Determination of 183W184inners.
185(a) 186There are t189wo 190(1912192) 193crossword 194games on each ticket: 198GAME 1991 and 201GAME 2203. 204Each 205GAME 206is played separately. 209Words 210formed 211in one 213GAME 214cannot be used in 218the other GAME221. 222Both 223GAME224s 225use the same P229RIZE 230L231EGEND232. 233The 234P235RIZE LEGEND 237lists 238corresponding prizes for the number of words formed 246in a 248GAME249.
250(251b252) 253GAME254s 2551256and 2258. 259A 260ticket 261having 262letters 263in the “YOUR LETTERS” play area 269that 270match the 272letter273s in 275a 276GAME 277to form 279three (3) or more words 284in 285that 286GAME 287shall entitle the 290p291layer 292to the 294corresponding prize in the PRIZE LEGEND for the total number of words matched. 307A “word” must contain at least three (3) letters. A “word” cannot be formed by linking letters diagonally or by reading the letters from bottom to top or right to left. Letters combined to form a “word” must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical string of letters in 356a 357GAME 358that 359are 360not interrupted by a blank space and 367must 368contain every single letter square between two (2) blank spaces 378or an edge and a blank space385. Every letter in the unbroken string must be revealed in “YOUR LETTERS” and 399must 400be inc402luded to form a “word.” The possible complete410d 411words are shown in 415each 416GAME417. Each possible complete word consists of three (3) or more letters and occupies an entire word space. 435All 436the letters in a possible complete word must be matched 446to 447complete the word.
450(c) If a completed word 455in a GAME 458includes 459a 460symbol, the player is entitled to five (5) times the corresponding prize 472shown, 473if any, 475in the P478RIZE LEGEND 480for the total number of words completed 487in 488that GAME490.
491(492d493) 494Possible prizes in the 498P499RIZE LEGEND501: 502$10, 503$20, $50, $100, $200, 507$500, 508$1,000, 510$10,000, 512$100,000, and $2,000,000518.
519(520e521) 522Only the highest prize won in a GAME is paid. 532A player may win in both GAMEs.
539(540f541) BONUS 543Play Area545. 546A ticket having a prize symbol and corresponding symbol caption 556showing a dollar amount 560in the BONUS play area shall entitle the player to the 571cash 572prize shown.
574(15750576) 577$2,000,000 Prize; Payment Options.
583(584a) A winner of a $2,000,000 prize may choose one of two payment options for receiving his/her prize. Payment options are 607One-Time Cash Payment or Annual Payments613. At the time the $2,000,000 prize is claimed, the terminal will produce a player claim instructions ticket. The winner has sixty (60) days from the date the player claim instructions ticket is produced to file a claim choosing the One-Time Cash Payment. If a winner does not choose the One-Time Cash Payment within the sixty (60) day timeframe, the A676nnual Payment option will be applied. Once the 684winner files a claim and exercises 690his/her 691chosen option, the election of that option shall be final. The Annual Payment method of payment will also be final when it is applied due to a $2,000,000 prize winner not making his/her payment election within sixty (60) days after the player claim instructions ticket is produced.
740(b) 741A winner of a $2,000,000 prize who elects the One-Time Cash Payment shall receive a single cash payment of $1,763195,000765.00, less applicabl768e federal income tax withholding.
773(c) Annual Payments will be paid in twenty-five (25) equal annual installments. A winner of a $2,000,000 792prize who elects the Annual Payment option, or has it applied, shall receive annual installments of $80,000 per year, less applicable federal tax withholding.
817(18181819) 820E821stimated odds of winning, value and number of prizes in Game Number 8331582834:
835GAME 836PLAY
837WIN
838ODDS OF 1 IN
842NUMBER OF WINNERS IN 846211.26 847POOLS OF 849120,000 851TICKETS PER POOL
854GAME #1: 3 WORDS
858$10
85920.00
8601,267,767
863GAME #2: 3 WORDS
867$10
86820.00
8691,267,754
872$10 BONUS
874$10
87515.00
8761,690,091
879GAME #1: 4 WORDS
883$20
88460.00
885422,499
887GAME #2: 4 WORDS
891$20
89237.50
893676,015
895GAME #1: 3 WORDS + GAME #2: 3 WORDS
904$20
90559.99
906422,591
908GAME #2: 3 WORDS + $10 BONUS
915$20
917337,915
919$20 BONUS
921$20
922100.05
923253,385
925GAME #1: 3 WORDS + GAME #2: 4 WORDS
934$30
935374.89
93667,623
938GAME #1: 4 WORDS + GAME #2: 3 WORDS
947$30
948374.74
94967,650
951GAME #1: 3 WORDS + $20 BONUS
958$30
959285.67
96088,741
962GAME #2: 3 WORDS + $20 BONUS
969$30
970285.97
97188,649
973GAME #2: 4 WORDS + $10 BONUS
980$30
981285.81
98288,698
984GAME #1: 4 WORDS + GAME #2: 4 WORDS
993$40
994800.07
99531,686
997GAME #1: 3 WORDS + GAME #2: 4 WORDS 1006+ $10 BONUS
1009$40
1010799.71
101131,700
