$5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

53ER23-56$5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION

SUMMARY OF THE RULE: This emergency rule sets forth the provisions for the $5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Minerva A. Simpson, Attorney, Department of the Lottery, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399‑4011.

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THIS EMERGENCY RULE IS:

 

53ER23-56 $5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION.

(1) Beginning October 30, 2023 and ending January 14, 2024 (“Promotion Period”), the Florida Lottery will conduct the $5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION (“Promotion”). Players who purchase Game Number 1544, $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1546, $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1547, $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; and Game Number 1543, $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH (collectively “TRIPLE MATCH”) Scratch-Off tickets and who purchase or have issued (such as a free ticket) any JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAYTM (with or without COMBO) ticket/s during the Promotion Period can earn entries into a Promotion Drawing for a chance to win a prize of $1,000; $5,000; or $20,000. Players will also have chance/s to win Tango Reward Link® (“Tango”) E-Gift card/s and JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBOTM BOGO coupon/s.

Non-winning TRIPLE MATCH tickets purchased during the Promotion Period are eligible for entry throughout the Promotion Period. All JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO) tickets purchased or issued (including free tickets) during a Promotion Drawing Entry Period (defined in subsection (5), below) are eligible for entry only during that respective Drawing Entry Period. Hereafter, and collectively, “Eligible” tickets, as defined herein. Winning TRIPLE MATCH Scratch-Off tickets are not eligible. Canceled JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO) tickets are not eligible.

(2) How to Enter.

(a) To enter an Eligible ticket into a Promotion Drawing, a player may use the Florida Lottery's website at flalottery.com or use the Florida Lottery's Mobile Convenience App ("App").

1. Website. On the home page of the Florida Lottery's website, players are to click on the PROMOTIONS tab, select the $5,000,000 Holiday Bonus Play Promotion and follow the directions. Players will be prompted to log-in or register. Players will manually enter the 24-digit ticket number shown on TRIPLE MATCH tickets or the 19-digit ticket number on JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY tickets on the ticket entry page to collect entries as described in subsection (3), below.          

2. App. On the App, players navigate to the Promotions section of the app, select the $5,000,000 Holiday Bonus Play Promotion, and follow the directions. A Promotions button is located on the main menu and on the bottom navigation bar. Players will be prompted to log-in or register if the app does not recognize them as already logged into the Promotions section. Players may scan the barcode on the bottom of a ticket or may manually enter the 24-digit ticket number on TRIPLE MATCH tickets or the 19-digit ticket number on JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY tickets on the ticket entry page to collect entries as described in subsection (3), below.

3. Deleted Accounts. If a player deletes his/her account, whether through the App or on the Florida Lottery’s website, all account data, including ticket entries, associated with the email address used to register his/her account will also be deleted. Any entries earned, as described in subsection (3), below, will not be entered into a drawing. A player’s account cannot be reactivated using the email associated with the deactivated account. Should a player establish a new account utilizing a different email address, account data, including ticket entries, cannot be transferred to the newly established account. Tickets entered under the prior account cannot be re-entered utilizing the newly created account.

4. Regardless of whether a player chooses to participate in the Promotion by using the web browser or the App, the following provisions shall apply:

a. the player must use the same account login information to enter tickets;

b. the player will only be required to register one time; and

c. the player's entry history will be cumulative among the entry platforms.

(b) Any player using multiple or different email addresses, identities, registrations, logins, or any other methods will subject the player and any associated entries to disqualification. In the event a player wins a prize, the name a player uses to register must match the name shown on his/her identification used to make a claim, except for a person who has made a legal name change. A person who has made a legal name change must provide a copy of a marriage certificate/judgment/court order, as applicable, as proof of a differing name. Fictitious names and business names will not be accepted and shall subject the player and any associated entries to disqualification. 

(c) The odds of winning in a drawing depend on the number of entries into a drawing. All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and will be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.

(d) Lottery tickets should not be mailed to the Lottery for prize entry. Tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery for entry into the Promotion will not be entered and will not be returned.

(3) How to Earn Entries.

