CASH CASTLE Bonus Play Promotion

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

53ER24-12CASH CASTLE Bonus Play Promotion

SUMMARY OF THE RULE: This rule sets forth the terms, conditions, and prizes for the CASH CASTLE Bonus Play Promotion.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Minerva Simpson, Attorney, Department of the Lottery, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32301.

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THIS EMERGENCY RULE IS:

 

53ER24-12 CASH CASTLE Bonus Play Promotion.

(1) Beginning April 8, 2024, and through May 19, 2024 (“Bonus Play Period”), the Florida Lottery will conduct the CASH CASTLE Bonus Play (“Bonus Play” or “Promotion”) in which players can enter winning, non-winning, and free Florida LOTTO®, with or without Double Play® and/or with or without EZmatchTM, tickets and non-winning GOLD RUSH LEGACY (Game Number 1562) Scratch-Off tickets (collectively “Eligible” ticket/s) purchased or issued during the Bonus Play Period into a drawing for a chance to win a trip to Ireland (“Trip” or “Trip Prize” or “Trip Package”). Canceled and continuation tickets are not eligible.

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

1. Website. On the home page of the Florida Lottery's website, players go to the Promotions tab and select the CASH CASTLE Bonus Play. Players will click on Register/Login and follow the prompts. Players will manually enter the 24-digit ticket number on GOLD RUSH LEGACY tickets and the 19-digit ticket number on Florida LOTTO tickets.          

2. App. On the App, players go to the Promotions button, located on either the main menu or on the bottom navigation bar, and select the CASH CASTLE Bonus Play. Players will be prompted to log-in or register. Players may scan the barcode on the bottom of a ticket or may manually enter the 24-digit ticket number on GOLD RUSH LEGACY tickets and the 19-digit number on Florida LOTTO tickets.

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. 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 Bonus Play 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) Tickets should not be mailed to the Florida Lottery for entry into a drawing. Tickets received in the mail by the Lottery for entry into the Bonus Play will not be entered and will not be returned. 

(d) Players may enter Eligible ticket/s into the Bonus Play at any time during the Bonus Play Period, except that entry capabilities on the website and App will be unavailable from 12 a.m. through 6 a.m. ET due to routine maintenance and may be unavailable at other times if there are technical difficulties. Entries must be made by 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) on the last day of a Drawing Entry Period to be entered into that drawing. See subsection (4) for Drawing Entry Periods.

(e) Only Eligible tickets purchased or issued and entered during the Bonus Play Period may win a prize.

(f) A player may enter multiple tickets, up to a maximum of 200 tickets per day. A ticket number may only be entered one time. 

(g) A player can only win one Trip Prize during the Bonus Play. Should a player be drawn as a winner a second, or more, times, that win will be discarded, and an alternate winner chosen, as described in subsection (4), below.

(h) The odds of winning depend on the number of entries. All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.

(2) Number of Entries Earned. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “companion” refers to either a GOLD RUSH LEGACY ticket or a Florida LOTTO ticket; the two ticket types together make a “set.” A player will earn two (2) entries into a drawing once the player enters both a non-winning GOLD RUSH LEGACY (Game Number 1562) Scratch-Off ticket and any one Florida LOTTO ticket purchased or issued during the Bonus Play Period. (A player’s entry of multiple GOLD RUSH LEGACY or multiple LOTTO tickets will not earn entries into a drawing without also entering Eligible companion ticket/s.) A player is not required to enter both Eligible companion tickets at the same time. If a player enters one of the two companion tickets but not the other companion ticket during a Drawing Entry Period, the player will not earn entries and will not be entered into a drawing. If by the close of a Drawing Entry Period, a player has not entered a “set” of tickets, the ticket/s entered without a companion ticket will be carried over into subsequent Drawing Entry Period/s through the last Drawing Entry Period or until companion ticket/s have been entered. Once a player has entered both Eligible companion tickets, making a set, and earned the two (2) entries into a Drawing Entry Period, the tickets that earned the entries will no longer be carried over into subsequent Drawing Entry Period/s.

(3) Prizes. The following table sets forth the prizes available in the Bonus Play:

Prize	Number of Winners	Prize Value (for a Single Ireland Trip Package)
Ireland Trip	50	$60,500*

*Estimated value. Should the actual retail value be determined to be less than the estimated amount shown, no additional compensation shall be awarded to winners.