1013GAME #1: 4 WORDS + GAME #2: 3 WORDS 1022+ $10 BONUS
1025$40
1026599.60
102742,280
1029GAME #1: 4 WORDS + $20 BONUS
1036$40
1037601.19
103842,168
1040GAME #2: 4 WORDS + $20 BONUS
1047$40
104942,112
1051$40 BONUS
1053$40
1054599.51
105542,286
1057GAME #1: 3 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1062$50
10631,198.68
106521,149
1067GAME #2: 3 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1072$50
10731,201.35
107521,102
1077GAME #1: 5 WORDS
1081$50
10821,202.95
108421,074
1086GAME #2: 5 WORDS
1090$50
10911,198.68
109321,149
1095GAME #1: 3 WORDS +GAME #2: 4 WORDS + $20 BONUS
1106$50
11071,199.93
110921,127
1111GAME #1: 4 WORDS +GAME #2: 3 WORDS + $20 BONUS
1122$50
11231,201.35
112521,102
1127$50 BONUS
1129$50
11301,200.16
113221,123
1134GAME #1: 6 WORDS
1138$100
1139800.95
114031,651
1142GAME #2: 6 WORDS
1146$100
1147798.76
114831,738
1150GAME #1: 4 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1155$100
1156799.16
115731,722
1159GAME #2: 4 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1164$100
1165799.36
116631,714
1168GAME #1: 5 WORDS + GAME #2: 5 WORDS
1177$100
1178799.31
117931,716
1181GAME #1: 3 WORDS (MONEYBAG) + GAME #2: 3 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1192$100
1193727.87
119434,829
1196GAME #1: 3 WORDS (MONEYBAG) + GAME #2: 5 WORDS
1206$100
1207727.03
120834,869
1210GAME #1: 5 WORDS + GAME #2: 3 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1220$100
1221801.05
122231,647
1224GAME #1: 5 WORDS + $50 BONUS
1231$100
1232798.93
123331,731
1235GAME #2: 5 WORDS + $50 BONUS
1242$100
1243799.19
124431,721
1246$100 BONUS
1248$100
1249800.70
125031,661
1252GAME #1: 7 WORDS
1256$200
12576,015.89
12594,214
1261GAME #2: 7 WORDS
1265$200
12666,008.76
12684,219
1270GAME #1: 6 WORDS + GAME #2: 6 WORDS
1279$200
12805,977.59
12824,241
1284GAME #1: 4 WORDS (MONEYBAG) + GAME #2: 4 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1295$200
12966,000.23
12984,225
1300$200 BONUS
1302$200
13035,986.06
13054,235
1307GAME #1: 8 WORDS
1311$500
131212,037.49
13142,106
1316GAME #2: 8 WORDS
1320$500
132112,054.66
13232,103
1325GAME #1: 7 WORDS + GAME #2: 7 WORDS + $100 BONUS
1337$500
133811,991.94
13402,114
1342GAME #1: 6 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1347$500
134811,958.00
13502,120
1352GAME #2: 6 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1357$500
135812,003.30
13602,112
1362GAME #1: 6 WORDS + GAME #2: 7 WORDS + $200 BONUS
1374$500
137512,141.26
13772,088
1379$500 BONUS
1381$500
13825,995.97
13844,228
1386GAME #1: 9 WORDS
1390$1,000
139229,615.61
1394856
1395GAME #2: 9 WORDS
1399$1,000
140129,789.61
1403851
1404GAME #1: 7 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1409$1,000
141129,930.30
1413847
1414GAME #2: 7 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1419$1,000
142130,001.14
1423845
1424GAME #1: 8 WORDS + GAME #2: 8 WORDS
1433$1,000
143529,859.79
1437849
1438GAME #1: 6 WORDS (MONEYBAG) + GAME #2: 6 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1449$1,000
145130,251.74
1453838
1454$1,000 BONUS
1457$1,000
145923,961.21
14611,058
1463GAME #1: 10 WORDS
1467$10,000
146959,931.35
1471423
1472GAME #2: 10 WORDS
1476$10,000
147860,503.48
1480419
1481GAME #1: 9 WORDS (MONEYBAG) + GAME #2: 9 WORDS (MONEYBAG)
1492$10,000
1494120,718.86
1496210
1497GAME #1: 11 WORDS
1501$100,000
15031,810,782.86
150614
1507GAME #2: 11 WORDS
1511$100,000
15132,535,096.00
151610
1517GAME #1: 12 WORDS (80K/YR/25YRS)1522*
1523$2,000,0001526*
15276,337,740.00
15304
1531GAME #2: 12 WORDS (80K/YR/25YRS)1536*
1537$2,000,0001540*
15416,337,740.00
15444
1545*Prize amount if the annual payment option is chosen or has it applied. If the 1560one-time 1561cash payment option is chosen, the amount paid is in accordance with subsection (1157501576), above.
1578(1157921580) The estimated overall odds of winning some prize in Game Number 15921582 1593are 1 in 15963.371597. 1598All prizes 1600are subject to availability at the time of ticket purchase. Prizes may be unavailable due to prior sale or other causes occurring in the normal course of business including, but not limited to, ticket damage, defect, theft, or loss.
1639(1164031641) For reorders of Game Number 16471582, 1648the estimated odds of winning, value, and number of prizes shall be proportionate to the number of tickets reordered.
1667(1166841669) Payment of prizes for 1674ULTIMATE VIP CA$HWORD 1677lottery tickets shall be made in accordance with the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes. A copy of the current rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011 1719or at flrules.org1722.
1723Rulemaking Authority 172524.105(9)(a), 1726(b), (c), 172824.109(1), 172924.115(1) FS. 1731Law Implemented 173324.105(9)(a), 1734(b), (c), 173624.115(1) FS. 1738History1739–1740New 174112-174291743-2174441745.