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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 2, 2024) |
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53. Department of the Lottery |
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D53. Departmental |
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53ER14. Emergency Rule For Year 2014 |
1(1) 2Beginning 3July1, 420154, 6through 7September 1, 9201104, 11the 12Florida Lottery will conduct the 17$1850,000 20Jackpot 21Second Chance Promotion 24in which 26players can enter non-winning 30Florida Lottery Scratch-Off tickets 34from the following 37JACKPOT 38games 39on the Florida Lottery website for a chance to win a cash prize of $50,000 55or $50057:
58(a) 59$10,000 JACKPOT 62Instant Game Number 65126637;
67(b) 68$50,000 JACKPOT 71Instant G73ame 74N75umber 127738;
78(c) 79$500,000 JACKPOT 82Instant Game 84Number 85128639; 87and
88(d) 89$2,000,000 JACKPOT 93Instant G95ame 96N97umber 981240.
99W100inning 101Scratch-Off 102tickets 103from the above listed games 108cannot be used for entry in114to 115the 116$11750,000 119Jackpot 120Second Chance Promotion123.
124(2) 125Drawings. 126Three 127$12850,000 130Jackpot 131second c133hance d135rawings 136will be held between 140July 23, 1422011434, 144and 145September 3, 1472011484, 149from entries 151submitted before midnight ET 155on the last day of the entry period for each drawing166. Entries will be good for one drawing only175. 176The drawing schedule is:
180Drawing
181Entry Period
183Drawing Date
1851
186July 1, 2014 – July 21, 2014
193Wednesday, July 23, 2014
1971
198July 22, 2014 – August 11, 2014
205Wednesday, August 13, 2014
2093
210August 12, 1014 – September 1, 2014
217Wednesday, September 3, 2014
221(3) 222Prizes. 223In each of 226the 227$22850,000 230Jackpot 231second c233hance d235rawin236gs, one 238g239rand 240p241rize winner 243will win 245$24652470,002490 250and 251fifty 252s253econd 254p255rize winners 257will win $500. 260A grand total of 264one hundred fif267ty-268three 269cash 270prizes will be awarded in the second c278hance drawings280.
281(4) 282How to Enter. 285To enter a non-289winning 290$10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT 304Scratch305-Off ticket in one of the 311second chance drawings, 314players must enter on the Florida Lottery’s website at 323flalottery.com324. 325On the home page of the Lottery’s website, players can click on the 338$33950,000 341Jackpot 342banner and follow the directions. Players will be prompted to log-in or register. The 24-digit ticket serial number (4-digit game number and 20-digit ticket number) is located 369below 370the play area 373on the front of a 378$10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT and $2,000,000 JACKPOT 392Scratch-Off ticket under the latex covering. Players are to scratch off the latex covering to reveal the number and enter the entire 24-digit ticket serial number in the designated ti422cket entry area on the website.
428(5429) 430Entry Determination. 432Each 433non-winning 434$10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT and $2,000,000 JACKPOT 448Scratch-O449ff 450ticket is assigned a 454predetermined number of entries 458that corresponds to the 462price 463of the non-winning ticket, 467as shown 469in the table 472below. 473Additionally, 474a player will 477earn 478one bonus 480entry 481for every five entries 485he or she 488receive489s 490during 491a single 493entry period. 495The player’s entry history will be cumulative 502with503in each entry period. 507For 508example, a player 511who enters 513one 514non-winning 515$500,000 JACKPOT ticket 519will 520receive 521five entries plus one bonus 526ent527ry 528into the applicable drawing532. Likewise, 534a 535player who enters 538a 539total of 541one 542non-winning 543$10,000 JACKPOT 546ticket and two non-winning $50,000 JACKPOT 553tickets 554during a sing557le entry period will also 562receive 563five 564entries plus one bonus entry 569into the applicable drawing573.
574Ticket Price Point
577Jackpot 578Game
579Number of Entries
582$10
583$2,000,000 586JACKPOT
58715880
589$5905
591$505920,593000 JACKPOT
5955
596$5972
598$50,599000 JACKPOT
6012
602$1
603$60410,605000 JACKPOT
6071
608Bonus Entry 610‒ 611one bonus entry for every five entries 618a player receives 621during a single entry period.
626Players may enter as many times as they wish during the contest period; however, each valid tick643et number may only be used one 650time, for entry in654to 655one second chance drawing. Tickets should not be mailed to the Lottery unless players are contacted by the Florida Lottery and requested to do so. Non-winning tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery will not be entered in the drawing and will not be returned. The odds of winning 706depend 707on the number of entries entered. 713All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met.
733(6734) 735Winner Selection. 737In 738each of the 741three 742drawings, the first valid 746entry 747drawn will win the 751g752rand 753p754rize of 756$75757580,000760. 761T762he 763second through 765fifty766-f767irst 768valid entries drawn will win a 774s775econd 776p777rize of 779$500780. 781The second through 784sixth 785valid entries drawn will be 790used 791in the order in wh796ich they were 799drawn 800to select 802an 803alternate 804g805rand 806p807rize winner in the 811event 812the 813g814rand 815p816rize 817cannot be awarded. 820Alternate winners 822will not be selected for 827s828econd 829p830rizes.
