Oregon Bulletin
January 1, 2011
Rule
Caption: Changes Match 5 Play® prize to set
amount of $1,000,000.
Adm.
Order No.: LOTT 10-2010
Filed with Sec. of
State: 11-19-2010
Certified to be
Effective: 12-12-10
Notice Publication
Date: 11-1-2010
Rules Amended: 177-085-0065
Subject: The Oregon Lottery has amended the above referenced
Powerball® game rule to change the way the prize amount is determined for the
Match 5 Power Play® option. This change was necessary to implement changes to
the Powerball® game rules made by the national organization that administers
the multi-state Powerball® game.
Rules Coordinator: Mark W. Hohlt—(503) 540-1417
177-085-0065
Power Play
(1) General: Power Play® is an optional, limited
extension of the Powerball® Game described in OAR Division 85. The Lottery
Director, in the Lottery Director’s sole discretion and based on agrments with
MUSL, is authorized to initiate and terminate the Power Play® option.
(2) Set Prizes Only: Power Play® multiplies or
increases the amount of any of the cash Set Prizes (the cash prizes normally
paying $3 to $200,000) won in a drawing. The Grand Prize jackpot is not a Set
Prize and will not be multiplied or increased. Match 5 Bonus Prizes are awarded
independent of the Power Play® option and are not multiplied by the Power Play®
multiplier.
(3) Power Play® Purchase: A qualifying Power Play®
option play is any single Powerball® Play for which the player selects the
Power Play® option on either the Play Slip or by selecting the Power Play®
option through a clerk-activated or player-activated terminal, pays one extra
dollar for the Power Play® option play, and which is recorded at the Party
Lottery’s central computer as a qualifying play.
(4) Qualifying Play: A qualifying play which wins one
of the seven lowest lump sum Set Prizes (excluding the Match 5 prize) will be
multiplied by the number selected (either 2, 3, 4, or 5), in a separate random
Power Play® drawing announced during the official Powerball® drawing show. The
announced Match 5 prize, for players selecting the Power Play® option, shall be
$1,000,000 unless a higher limited promotional dollar amount is announced by
the Product Group.
(5) Selection of Multiplier: MUSL will conduct a
separate random Power Play® drawing and announce results during each of the
regular Powerball® drawings held during the promotion. During each Power Play®
drawing, a single number (2, 3, 4, or 5) shall be drawn. The Product Group may
change one or more of these multiplier numbers and/or the Match 5 Power Play®
prize amount for special promotions from time to time.
(6) Power Play® Prize Pool: The prize pool for all
prize categories shall consists of up to 49.5 percent of each drawing period’s
sales, including any specific statutorily mandated tax on a Party Lottery to be
included in the price of a lottery ticket, after the Powerball® prize reserve
accounts are funded to the amounts set by the Product Group. Any amount
remaining in the prize pool at the end of the Powerball® game shall be carried
forward to a replacement game or expended in a manner as directed by the
Product Group in accordance with state law.
(7) Power Play® Prize Reserve Accounts: An additional
one-half percent of sales, including any specific statutorily mandated tax on a
Party Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, may be collected
and placed in the rollover account or in trust in one or more prize reserve
accounts until the prize reserve accounts reach the amounts designated by the
Product Group.
(8) Power Play® Payout: Except as provided in these
rules, all prizes awarded shall be paid as lump sum set prizes. Instead of the
Powerball® set prize amounts, qualifying Power Play® option plays will pay the
amounts shown below when matched with the Power Play® number drawn. Match 5
prizes shall be paid $1,000,000 regardless of the Power Play® number selected,
unless a higher limited promotional dollar amount is announced by the Product
Group. [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]
(9) Probability of Prize Increase: The following table
sets forth the probability of the various Power Play® numbers being drawn
during a single Powerball® drawing, except that the Power Play® amount for the
Match 5 prize will be $1,000,000. The Product Group may elect to run limited
promotions that may increase the multiplier numbers or Match 5 Power Play®
prize amount. [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]
(10) Prize Pool Carried Forward: The prize pool
percentage allocated to the Power Play® set prizes shall be carried forward to
subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the set prizes
awarded in the current draw.