(4) Drawings. Five promotional drawings will be held. Winners will be randomly selected from valid entries submitted and received by 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) at the end of each Drawing Entry Period. The Drawing Entry Periods, Drawing Dates, and Winner Announced dates are set forth in the table below. Drawings will be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. 

Drawing Entry Period	Drawing Date	Winners Announced
April 8 – 15, 2024	April 16, 2024	April 17, 2024
April 16 – 23, 2024	April 24, 2024	April 25, 2024
April 24 – May 1, 2024	May 2, 2024	May 3, 2024
May 2 – 9, 2024	May 10, 2024	May 11, 2024
May 10 – 19, 2024	May 20, 2024	May 21, 2024

 

(a) In the drawing, a total of 20 valid entries will be drawn using a certified random number generation process. The first ten valid entries drawn will win a Trip Prize. The remaining valid entries drawn will be used in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select alternate prize winners in the event a Trip Prize cannot be awarded to an initial winner or in the event the same winner has been drawn a second, or more, times.

(b) A player may only win one (1) time in this Bonus Play. Should a player who has previously won a Trip Prize in the Bonus Play be drawn a second, or more, times, an additional Trip Prize will not be awarded to this player and an alternate winner will be chosen. In the event a player was identified as a winner in a previous Drawing and did not respond to the Lottery’s notification, as defined in subsection (5), below, or did not provide the required documentation, as defined in subsection (6), below, and should the player be drawn a second time, this paragraph will not apply, and the player may be awarded a Trip Prize. However, in no event, may a player win more than one (1) Trip Prize.   

(5) Winner Notification.

(a) Winners will be posted on floridalottery.com on the Winner Announced dates set forth in the table in subsection (4), above, or as soon thereafter as practical.

(b) The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify each winner by telephone or email using the contact information provided in the Winner’s registration data no later than one business day (Monday-Friday) after the winners are posted on the Florida Lottery’s website. The Lottery will not attempt to further notify a winner if the attempt to notify him/her by telephone or email is unsuccessful. If the Lottery is unable to have contact with a winner within ten (10) calendar days of the date the winners are posted on the website, the Winner will forfeit his/her right to claim the prize and the Lottery will award the prize to an alternate winner. If the Lottery is unable to have contact with the alternate winner within ten (10) calendar days of the date of notification, the alternate winner will forfeit his/her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to the next alternate winner. This process will continue until an alternate winner is contacted or the Lottery has exhausted the list of alternate winners due to unsuccessful notification attempts or due to failure by a winner or an alternate winner to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (6), below. If the Lottery exhausts the list of alternate winners, the prize will not be awarded.

(c) Leaving a voicemail, if available, and the issuance of an email constitutes notification. The Lottery deems the Winner’s registration data as his/her official contact information. The Florida Lottery is not responsible or liable for email failures or faults; telephone failures or faults; voicemail failures, faults, or unavailability; system, network, or software failures or faults; or the like.    

(6) How to Claim a Prize.

(a) Trip Prize winners must submit a completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 2/2023, or a Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 2/2023, a copy of acceptable identification as set forth in the Florida Lottery’s Payment of Prizes rule, 53ER23-20 F.A.C., a copy of a valid, current passport issued by the United States or a foreign government (this passport may also serve as acceptable identification under the Payment of Prizes rule), a completed Winner Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization form, DOL 474 TRIP Ireland - Winner, effective 4/8/2024, and a completed Guest Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization form, DOL 474 TRIP Ireland - Guest, effective 4/8/2024. Forms DOL 173-2, DOL 173-2S, DOL 474 TRIP Ireland – Winner, and DOL 474 TRIP Ireland - Guest are hereby incorporated by reference. All forms may be obtained at any Florida Lottery office or by contacting: Florida Lottery, Claims Processing, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S may also be obtained from any Lottery retailer or from the Lottery’s website at floridalottery.com.   

(b) A winner’s completed Winner Claim Form (DOL 173-2 or DOL 173-2S), a copy of the Winner’s identification, and the Winner’s completed DOL 474 TRIP Ireland - Winner (Winner Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization) must be received by any Florida Lottery office no later than ten (10) calendar days after the Florida Lottery has made contact with the Winner. If the Lottery has not received the required documentation from a winner by the tenth calendar day after contact, the Winner will forfeit his/her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to an alternate winner. The same timeframe for a winner to return required documentation to the Florida Lottery shall apply to an alternate winner. 

