Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII Raffle Lottery Game [46 Pa.B. 298]
[Saturday, January 9, 2016]Under the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-101—3761-314) and 61 Pa. Code § 874.4 (relating to notice of raffle lottery game rules), the Secretary of Revenue hereby provides public notice of the rules for the following raffle lottery game:
1. Name: The name of the raffle game is Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII.
2. Price: The price of one Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game ticket is $20.
3. Ticket Sales and Drawing Date: Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game ticket sales will commence on or after January 11, 2016, and will continue until all 500,000 tickets have been sold, or 8:00 p.m. on March 19, 2016, whichever occurs earlier.
4. Ticket Characteristics: Each Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game ticket will contain one chance consisting of one unique computer-generated eight-digit number between 00000001 and 00500000, the drawing date, amount bet, and validation data. Each Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game ticket will also be imprinted with a unique Second Chance Prize Zone Official Entry Code that can be used to enter the ticket into the Lots O' Cash Second-Chance Drawing as provided for in Section 11.
5. Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are $100, $1,000, $100,000 and $1,000,000. A player may only win one time on each ticket or chance.
6. Maximum Number of Tickets Printed and Sold for the Game: There will be no more than 500,000 tickets printed and sold for the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game. The chances will be sequentially issued on a statewide basis from the range of individual unique numbers representing the chances available for the game.
7. Conduct of Drawing: The results of the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game will be posted to the Lottery's publicly accessible website on March 19, 2016, at or after 10:00 p.m. A computer-generated randomizer will be used to conduct the drawing. Six-thousand (6,000) unique eight-digit numbers will be drawn from the range of numbers representing the chances sold. The first four unique eight-digit numbers drawn will be the first-prize-tier winning numbers. The fifth through eighth unique eight-digit numbers drawn will be the second-prize-tier winning numbers. The ninth through 108th unique eight-digit numbers drawn will be the third-prize-tier winning numbers. The 109th through 6,000th unique eight-digit numbers drawn will be the fourth-prize-tier winning numbers.
8. Second-Chance Drawings: The Pennsylvania Lottery will conduct a Lots O' Cash Second-Chance Drawing for which all Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery tickets shall be eligible as provided for in section 11.
9. Determination of Prize Winners:
(a) Holders of tickets upon which the unique eight-digit number exactly matches one of the first-prize-tier numbers selected by the Lottery shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000,000.
(b) Holders of tickets upon which the unique eight-digit number exactly matches one of the second-prize-tier numbers selected by the Lottery shall be entitled to a prize of $100,000.
(c) Holders of tickets upon which the unique eight-digit number exactly matches one of the third-prize-tier numbers selected by the Lottery shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.
(d) Holders of tickets upon which the unique eight-digit number exactly matches one of the fourth-prize-tier numbers selected by the Lottery shall be entitled to a prize of $100.
10. Number and Description of Prizes and Approximate Odds: The Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game prizes and determination of winners are as follows:
Ticket Matching Exactly the Unique Eight-digit Number Drawn: Win Prize Of: Maximum Odds
Of Winning Are 1 In:Number Of Winners First-Prize-Tier $1,000,000 125,000 4 Second-Prize-Tier $100,000 125,000 4 Third-Prize-Tier $1,000 5,000 100 Fourth-Prize-Tier $100 84.86 5,892
The odds of winning are based on selling all 500,000 tickets. If all 500,000 tickets are not sold, the odds of winning will depend on the total number of tickets sold. All Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game prize payments, including first-prize-tier prizes, will be made as one-time, lump-sum cash payments. Federal income tax withholding will be automatically deducted from the lump-sum cash payment for all first-prize-tier and second-prize-tier prizes.
11. Second-chance drawing: Pennsylvania Lottery's Lots O' Cash Second-Chance Drawing (hereafter, the ''Drawing''):
(a) Qualifying Tickets: Non-winning PA-1191 Leprechaun Loot '16 ($5) and PA-1192 Lucky Shamrock '16 ($2) instant game tickets, as well as all Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game tickets (''Qualifying Tickets'') are eligible for entry into the Drawing.