(11) Pari-Mutuel Prizes —All Prize Amounts: If
the total of the original Powerball® set prizes and the Power Play® prizes
awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the prize pools allocated to the
set prizes, then the amount needed to fund the set prizes (including the Power
Play® prize amounts) awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the
following order:
(a) The amount allocated to the set prizes and carried
forward from previous draws, if any;
(b) An amount from the Powerball® Set-Prize Reserve
Account, if available in the account, not to exceed twenty-five million dollars
($25,000,000) per drawing; and
(c) If, after these sources are depleted, there are not
sufficient funds to pay the set prizes awarded (including Power Play® prize
amounts), then the highest set prize (including the Power Play® prize amounts)
shall become a pari-mutuel prize. If the amount of the highest set prize, when
paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops to or below the next highest set prize and
there are still not sufficient funds to pay the remaining set prizes awarded,
then the next highest set prize, including the Power Play® prize amount, shall
become a pari-mutuel prize. This procedure shall continue down through all set
prizes levels, if necessary, until all set prize levels become pari-mutuel
prize levels. In that instance, the money available from the funding sources
listed in this rule shall be divided among the winning plays in proportion to
their respective prize percentages. In rare instances, where the Powerball® set
prize amount may be funded but the money available to pay the full Power Play®
prize amount may not be available due to an unanticipated number of winners,
the Product Group may announce pari-mutuel shares of the available pool for the
Power Play® payment only.
(12) Prize Payment: All Power Play® prizes shall be
paid in one lump sum. The Lottery may begin paying Power Play® prizes after
receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central office.
(13) Prizes Rounded: Prizes, which under these rules
may become pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid
in whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding these prizes shall be
carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.
[ED. NOTE: Tables referenced are available from the agency.]
Stat. Auth.:
OR Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) & ORS 461
Stats.
Implemented: ORS 461
Hist.: LOTT
3-2001(Temp), f. 3-1-01, cert. ef 3-2-01 thru 8-29-01; LOTT 10-2001, f.
5-25-01, cert. ef. 5-29-01; LOTT 9-2002(Temp), f. 9-4-02, cert. ef. 10-6-02
thru 3-31-03; LOTT 1-2003, f. & cert. ef. 2-3-03; LOTT 7-2005(Temp), f.
8-8-05, cert. ef. 8-28-05 thru 2-23-06; LOTT 23-2005, f. 12-21-05, cert. ef.
12-31-05; LOTT 11-2008, f. 11-21-08, cert. ef. 1-4-09; LOTT 10-2010, f.
11-19-10, cert. ef. 12-12-10
Rule
Caption: Clarify payment and set maximum
guaranteed amount for Win for LifeSM top prize; housekeeping changes.
Adm.
Order No.: LOTT 11-2010
Filed with Sec. of
State: 11-19-2010
Certified to be
Effective: 12-1-10
Notice Publication
Date: 11-1-2010
Rules Amended: 177-094-0080
Subject: The amendments to the above rule clarify the amount a
winner is paid for the top prize and set a maximum guaranteed top prize amount
in the Win for LifeSM game. Other amendments include housekeeping changes.
Rules Coordinator: Mark W. Hohlt—(503) 540-1417
177-094-0080
Prizes
(1) Prizes for a winning ticket are determined by
matching each horizontal set in the ticket’s game play with the winning numbers
from the relevant drawing. [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]
(2) Prize Percentage Payout: The number of prizes for
the Win for LifeSM game is not predetermined by the Lottery. The overall prize
percentage payout for the Win for LifeSM game is estimated at approximately 65% over time, but the actual
prize payout may vary from day-to-day and year-to-year due to factors that
include, but are not limited to, the numbers of players participating each day
and the number of winning wagers.
(3) Disputes: In the event of a dispute over the value
of a prize or whether a ticket contains winning numbers, the Director’s
determination is controlling.
(4) Multiple Prizes:
(a) Subject to the validation requirements in OAR
177-094-0060, for each drawing, a player may receive multiple prizes on each
ticket for which a ticket containing a winning game play is eligible.
(b) Only the top-prize associated with each set of
numbers within the Win for LifeSM, $50,000, $20,000, and $10,000 prize categories shall be paid.
(5) Claiming a Prize: Prize payments must be claimed,
and shall be made, in accordance with the provisions of OAR 177-070-0025.
(6) Payment of Prizes: All prizes resulting from a
ticket shall be paid in one lump-sum except for the Win for LifeSM prize of $1,000 per week for
life.
(7) Win for LifeSM Top Prize:
(a) General: Only one natural person may claim and
receive payment of the Win for LifeSM top prize of $1,000 per week for life per winning ticket. A Win
for LifeSM top prize cannot be shared by multiple owners of a single winning
ticket. In the event a single winning ticket is owned by more than one natural
person, the individual owners with an ownership interest in the ticket must
identify the natural person who will receive the top prize on a form provided
by the Lottery.
(b) Payment Options: The Win for LifeSM top prize is $1,000 per week for
life and shall be paid, based upon a selection made by the winner, either as:
(A) Weekly: A prize payment of $1000 each week
beginning on the date prize payment is initiated upon validation of the winning
ticket and thereafter on the same day each week, or if such day falls on a
non-business day, then the next business day; or
(B) Annually: A payment of $52,000 paid annually
beginning on the date prize payment is initiated upon validation of the winning
ticket and thereafter on the anniversary date of the first payment, or if such
date falls on a non-business day, then the first business day following the
anniversary date of the first payment.
