53ER08-62: Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing.
SUMMARY: The Department of the Lottery will conduct a Winner Wonderland® Second Chance drawing between October 14, 2008 and December 2, 2008, in which special prizes will be awarded.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Faith L. Schneider, Legal Analyst, Department of the Lottery, Capitol Complex, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011
THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:
53ER08-62 Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing.
(1) Beginning Tuesday, October 14, 2008, players can enter their non-winning Florida Lottery Winner Wonderland® scratch-off tickets in the Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing on the Florida Lottery Website to win a $5,000 Shopping Spree and weekend Hotel get away at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center, or gift cards to the Florida Mall®.
(2) One Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, from entries received by midnight Monday, December 1, 2008, to award four Grand Prizes and all second and third prizes. One final drawing to award the final Grand Prize will be held on the second Wednesday following the end of game sales (to be determined) from all entries received between December 2, 2008 and midnight on the night before the drawing. Entries will be good for one drawing only.
(3) A total of 5 Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Grand Prizes will be awarded. Each Holiday Shopping Spree Grand Prize, valued at $6,400, includes:
(a) $5,000 Gift Card to the Florida Mall.
(b) Two night stay in an Executive Suite at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center (Double Occupancy).
(c) Breakfast Buffet for two at Crickets Grill.
(d) Two Starbucks Gift Cards valued at $10 each.
(e) Two Therapeutic Massages provided by the hotel, valet parking for the duration of stay at hotel and guaranteed availability for any two nights beginning December 2 through December 24, 2008.
The Winner Wonderland® Holiday Grand Prize Shopping Spree prize packages do not include travel to the hotel, meals, taxes, gratuities or other expenses incurred. Except during the month of December 2008, confirmed reservations are based upon room availability.
(4) A total of ten second place prizes of $1,000 Gift Cards to the Florida Mall and twenty third place prizes of $500 Gift Cards to the Florida Mall will be awarded on Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
(5) To enter a non-winning Winner Wonderland® ticket in the Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing, players must visit the Florida Lotterys Website at www.flalottery.com, click on the Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing icon and follow the directions. Winning Winner Wonderland® tickets cannot be used for entry into a second chance drawing. The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of entries received.
Players may enter as many times as they wish during the contest period. However, each valid ticket number may only be used one time, for one entry into the next scheduled drawing. Only one (1) prize will be awarded per person.
Non-winning tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery will not be entered into the drawing and will not be returned.
(6) A total of thirty-four (34) entries will be drawn on December 2, 2008. The first four (4) numbers drawn will win a Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Grand Prize. The fifth through fourteenth numbers drawn will win a $1,000 Gift Card for the Florida Mall and will be alternates for the Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Grand Prize. The fifteenth through thirty-fourth numbers drawn will win a $500 Gift Card for the Florida Mall.
Two (2) entries will be drawn in the final drawing held following the end of the Winner Wonderland® game. The first number drawn will be awarded a Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Grand Prize and the second number drawn will be an alternate.
(7) The prizewinners in each Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing will be posted on www.flalottery.com by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the draw. The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify prizewinners by telephone, certified mail or e-mail no later than one (1) week after the winners are drawn. If the Florida Lottery is unable to contact a Shopping Spree Grand Prize winner within three (3) weeks of 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 an alternate as set forth below If the Lottery is unable to contact a second or third prize winner within three (3) weeks of the date of the drawing, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the prize will not be awarded.
(8) Grand Prize Alternates. For the December 2, 2008 drawing, alternates will be selected, in the order in which they were drawn, from winners in the second prize category who have been contacted within the three (3) week period. If the Lottery has been unable to contact a second prize winner within the initial three (3) weeks, the Grand Prize Shopping Spree prize will not be awarded. For the drawing after the end of the Winner Wonderland® game, if the Florida Lottery is unable to contact the alternate winner within three (3) weeks of forfeiture by the initial winner, the alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the prize will not be awarded. Winner Wonderland® Second Chance Drawing prizes will be shipped to the winners address within approximately 15 business days after the winning ticket has been received by the Lottery. Unclaimed gift cards, if any, will be used for future Florida Lottery promotional prizes. Unclaimed hotel packages will remain the property of the hotel.
(9) All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met. To claim a Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing prize, the player must submit to the Florida Lottery the original valid non-winning ticket bearing the entry number selected in the drawing. Without such ticket, the player will forfeit his or her right to claim a prize. Winners must submit the valid entry ticket along with a completed Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2 or DOL-173-2S, as referenced in Rule 53ER08-20, F.A.C., and a copy of acceptable identification to the Florida Lottery within two (2) weeks of notification by the Lottery that they are a winner. The Grand Prize winner must also submit an Authorization to Release Address form DOL-473, Eff. 10/08. Form DOL-473 is hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained from any Lottery office or on the Lotterys Website www.flalottery.com. Winners who cannot produce a valid entry ticket and/or do not return the required documents as set forth above will forfeit their right to claim the prize.
(10) Winners of the Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Grand Prize package will be provided the name and telephone number of a contact person at The Florida Hotel who will assist the winner in making hotel reservations. Travel must be completed by December 31, 2009, or prize will be forfeited.
(11) Federal income tax withholding for the value of the Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Grand Prize package will be paid by the Florida Lottery. Any additional federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees are the responsibility of the winner. The value of the prize reported to the Internal Revenue Service as income will be $8,533.33 for a U.S. citizen.
All federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the second and third prizes will be the responsibility of the winner. Federal income taxes are required to be withheld from a prize awarded to a nonresident alien claimant at the rate of thirty percent (30%) pursuant to applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Because the second and third prizes in this promotion do not involve cash from which to withhold taxes, a nonresident alien claimant who is selected as a winner will be required to pay the withholding tax or forfeit the prize. The reporting and subsequent payment of any additional federal, state and/or local taxes shall be the responsibility of the nonresident alien winner.
(12) No cash option is available in lieu of the prizes.
(13) The right to claim a prize cannot be assigned to another person or entity.
(14) All prizes are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, F.S., and rules promulgated thereunder. Prizes will be paid in accordance with the rules of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes.
Copies of the current prize payment rule and the Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011.
(15) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons prohibited by Section 24.116, F.S., from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to play.
(16) A player entering Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawing is deemed to have granted 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.
(17) The Winner Wonderland® Holiday Shopping Spree Second Chance Drawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The results of the drawings will be available after the drawing on the Florida Lotterys Website at www.flalottery.com, by phone at (850)487-7777 and at Florida Lottery retailers.
Specific Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS. HistoryNew 10-9-08.
