Section 3770:1-9-633 - Game rule number six hundred thirty-three(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number six hundred thirty-three, "EZPLAY Deal or No Deal(TM)," shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period, including reprints, reinstalls and replacements, beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the date on which sales with respect to tickets allocated to sales agents during the period in game rule number six hundred thirty-three will cease. (B) General design. (1) Game rule number six hundred thirty-three is a matching symbols game and is generally known as an "instant lottery." A ticket for game rule number six hundred thirty-three is terminal generated. (2) The holder of a valid ticket will have a ticket containing sixteen briefcases numbered "1" through "16" with a prize value shown below and associated with each briefcase and fifteen "Your Briefcase Numbers." Using the player's "Your Briefcase Numbers," the player shall mark off the matching briefcase numbers. The player wins the value of the prize value of the one remaining briefcase that is not marked off using the player's "Your Briefcase Numbers." If the remaining briefcase has a prize value of "No Deal," there is no monetary prize value and the ticket is a non-winning ticket. (3) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, thirty dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred fifty dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, five thousand dollars, and fifty thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number six hundred thirty-three shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won. (C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number six hundred thirty-three shall be five dollars. (D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. (1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number six hundred thirty-three called a "regular prize award." (2) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number six hundred thirty-three are: five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, thirty dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred fifty dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars, five thousand dollars, and fifty thousand dollars. (a) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of five dollars shall win a regular prize award of five dollars; (b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of ten dollars shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars; (c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of fifteen dollars shall win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars; (d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of thirty dollars shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars; (e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of seventy-five dollars shall win a regular prize award of seventy-five dollars; (f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of one hundred fifty dollars shall win a regular prize award of one hundred fifty dollars; (g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of two hundred fifty dollars shall win a regular prize award of two hundred fifty dollars; (h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of five hundred dollars shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of one thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; (j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of two thousand five hundred dollars shall win a regular prize award of two thousand five hundred dollars; (k) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of five thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of five thousand dollars; and (l) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the remaining unmatched briefcase has a prize value of fifty thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of fifty thousand dollars. (E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number six hundred thirty-three will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective or damaged tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur: (1) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout the prize pool; and (2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that the number of winning tickets per two hundred forty thousand tickets sold in the following prize categories should be as follows: (a) One ticket winning fifty thousand dollars to win fifty thousand dollars; (b) Five tickets winning five thousand dollars to win five thousand dollars; (c) Ten tickets winning two thousand five hundred dollars to win two thousand five hundred dollars; (d) Thirty tickets winning one thousand dollars to win one thousand dollars; (e) One hundred tickets winning five hundred dollars to win five hundred dollars; (f) Two hundred tickets winning two hundred fifty dollars to win two hundred fifty dollars; (g) Three hundred tickets winning one hundred fifty dollars to win one hundred fifty dollars; (h) Five hundred tickets winning seventy-five dollars to win seventy-five dollars; (i) One thousand eight hundred tickets winning thirty dollars to win thirty dollars; (j) Seven thousand five hundred tickets winning fifteen dollars to win fifteen dollars; (k) Eighteen thousand tickets winning ten dollars to win ten dollars; and (l) Thirty four thousand tickets winning five dollars to win five dollars. (F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the start of the game number six hundred thirty-three and at the time a ticket is purchased. (G) Frequency of prize drawings. (1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number six hundred thirty-three shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures. (2) When a ticket issued in game rule number six hundred thirty-three is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the prize values and play symbol on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize award. A regular prize award shall be deemed announced on the date a ticket is purchased. (H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. For purposes of game rule six hundred thirty-three, the close date for a ticket that is sold shall be the date the ticket is purchased. Prize awards shall be claimed within one hundred eighty days of the date that a ticket is purchased (I) Validity of tickets. (1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction may be advised of correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable price. (2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game rule number six hundred thirty-three void if it is stolen, unissued not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error or incomplete; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price. (3) A ticket may not be canceled once the ticket is printed by the lottery terminal even if such ticket is printed in error. (J) Director's conduct of game rule number six hundred thirty-three. (1) The director shall conduct game rule number six hundred thirty-three in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. As deemed necessary or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number six hundred thirty-three. The director reserves the right to declare any game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability. (2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule number six hundred thirty-three used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number six hundred thirty-three and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission. Ohio Admin. Code 3770:1-9-633
Effective: 09/27/2008
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3770.03
Rule Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08