(c) Payments to Cease upon Winner’s Death: The Win for
LifeSM top prize of $1,000
per week for life will be paid to the winning player until such time as the
winning player dies at which time all further prize payments shall cease.
(d) Five-Year Guaranteed Payment: Notwithstanding
subsection (c) of this section, if the prize winner dies within five years of
the date of prize validation, the Lottery shall pay any remaining prize
payments the prize winner would have received within the first five years after
prize validation in one lump sum to the individual designated on a beneficiary
designation form or to the prize winner’s estate.
(e) Maximum Five-Year Guaranteed Payment:
Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d) of this section, for Win for LifeSM tickets purchased on or after
December 1, 2010, if the prize winner dies within five years of the date of
prize validation, the Lottery shall pay any remaining prize payment the prize
winner would have received within the first five years after prize validation
in one lump sum, up to a maximum of $260,000, to the individual designated on a
beneficiary designation form or to the prize winner’s estate.
(f) Election of Payment Schedule:
(A) Limitations of Election: At the time of the
validation of a winning Win for LifeSM ticket for the top prize of $1000 per week for life, the winner
of that prize must elect either the weekly or annual prize payment schedule
described in subsection (b) of this section. A winner who elects the annual
payment schedule cannot subsequently convert to the weekly payment schedule.
The election of the annual payment schedule is irrevocable. A winner who
elected the weekly payment schedule may convert to the annual payment schedule
at any time, and the Lottery will issue payment to the winner for the sum of
the remaining weekly payments from that date to the next anniversary date.
Subsequent annual payments will be made on the anniversary date.
(B) Election When Child Support Owed: Notwithstanding
subsection (A) of this subsection and subsection (g) of this section, when a
search of delinquent child support obligors performed pursuant to ORS 461.715
and OAR 177-010-0090 Child Support Validation Check results in a positive match
with the prize winner and the Division of Child Support of the Department of
Justice (DOJ) or its successor initiates garnishment proceedings, the winner of
the Win for LifeSM top prize of $1,000 per week for life has no payment options from
which to select and will be placed on the annual payment schedule as described
in subsection (7)(b)(B) of this section. This placement on the annual payment
schedule is irrevocable.
(C) Conversion to Annual Payment Schedule upon
Garnishment from Department of Justice: Upon receipt of garnishment proceedings
from DOJ directed to the Lottery for monies due or to become due to a winner
receiving weekly payments under the Win for LifeSM top prize, the Lottery will place
that winner on the annual payment schedule as described in subsection (7)(b)(B)
of this section. Conversion of the winner’s payment schedule from weekly to
annual under this section of the rule is irrevocable. The Lottery shall make
payments to such a winner as follows:
(i) Payment Less Garnishment Amounts: Within a
reasonable time after the disposition of the garnishment proceeding, the
Lottery shall pay the winner the sum of the winner’s weekly payments from the
date the Lottery placed the winner’s payments on hold to the winner’s next
anniversary date less any amounts withheld pursuant to the garnishment
proceedings and applicable tax laws.
(ii) Subsequent Payments: The Lottery shall make any
subsequent annual payments, less any amounts withheld pursuant to the
garnishment proceedings and applicable tax laws, on the anniversary date of the
validation of the prize.
(g) Limitation on Prize Amount for Multiple Top Prize
Winners:
(A) More Than Three Winners: Notwithstanding the $1,000
per week amount referred to in this rule, if there are more than three
individual winners of a Win for LifeSM top prize of $1,000 per week for life in a single drawing, the
top prize payment per individual winner shall be limited to an amount equal to
three times the top prize award divided by the number of actual top prize
winners in that drawing.
(B) Example: For example, if there are four top
prize winners in a single drawing and the prize payment year contains 52 weeks,
then 52 weeks x $1,000 x 3 = $156,000 divided by 4 winners = $39,000 annual
prize payment per each winner. If a winner has selected the weekly payment
schedule, then the calculated annual prize payment shall be divided by the
number of weeks in that prize payment year to arrive at the winner’s weekly
payment amount. In the above example, the $39,000 annual prize amount shall be
divided by 52 weeks for a weekly payment of $750 to a winner on the weekly
payment schedule less applicable taxes.
(C) Effect of Subsequent Events: Subsequent events,
including, but not limited to, the death of one of the prize winners, shall not
alter the other winners’ original pro rata share of the calculated prize
amount.
(h) Initiation of Payment: Prize payment is initiated
upon validation of the winning ticket and will continue to be paid weekly or
annually in accordance with the payment provisions contained in subsection (e)
of this rule.
(i) Electronic Fund Transfer: After the initial prize
payment issued to a Win for LifeSM top prizewinner, the Lottery shall pay both weekly and annualized
Win for LifeSM prize installments via electronic funds transfer in the usual
course of Lottery business.
