Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE™

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

53ER15-63Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE™

SUMMARY: This emergency rule describes the on-line game “Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE™, for which the Department of the Lottery will sell tickets beginning November 15, 2015.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Diane D. Schmidt, Legal Analyst, Department of the Lottery, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

 

53ER15-63 Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE™.

(1) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE™ is a number-match online terminal game with a limited number of tickets available that will be sold within a limited sales period.

(2) Each Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket sells for $20.

(3) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will go on sale November 15, 2015.  Sales of Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will cease immediately after the 750,000th ticket is sold or at 11:59:59 p.m. ET on December 30, 2015, whichever occurs first.

(4) Each Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket will contain a unique raffle ticket number that will be automatically entered into the New Year’s Eve drawing on December 31, 2015. Tickets purchased by December 23, 2015, will also be entered into one of five weekly drawings based upon the date of purchase. Drawings will be held from tickets sold before midnight ET on the last day of the raffle ticket sales period for each drawing.  The drawing schedule is as follows:

Drawing	Drawing Date	Raffle Ticket Sales Period
Week 1	November 24, 2015	November 15, 2015 - November 23, 2015
Week 2	December 3, 2015	November 24, 2015 - December 2, 2015
Week 3	December 10, 2015	December 3, 2015 - December 9, 2015
Week 4	December 17, 2015	December 10, 2015 - December 16, 2015
Week 5	December 24, 2015	December 17, 2015 - December 23, 2015
New Year’s Eve	December 31, 2015	November 15, 2015 - December 30, 2015

(5) Prize Structure.

(a) The prizes, number of winners and estimated odds in each of the five weekly drawings are as follows:

Weekly Drawing Prize Structure
	Prize	Prize Amount	Number of Winners per Weekly Drawing	Estimated Odds*
	First	$10,000	1	1:150,000
	Second	$500	200	1:750
				Overall 1:746

* The estimated odds are based on the presumptions that Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets are sold proportionally throughout the Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE sales period and all Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets are sold by December 23, 2015. The actual odds of winning a weekly prize depend on the number of tickets sold for each weekly drawing.

(b) The prizes, number of winners and estimated odds in the New Year’s Eve drawing are as follows:

New Year’s Eve Drawing Prize Structure
Prize	Prize Amount	Number of Winners	Estimated Odds**
First	$1,000,000	7	1:107,143
Second	$50,000	15	1:50,000
Third	$5,000	25	1:30,000
Fourth	$500	500	1:1,500
			Overall 1:1,371

**The estimated odds of winning a prize in the New Year’s Eve drawing are based on the presumption that all Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets are sold.

(6) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will automatically print from the terminal with raffle ticket numbers issued in sequential order from 000001 to 750000 as they are sold throughout the state. Each Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket will contain only one raffle ticket number. Players cannot select their own raffle ticket numbers.

(7) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets cannot be canceled.

(8) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE Drawings. Drawings shall be conducted using a certified random generation process.

(a) Weekly Drawings.  In each weekly drawing, only raffle ticket numbers purchased during the corresponding sales period will be included in the drawing.  The first raffle ticket number drawn will win the first prize. The second through the two hundred and first raffle ticket numbers drawn will each win a second prize. A total of 1,005 prizes will be available in the five weekly drawings.

1. In the event that all 750,000 Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets sell out during a weekly drawing sales period in which there are fewer tickets in the weekly drawing than weekly prizes to be awarded, a two-part drawing for that weekly sales period will be held on the date scheduled. Part one of the drawing will include only those raffle ticket numbers sold during the sales period. One raffle ticket number will be drawn to determine the $10,000 weekly winner. All remaining raffle ticket numbers sold during the sales period will each win a second prize.  Part two of the drawing will include all 750,000 raffle ticket numbers, except that, raffle ticket numbers that were included in part one of the drawing and raffle ticket numbers selected in the prior weekly drawings will be excluded and ineligible for a prize. The number of eligible raffle ticket numbers drawn in part two of the drawing will be equal to the number of second prizes remaining after part one of the drawing is conducted. Each raffle ticket number drawn will win a second prize. The overall odds of winning a prize in part one of the drawing are 1:1.  The overall odds of winning a prize in part two of the drawing are (201 minus the number of raffle tickets included in part one of the drawing) in (750,000 minus the number of raffle tickets included in part one of the drawing and the number of raffle tickets selected in the prior weekly drawings). 

2. In the event that all 750,000 Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets sell out and there are no ticket sales during a weekly sales period, the prizes for that sales period will be awarded in a drawing on the date scheduled. The drawing will include all 750,000 raffle ticket numbers, except that, raffle ticket numbers selected in the prior weekly drawings will be excluded and ineligible for a prize. Prizes will be awarded in the order the raffle ticket numbers are drawn. The overall odds of winning a prize are 201 in 750,000 minus the number of raffle tickets selected in the prior weekly drawings.

(b) New Year’s Eve Drawing. In the New Year’s Eve drawing, all raffle tickets sold during the New Year’s Eve drawing sales period will be included in the drawing. The first through seventh raffle ticket numbers drawn will each win a first prize. The eighth through the twenty-second raffle ticket numbers drawn will each win a second prize. The twenty-third through the forty-seventh raffle ticket numbers drawn will each win a third prize and the forty-eighth through the five hundred and forty-seventh raffle ticket  numbers drawn will each win a fourth prize. A total of 547 prizes will be available in the New Year’s Eve drawing.

(c) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE drawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. Winning raffle ticket numbers will be available after each drawing on the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com. The top prize winning raffle ticket number(s) will be available after each drawing at Florida Lottery retailers.

(9) Upon validation of a winning weekly drawing Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket valued at greater than $500, the terminal will produce “player claim instructions” and a “continuation ticket” for the New Year’s Eve drawing. The Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE continuation ticket automatically issued for the claimant shall be the instrument from which a claim on the New Year’s Eve drawing will be paid. Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets and Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE continuation tickets are the only valid receipts to redeem a prize. 

(10) Winning Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets valued at $500 may be presented to a Florida Lottery retailer, Florida Lottery district office or Florida Lottery Headquarters for payment. Winning Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets valued at $5,000, $10,000 and $50,000 must be presented to a Florida Lottery office for payment. Winning Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets valued at $1,000,000 must be presented at Florida Lottery headquarters for payment. Information about procedures for filing a claim can be obtained at flalottery.com or by calling [phone] (TDD [phone]).

(11) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE prizes must be claimed within 180 days from the date of the drawing.

(12) From November 15, 2015, through 11:59:59 p.m. ET on December 30, 2015, Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will be available for purchase daily between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and midnight, subject to a retailer’s hours of operation, on-line system availability and Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket availability.

(13) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons prohibited by Section 24.116, Florida Statutes, from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to play.

(14) All Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE prizes are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, Florida Statutes, and rules promulgated thereunder.  Prizes will 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.

(15) Payment of all federal, state and/or local taxes will be the responsibility of the winner. Applicable Federal withholding taxes will be withheld from $1,000,000, $50,000 and $10,000 cash prize payments.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1), FS.  Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1), FS.  History – New 11-12-15.

 

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 12, 2015