(a) To earn entries into a Promotion Drawing, a player may enter ticket numbers by scanning the barcode on the bottom of an Eligible ticket using his or her mobile device or by manually entering the 24-digit ticket number (TRIPLE MATCH tickets) or the 19-digit number (JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY tickets) on the website or the Mobile App. A player may earn multiple entries during an entry period; however, a player can only win one Promotion Drawing prize per entry. A player may enter a maximum of 200 tickets per day. Each ticket number can only be entered one time and cannot be entered again for another drawing. Training tickets will not be accepted, and tickets with invalid ticket numbers will be disqualified. The hours for ticket entry are between 6:00 a.m. ET and 12:00 midnight ET seven days a week during the Promotion Period.

(b) Number of Entries Received. For each Eligible ticket, a player will receive the number of entries as set forth in the table below:

Game	Price Point/Value	Number of Entries
#1544 - $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH	$1	1
#1545 - $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH	$2	2
#1546 - $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH	$5	5
#1547 - $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH	$10	10
#1543 - $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH	$20	20
JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO)* (includes free tickets)	$1 - $60	1 Entry for each $1 Paid/Value of the Ticket
BONUS ENTRIES - Entire TRIPLE MATCH Family of Games (Non-Winning tickets)	$38	50

   * JACKPORT TRIPLE PLAY tickets purchased or issued during a Drawing Entry Period can only be entered during that respective Drawing Entry Period. An attempt to enter a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY ticket during a Drawing Entry Period in which it was not purchased or issued will be rejected and will not create drawing entries.

(c) Bonus Drawing Entries. 

TRIPLE MATCH Family of Scratch-Off games. In addition to the entries earned, as set forth in the table in paragraph (3)(b), above, a player who enters a complete family of non-winning TRIPLE MATCH tickets (Game Number 1544, $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1546, $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1547, $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; and Game Number 1543, $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH) will receive 50 additional entries.

Once an Eligible ticket is either scanned or manually entered, four (4) game cards will appear on the screen. Each card has six (6) spaces; one free space and one space for each of Game Number 1544, $10,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1546, $1,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; Game Number 1547, $2,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH; and Game Number 1543, $5,000,000 TRIPLE MATCH. Once a card has all six (6) symbols (free space and one for each of the TRIPLE MATCH games), 50 additional entries will be awarded for the next available drawing. Once a card has all six spots filled, the card will clear and be available for additional ticket entry symbols. If a ticket is entered in excess of the number of spaces available on all four cards for a given game, the ticket will be discarded, will not be saved, and will not be entered onto a card once a card has been cleared. A complete family of tickets is not required to be entered simultaneously.

Example: This example assumes all game cards are empty. If one or more cards contain symbols, the number of available card entry spots will be reduced accordingly. A player enters five (5) Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH ticket numbers. The player will earn two (2) (reference the table in paragraph (3)(b)) entries into a Promotion drawing for each of the five (5) tickets entered, for a total of ten (10) drawing entries. For the purposes of a chance to obtain 50 additional entries into the next available drawing, four of the tickets will cause one symbol to be entered onto each of the four game cards, thereby filling all available Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH spaces. (No additional Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH tickets will be applied to a game card until a card has been completely filled and cleared, though additional Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH ticket entries will earn entries into a Promotion drawing, as set forth in the table in paragraph (3)(b).) The fifth Game Number 1545, $50,000 TRIPLE MATCH ticket entry will be discarded, not saved, and not entered onto another game card once a card is cleared. The same applies to each of the other TRIPLE MATCH games.

(4) Tango Reward Link E-Gift Cards and JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO BOGO Coupons.

(a) Players having qualifying entries will have a chance to win either a Tango E-Gift Card or a Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) coupon for a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket. A nth generation process will be used to make random awards. Award of an E-Gift card or BOGO coupon will not affect or diminish the number of entries received for a drawing.

(b) Tango E-Gift Cards.  

For a Tango E-Gift Card, credits equivalent to the value of the E-Gift Card won are awarded to the player. The credits are then redeemable for digital gift cards for available merchant/s. Winning players can go to flalottery.com/holidaybonusplay ($5,000,000 Holiday Bonus Play Promotion site) to view a list of available Florida Lottery Tango Reward Link merchants, log in to their account, link to their Tango Reward Link prize page, and make their selections. A player may choose multiple merchants; however, the total value across all chosen merchants cannot exceed the value of the Tango E-Gift card. The merchant digital gift cards may be used for online or in-store purchases.