(c) A completed Guest Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization form, DOL 474 TRIP Ireland – Guest, must be received by the Prize Provider (jointly or individually Florida Lottery and/or Atlas Experiences, LLC) by November 15, 2024.

(7) Award of Trip to Ireland.

(a) Ireland Trip dates are December 12 through December 18, 2024. The Prize Provider reserves the right to change Trip dates as circumstances require.

(b) Upon the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a Trip Prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a Trip Package. In conjunction with the Lottery, Atlas Experiences, LLC will manage prize fulfillment. Trip Prize/Package elements are:

1. Room accommodation for two (2) nights for two (2) people, double occupancy (one room), at the Hard Rock Dublin Hotel followed by three (3) nights for two (2) people, double occupancy (one room), at Adare Manor.

2. Roundtrip economy airfare, or better, which includes one checked bag for each of the Winner/Proxy and his/her Guest. Trip Winner (or his/her Proxy) and his/her Guest are responsible for travel to an airport and from the airport upon return.

3. Transportation while in Ireland to/from an airport, to/from room accommodations, and to/from Prize Provider scheduled events. Any other desired travel while in Ireland is at the expense of the Trip Winner/Proxy/Guest.

4. Breakfast buffets and dinners while in Ireland at the designated room accommodations and/or scheduled events. Lunch-time meals, meals not a part of the designated/provided buffets/dinners, and meals away from the designated locations/events are not covered and are at the expense of the Trip Winner/Proxy/Guest.

5. $1,500 spending cash. (Upon completion of the state-owed debt/child support analysis, as described in subsection (10), below, spending cash payments will be issued to Trip winners prior to travel.)

6. Events and Activities. At a minimum:  Cash Castle Gameshow a/k/a Lucky Pik Gameshow (“Gameshow”), Horse and Hound Cash Castle Welcome, Falconry demonstration. Trip winners may select from:  Cliffs of Moher Tour, Galway Food Tour, or Kylemore Farmhouse Cheese Experience. Events in lieu of those described herein may, but are not guaranteed, be held if circumstances arise that prevent the occurrence of an originally planned event. Should an event/alternate event not be able to be held for any reason and the event/alternate event cannot be rescheduled during the Trip period, it will not otherwise be held or otherwise compensated.

7. Opportunity to participate in the Cash Castle Gameshow for a chance to win from $1,000 up to $1,000,000. The Gameshow has been developed by and through, and will be conducted by, Atlas Experiences, LLC (“Prize Provider”). Each Trip Winner will win one (1) Gameshow prize, no Trip Winner may win more than one Gameshow prize. Available prize amounts and the number of winners for each prize are:

Prize	Prize Amount	Number of Winners
Top Prize	$1,000,000	1
2nd Prize	$10,000	1
3rd Prize	$7,500	2
4th Prize	$5,000	6
5th Prize	$2,500	8
6th Prize	$2,000	10
7th Prize	$1,500	10
8th Prize	$1,000	12
Total	$1,122,000	50

 

A Trip Prize winner’s Guest may attend the Gameshow with the Trip Winner but cannot take part in the Gameshow and is not eligible to win a Gameshow prize. A Trip winner’s appointed Proxy, if any, may participate in the Gameshow. A prize won in the Gameshow by a Proxy will not be awarded to the Proxy; the prize won will be awarded to the Trip Winner, subject to state-owed debt and child support analysis and the withholding of applicable federal tax. Should a Trip Winner, or his/her Proxy, not appear at the designated time and place for the Gameshow, he/she will forfeit the right to take part in the Gameshow. Arriving for the Gameshow more than fifteen (15) minutes past the designated start time for the Gameshow shall be deemed a failure to appear, and the Trip Winner/Proxy will not be permitted to take part in the Gameshow. Trip winners, or their Proxies, not appearing, or deemed a failure to appear, at the Gameshow for any reason will be randomly awarded a prize from available low-tier prizes. Any Trip winner not attending the Gameshow shall accept the outcome of the Gameshow. Gameshow results are final and shall be accepted by all participants.