(j) Annual Affidavit Required:
(A) General: Once each year and no earlier than thirty
days prior to the anniversary of the original validation date, a winner of a
Win for LifeSM top prize of $1,000 per week for life shall provide the Lottery
with an affidavit on a form provided by the Lottery, signed by the winner,
bearing the seal of a notary public, verifying the winner is living, containing
the winner’s current address, and a bank account number to which the prize
shall be paid.
(B) Termination of Prize: If a winner of a Win for LifeSM prize of $1,000 per week for life
does not provide the Lottery with the affidavit described in subsection (i)(A)
of this section, then the Lottery shall not make further prize payments to the
winner. If the failure of a winner to provide the affidavit continues to the
next anniversary of the validation date, the remainder of the prize shall be
terminated.
(C) Exception: Notwithstanding subsection (i)(B) of
this section, when it is reasonable and prudent to do so based on the facts
underlying a winner’s failure to provide an annual affidavit, the Director may
authorize prize payment even though an affidavit has not been provided or is
not timely provided. No interest shall be paid by the Lottery on the value of
the prize during the period a prize remained unclaimed.
(k) Death During a Payment Year: If a winner of a Win
for LifeSM prize of $1,000 per week for life dies after five years have
elapsed from the date of validation and if a sequence of weekly prize payments
are paid over the course of the year in which the prize winner dies or if a
single annual prize payment has been paid prospectively to the winning player
for that year, the prize could be overpaid. It is the policy of the Lottery
that the difference between the prize that should have been paid based on the
date of the death of the prize winner relative to the anniversary date of
validation of the prize and the prize amount that was actually paid during the
year in which the winner died will not be subject to reimbursement by the
Lottery. Any prize payment paid after the year in which the winner dies
relative to the anniversary date of validation of the prize shall be subject to
reimbursement to the Lottery.
(l) Non-Assignability: A Win for LifeSM top prize of $1,000 per week for
life is based on the unknown duration of the life of the prizewinner and is
therefore a prize of unspecified value and uncertain periodicity. Consequently,
a Win for LifeSM top prize of $1,000 per week for life is not a future periodic
prize payment as described in ORS 461.253(1) and cannot be assigned, gifted,
sold, or transferred in any manner from the winner to another person or entity
except under the circumstances as described in subsection (d) of this rule.
[ED. NOTE: Tables referenced are
available from the agency.]
Stat. Auth.: OR Const. Art. XV,
Sec. 4(4) & ORS 461
Stats. Implemented: ORS 461
Hist.: LOTT 11-2000, f. &
cert. ef. 12-1-00; LOTT 1-2001(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 1-22-01 thru 7-21-01;
LOTT 7-2001, f. 4-25-01, cert. ef. 4-26-01; LOTT 8-2002(Temp), f. & cert.
ef. 7-15-02 thru 1-3-03; LOTT 20-2002, f. & cert. ef. 9-30-02; LOTT
11-2010, f. 11-19-10, cert. ef. 12-1-10
Rule
Caption: Eliminates guaranteed estimated
annuity jackpot; changes Match 5 Megapiler® prize to set amount of $1,000,000.
Adm.
Order No.: LOTT 12-2010
Filed with Sec. of
State: 11-19-2010
Certified to be
Effective: 12-12-10
Notice Publication
Date: 11-1-2010
Rules Amended: 177-098-0010, 177-098-0040, 177-098-0060, 177-098-0110
Subject: The Oregon State Lottery has amended four Megapiler®
game rules to eliminate a guaranteed annuity jackpot prize and to change the
way the prize amount is determined for the Match 5 Megapiler® option. This
change is necessary to implement changes to the Mega Millions® game rules made
by the national organization that administers the multi-state Mega Millions®
game.
Rules Coordinator: Mark W. Hohlt—(503) 540-1417
177-098-0010
Definitions
The following definitions apply unless the context
requires a different meaning:
(1) “Drawing” means the formal process of
selecting winning numbers which determine the number of winners for each prize
level of the game.
(2) “Draw game terminal” or “Terminal”
has the meaning set forth in OAR 177-070-0005(4).
(3) “Finance & Audit Committee” means the
committee established by the Multi-State Lottery Association Agreement.
(4) “Game board” or “Boards” means that
area of the play slip which contains two sets of numbered squares to be marked
by the player, the first set containing fifty-six squares, numbered one through
fifty-six and the second set containing forty-six squares, numbered one through
forty-six.
(5) “Game ticket” or “Ticket” means a
ticket produced by a terminal which contains the caption Mega Millions®, one or
more lettered game plays followed by the drawing date, the price of the ticket,
whether or not the player has purchased the Megaplier® option, the number of
draws, the drawing dates if more than one drawing was purchased, a six digit
retailer number, and a serial number that is compatible with the Lottery’s
central computer system.
