Retailer CASH4LIFE® Bonus Commission Program

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO              RULE TITLE:

53ER20-17              Retailer CASH4LIFE® Bonus Commission Program

SUMMARY: This emergency rule replaces Emergency Rule 53ER17-9 and amends a provision related to the frequency of CASH4LIFE drawings. The Retailer CASH4LIFE® Bonus Commission Program awards a bonus commissions to Florida Lottery retailers who sell a winning Top Prize or Second Prize CASH4LIFE ticket.

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:

 

53ER20-17 Retailer CASH4LIFE® Bonus Commission Program.

(1) The Florida Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, a Retailer CASH4LIFE® Bonus Commission Program (“Program”) in which the Florida Lottery will award bonus commissions to Florida Lottery retailers who sell a winning Top Prize ($1,000/Day for Life) or Second Prize ($1,000/Week for Life) ticket for a daily drawing.

(2) The bonus commission for selling a winning Top Prize CASH4LIFE ticket is $10,000.

(3) If multiple winning Top Prize tickets are sold in Florida for the same CASH4LIFE drawing, the retailers selling such tickets will share the bonus commission. Each retailer selling a winning Top Prize ticket will receive a share of the bonus equal to the number of winning Top Prize tickets sold by that particular retailer divided by the total number of winning Top Prize tickets sold in Florida for that drawing.

(4)  Florida Lottery retailers who sell a winning Second Prize CASH4LIFE ticket will receive a $2,000 bonus commission. 

(5) Award of a bonus commission is not dependent upon a winning Top Prize or Second Prize CASH4LIFE 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, Florida Statutes, Chapter 53, F.A.C., or contract terms. 

(7) 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. 

(8) CASH4LIFE bonus commissions are subject to availability of funds appropriated for retailer incentives. This Program is subject to cancellation by a 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.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9)(i), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9)(i), 24.112(1) FS.  History – New 2-20-20, Replaces 53ER17-9.

 

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: February 20, 2020