Sedano's Groceries for a Year Promotion

DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
53ER09-30: Sedano's Groceries for a Year Promotion
SUMMARY: The Department of the Lottery will conduct a Sedano’s Groceries for A Year Promotion Drawing between Thursday, June 4, 2009 and Sunday, July 5, 2009, in which special prizes will be awarded.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Faith L. Schneider, Legal Analyst, Department of the Lottery, Capitol Complex, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011

THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:

53ER09-30 Sedano’s Groceries for a Year Promotion.

(1) Beginning Thursday, June 4, 2009 through Sunday, July 5, 2009, players who purchase a single $5 or more POWERBALL^® ticket at a Sedano’s store will receive a voucher ticket that can be entered into the Sedano’s Groceries for a Year promotion on the Florida Lottery web site for a chance to win one (1) of eleven (11) Sedano’s gift cards valued from $500 to $3,000.

(2) One drawing will be held on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, from entries received by midnight on Monday, July 6, 2009, to award a total of eleven (11) Sedano’s Groceries for a Year prizes. The prizes are: one (1) Grand Prize of a Sedano’s gift card valued at $3,000; one (1) second prize of a Sedano’s gift card valued at $2,000; one (1) third prize of a Sedano’s gift card valued at $1,000; and eight (8) fourth prizes of a Sedano’s gift card valued at $500.

(3) To enter a POWERBALL voucher ticket into the Sedano’s Groceries for a Year promotion, players must visit the Florida Lottery’s web site at www.flalottery.com, click on the Sedano’s Groceries for a Year icon and follow the directions to input their voucher serial number(s). The voucher serial number is located on the front of the Sedano’s voucher ticket. Because the Lottery must electronically download Sedano’s voucher serial numbers at the end of each day, players must wait until the day after their purchase to enter their voucher number(s) on the Lottery web site. Players entering a voucher serial number on the day of purchase will be directed to return at a later date to enter their voucher number into the drawing. The odds of winning are dependent upon the number of entries received. Players may enter as many times as they wish during the contest period. However, each valid voucher serial number may only be used one time for one entry into the drawing. Only one prize will be awarded per person.

(4) A total of twenty-two (22) entries will be drawn. The first number drawn will win a Sedano’s gift card valued at $3,000, the second number drawn will win a Sedano’s gift card valued at $2,000, the third number drawn will win a Sedano’s gift card valued at $1,000 and the fourth through eleventh numbers drawn will win a Sedano’s gift card valued at $500. The twelfth through twenty-second numbers drawn will be alternates in the order drawn.

(5) All prizewinners will be posted on the Lottery’s website, www.flalottery.com, on the day of the draw. The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify prizewinners by telephone, certified mail or e-mail no later than one (1) week after the winners are drawn. If the Florida Lottery is unable to contact a prizewinner within three (3) 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 an alternate in the order drawn. If the Lottery is unable to contact an alternate within three (3) weeks, the prize will not be awarded. Gift cards will be shipped to the winner’s address within fifteen (15) business days after the winning voucher and required documentation described in subsection (6) below has been received by the Lottery.

(6) All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met. To claim a Sedano’s Groceries for a Year prize, the player must submit to the Lottery the original valid Sedano’s voucher ticket bearing the entry serial number selected in the drawing. Without such voucher, the player will forfeit his or her right to claim a prize. Winners must submit the valid entry voucher ticket along with a completed Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2 or DOL-173-2S, as referenced in Rule 53ER08-89, F.A.C., and a copy of acceptable identification to the Florida Lottery within two (2) weeks of notification by the Lottery that they are a winner. Winners who cannot produce a valid entry voucher and/or do not return their Winner Claim Form as set forth above will forfeit their right to claim the prize.

If a voucher bearing the serial number selected in the drawing is presented to the Lottery by a person other than the person who entered the number into the drawing, an investigation will be conducted by the Lottery to determine the person entitled to award of the prize.

(7) All federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the Sedano’s prizes will be the responsibility of the winner. Federal income taxes are required to be withheld from a prize awarded to a nonresident alien claimant at the rate of thirty percent (30%) pursuant to applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Because there is no cash from which to withhold taxes, a nonresident alien claimant who is selected as a winner will be required to pay the withholding tax or forfeit the prize. The reporting and subsequent payment of any additional federal, state and/or local taxes shall be the responsibility of the nonresident alien winner.

(8) No cash option is available in lieu of the prizes.

(9) The right to claim a prize cannot be assigned to another person or entity.

(10) All prizes are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, F.S., and rules promulgated thereunder, including the official Sedano’s Groceries for a Year promotion rule. Prizes will be paid in accordance with the rules of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes. Copies of the current prize payment rules and the Sedano’s Groceries for a Year promotion rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 23299-4011.

(11) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons prohibited by Section 24.116, F.S., from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to play.

(12) A player entering into the Sedano’s Groceries for a Year drawing is deemed to have granted 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. The player also gives his or her permission for the Florida Lottery to provide the player’s address and telephone number to its fulfillment company for prize fulfillment purposes.

(13) The Sedano’s Groceries for a Year Drawing shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The results of the drawing will be available after the drawing on the Florida Lottery’s Website at flalottery.com, by phone at [phone], or at participating Lottery retailers.

Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.115(1) FS. History–New 6-3-09.

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 3, 2009