831(7) Notification.
833(a) The prize winners in each second chance drawing will be posted on fl847alottery.com after the drawing.
851(b) 852The F854lo855r856ida Lottery will attempt to notify 862the 863grand prize winner 866no later than twenty-four hours after the winner 874is 875posted on the Florida Lottery’s website. Notification will be made by telephone, U.S. mail or email using the contact information provided in the winner’s registration data. If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with 912the 913grand prize winner within 917two weeks 919of 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 the first alternate winner as set 952forth in subsection (6) above. 957If the Florida Lottery is unable to have personal contact with the first alternate winner within 973two weeks 975of the date of award of the prize, the alternate winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the grand prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to a second alternate winner. This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Florida Lottery has exhausted the list of available alternates. If the Lottery is unable to contact an alternate, 1039the prize will not be awarded.
1045(c) 1046The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify each second prize winner by telephone, U.S. mail, or email using the contact information provided in the winner’s registration data no later than seven business days after the winners are posted on the Florida Lottery’s website in order to confir1093m the winner’s mailing address. 1098If the Florida Lottery is unable to 1105have personal 1107contact 1108with 1109a second prize winner within thirty days of the date of the drawing, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and 1135the prize will not be awarded.
1141(114281143) 1144How to Claim a Prize.
1149(a) To claim the grand prize in a second chance drawing, the winner must submit to the Florida Lottery the original valid non-winning 1172$10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT 1186Scratch-Off 1187ticket bearing the entry number selected in the drawing. Without such ticket, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim a prize. 1211The w1213inner must submit the valid entry ticket along with a completed Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2, revised 12309/13, 1231or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL 173-2S, revised 12399/13 1240and a copy of acceptable identification. 1246Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference 1257and may be obtained at any Lottery office, from the Florida Lottery’s website 1270at 1271flalottery.com, 1272or by writing to: Florida Lottery, Customer Service, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4016. The required 1288documentation 1289must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than two weeks after the Florida Lottery has made personal contact with the winner. If the Florida Lottery has not received the required 1321documentation 1322from 1323the 1324grand prize winner by the fourteenth day after notification, the winner will forfeit his or her right to claim the prize and the Florida Lottery will award the prize to an alternate winner as described in subsections (6) and (7) above.
1365(b) Second prize winners are not required to submit the original non-winning 1377$10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT 1391Scratch-Off ticket or the documentation listed in paragraph (8)(a) above 1401in order to claim the prize. 1407However, a second prize winner who becomes an alternate winner of the grand prize will be required to 1425submit the original non-winning 1429$10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,0014370 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT 1444Scratch-Off ticket and the required documentation in order to claim the higher prize. Therefore, grand prize alternate winners should retain the original non-winning 1467$10,000 JACKPOT, $50,000 JACKPOT, $500,000 JACKPOT or $2,000,000 JACKPOT 1481Scratch-Off ticket until notified by the Florida Lottery that the grand prize has been fulfilled. 1496An alternate grand prize winner will receive the difference in cash between the grand and second prizes.
1513(151491515) 1516Award of 1518Grand 1519Prizes. 1520Upon 1521the Florida Lottery’s receipt of a 1527g1528rand 1529p1530rize 1531winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will 1537award a prize of $1542515430,000, 1545less applicable federal tax withholding.
1550(1155101552) 1553Award of Second Prizes. 1557Upon confirmation of a 1561s1562econd 1563p1564rize winner’s mailing address, 1568the Florida Lottery will mail a 1574check for $500.
1577(1157811579) 1580Taxes. 1581A1582ll federal, state and/or local taxes or other fees on the prizes won in the 1597$159850,000 1600Cash Second Chance Promotion 1604will be the responsibility of the winner.
1611(1161221613) 1614Oth1615er Restrictions and Provisions.
1619(a) 1620All prizes are subject to the provisions of Chapter 24, 1630F.S., 1631and rules promulgated thereunder. 1635Prizes 1636shall be paid in accordance 1641with the rule 1644of the Florida Lotter1648y governing payment of prizes. 1653A copy of the current 1658prize payment 1660rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011.
1679(1680b1681) 1682All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and may 1694be disqualified if eligibility 1698requirements are not met.
1702(1703c1704) 1705If 1706a 1707g1708rand 1709p1710rize 1711winner 1712is identified as owing an outstanding debt to a state agency or child support collected through a court, the debt will be collected in accordance with 1738S1739ection 174024.115, 1741F.S.
1742(1743d1744) Players must be at least 18 years of age. Persons 1755prohibited by 1757S1758ection 175924.116, 1760F.S., 1761from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to play.
1772(1773e1774) By entering 1777the 1778$177950,000 1781Jackpot 1782Second Chance Promotion, 1785a player gives his or her 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.
1829(1830f1831) 1832$183350,000 1835Jackpot 1836second chance d1839rawings shall be public, held 1844in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The results of each drawing will be available after the drawin1871g on the Florida Lottery’s webs1877ite at flalottery.com.
1880Rulemaking Authority 188224.105(9), 188324.1018849(1) 1885FS. Law Implemented 188824.105(9), 188924.115(1) FS. 1891History1892‒1893New 18946-25-141895.
