RETAILER JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY™ Bonus Commission Program

Notice of Emergency Rule

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

53ER19-8Retailer JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY™ Bonus Commission Program

SUMMARY: This emergency rules sets forth the provisions for the Retailer JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY™ Bonus Commission Program. The Florida Lottery will award a bonus commission to the retailer(s) that sells a jackpot-winning JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY™ ticket for a Tuesday or Friday JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY 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:

 

53ER19-8 Retailer JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY™ Bonus Commission Program.

(1) The Florida Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, a Retailer JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY™ Bonus Commission Program (“Program”) in which the Florida Lottery will award a bonus commission to the retailer(s) that sells a jackpot-winning JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY ticket for a Tuesday or Friday JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY drawing.

(2) The bonus commission for selling a jackpot-winning JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY ticket is $1,000. If multiple jackpot-winning JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY tickets are sold for the same drawing, the retailer(s) selling such tickets will share the bonus commission. Each retailer selling one or more of the winning jackpot tickets will receive a share of the available bonus equal to the number of winning jackpot tickets sold by that particular retailer divided by the total number of winning jackpot tickets sold for that drawing.

(3) If a winning jackpot ticket is a JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo™ ticket, an additional $1,000 bonus commission will be paid to the retailer selling such ticket.  If multiple winning jackpot tickets are JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY with Combo™ tickets, each retailer selling such a ticket will be paid the additional bonus commission.

(4) Award of a jackpot-winning JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY bonus commission is not dependent upon the winning jackpot ticket being claimed by the winner.

(5) 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, Florida Statutes, Chapter 53, F.A.C., or contract terms. 

(6) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer and will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service by the Florida Lottery. 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.  

(7) JACKPOT TRIPLE PLAY 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.

(8) This emergency rule is effective January 30, 2019.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9)(i), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9)(i), 24.112(1) FS.  History – New-1-30-19.

 

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 30, 2019.