(6) “Jackpot” means the top prize of the Mega
Millions® game. The annuity Jackpot Prize is an amount that would be paid in
twenty-six annual installments.
(7) “Mega Millions® Finance Committee” means a
committee of the Mega Millions® Lotteries which determines the Jackpot Prize
amount (cash and annuity).
(8) “Mega Millions® Lottery or Lotteries” means
those lotteries which have joined under the Mega Millions® Lottery Agreement
and through a Cross-Selling Agreement with MUSL, to operate and sell the Mega
Millions® game.
(9) “Megaplier®” means Mega Millions® game
feature, known as “Megaplier®”, by which a player, for an additional wager of
$1 per play, can increase the guaranteed prize amount or pari-mutuel prize
amount, as applicable, excluding the Jackpot Prize by a factor of two, three,
or four times depending upon the multiplier number that is drawn prior to the
Mega Millions® game drawing.
(10) “MUSL” means the Multi-State Lottery Association.
(11) “MUSL Board” means the governing body of
MUSL which is comprised of the chief executive officer of each Party Lottery.
(12) “Participating Lottery” or “Selling
Lottery” means a state lottery or lottery of a political subdivision or entity
which is participating in selling the Mega Millions® game and which may be a
member of either group.
(13) “Party Lottery” means a state lottery or
lottery of a political subdivision or entity which has joined the MUSL and, in
the context of these Product Group Rules, which has joined in selling the games
offered by the MUSL Mega Millions® Product Group.
(14) “Play” means the six numbers, the first
five from a field of fifty-six numbers and the last one from a field of
forty-six numbers, that appear on a ticket as a single lettered selection and
are to be played by a player in the game.
(15) “Play Slip” means a card used in marking a
player’s game plays and containing one or more boards.
(16) “Product Group” means the group of
lotteries which has joined together to offer the Mega Millions® lottery game
product pursuant to the terms of a Cross-Selling Agreement with the Mega
Millions® Lotteries, the Multi-State Lottery Agreement and the Group’s own
rules.
(17) “Quick Pick” means the random selection by
the computer system of two-digit numbers that appear on a ticket and are played
by a player in the game.
(18) “Retailer” means a person or entity
authorized by a Party Lottery to sell lottery tickets.
(19) “Set Prize” means all other prizes except
the Jackpot Prize that are advertised to be paid by a single lump sum payment
and, except in instances outlined in these rules, will be equal to the prize
amount established by the MUSL Board for the prize level.
(20) “Winning numbers” means the six numbers,
the first five from a field of fifty-six numbers and the last one from a field
of forty-six numbers, randomly selected at each drawing, which shall be used to
determine winning plays contained on a game ticket.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 190, 461, OR
Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) &
Stats. Implemented: ORS 461
Hist.: LOTT 6-2010, f. 3-18-10,
cert. ef. 3-21-10; LOTT 12-2010, f. 11-19-10, cert. ef. 12-12-10
177-098-0040
Prize Pool
(1) Prize Pool: The prize pool for all prize
categories shall consist of up to fifty-five percent of each drawing period’s
sales, including any specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery to be
included in the price of a lottery ticket, after the prize reserve accounts are
funded to the amounts set by the Product Group. The prize pool may be higher or
lower than fifty-five percent based upon the number of winners at each prize
level, as well as the funding required to meet a guaranteed Annuity Jackpot
Prize as may be required by OAR 177-098-0060(5). Any amount remaining in the
prize pool at the end of the Mega Millions® game shall be carried forward to a
replacement game or expended in a manner as directed by the Product Group in
accordance with the law of the state or jurisdiction.
(2) Prize Reserve Accounts: An amount up to five
percent of a Party Lottery’s sales, including any specific statutorily-mandated
tax of a Party Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, shall
be added to a Party Lottery’s Jackpot Prize Pool contribution and placed in
trust in one or more prize reserve accounts held by the Product Group at any
time that the Party Lottery’s share of the prize reserve account(s) is below
the amounts designated by the Product Group. The Product Group, with approval
of the Finance & Audit Committee, may establish a maximum balance for the
prize reserve account(s). The Product Group may determine to expend all or a
portion of the funds in the accounts for the payment of prizes or special
prizes in the game; subject to the approval of the Finance and Audit Committee.
The shares of a Party Lottery may be adjusted with refunds to the Party Lottery
from the prize reserve account(s) as may be needed to maintain the approved
maximum balance and shares of the Party Lotteries. Any amount remaining in a
prize reserve account at the end of the Mega Millions® game shall be carried
forward to a replacement prize reserve account or expended in a manner as
directed by the Product Group in accordance with the law of the state or
jurisdiction.
