POWERBALL® and PowerPlay® Retailer Incentive

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
53ER12-7: POWERBALL® and PowerPlay® Retailer Incentive

SUMMARY: The rule sets forth the provisions for the POWERBALL® and Power Play® Retailer Incentive.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Diane D. Schmidt, Department of the Lottery, 250 Marriott, Tallahassee, Florida 32301

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

53ER12-7 POWERBALL® and Power Play ® Retailer Incentive.

(1) Beginning January 15, 2012, through February 25, 2012, the Florida Lottery will conduct the POWERBALL® and Power Play® Retailer Incentive. For every 20th POWERBALL ticket sold in their stores, Florida Lottery retailers will receive an entry into a retailer drawing for a chance to win $10,000. Retailers will receive an additional entry for every 20th Power Play ticket sold in their stores.

(2) Entries earned from January 15, 2012, through February 4, 2012, will be entered into Retailer Drawing 1 on February 7, 2012, and entries earned from February 5, 2012, through February 25, 2012, will be entered into Retailer Drawing 2 on February 28, 2012.

 

Retailer Drawing	Drawing Date	From Entries Earned
1	February 7, 2012	Sunday, January 15, 2012 Saturday, February 4, 2012
2	February 28, 2012	Sunday, February 5, 2012 Saturday, February 25, 2012

 

(3) On each of the two drawing dates, one corporate retailer drawing and one independent retailer drawing will be held for each of the nine Florida Lottery Sales Districts to randomly select winning retailers. One corporate and one independent retailer winner will be selected in Sales District 1 (Tallahassee), Sales District 3 (Pensacola), Sales District 4 (Jacksonville), Sales District 5 (Gainesville), Sales District 10 (Fort Myers) and Sales District 11 (West Palm Beach); two corporate and two independent retailer winners will be selected in Sales District 6 (Orlando) and Sales District 9 (Tampa); and two corporate and four independent retailer winners will be selected in Sales District 13 (Miami). Each winning retailer will receive a cash prize of $10,000.

Florida Lottery Sales District	Retailer Prize	Number of Corporate Retailer Winners	Number of Independent Retailer Winners
Tallahassee	$10,000	1	1
Pensacola	$10,000	1	1
Jacksonville	$10,000	1	1
Gainesville	$10,000	1	1
Orlando	$10,000	2	2
Tampa	$10,000	2	2
Ft. Myers	$10,000	1	1
West Palm Beach	$10,000	1	1
Miami	$10,000	2	4
Total Number of Retailer Winners Per Drawing		12	14

 

(4) Retailers will receive their cash prize check within approximately three weeks of the drawing date.

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

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

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9)(i), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9)(i), 24.112(1) FS. History–New 1-11-12.

 

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: January 11, 2012