Gameshow prize winners must submit a Winner Claim Form (DOL 173-2 or DOL 173-2S) and a copy of his/her identification prior to issuance of the Gameshow prize. Upon the Lottery’s receipt of a Gameshow winner’s claim form and identification and completion of the state-owed debt/child support analysis, as described in subsection (10), and deduction of applicable federal tax, as described in subsection (9), the Gameshow prize payment will be issued to a Gameshow winner.  

8. Payment of federal income tax withholding on the total retail value of the Trip Prize elements described in subparagraphs 1. through 6., above, but not as to any prize won in the Gameshow. 

Exclusive of the prize received in the Gameshow, the reportable taxable value of the Trip Prize includes the value of the Trip Prize plus the value of the federal income tax withholding paid by the Florida Lottery. The estimated retail value of the Trip Prize and the estimated reportable taxable value is:

Estimated Retail Value of Ireland Trip Prize (exclusive of a Gameshow cash prize)	Estimated Reportable Taxable Value of Ireland Trip Prize (U. S. citizen or legal resident)	Estimated Reportable Taxable Value of Ireland Trip Prize (nonresident)
$60,500.00*	$79,605.26	$86,428.57

*Estimated value. Should the actual retail value be determined to be less than the estimated amount shown, no additional compensation shall be awarded to winners.

(c) In order to travel to Ireland, Trip winners/proxies/guests shall provide a copy of a valid, current passport, issued by the United States or a foreign government, to the Florida Lottery and to Atlas Experiences, LLC before November 15, 2024. A passport must be current through June 18, 2025, (six (6) months beyond the end of the Trip, which is December 18, 2024). The Prize Provider (Atlas Experiences, LLC and Florida Lottery) is not responsible or liable for delays in passport processing requests or for any denial of a passport application. Should the Trip Winner, or Proxy, be unable, for any reason, to obtain a passport, and provide proof of the same to the Prize Provider, on or before November 15, 2024, the Trip Winner shall forfeit the Trip Prize, except for the $1,500 spending cash and a low-tier prize from the Gameshow. The full value of the Trip Prize shall remain taxable to the Trip Winner. Should a proxy or guest be unable to obtain a passport, the Trip Winner may appoint another proxy and/or choose another guest, time permitting.  

(d) For potential incidentals, Trip winners/proxies/guests must have an internationally accepted credit card to provide to room accommodation providers. Charges to room accommodations are not permitted. The Prize Provider will not assist winners/proxies/guests in obtaining an internationally accepted credit card. 

(e) As to any guest, the Prize Provider must receive a completed Form DOL 474 TRIP Ireland - Guest (Guest Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization) and a copy of the Guest’s passport on or before November 15, 2024. No guest changes or proxy appointments (See paragraph (7)(h), below, for proxy information) are permitted past November 15, 2024; all documents for any guest changes and proxy appointments must also be received by November 15, 2024. Once names are submitted, any changes may incur a fee. A guest may not travel alone but must accompany the Winner/Proxy and must travel on the same itinerary. Should the Winner/Proxy be unable to travel for any reason, the Guest may not travel.

(f) Except as specified above, the Trip Prize does not include travel to and from a winner’s residence and an airport, other travel, meals, parking fees, credit card fees, baggage fees, travel insurance, alcoholic beverages (other than those served without charge at any reception and/or party), incidentals, tips, and personal expenses such as telephone calls, valet service or laundry, etc., as well as rebooking or cancellation fees that may be charged by a hotel, airline, or other suppliers/vendors.

(g) Atlas Experiences, LLC shall determine, in its sole discretion, the specific merchandise models, items, vendors, and/or retailers for all elements of the Trip Prize and reserves the right to substitute any portion or elements of the Trip Prize for items of comparable or greater value and/or any specified brand, vendor, or retailer for one of comparable quality. Elements of the Trip Prize are subject to availability and may be fulfilled by third-party companies and/or vendors. All aspects of the Trip Prize elements may be substituted by the Florida Lottery and/or Atlas Experiences, LLC but will be of comparable or greater value. If for any reason, a planned event cannot/does not take place during the Trip dates, those event/s will not otherwise be scheduled or otherwise compensated.

