Retailer Scratch-Off Ticket Bonus Commission Program

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

53ER17-26Retailer Scratch-Off Ticket Bonus Commission Program

SUMMARY: The Florida Lottery will conduct the Retailer Scratch-Off Ticket Bonus Commission Program in which bonus commissions will be awarded to retailers that sell a Scratch-Off ticket with a prize of $1,000,000 or greater. This rule replaces Emergency Rule 53ER13-60.

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:

 

53ER17-26 Retailer Scratch-Off Ticket Bonus Commission Program.

(1) The Florida Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, the Retailer Scratch-Off Ticket Bonus Commission Program (“Program”).

(2) Florida Lottery retailers who sell a winning Scratch-Off ticket (also known as an “instant ticket”) with a prize of $1,000,000 or greater will receive a bonus commission of $2,000 for every $1,000,000 in prize value.  A Scratch-Off ticket prize of $1,000,000 or greater that is not an even increment of $1,000,000 will be rounded down to the nearest $1,000,000.

(3) Award of a bonus commission is dependent upon the winning Scratch-Off ticket being claimed by the winner.

(4) 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, Florida Administrative Code, or the retailer contract terms.

(5) 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.

(6) 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.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9)(i), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9)(i), 24.112(1) FS.  History – New 4-27-17, Replaces 53ER13-60.

 

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: 4-27-17.