Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE Retailer Incentive Rules

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
53ER07-72: Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE Retailer Incentive Rules
SUMMARY: The Department of the Lottery will conduct a “Holiday Millionaire Raffle Retailer Incentive” program from November 19, 2007 through December 28, 2007, in which certain retailers will receive bonus commissions during the promotion period.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Faith L. Schneider, Legal Analyst, Department of the Lottery, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011

THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

53ER07-72 Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLETM Retailer Incentive Rules.

(1) Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE is an on-line number match game. Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will go on sale Monday, November 19, 2007. Sales of Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will cease immediately after the 1,500,000th ticket is sold or at midnight on December 28, 2007, whichever occurs first.

(2) Each Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket will contain a unique ticket number that will be entered automatically into the Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE drawing. A random computerized drawing from among all Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket numbers issued during the sales period will be held on December 29, 2007. A total of 237 prizes will be awarded. Prizes will be awarded in the order drawn. The first through twelfth numbers drawn will win $1 million cash. The 13th through 37th numbers drawn will win $100,000 and will be alternates in the order drawn for a $1 million prize in the event a top prize is not claimed within the 180-day claim period. The 38th through 237th numbers drawn will win $10,000.

(3) Beginning November 19, 2007, every 50th Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket sold statewide will be an instant cash winner of $50 until a total of 20,000 instant $50 prizes are awarded. Instant cash winners will receive a Cash Prize Coupon that can be redeemed instantly at a Florida Lottery retailer.

(4) Retailers will receive a five-percent cashing commission on every $50 Cash Prize Coupon they redeem in their store. The cashing commission will be reflected on the retailer’s weekly Settlement Report and will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes.

(5) A retailer who sells a winning $1 million Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket will receive a bonus commission of $5,000 in addition to the regular five percent sales commission set forth in Rule 53ER05-14, Florida Administrative Code.

(6) Award of a bonus commission is not dependent upon the winning Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket being claimed by the winner. Retailers who sell winning $10,000 or $100,000 Holiday MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets, including those that subsequently become alternate winners of a $1 million prize, will not be eligible for a bonus commission.

(7) Retailers whose Florida Lottery contracts are terminated or inactivated prior to the bonus commission award shall be paid the bonus commission provided the termination or inactivation was not due to non-compliance with Florida Lottery laws, rules or contract terms.

(8) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply the bonus commission earned against a retailer’s outstanding debt to the Florida Lottery.

Specific Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1), 24.112(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.112(1) FS. History–New 11-16-07.

 

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 16, 2007