(h) If a Trip Winner chooses not to use the Trip Prize or becomes unavailable for any reason, he/she may appoint a proxy, if there is sufficient time. A completed Proxy Appointment and Acknowledgement form DOL 491-B, revised 2/2023, and a completed Proxy Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization form DOL 474 TRIP Ireland - Proxy, effective 4/8/24, must be received by the Prize Provider on or before November 15, 2024. Forms DOL 491-B and DOL 474 TRIP Ireland - Proxy are hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained from any Florida Lottery office or by writing to Florida Lottery, Claims Processing, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016.

If a winner, or appointed proxy, fails to complete travel arrangements by November 15, 2024, which includes being unable to obtain a passport and/or failing to provide a passport compliant with the requirements set forth in paragraph (7)(c), above, he/she will forfeit the Trip Prize, and the Winner will remain taxable on the entire value of the Trip Prize. In the event a proxy is appointed, the original Trip Prize Winner shall receive the $1,500 spending cash and will remain eligible and will receive a prize in the Gameshow. Should a proxy, for any reason, be unable to travel, the Proxy may not appoint another proxy. Under all circumstances, the entire value of the Trip Prize shall remain taxable to the original Trip Prize Winner.

(8) No substitution of any kind, a cash substitution, assignment, or transfer of the Trip Prize, or element thereof, is permitted, except as provided herein. Any unused Trip Prize or Trip Prize element/s will be forfeited, will not be redeemable for cash, and will not reduce the Trip Prize value awarded for tax purposes. Any substitution/s initiated by the Florida Lottery, or its providers, are at the sole discretion of the Florida Lottery and its providers. Should there be prize substitutions, such will be of comparable or greater value. 

(9) Taxes.

(a) Except as specifically described herein, all federal, state, and/or local taxes or other fees on the Trip Prize or Trip Prize element/s, including any prize won in the Gameshow, shall be the sole responsibility of a winner, regardless of whether a winner avails himself/herself of the prize. 

(b) As to a prize won in the Gameshow, and as per applicable IRS Code/Regulations, federal income tax withholding will be applied prior to issuance of payment to the Winner. Federal income taxes will be withheld at a rate of twenty-four percent (24%) for U. S. citizens or legal permanent residents and at the rate of thirty percent (30%) for nonresident alien claimants. The reporting and subsequent payment of any additional federal, state, and/or local taxes shall be the responsibility of a winner.

(c) If a Trip Prize is forfeited for any reason, the entire value of a Trip Prize will remain taxable to the Trip Winner.

(10) State-Owed Debt/Child Support Debt. After the withholding of applicable federal tax, Trip Prize winners, with respect to the $1,500 in spending cash and the Gameshow prize, will be analyzed for state-owed debt and child support debt. If a winner is identified as owing an outstanding debt to any state agency or owes child support collected through a court, the debt will be offset in accordance with section 24.115(4), Florida Statutes. If the debt is an amount less than the amount of the $1,500 spending cash or the Gameshow prize, the balance, after deduction of the debt, shall be awarded. If the debt is greater than the amount to be awarded, the entire award will be applied to the outstanding debt. Winners will be analyzed prior to issuance of each of the $1,500 in spending cash and the Gameshow prize.

(11) Other Restrictions and Provisions. 

(a) Players/Winners must be at least 18 years of age. Any proxies and guests must be at least 18 years of age as of the first date of travel, which is December 12, 2024. All winners, proxies, and guests are subject to Florida Lottery approval as to age, submittal of all required documentation, having a valid, current passport, along with any other requirement set forth within this rule and within applicable Release, Acknowledgement, and Authorization forms. All such requirements must be completed and met on or before November 15, 2024. 

(b) Persons prohibited by section 24.116, Florida Statutes, from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to enter the CASH CASTLE Bonus Play.

(c) All prizes and Trip Winners are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, Florida Statutes, and rules promulgated thereunder. Prizes shall 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 or at flrules.org.  

(d) By entering the CASH CASTLE Bonus Play, a player gives his/her permission for the Florida Lottery to photograph and/or videotape and record him/her with or without prior notification and consents to the use of his/her name, photograph, videotape, and/or recording of him/her for advertising or publicity purposes without additional notice and without additional compensation.

(e) If a prize is not claimed or otherwise awarded for any reason, it will not otherwise be awarded, and no compensation shall be provided.

(f) The CASH CASTLE Bonus Play is void where prohibited by law.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS.  Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS.  History – New 4-8-2024.

 

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: 4/8/2024