(b) Participation and Entry:
(1) Entrants must be members of the Pennsylvania Lottery VIP Players Club to participate in the Drawing. To join the VIP Players Club, visit http://www.palottery.state.pa.us/vipplayersclub/login.aspx. Becoming a VIP Players Club member is free.
(2) To enter the Drawing, entrants must submit the identifying information from at least one Qualifying Ticket via the Drawing's promotional website, available at http://www.palottery.com, or the Pennsylvania Lottery's official mobile application, during the entry period. The identifying information from a Qualifying Ticket may be submitted only once for the Drawing. Entries will automatically be awarded at the time of successful submission of a Qualifying Ticket. No other method of submission will be accepted. Entries submitted using any other method, including entries mailed or hand-delivered to the Pennsylvania Lottery, are not valid and will be disqualified.
(3) Each entry must be complete and the information supplied by the entrant must be accurate. Incomplete entries cannot be submitted.
(4) Only one claimant per entry allowed.
(5) Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
(6) Players may submit the identifying information from an unlimited number of Qualifying Tickets.
(7) Once an entry has been submitted it cannot be withdrawn or changed.
(c) Drawing Description:
(1) The Lottery will conduct one Lots O' Cash Second-Chance Drawing. All time references are Eastern Prevailing Time.
(i) The entry period for the Drawing begins after 11:59:59 p.m. on January 10, 2016 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. on March 24, 2016.
(ii) The Drawing will be held between March 25, 2016 and March 29, 2016.
(2) The number of entries an entrant receives is determined by the purchase price of the Qualifying Ticket entered. The respective purchase prices and corresponding number of entries for Qualifying Tickets are as follows: PA-1191 Leprechaun Loot '16 ($5) = five (5) entries; PA-1192 Lucky Shamrock '16 ($2) = two (2) entries; and each Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game ticket ($20) = twenty (20) entries.
(3) Players may review their entries for the Drawing via the Lots O' Cash Second-Chance Drawing promotional website.
(d) Prizes Available to be Won, Determination of Winners, and Odds of Winning:
(1) The prize entitlements described below are subject to all restrictions and limitations described in section 11(e), or those mentioned anywhere else in these rules.
(2) The Lottery will conduct one Drawing from among all the entries received during the entry period.
(i) The first entry selected from the total number of entries awarded in the Drawing will be a winning entry, and the entrant who submitted the winning entry shall be entitled to a prize of $50,000.
(ii) The second through the sixth entries selected from the total number of entries awarded in the Drawing will be winning entries, and the entrants who submitted those winning entries shall each be entitled to a prize of $10,000.
(iii) The seventh through the eleventh entries selected from the total number of entries awarded in the Drawing will be winning entries, and the entrants who submitted those winning entries shall each be entitled to a prize of $5,000.
(iv) The twelfth through the sixty-first entries selected from the total number of entries awarded in the Drawing will be winning entries, and the entrants who submitted those winning entries shall each be entitled to a prize of $500.
(3) The entry deadline and the number of winning entries to be selected for the Drawing will be posted to the Pennsylvania Lottery's publicly accessible website.
(4) The odds of an entry being selected in the Drawing depend upon the total number of entries awarded for the Drawing.
(5) A computer generated randomizer will be used to select the winning entries.
(e) Drawing Restrictions:
(1) To be eligible to participate in the Drawing, entrants must have complied with the requirements of these rules.
(2) The Lottery is not responsible for late, lost or misdirected entries not entered into the Drawing. The Lottery is not responsible for entries that are not entered into the Drawing because of incompatible internet browsers, mobile lottery application failure or other technical issues. If a Drawing entry is selected as a winner and rejected during or following the Drawing, the Lottery will select another entry to replace the rejected entry in accordance with these rules and Lottery procedure.
(3) If any discrepancy exists between these rules and any material describing the Drawing, these rules shall govern.
(4) Employees of the Pennsylvania Lottery, MARC Advertising, MUSL, Scientific Games International, Inc., MDI Entertainment, LLC, and their subcontractors, or a spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principle place of residence of any such person are not eligible to participate in the Drawing. Offer void where prohibited or restricted.
