Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 2, 2024) |
53. Department of the Lottery |
D53. Departmental |
53ER14. Emergency Rule For Year 2014 |
1(1) 2Beginning 3Monday, 4March 17, 2014, 7through 8Sunday, 9April 2117, 12201134, 14the 15Florida Lottery will conduct the Lucky L22otto Collect 24& 25Win Promotion 27(“Promotion”)28. 29P30layers 31who purchase 33a 34FLORIDA LOTTO36® 37or 38FLORIDA LOTTO40® 41with 42XTRA 43ticket 44of 45any 46price point 48can scan 50the barcode on 53their ticket55s 56using 57a 58s59martphone or tablet, 62or 63can 64manually 65enter the 67ticket number 69on 70the Florida Lottery’s website 74to 75collect 76lucky symbols 78for a chance to win 83a tablet, 85up to $7,777 89in cash 91or a 93t94rip to Ireland97. 98Both w100inning and non-103winning FLORIDA 105LOTTO 106tickets 107may 108be used to enter the 113Promotion. 114Only FLORIDA LOTTO tickets purchased during the promotion period 123may 124be used to enter the 129Promotion including 131FLORIDA LOTTO tickets associated with JACKPOT COMBO and the BIG 3 POWER PACK in Miami and West Palm Beach sales districts152.
153(2154) 155FLA 156Lucky Lotto App Download and Registration162. 163A 164p165layer 166may 167participate in the 170Lucky Lotto Collect 173& 174Win Promotion 176by 177down178loa179ding 180the 181free 182F183LA 184Lucky Lotto 186app 187at the 189iTunes190® 191Store for iOS devices or at Google Play199® 200for Android202® 203devices. For easy access to the app, a 211QR code 213will be printed 216below the barcode on 220FLORIDA LOTTO 222tickets 223during the 225P226romotion period 228for 229the 230player to scan with 234a 235rear-facing 236camera on 238a smartphone or tablet242. 243A 244QR 245c246ode 247will also 249appear 250on Lucky Lotto Collect 254& 255Win Promotion 257p258oint-of-259s260ale materials displayed at Florida Lottery retailers. 267FLORIDA LOTTO tickets associated with JACKPOT COMBO and the BIG 3 POWER PACK will not contain a QR code or entry instructions. 289After the app is downloaded, 294the 295p296layer will be prompted to 301register 302his or her 305contact information 307and 308will 309be sent 311an 312email 313directing the player to 317confirm his 319or her 321registration. 322The 323player should check 326the 327junk mail or spam folder 332if he 334or she 336do337es 338not 339promptly 340receive a342n email 344confirmation. 345Thereafter, 346the player may 349log350in 351using 352his or her email and password. 358A 359player 360may also 362participate in the 365Promotion 366by 367visit368ing 369the Lottery’s homepage, 372flalottery.com, 373click374ing 375on the Lucky Lotto Collect & Win banner 383and 384follow385ing 386the directions, 388or by going directly to flalottery.com/luckylotto. 394Regardless of whether a player chooses to participate in the Promotion by smar407tphone, tablet or 410computer, 411he or she 414may 415use 416the same 418account login information 421to 422enter tickets, 424will only be required to register one time 432and 433the 434player’s 435entry history 437will be cumulative.
440(3) 441How to Enter. 444To collect lucky symbols, 448a player 450may 451scan 452the barcode 454o455n the 457bottom of a 460FLORIDA LOTTO 462ticket u464sing 465a 466rear-facing 467camera on 469a 470smartphone or tablet, 473or 474a player 476may 477manually 478enter the 19-digit 481ticket 482number 483located above the bar code 488at 489flalottery.com490/luckylotto491. 492One of four play cards will appear on the screen502. 503Each play card contains six 508spots509. 510Each ticket 512number 513entered will randomly 516generat517e 518one of six 521lucky 522play 523symbols 524and place it 527in the 529next available 531spot 532on 533the 534next available 536play 537card. 538Once a 540symbol has been collected 544on all four play cards, the symbol will be eliminated from the random selection process. 559When 560a single 562play 563card is filled up 567with all six different symbols, 572an entry 574is 575generated 576into the next available drawing 581and 582the 583play 584card 585is 586reset to capture more symbols 591towards 592the next entry. 595A player will 598earn 599an entry with a minimum of 6 tickets to a maximum of 21 tickets 613scanned or 615entered. 616A player 618may 619earn 620multiple entries 622during the contest 625period; 626however, 627a player may only manually enter or scan 635up to two hundred tickets per day642. 643Each ticket number can only be 649scanned or 651entered one time. 654Entries 655that include tickets with 659invalid 660ticket 661numbers or tickets that have been canceled will be 670disqualif671ied 672from the 674applicable 675drawing 676or drawings678. 679The 680odds of winning 683depend on 685the number of 688entries in 690each drawing692. All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may 705be 706disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met. 713FLORIDA LOTTO 715tickets 716should not be mailed to the Lottery723. 724T725ickets received in the mail by the Flo733rida Lottery will not be entered into 740the 741Promotion 742and will not be returned.