(3) Expected Prize Payout Percentages: The Jackpot
Prize shall be determined on a pari-mutuel basis. Except as provided in these
rules and except for winning prizes sold by the California Lottery, all other
prizes awarded shall be paid as set cash prizes with the following expected
prize payout percentages, which does not include an additional amount held in
prize reserves:[Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]
(a) Division of Jackpot Prize Among Winners: The
Jackpot Prize amount shall be divided equally by the number of game tickets
winning the Jackpot Prize.
(b) Set Prizes: The prize pool percentage allocated to
the set prizes (the single lump sum prizes of $250,000 or less) shall be
carried forward to subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay
the set prizes awarded in the current draw.
(c) Liability Cap: Should total prize liability for all
lotteries selling the Mega Millions® game (exclusive of Jackpot Prize carry
forward) exceed 300 percent of draw sales or 50 percent of draw sales plus $50,000,000
(fifty million dollars), whichever is less, (both hereinafter referred to as
the “Liability Cap”), prize levels two through five ($250,000, $10,000, $150,
and $150 set prize levels) shall be paid on a pari-mutuel basis, provided,
however, that in no event shall the pari-mutuel prize be greater than the
official advertised prize. The amount to be used for the allocation of such
pari-mutuel prizes (prize levels two through five) shall be the liability cap
less the amount paid for the Jackpot Prize and the prizes paid for levels six
through nine ($10, $7, $3 and $2 set prize levels). To fund their portion of
the Liability Cap, the Party Lotteries may utilize:
(i) the amount allocated to the set prizes in levels
two through nine and carried forward from previous draws, if any, and
(ii) an amount from the prize reserve account described
in section (2) of this rule.
(d) Prize Payments when Liability Cap Met: In the event
the Liability Cap is met, the amount to fund the Jackpot Prize together with
the amounts to fund the prize levels six through nine shall be first paid from
the Liability Cap amount. The balance of the Liability Cap, after deducting the
Jackpot Prize and payment for set prize levels six through nine (hereinafter
referred to as the “Liability Cap Balance”), shall be applied to the second
through fifth level set prize payments on a pari-mutuel basis in accordance
with the following formula:
(A) Prize Level two (normally $250,000) shall be an
amount equal to 64.53% of the Liability Cap Balance divided by the number of
winning game tickets in Prize Level two;
(B) Prize Level three (normally $10,000) shall be an
amount equal to 14.63% of the Liability Cap Balance divided by the number of
winning game tickets in Prize Level three; and
(C) Prize Levels four and five (normally $150) shall be
an amount equal to 20.84% of the Liability Cap Balance divided by the number of
combined winning game tickets in Prize Levels four and five.
(4) Advertised Jackpot Prize Annuity Amount:
Except as required by OAR 177-098-0060 the official advertised Jackpot Prize
annuity amount is subject to change based on sales forecasts and/or actual
sales.
(5) Changes to Prize Categories: The number of
prize categories and the allocation of the prize fund among the prize categories
may be changed at the discretion of the Mega Millions® Lotteries, for
promotional purposes. Such change shall be announced by the Lottery prior to
the drawing to which the change applies.
[ED. NOTE: Tables referenced are
available from the agency.]
Stat. Auth.: ORS 190, 461, OR
Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) &
Stats. Implemented: ORS 461
Hist.: LOTT 6-2010, f. 3-18-10,
cert. ef. 3-21-10; LOTT 12-2010, f. 11-19-10, cert. ef. 12-12-10
177-098-0060
Prize Payment
(1) Selection of Payment Type: Jackpot Prizes
shall be paid, at the election of the player made no later than 60 days after
validation of the prize, with either a per winner annuity or single lump sum
payment. If the payment election is not made by the player within 60 days after
validation, then the prize shall be paid as an annuity prize. The election to
take the single lump sum payment may be made at the time of validation of the
prize claim or within 60 days thereafter. An election made after validation is
final and cannot be revoked, withdrawn, or otherwise changed.
(2) Share of the Jackpot Prize: Shares of the
Jackpot Prize shall be determined by dividing the amount available in the
Jackpot Prize pool equally among all winners of the Jackpot Prize. The prize
money allocated from the current Mega Millions® prize pool for the Jackpot
Prize, plus any previous portions of prize money allocated to the Jackpot Prize
category in which no matching tickets were sold will be divided equally among
all Jackpot Prize winners in all participating lotteries.
(3) Lump Sum Payment: Jackpot Prize winner(s)
who elect a lump sum payment (cash value option) shall be paid their share(s)
in a single lump sum payment. The lump sum payment amount shall be determined
by the Product Group. The lump sum payment shall be paid upon completion of all
internal validation procedures. Prize payments may be rounded down to the
nearest $1,000.