The Florida Lottery is not responsible or liable for the availability or non-availability of Tango merchants. Merchants shown through the Tango Reward Link catalog may change/be added/be removed at the discretion of the Florida Lottery/its contractors/Tango as the need arises. The Florida Lottery is not responsible or liable for any fees charged by a Tango merchant or the expiration of any Tango merchant gift cards. Should Tango and/or any merchant, whether under their current name/s, operating under other name/s, or otherwise merged with other entity/entities, their parent companies, subsidiaries, divisions, banks/financial institutions, and/or other entities responsible for honoring gift cards declare bankruptcy or in any manner be unable to honor or refuse to honor a gift card, no cash compensation or other manner of compensation shall be provided. While Tango E-Gift cards, at the time of the time of this Promotion, do not expire, should Tango change its policies/practices regarding its E-Gift cards, the Florida Lottery will not be responsible or liable and players will not be further compensated.

(c) JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO BOGO Coupons.

To use a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO BOGO coupon, a player must purchase a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket and present the coupon at the time of purchase. Upon the purchase of a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket, and in conjunction with presentment of the BOGO coupon, a free JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket will be issued. Coupons may only be used one time. Coupons may be redeemed at any Lottery retailer or Lottery office, subject to hours of operation. The redemption deadline for coupons is 11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 14, 2024.

(d) Tango E-Gift Card and JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO BOGO Coupon totals are set forth in the table, below:

 

COUPON PRIZES	TOTAL NUMBER OF E-GIFT CARD/COUPON PRIZES (quantity over the entire Promotion Period)	TOTAL VALUE OF COUPON PRIZES (value over the entire Promotion Period)
$500 Tango Reward Link E-Gift Card	2,000	$1,000,000
$250 Tango Reward Link E-Gift Card	5,000	$1,250,000
$100 Tango Reward Link E-Gift Card	20,000	$2,000,000
BOGO Coupon for JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with COMBO ticket	52,500	$105,000
Totals	79,500	$4,355,000

 

(5) Entry Periods and Drawings. The Florida Lottery will conduct three (3) drawings in the Promotion. Prizewinners for each drawing will be randomly selected from entries submitted and received before midnight (ET) of a Drawing Entry Period end date, as identified in the table, below. Entries for one Drawing Entry Period are not carried over into a subsequent Drawing Entry Period. Prizewinners will be randomly selected using a certified random number generation process. The drawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The drawing entry periods, drawing dates, and winner announcement dates are:

DRAWING ENTRY PERIOD (all dates are inclusive)	DRAWING DATE	WINNERS ANNOUNCED
October 30, 2023 through November 30, 2023	December 4, 2023	December 6, 2023
December 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023	January 3, 2024	January 5, 2024
January 1, 2024 through January 14, 2024	January 16, 2024	January 18, 2024

(a) The prizewinners in a Promotion Drawing will be announced and posted on flalottery.com on the “WINNERS ANNOUNCED” dates, set forth in the table above, or as soon thereafter as possible.

(b) In each Promotion Drawing, a total of 150 valid entries will be drawn by the Florida Lottery. Prizes will be awarded in the quantities set forth in the table in subsection (6), below, and awarded to players in the order in which they were drawn during each drawing. Remaining entries will be alternates and used in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select alternate top, second, and third prizewinners in the event a prizewinner cannot be notified or fails to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (8), below, or in the event an entry is disqualified. A player can only win one prize in a Promotion drawing per entry.

(6) The prizes, prize amounts, and number of prizewinners are listed in the table, below:

PRIZE	AMOUNT	NUMBER OF WINNERS PER DRAWING	TOTAL PRIZE AMOUNTS PER DRAWING
TOP PRIZE	$20,000	1	$60,000
2nd Prize	$5,000	24	$360,000
3rd Prize	$1,000	75	$225,000
TOTALS	N/A	100	$645,000

 

(7) Prizewinner Notification. The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify each prizewinner by telephone or email using the contact information provided in the prizewinner’s registration data within one business day 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. Issuing an email or leaving a telephone message on voicemail, if available, shall constitute notification. The Florida Lottery will not attempt to further locate a prizewinner if notification is unsuccessful. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact with a prizewinner within ten (10) calendar days of the date the prizewinners are posted on the Lottery’s website, the prizewinner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will select an alternate prizewinner in accordance with subsection (5), above. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have contact with the alternate prizewinner within ten (10) calendar days of the date of notification, the alternate prizewinner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will select the next alternate prizewinner. This 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 prizewinner or an alternate prizewinner to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (8), below. The Florida Lottery is not responsible or liable for system failures of any sort or type, including, but not exclusively, computer failures, email service failures, telephone failures. If a prize cannot be awarded for any reason, the prize will not be awarded.