747(7484749) 750Drawing751s752. 753Four weekly computerized drawings will be held 760between 761Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 765and 766Tuesday, April 22, 2014, and winners will be randomly selected from entries received during the entry periods shown below. 785Entries are good for only one weekly drawing. 793However, 794one 795Grand Prize 797drawing 798will be held on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 806and will include all 810entries received between 813March 17, 8152018164, 817and 81811:59 819p.m. 820(821ET822) 823on 824April 27, 2014, 827excluding entries previously selected for a weekly prize835. 836Winners will be randomly selected. 841The drawing dates 844and entry periods 847are 848as follows850:
851Weekly 852Drawing
853Drawing Date
855Entry Period857*
8581
859Tuesday, April 1, 2014
863March 17, 2014 – March 30, 2014
8702
871Tuesday, April 8, 2014
875March 31, 2014 – April 6, 2014
8823
883Tuesday, April 15, 2014
887April 7, 2014 – April 13, 2014
8944
895Tuesday, 896April 22, 2014
899April 14, 2014 – 903April 20, 2014
906Grand Prize Drawing
909Tuesday, April 29, 2014
913March 17, 2014 916‒ 917April 27, 2014
920* 921The entry submission deadline is before midnight 928(929ET930) 931on the last day of the entry period.
939(9405941) Prizes. 943In each of the four weekly drawings, two winners will 953each 954win 955a first prize of 959$7,777, ten winners will 964each 965win 966a second prize of 970$777 and 972ten winners will 975each 976win a 978third prize of a 982tablet. 983A total of eighty-987eight 988prizes 989will be awarded in the weekly drawings. In the Grand Prize drawing, ten winners will 1004each 1005win 1006a 1007grand prize of a 1011trip to Ireland 1014and twenty 1016winners will 1018each 1019win 1020a second prize of 1024$7,7771026. 1027A total of thirty prizes will be awarded in the Grand Prize Drawing. A grand total of one hundred eighteen prizes will be awarded in the 1053P1054romotion.
1055(105661057) 1058Winner Selection-1060Weekly Drawings. In each of the four weekly 1068draw1069ings, the first two valid entries drawn 1076will 1077each 1078win 1079a first prize1082. 1083T1084he 1085third through twelfth 1088valid 1089entries drawn will 1092each 1093win 1094a second prize 1097and will serve as alternate winners 1103in the order drawn 1107for 1108a 1109first 1110prize 1111in the event a first prize cannot be awarded1120. 1121T1122he thirteenth t1125hrough 1126twenty-1127second 1128valid 1129entries drawn will 1132each 1133win a 1135third prize1137. 1138The twenty-third through thirty-third valid entries drawn 1145will be 1147used in 1149the order in 1152which they were drawn 1156and 1157in the 1159order of need 1162to select an alternate 1166second 1167or third 1169prize winner 1171in the event a 1175second or third 1178prize cannot be awarded. The F1184lo1185r1186ida Lottery will attempt to notify each 1193first, second and third prize 1198winner by telep1201ho1202n1203e, U.S. mail or email using the contact information provided in th1215e 1216winner’s registration data 1219no later than 1222twenty-1223four hours 1225after the winners are 1229posted on the Florida Lottery’s website1235. If the Florida Lottery is unable to 1243have personal 1245contact 1246with 1247a 1248first, second or third 1252prize winner within 1255two weeks 1257of the date 1260the winners are posted on the website, 1267the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida L1283ottery will award the prize to the first available 1292alternate winner 1294from the applicable pool of alternates described above1302. 1303If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the first available alternate winner within two weeks of the award of prize, the first alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to the second available alternate winner. 1355This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted the list of available alternates, 1375in which case 1378the prize 1380will not be awarded. An alternate winner 1387of a first prize 1391that has 1393been awarded 1395a 1396second prize at the time of notification 1403will 1404receive 1405the difference between 1408the 1409first and second 1412prize.
1413(141471415) 1416Winner Selection 1418‒ 1419Grand Prize 1421Drawing. In the 1424grand prize 1426drawing, the first 1429through tenth 1431valid entr1433ies 1434drawn will 1436each 1437win 1438a grand prize 1441and t1443he eleventh through thirtieth 1447valid entries drawn will 1451each 1452win 1453a second prize. 1456The thirty-first through the forty-fifth valid 1462e1463ntries drawn will 1466be used in the order in which they were drawn and in order of need to select an alternate grand or second 1488prize winner in the event a grand or second prize cannot be awarded. The F1503lo1504r1505ida Lottery will attempt to notify each 1512grand and second 1515prize winner by telep1519ho1520n1521e, U.S. mail or email using the contact information provided in th1533e 1534winner’s registration data 1537no later than twenty-four hours after the winners are posted on the Florida Lottery’s website. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with a 1564grand 1565or 1566second prize winner within two weeks of the date the winners are posted on the website, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to 1603the 1604first available alternate winner1608. 1609If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the first available alternate winner within two weeks of the award of prize, the first alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to the second available alternate winner. 1661This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted t1677he list of available alternates, in which case 1685the prize 1687will not be awarded.