(4) Initial and Annual Annuitized Payments: The
annuity Jackpot Prize amount will be paid in twenty-six annual installments. The
initial payment shall be paid upon completion of all internal validation
procedures. The subsequent twenty-five payments shall be paid annually to
coincide with the month of the Federal auction date at which the bonds were
purchased to fund the annuity. All such payments shall be made within seven
days of the anniversary of the annual auction date. All annuitized prizes shall
be paid annually in twenty-six payments with the initial payment being made in
cash, to be followed by twenty-five payments funded by the annuity. Prize
payments may be rounded down to the nearest $1,000.
(5) Jackpot Prizes and Increases: The Mega
Millions® lotteries may set a minimum guaranteed annuity Jackpot Prize amount,
which shall be advertised by the selling lotteries as the starting guaranteed
annuity Jackpot Prize amount.
(6) Roll Over of Jackpot Prize: If in any Mega
Millions® drawing there are no Mega Millions® plays which qualify for the
Jackpot Prize category, the portion of the prize fund allocated to such Jackpot
Prize category shall remain in the Jackpot Prize category and be added to the
amount allocated for the Jackpot Prize category in the next consecutive Mega
Millions® drawing.
(7) Funding the Annuity: Funds for the initial
payment of an annuitized prize or the lump sum cash prize shall be made
available by MUSL for payment by the Party Lottery on a schedule approved by
the Product Group. If individual shares of the cash held to fund an annuity is
less than $250,000, the Product Group, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay
the winners their share of the cash held in the Jackpot Prize pool. All
annuitized prizes shall be paid annually in twenty-six payments with the
initial payment being made in cash, to be followed by twenty-five payments
funded by the annuity. Prize payments may be rounded down to the nearest one
thousand dollars. Neither MUSL nor the party lotteries shall be responsible or
liable for changes in the advertised or estimated annuity prize amount and the
actual amount purchased after the prize payment method is actually known to
MUSL.
(8) Lack of Available Funds: If necessary, when
the due date for the payment of a prize occurs before the receipt of funds in
the prize pool trust sufficient to pay the prize, the transfer of funds for the
payment of the full lump sum cash amount may be delayed pending receipt of
funds from the Party Lotteries or other lotteries participating in the Mega
Millions® Game. A Party Lottery may elect to make the initial payment from its
own funds after validation, with notice to MUSL.
(9) Death of Winner: In the event of the death
of a lottery winner sold by a Party Lottery during the annuity payment period,
the MUSL Finance & Audit Committee, in its sole discretion excepting a
discretionary review by the Product Group, upon the petition of the estate of
the lottery winner (the “Estate”) to the lottery of the jurisdiction in which
the deceased lottery winner purchased the winning ticket, and subject to
federal, state, district or territorial applicable laws, may accelerate the payment
of all of the remaining lottery proceeds to the Estate. If such a determination
is made, then securities and/or cash held to fund the deceased lottery winner’s
annuitized prize may be distributed to the Estate. The identification of the
securities to fund the annuitized prize shall be at the sole discretion of the
Finance & Audit Committee or the Product Group.
(10) Low-Tier Cash Prize Payments: All low-tier
cash prizes (all prizes except the Jackpot Prize) shall be paid in cash through
the Party Lottery which sold the winning ticket(s). A Party Lottery may begin
paying low-tier cash prizes after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL
central office.
(11) Rounding of Prize Payments: Annuitized
payments of the Jackpot Prize or a share of the Jackpot Prize may be rounded to
facilitate the purchase of an appropriate funding mechanism. Breakage on an
annuitized Jackpot Prize win shall be added to the first payment to the winner
or winners. Prizes other than the Jackpot Prize which, under these rules, may
become single-payment, pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes
can be paid in multiples of whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding
these prizes shall be carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.
(12) Roll Over of Jackpot Prize: If the Jackpot
Prize is not won in a drawing, the prize money allocated for the Jackpot Prize
shall roll over and be added to the Jackpot Prize pool for the following
drawing.
(13) One Prize per Board: The holder of a
winning ticket may win only one prize per board in connection with the winning
numbers drawn, and shall be entitled only to the prize won by those numbers in
the highest matching prize category.
(14) Claim Expires in One Year: Claims for all
prize categories, including the Jackpot Prize, shall be submitted within one
year after the date of the drawing in accordance with these rules and OAR
177-070-0025(3).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 190, 461, OR
Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) &
Stats. Implemented: ORS 461
Hist.: LOTT 6-2010, f. 3-18-10,
cert. ef. 3-21-10; LOTT 12-2010, f. 11-19-10, cert. ef. 12-12-10
177-098-0110
Megaplier®
(1) General: Megaplier® is an optional, limited
extension promotion of the Mega Millions® Game described in OAR Division 98.
The Lottery Director, in the Lottery Director’s sole discretion and based on
agreements with MUSL, is authorized to initiate and terminate the Megaplier®
option.
