$50,000 Jackpot Second Chance Promotion

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

53ER14-36$50,000 Jackpot Second Chance Promotion

SUMMARY: The Department of the Lottery will conduct the $50,000 Jackpot Second Chance Promotion between July 1, 2014, and September 1, 2014, in which three second chance drawings will be held and a total of one hundred fifty-three cash prizes will be awarded.

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:

 

53ER14-36 $50,000 Jackpot Second Chance Promotion.

(1) Beginning July1, 2014, through September 1, 2014, the Florida Lottery will conduct the $50,000 Jackpot Second Chance Promotion in which players can enter non-winning Florida Lottery Scratch-Off tickets from the following JACKPOT games on the Florida Lottery website for a chance to win a cash prize of $50,000 or $500:

(a) $10,000 JACKPOT Instant Game Number 1237;

(b) $50,000 JACKPOT Instant Game Number 1238;

(c) $500,000 JACKPOT Instant Game Number 1239; and

(d) $2,000,000 JACKPOT Instant Game Number 1240.

Winning Scratch-Off tickets from the above listed games cannot be used for entry into the $50,000 Jackpot Second Chance Promotion.

(2) Drawings. Three $50,000 Jackpot second chance drawings will be held between July 23, 2014, and September 3, 2014, from entries submitted before midnight ET on the last day of the entry period for each drawing. Entries will be good for one drawing only. The drawing schedule is:

 

Drawing	Entry Period	Drawing Date
1	July1, 2014 – July 21, 2014	Wednesday, July 23, 2014
2	July 22, 2014– August 11, 2014	Wednesday, August 13, 2014
3	August 12, 2014 – September 1, 2014	Wednesday, September 3, 2014

 

(3) Prizes. In each of the $50,000 Jackpot second chance drawings, one grand prize winner will win $50,000 and fifty second prize winners will win $500. A grand total of one hundred fifty-three cash prizes will be awarded in the second chance drawings.

(4) How to Enter. To enter a non-winning $10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT Scratch-Off ticket in one of the second chance drawings, players must enter on the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com. On the home page of the Lottery’s website, players can click on the $50,000 Jackpot banner and follow the directions. Players will be prompted to log-in or register. The 24-digit ticket serial number (4-digit game number and 20-digit ticket number) is located below the play area on the front of a $10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT and $2,000,000 JACKPOT Scratch-Off ticket under the latex covering. Players are to scratch off the latex covering to reveal the number and enter the entire 24-digit ticket serial number in the designated ticket entry area on the website.

(5) Entry Determination. Each non-winning $10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT and $2,000,000 JACKPOT Scratch-Off ticket is assigned a predetermined number of entries that corresponds to the price of the non-winning ticket, as shown in the table below. Additionally, a player will earn one bonus entry for every five entries he or she receives during a single entry period. The player’s entry history will be cumulative within each entry period. For example, a player who enters one non-winning $500,000 JACKPOT ticket will receive five entries plus one bonus entry into the applicable drawing. Likewise, a player who enters a total of one non-winning $10,000 JACKPOT ticket and two non-winning $50,000 JACKPOT tickets during a single entry period will also receive five entries plus one bonus entry into the applicable drawing.

 

Ticket Price Point	Jackpot Game	Number of Entries
$10	$2,000,000 JACKPOT	10
$5	$500,000 JACKPOT	5
$2	$50,000 JACKPOT	2
$1	$10,000 JACKPOT	1
Bonus Entry- one bonus entry for every five entries a player receives during a single entry period.

 

Players may enter as many times as they wish during the contest period; however, each valid ticket number may only be used one time, for entry into one second chance drawing. Tickets should not be mailed to the Lottery unless players are contacted by the Florida Lottery and requested to do so. Non-winning tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery will not be entered in the drawing and will not be returned. The odds of winning depend on the number of entries entered. All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.

(6) Winner Selection. In each of the three drawings, the first valid entry drawn will win the grand prize of $50,000.  The second through fifty-first valid entries drawn will win a second prize of $500. The second through sixth valid entries drawn will be used in the order in which they were drawn to select an alternate grand prize winner in the event the grand prize cannot be awarded. Alternate winners will not be selected for second prizes.

(7) Notification.

(a) The prize winners in each second chance drawing will be posted on flalottery.com after the drawing.

(b) The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify the grand prize winner no later than twenty-four hours after the winner is posted on the Florida Lottery’s website. Notification will be made by telephone, U.S. mail or email using the contact information provided in the winner’s registration data. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the grand prize winner within two weeks of the date of the drawing, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to the first alternate winner as set forth in subsection (6) above. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the first alternate winner within two weeks of the date of award of the prize, the alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the grand prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to a second alternate winner. This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted the list of available alternates. If the Lottery is unable to contact an alternate, the prize will not be awarded.

(c) The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify each second prize winner by telephone, U.S. mail, or email using the contact information provided in the winner’s registration data no later than seven business days after the winners are posted on the Florida Lottery’s website in order to confirm the winner’s mailing address. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with a second prize winner within thirty days of the date of the drawing, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the prize will not be awarded.

(8) How to Claim a Prize.

(a) To claim the grand prize in a second chance drawing, the winner must submit to the Florida Lottery the original valid non-winning $10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT Scratch-Off ticket bearing the entry number selected in the drawing. Without such ticket, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim a prize. The winner must submit the valid entry ticket along with a completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 9/13, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 9/13 and a copy of acceptable identification.  Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained at any Lottery office, from the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com, or by writing to: Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. The required documentation must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than two weeks after the Florida Lottery has made personal contact with the winner. If the Florida Lottery has not received the required documentation from the grand prize winner by the fourteenth day after notification, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to an alternate winner as described in subsections (6) and (7) above.

(b) Second prize winners are not required to submit the original non-winning $10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT Scratch-Off ticket or the documentation listed in paragraph (8)(a) above in order to claim the prize. However, a second prize winner who becomes an alternate winner of the grand prize will be required to submit the original non-winning $10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT Scratch-Off ticket and the required documentation in order to claim the higher prize. Therefore, grand prize alternate winners should retain the original non-winning  $10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT Scratch-Off ticket until notified by the Florida Lottery that the grand prize has been fulfilled. An alternate grand prize winner will receive the difference in cash between the grand and second prizes.

(9) Award of Grand Prizes. Upon the Florida Lottery’s receipt of a grand prize winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award a prize of $50,000, less applicable federal tax withholding.

(10) Award of Second Prizes. Upon confirmation of a second prize winner’s mailing address, the Florida Lottery will mail a check for $500.

(11) Taxes. All federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the prizes won in the $50,000 Cash Second Chance Promotion will be the responsibility of the winner.

(12) Other Restrictions and Provisions.

(a) All prizes 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.

(b) All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.

(c) If a grand prize winner is identified as owing an outstanding debt to a state agency or child support collected through a court, the debt will be collected in accordance with Section 24.115, Florida Statutes.

(d) 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.

(e) By entering the $50,000 Jackpot Second Chance 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.

(f) $50,000 Jackpot second chance drawings shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The results of each drawing will be available after the drawing on the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS. History–New 6-25-14.

 

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: June 25, 2014