1691(169281693) How to Claim a Prize. 1699To claim 1701a 1702prize in 1704a weekly or grand prize 1709d1710rawing, 1711the 1712winner 1713must submit 1715to 1716the Florida Lottery 1719a completed Winner 1722Claim Form DOL-173-2, revised 91727/117283, 1729or 1730Spanish Winner Claim Form 1734DOL-173-2S, revised 17369/13, 1737and 1738a copy of acceptable identification1743. 1744A 1745third prize winner in a weekly drawing and a grand prize winner in the grand prize drawing 1762must also submit a notarized Florida Lottery Release and Authorization form DOL-474, revised 177581776/13, or Spanish Florida Lottery Release and 1783A1784uthorization Form DOL-474S, effective 178881789/13. 1790Forms DOL-173-2, 1792DOL-173-2S, 1793DOL-474 and DOL-474S 1796are hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained 1805from any Lottery office, 1809from the Lottery’s website, 1813www.flalottery.com, 1814or by writing to: Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. 1828The 1829required 1830form1831s 1832must be received b1836y 1837the Florida Lottery no later than 1843two weeks 1845after the winner is notified by the Florida Lottery that he or she is a winner. If the Florida Lottery has not received the 1869required forms 1871by the 1873fourteenth 1874day after notification, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize 1889and 1890the 1891Florida Lottery will award the prize to 1898an 1899alternate winner as described in 1904subsections 1905(190661907) and (191071911), 1912above, 1913as applicable1915. 1916A prizewinner 1918in this Promotion 1921is 1922not required to submit the FLORIDA LOTTO tickets 1930he or she 1933scanned or 1935manually entered 1937t1938o generate an entry 1942in order to claim a prize1948.
1949(195091951) Award of 1954Weekly Drawing 1956Prizes.
1957(a) 1958First Prize. Upon receipt of a first prize winner’s required documentation, the Florida Lottery will award a prize of $7,777, le1980ss applicable tax withholding.
1984(b) 1985Second Prize. Upon receipt of a second prize winner’s required documentation, the Florida Lottery will award a prize of $777.
2005(c) 2006Third Prize. 2008Upon receipt of a third prize winner’s required documentation, the Florida Lottery w2021ill award a prize of a tablet. 2028The Florida Lottery 2031will notify the fulfillment company of the name and contact information of the prize winner and the fulfillment company shall ship the tablet 2054to the prizewinner 2057within five 2059business days of the date 2064the fulfillment 2066company 2067verifi2068es the 2070winner’s information 2072and confirms the winner’s 2076tablet selection. 2078The winner will have the choice of one of four tablet2089s 2090valued up to $599. 2094A cash option is not available in lieu of tablet 2104prizes.
2105(2106102107) 2108Award of 2110Grand Prize Drawing Prizes.
2114(a) 2115Grand Prize. Upon receipt of a grand prize winner’s required documentation, the Florida Lottery will award 2131a2132n Ireland trip package and provide the winner 2140a certificate 2142describing the prize and containing the name and contact information for the winner to contact to make reservations to fulfill the trip. 2164Each 2165trip package 2167consist2168s 2169of the following:
217212173. Roundtrip 2175coach class 2177airfare for 2179two 2180persons from 2182Miami, 2183Florida to Dublin, 2186Ireland;
218722188. 2189Premium 2190accommodations in 4-star hotels for seven nights;
219732198. Dinner for two persons for three nights;
22064. Daily breakfast for two persons, excluding the day of arrival;
221752218. 2219Transportation 2220between the airport and 2224hotel*;
222562226. 2227Transportation 2228and cost of guide for guided tours to 2236six different sites in Ireland; 2241and
224272243. 2244$22454,0002247.
2248*Transfers to the hotel from the airport will be at 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 2262N2263oon on the day of arrival; transfers from the hotel to the airport will be at 6:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on the day of departure. Winners who arrive after 12:00 2294N2295oon on the day of arrival or who desire to leave the hotel at a time other than the scheduled transfers on the day of departure will be responsible for transferring to the hotel or airport at their own expense.
