MEGA MILLIONS® Retailer Bonus Commission Program.

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

53ER13-30MEGA MILLIONS® Retailer Bonus Commission Program

SUMMARY: The rule describes the MEGA MILLIONS® Retailer Bonus Commission Program in which the Florida Lottery will award bonus commissions to Florida Lottery retailers that sell a winning MEGA MILLIONS jackpot ticket for a Tuesday or Friday MEGA MILLIONS drawing.

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:

 

53ER13-30 MEGA MILLIONS® Retailer Bonus Commission Program.

(1) The Florida Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, a MEGA MILLIONS® Retailer Bonus Commission Program (“Program”) in which the Florida Lottery will award bonus commissions to Florida Lottery retailers that sell a winning jackpot MEGA MILLIONS ticket for a Tuesday or Friday MEGA MILLIONS drawing.

(2) The bonus commission will start at $10,000 for a $12 million starting jackpot. In the event no winning jackpot ticket is sold for a MEGA MILLIONS drawing, the bonus commission amount will increase by $5,000 per drawing until a winning jackpot ticket is sold, up to a maximum bonus commission of $100,000. An additional $5,000 bonus commission will be paid to the retailer if the winning jackpot ticket was a MEGA MILLIONS with Megaplier® ticket.

(3) If multiple winning jackpot tickets are sold in Florida for the same MEGA MILLIONS drawing, the retailers selling such tickets will share the bonus commissions. Each retailer selling a winning jackpot ticket will receive a share of the bonus equal to the number of winning jackpot tickets sold by that particular retailer divided by the total number of winning jackpot tickets sold in Florida for that drawing.  

(4) Florida Lottery retailers who sell a MEGA MILLIONS with Megaplier ticket that wins $1,000,000 for matching 5+0 numbers will receive a $1,000 bonus commission. 

(5) Award of a bonus commission is not dependent upon the MEGA MILLIONS winning jackpot ticket being claimed by the winner.

(6) Retailers whose Florida Lottery contracts are terminated or inactivated prior to the bonus commission award shall be paid the bonus commission earned provided said termination or inactivation was not due to noncompliance with Chapter 24, Fla. Stat., Chapter 53, Fla. Admin. Code or contract terms. 

(7) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply a bonus commission earned against a retailer’s outstanding debt to the Florida Lottery, and to award the remaining balance of the bonus commission, if any.

(8) MEGA MILLIONS bonus commissions are subject to availability of funds appropriated for retailer incentives. This Program is subject to cancellation by future emergency rule if retailer incentive funding is not appropriated or if the Florida Lottery determines that it is no longer in the state’s best interest to use such funds for this purpose.

(9) The effective date of this emergency rule is May 15, 2013.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9)(i), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9)(i), 24.112(1) FS. History–New 5-15-13. 

 

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: May 15, 2013