53ER09-56. Retailer FLORIDA LOTTO™ Bonus Commission Program (Replaced by 53ER09-70)  


Effective on Friday, October 9, 2009
  • 1(1) The Florida Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, a Retailer FLORIDA LOTTO Bonus Commission P19rogram (“Program”) in which the Florida Lottery will award bonus commissions to retailers that sell a winning jackpot ticket for a Wednesday or Saturday FLORIDA LOTTO drawing.

    46(2) 47The bonus com50mission will start at $10,000. 56In the event no winning jackpot ticket is sold for a FLORIDA LOTTO drawing, the bonus commission amount will increase by $5,000 per draw until a winning jackpot ticket is sold, at which time the bonus commission will start over at $10,000.

    100(3) The 102bonus commission awarded to retailers t108hat sell a winning $2.00 or $3.00 Lotto Plus™ jackpot ticket for a Wednesday or Saturday FLORIDA LOTTO drawing described in Rule 53ER08-37, 131F.A.C., 132will be continued for Advance Play 138FLORIDA LOTTO $2.00 or $3.00 Jackpot 144tickets sold 146on or before 149October 11510, 1522009, 153the date the sale of such tickets will be discontinued163.

    164(1654166) If multiple winning jackpot tickets are sold for the same 177FLORIDA 178LOTTO drawing, the retailers selling such tickets will share the bonus commission190s191. Each retailer selling a winning jackpot ticket will receive a share of the 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. 

    232(2335234) Award of a bonus commission is not dependent upon the winning jackpot ticket being claimed by the winner.

    253(2546255) 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, 291F.S., 292Chapter 53, 294F.A.C., 295or contract terms. 

    298(2997300) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer for Inte313rnal Revenue Service purposes. 317The 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 345the bonus commission, if any.

    350(3518352) 353FLORIDA 354LOTTO bonus commissions are subject to availability of funds appropr364iated for retailer incentives. 368This 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.

    408Rulemaking 409Authority 41024.105(9)(i), 41124.109(1) FS. 413Law Implemented 41524.105(9)416(i417), 41824.112(1) FS. 420Histo421r422y–423New 42410-9-09, 425Replaces 53ER04278-42814293 and 53ER08-34327, 433FAC.