2335The 2336estimated 2337value of the 2340grand 2341prize, 2342includin2343g the cash portion, 2347is $234910,0002351. 2352The actual value of the grand prize 2359depend2360s 2361on the cost of airfare and hotel at the time the 2372trip 2373is booked by the winner. The Florida Lottery will pay applicable federal income tax withholding on the actual value of the prize. The reportable taxable value of the prize includes the actual value of the prize and the value of the federal income tax w2418ithholding paid by the Lottery.
2423The 2424trip package 2426does not include: 2429travel expenses to Miami, Florida, 2434insurance, gratuities, meals (other than those 2440specified above2442), parking fees, baggage fees, alcoholic beverages (other than those served without charge at any reception and/or party), any items not expressly specified and personal expenses such as telephone calls, valet service, laundry, incidentals and the like, as well as 2482revision or 2484cancellation fees which may be charged by the airlines, hotel or other 2496supplier. 2497If a 2499grand 2500prize winner must reschedule a trip after it has been booked, the 2512grand 2513prize winner will be responsible for all costs associated with rebooking. 2524Trip 2525packages must be used within one year 2532of 2533the 2534date of the 2537drawing in which they are awarded as prizes. 2545At the request of a 2550grand prize 2552winner and with the approval of the 2559Lottery, 2560the winner may 2563transfer the trip package once prior to booking at no additional cost to the 2577grand prize 2579winner. If the trip package is transferred after airline or other reservations have been made and a charge is imposed for transferring the reservations, the winner will be responsible for paying the additional charge imposed. In the event of transfer, the original winner shall receive the $4,000 cash prize and the applicable tax liability on the entire prize shall be reported in the name of the original winner. 2648In the event that a prizewinner 2654does not 2656use 2657one or more 2660portion2661s 2662of the 2664grand 2665prize, the 2667unused portion 2669or portions 2671of the 2673prize shall be forfeited with the exception of the $26834,000 2685cash, 2686and 2687the 2688entire 2689value of the prize shall remain taxable income to the prizewinner. 2700A cash option of $10,000 is available in lieu of the trip package prize. 2715If a player chooses the cash option, f2723ederal income tax withholding will b2729e deducted from the cash prize.
2735(b) Second Prize. Upon receipt of a second prize winner’s required documentation, the Florida Lottery will award a prize of $7,777, less applicable tax withho2761lding.
2762(2763112764) 2765State-2766O2767wed Debt. 2769All prizewinners, except third prize winners, will 2776be analyzed for 2779state-o2780wed 2781d2782ebt. 2783If the 2785winner is 2787identified as owing an outstanding debt to a state agency or child support collected through a court, the debt will be collected in accordance with 2812S2813ection 281424.115, 2815F.S2816. 2817If the debt of a grand prize winner who chooses to take the trip is an amount of less than the cash portion of the prize, the non-cash portion of the prize and the cash portion of the prize less the amount owed shall be awarded. If the debt is an amount greater than the cash portion of the prize, the grand prize winner’s entire cash portion of the prize will be applied toward the outstanding debt and the winner will receive the remaining non-cash portion of the prize, if any. 2908If the debt of a grand prize winner 2916who chooses 2918the cash option 2921is an amount less than 2926$10,000, 2928the winner shall receive the excess cash value after applicable federal withholding tax has been deducted an2945d the debt has been satisfied. 2951If the debt is an amount greater than 2959$10,000, 2961the entire cash value of the prize remaining after deduction of applicable federal withholding tax will be applied toward the outstanding debt as provided in Section 298724.115, 2988F.S2989.
2990(2991122992) 2993Taxes. 2994Except as specifically mentioned herein, all federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees 3008on 3009Lucky Lotto Collect & Win 3014prizes 3015will be th3018e responsibility of the winner.
3023(3024133025) 3026Other Restrictions 3028and Provisions3030.
3031(a) The right to claim a prize cannot be assigne3041d to another person or entity.
3047(3048b3049) 3050All prizes are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, 3060F.S., 3061and rules promulgated thereunder. Prizes will be paid in accordance with the rule of the Florida Lottery governing payment of prizes. Copies of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, T3105allahassee, Florida 32399-4011.
3108(c3109) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons prohibited by Section 312324.116, 3124F.S., 3125from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to play.
3136(3137d3138) A player entering 3142a 3143Lucky Lotto 3145Collect & 3147Win 3148d3149rawing 3150is deemed to have granted permission for the Florida Lottery to photograph and/or videotape and record the prizewinner 3168with 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.
3193(3194e3195) 3196Lucky Lotto Collect &3200Win 3201d3202rawing3203s 3204shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. 3224The results of each drawing will be 3231available 3232after the drawing on the Florida Lottery’s website at flalottery.com.
3242Rulemaking Authority 324424.105(9), 324524.109(1) FS. 3247Law Implemented 324924.105(9), 325024.115(1) FS. 3252History–New 3-1325433255-14.