53ER09-61. Retailer MEGA MONEY™ Bonus Commission Program  


Effective on Sunday, November 1, 2009
  • 1(1) 2T3he Florida Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, a Retailer MEGA MONEY Bonus Commission Program 20(“Program”) in which the Florida Lottery will award a bonus commission to the retailer(s) that sells a winning jackpot MEGA MONEY ticket for a Tuesday or Friday MEGA MONEY drawing.

    50(2) 51The bonus commission for selling a winning MEGA MONEY ticket is $1,000. 64If multiple winning jackpot MEGA MONEY tickets are sold for the same drawing, the retailer(s) selling such tickets wi83ll share the bonus commission. 88Each 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.

    133(3134) Award of a jackpot MEGA MONEY bonus commission is not dependent upon the winning jackpot ticket being claimed by the winner.

    156(4157) 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, 193F.S., 194Chapter 53, 196F.A.C., or contract terms.

    200(5201) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer for Inte214rnal Revenue Service purposes. 218The 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 246the bonus commission, if any.

    251(6252) MEGA MONEY 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.

    307Rulemaking308c Authority 31024.105(9)(i), 31124.109(1) FS. 313Law Implemented 31524.105(9)316(i317), 31824.112(1) FS. 320History–New 32111-1-09, 322Replaces 53ER06-5 and 53ER06-7326.