(5) The Pennsylvania Lottery reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the Drawing and change these rules if the Drawing cannot be conducted as planned due to errors in these rules or advertising, unauthorized intervention, tampering, fraud, technical errors, viruses, worms, bugs, or any other cause beyond the control of the Pennsylvania Lottery that, in the Pennsylvania Lottery's sole judgment, could corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Drawing.
(6) All entries shall be subject to verification by the Pennsylvania Lottery.
(7) The Pennsylvania Lottery reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify an entrant found to be tampering with the operation of the Drawing or to be acting in violation of these rules or applicable law.
(8) The Drawing is governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Applicable laws and regulations apply.
(9) Prizes must be claimed within 1 year of the drawing date of the Drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made within 1 year of the drawing date of the Drawing in which the prize was won, the right of an entrant to claim the prize won, if any, will expire and the prize money will be paid into the State Lottery Fund and used for purposes provided by statute.
(10) Final determination of winners will be made by the Secretary, whose judgment will be final and binding.
(11) The payment of a prize awarded in the Drawing to a person who dies before receiving the prize shall be paid according to 61 Pa. Code § 811.16 (relating to prizes payable after death of a prize winner).
(12) A winner is responsible for all taxes arising from or in connection with any prize won.
(13) A player may only win the prize for which the player is first selected in the Drawing. Subsequent entries, from the same individual, selected in the same drawing will be disqualified and a replacement entry will be selected.
(14) Prizes are not transferrable.
(15) Other restrictions may apply.
12. Consumer Promotional Programs: The Lottery may conduct promotional activities to promote the sale of Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game tickets, including offering tickets at a discounted price. Details of any such offering will be disseminated through media used to advertise or promote the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game or through normal communications methods.
13. Retailer Bonus: The Lottery in its sole discretion may offer a retailer bonus in connection with the sale of Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game tickets. If a retailer bonus is offered, a Lottery retailer shall be eligible for a bonus as described in this section. Lottery retailers who sell a winning ticket that entitles the ticket holder to a prize, either payable in a single installment or having a guaranteed minimum payout, of at least $100,000 and not exceeding $500,000 shall be paid a bonus of $500. Lottery retailers who sell a winning ticket that entitles the ticket holder to a prize, either payable in a single installment or having a guaranteed minimum payout, of at least $500,001 and not exceeding $1,000,000 shall be paid a bonus of $5,000. A Lottery retailer is entitled only to the largest bonus for which he qualifies on a winning ticket. A bonus will be initiated for payment after the winning ticket is claimed and validated or approximately 30 days after the date of the drawing in which the winning ticket was entered, provided that Lottery security can and has verified the sales transaction as valid. A bonus will not be awarded to a Lottery retailer that sells a Pennsylvania Lottery Millionaire Raffle XXIII ticket used to enter a Pennsylvania Lottery second-chance drawing or promotion that is subsequently selected to win a prize.
14. Promotional Drawings: The Pennsylvania Lottery may conduct promotional drawings associated with the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game. If the Lottery does conduct such a promotional drawing, Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game tickets will be imprinted with a unique code to be used by players to enter the promotional drawings. The promotional draw-ings may be held independently of or in conjunction with the regular Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII drawings. The Secretary will announce the existence of the promotional drawings. Winners of promotional drawings will be randomly selected from the group of qualified entries. A description of the available prize(s) and the specific rules and other information necessary for the conduct of the promotional drawings will be posted to the Lottery's publicly accessible website. A copy of the same will also be kept on file with the Lottery and will be available upon request.
15. Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Program for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game tickets. The conduct of the Program will be governed by 61 Pa. Code § 811.41 (relating to promotional prizes).
16. Unclaimed Prize Money: Unclaimed prize money on winning Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game tickets will be retained by the Secretary for payment to the persons entitled thereto for 1 year from the announced close of the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game. If no claim is made within 1 year of the announced close of the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle XXIII lottery game conducted by the State Lottery, the right of a ticket holder to claim the prize represented by that ticket, if any, expires and the prize money will be paid into the State Lottery Fund and used for purposes otherwise provided for by statute.
17. Governing Law: In purchasing a ticket, the customer agrees to comply with and abide by the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-101—3761-314), 61 Pa. Code Part V (relating to State Lotteries) and the provisions contained in this notice.
EILEEN H. McNULTY,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-56. Filed for public inspection January 8, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]