(8) How to Claim a Prize.

(a) To claim a prize won in a Promotion drawing, a prizewinner must submit to the Florida Lottery a completed Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2, Revised 2/23, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2S, Revised 2/23, and a copy of acceptable identification as set forth in the Florida Lottery’s rule governing payment of prizes. Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference and 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, Claims Processing, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016.

(b) 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 32301.

(c) The required documents must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than ten (10) calendar days after the Florida Lottery has first contact with a prizewinner (i.e., the prizewinner has responded to notification). If the Florida Lottery does not receive the required documents from a prizewinner by the tenth calendar day after first contact, 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 subsection (5), above. The same timeframe for a prizewinner to return required documentation to the Florida Lottery shall apply to an alternate prizewinner.

(9) Award of Prizes. Upon the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a prizewinner’s required documentation, the Florida Lottery will award the prize for that prizewinner, subject to applicable federal tax withholding and analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support Debt.

(10) Analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support Debt. Prior to the award of all Promotion drawing cash prizes, a prizewinner will be analyzed for Florida state-owed debt and child support debt. If more than one prize is awarded to the prizewinner, a separate analysis shall occur prior to payment of each prize. If the prizewinner is identified as owing outstanding debt to any state agency or owes child support, the debt will be offset in accordance with section 24.115, Fla. Stat. If the debt is an amount less than the amount of the cash prize, the balance of the prize, less applicable income tax withholding on the full prize amount, and after the debt is offset shall be awarded. If the debt is an amount greater than any cash prize, the entire prize amount, after applicable income tax withholding on the full prize amount, will be applied to the outstanding debt.

(11) Taxes.

(a) Except as specifically defined herein, all federal, state, and/or local taxes and/or other costs and fees on all prizes will be the responsibility of the prizewinner.

(b) For $20,000 cash prizes won in the Promotion drawings, and pursuant to applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Service code, federal income taxes will be withheld at a rate of twenty-four percent (24%) for a U. S. citizen or legal U. S. resident and at a rate of thirty percent (30%) for nonresident prizewinners. Regardless of prize amount, for all prizes won in a Promotion drawing by a nonresident, federal income taxes will be withheld at a rate of thirty percent (30%). The payment of any additional federal, state, and/or local taxes and any other fees and costs shall be the responsibility of the prizewinner.

(12) A player can only win one prize in a Promotion Drawing per entry.

(13) If a prize (cash/gift cards/coupons) is not awarded during the Promotion for any reason, it will not otherwise be awarded.

(14) A prizewinner is not required to submit the Eligible ticket he or she entered to claim a prize.

(15) Retailer Bonus Sales Commission. The sum of $400,000 has been allocated for the award of bonus commissions during this Promotion. During the Promotion Period, retailers will receive double sales commissions for JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY (with or without COMBO) tickets sold until the allocated sum has been reached. Should this sum be reached prior to the end of the Promotion Period, bonus commissions will no longer be awarded.

(16) Other Restrictions and Provisions.

(a) A player must be at least 18 years of age.

(b) All prizes are subject to the provisions of chapter 24, Fla. Stat., and rules promulgated thereunder. Prizes will be paid in accordance with the Florida Lottery’s rule governing payment of prizes, Rule 53ER23-20, Payment of Prizes, F.A.C. Copies of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32301.

(c) Persons prohibited by section 24.116, Fla. Stat., from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to enter this Promotion.

(d) By entering the $5,000,000 HOLIDAY BONUS PLAY PROMOTION, a 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.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS. History–New 10-30-23.

 

THIS RULE TAKES EFFECT UPON BEING FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE UNLESS A LATER TIME AND DATE IS SPECIFIED IN THE RULE.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  10/30/23