(2) Set Prizes Only: Megaplier® multiplies or increases
the amount of any of the cash Set Prizes (the cash prizes normally paying $2 to
$250,000) won in a drawing held during the promotion. The Jackpot Prize is not
a Set Prize and will not be multiplied or increased by means of the Megaplier®
promotion.
(3) Qualifying Play: A qualifying Megaplier® option
play is any single Mega Millions® Play for which the player selects the
Megaplier® option on either the Play Slip or by selecting the Megaplier® option
through a clerk-activated or player-activated terminal, pays one extra dollar
for the Megaplier® option play, and which is recorded at the Party Lottery’s
central computer as a qualifying play.
(4) Prizes to be Multiplied or Increased:
(a) Set Prizes: A qualifying play which wins one of the
seven lowest lump sum Set Prizes will be multiplied by the number selected
(either 2, 3, or 4), in a separate random Megaplier® drawing announced in a
manner determined by the Product Group.
(b) Match 5+0 Prize: The Match 5+0 prize, for players
selecting the Megaplier® option, shall be $1,000,000 unless a higher limited
promotional dollar amount is announced by the Product Group or unless a lower
dollar amount is announced by the Product Group under section (8) of this rule.
(5) Selection of Multiplier®: MUSL will either itself
conduct, or authorize a U.S. Lottery to conduct on its behalf, a separate
random “Megaplier®” drawing. Before each Mega Millions® drawing a single number
(2, 3 or 4) shall be drawn. The Mega Millions® Product Group may change one or
more of these multiplier numbers and/or the Match 5+0 Megaplier® prize amount
for special promotions from time to time.
(6) Megaplier® Prize Pool: The prize pool for all prize
categories offered by the Party Lotteries shall consist of up to fifty-five
percent (55%) of each drawing period’s sales, as determined by the Product
Group, including any specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery to be
included in the price of a lottery ticket, after the Mega Millions® prize
reserve accounts are funded to the amounts set by the Product Group. Any amount
remaining in the prize pool at the end of the Mega Millions® game shall be
carried forward to a replacement game or expended in a manner as directed by
the Product Group in accordance with state or jurisdiction law.
(7) Megaplier® Prize Rollover or Reserve Accounts: Any
amount not used to pay for multiplied prizes may be collected and placed in the
rollover account or in trust in one or more prize reserve accounts until the
prize reserve accounts reach the amounts designated by the Product Group.
(8) Expected Prize Payout: Except as provided in these
rules, all prizes awarded shall be paid as lump sum set prizes. Instead of the
Mega Millions® set prize amounts, qualifying Megaplier® plays will pay the
amounts shown below when matched with the Megaplier® number drawn: [Table not
included. See ED. NOTE.]
(9) Probability of Winning: The following table sets
forth the probability of the various Megaplier® numbers being drawn during a
single Mega Millions® drawing. The Product Group may elect to run limited
promotions that may increase the multiplier numbers. [Table not included. See
ED. NOTE.]
(10) Prize Pool Carried Forward: The prize pool
percentage allocated to the Megaplier® set prizes shall be carried forward to
subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the set prizes
awarded in the current draw or may be held in a prize reserve account.
(11) Pari-Mutuel Prizes —All Prize Amounts: If
the total of the original Mega Millions® set prizes and the Megaplier® prize
amounts awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the prize pools
allocated to the set prizes, then the amount needed to fund the set prizes
(including the Megaplier® prize amounts) awarded shall be drawn from the
following sources, in the following order:
(a) The amount allocated to the set prizes and carried
forward from previous draws, if any.
(b) An amount from the Mega Millions® reserve accounts
not to exceed the lesser of 300% of draw sales or 50% of draw sales plus $50
million.
(c) If, after these sources are depleted, there are not
sufficient funds to pay the set prizes awarded (including Megaplier® prize
amounts), then the prize levels two through five shall become a pari-mutuel
prize, as set out in OAR 177-098-0040. The Mega Millions® and Megaplier® prize
pools shall be combined in the rare instance when the set prizes, pursuant to
the rules, are paid on a pari-mutuel basis, so that the multipliers, as
provided for in the rules, will remain in effect for all applicable prize
levels. The Match 5+0 prizes may be reduced as announced by the Product Group.
(12) Prize Payment: All Megaplier® prizes shall be paid
in one lump sum. The Lottery may begin paying Megaplier® prizes after receiving
authorization to pay from the MUSL central office.
(13) Prizes Rounded: Prizes, which under these rules
may become pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid
in whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding these prizes shall be
carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.
[ED. NOTE: Tables referenced are
available from the agency.]
Stat. Auth.: ORS 190, 461, OR
Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) &
Stats. Implemented: ORS 461
Hist.: LOTT 6-2010, f. 3-18-10,
cert. ef. 3-21-10; LOTT 12-2010, f. 11-19-10, cert. ef. 12-12-10
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