Section 3770:1-9-759 - Game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine, "Classic Black," 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, beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the date on which sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine. (B) General design. (1) Game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine is a key number match game with "multiplier" features, and is generally known as an "instant lottery." (2) The holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal six "Winning Numbers," fifteen "Your Numbers" and fifteen corresponding prize values. If any one or more of "Your Number(s)" matches one or more of the "Winning Number(s)," the player wins the corresponding prize values shown below the matching "Your Number(s)." If the player reveals a "Star" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins the prize shown automatically. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins five times the corresponding prize value shown automatically. If the player reveals a "10X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins ten times the corresponding prize value shown automatically. There are fifteen chances to win on each ticket, and a player may win up to fifteen times on one ticket. If the player matches any of the "Your Numbers" to one of the "Winning Numbers" and the corresponding prize value revealed is a "TPD" symbol, the player wins five thousand five hundred dollars automatically, and upon the filing of a valid claim at an Ohio lottery commission office, shall automatically be entered into the Top Prize Drawing ("TPD") for a chance to win an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." The Top Prize Drawing shall be conducted in accordance with Ohio lottery rules and procedures established and approved by the director. (3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine are: five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, the "TPD" symbol corresponding to a prize value of five thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols (C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine shall be ten dollars. (D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. (1) There shall be two types of prize in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine, a "regular prize award" and a "TPD" prize award. (2) 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: ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand dollars, and an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." Each ticket in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won. (a) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars; (b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars; (c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for ten dollars once and five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars; (d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in three of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of three matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five dollars three times shall win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars; (e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for fifteen dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars; (f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in three of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of three matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five dollars two times and ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars; (g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in four of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of four matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five dollars four times shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars; (h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for fifteen dollars once and five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars; (i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for ten dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars; (j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars; (k) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty-five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars; (l) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars; (m) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in three of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of three matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for ten dollars two times and five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars; (n) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for fifteen dollars once and ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars; (o) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in five of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of five matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five dollars five times shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars; (p) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for thirty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars; (q) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five dollars times five and on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars; (r) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in three of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of three matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for ten dollars three times shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars; (s) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for twenty dollars once and ten dollars once shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars; (t) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by six of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in six of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of six matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five dollars six times shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars; (u) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in five of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of five matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for ten dollars once and five dollars four times shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars; (v) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "You Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars; (w) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars; (x) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in four of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of four matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for twenty dollars once and ten dollars three times shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars; (y) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by three of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in three of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of three matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for twenty-five dollars once, twenty dollars once and five dollars once shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars; (z) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for ten dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars; (aa) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by ten of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in ten of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of ten matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five dollars ten times shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars; (bb) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one hundred dollars once shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars; (cc) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for ten dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars; (dd) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by ten of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in ten of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of ten matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for ten dollars ten times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars; (ee) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in four of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of four matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for twenty-five dollars four times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars; (ff) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by six of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in six of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of six matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for fifty dollars once, twenty dollars once, ten dollars two times and five dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars; (gg) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars; (hh) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for one hundred dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of two hundred dollars; (ii) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for thirty dollars times five and on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars once shall win a regular prize award of two hundred dollars; (jj) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of two hundred dollars; (kk) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for two hundred dollars once shall win a regular prize award of two hundred dollars; (ll) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for forty dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of two hundred dollars; (mm) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" for one hundred dollars once and on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of two hundred dollars; (nn) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five hundred dollars once shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (oo) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by fifteen of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in fifteen of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of fifteen matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for one hundred dollars two times, fifty dollars four times, twenty dollars two times, ten dollars five times and five dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (pp) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in five of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of five matched numbers or "Star" symbols for one hundred dollars once and twenty-five dollars four times, and on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for thirty dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (qq) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars two times, and on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for forty dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (rr) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in five of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of five matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for one hundred dollars two times, fifty dollars two times and twenty-five dollars once, and on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty-five dollars times five, and on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for ten dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (ss) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars times five, and on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by four of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in four of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of four matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for one hundred dollars two times and twenty-five dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (tt) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for fifty dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (uu) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbols is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; (vv) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for two hundred dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; (ww) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one hundred dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; (xx) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by fifteen of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in fifteen of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of fifteen matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five hundred dollars once, one hundred dollars two times, fifty dollars two times, forty dollars once, twenty-five dollars two times, twenty dollars five times and five dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; (yy) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for five hundred dollars once and fifty dollars once, and on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty-five dollars times ten, and on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty dollars times ten shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; (zz) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five hundred dollars once, and on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one hundred dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of one thousand dollars; (aaa) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" and a "TPD" prize symbol is revealed for five thousand five hundred dollars shall win a regular prize of five thousand five hundred dollars, and upon the filing of a valid claim at an Ohio lottery commission office, shall automatically be entered into the Top Prize Drawing for a chance to win an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award;" (bbb) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for ten thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize award of ten thousand dollars; (ccc) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one thousand dollars times five, and on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for two hundred dollars times ten, and on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five hundred dollars times five, and on which five of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by five of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in five of the "Your Number" play spots, or any combination of five matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for one hundred dollars five times shall win a regular prize award of ten thousand dollars; (ddd) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five hundred dollars times ten and on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one thousand dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of ten thousand dollars; (eee) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which fifteen of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by fifteen of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in fifteen of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of fifteen matched numbers or "Star" symbols for one thousand dollars seven times, five hundred dollars five times, two hundred dollars two times and one hundred dollars once shall win a regular prize award of ten thousand dollars; (fff) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for twenty thousand dollars once shall win a regular prize award of twenty thousand dollars; (ggg) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which a "10X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for one thousand dollars times ten, and on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by eight of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in eight of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of eight matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for one thousand dollars seven times and five hundred dollars once, and on which a "5X" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for five hundred dollars times five shall win a regular prize award of twenty thousand dollars; (hhh) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "You Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of two matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for ten thousand dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of twenty thousand dollars; and (iii) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one of the "Winning Numbers" is matched by one of "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots for an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." (E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine 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, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered 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 all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance; and (2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that the number of winning tickets per five million tickets sold in the following prize categories should be as follows (a) Four tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol in one of the "Your Numbers" play spots to win an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award;" (b) Seven tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for ten thousand dollars two times to win twenty thousand dollars; (c) Seven tickets revealing a "10X" symbol for one thousand dollars times ten, matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for one thousand dollars seven times and five hundred dollars once and revealing a "5X" symbol for five hundred dollars times five to win twenty thousand dollars; (d) Six tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for twenty thousand dollars once to win twenty thousand dollars; (e) Ten tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for one thousand dollars seven times, five hundred dollars five times, two hundred dollars two times and one hundred dollars once to win ten thousand dollars; (f) Ten tickets revealing a "10X" symbol for five hundred dollars times ten and revealing a "5X" symbol for one thousand dollars times five to win ten thousand dollars; (g) Ten tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for one thousand dollars times five, revealing a "10X" symbol for two hundred dollars times ten, revealing a "5X" symbol for five hundred dollars times five and matching numbers or revealing a "Star' symbol, or any combination thereof, for one hundred dollars five times to win ten thousand; (h) Ten tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for ten thousand dollars once to win ten thousand dollars; and (i) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for a "TPD" prize symbol to win five thousand five hundred dollars revealed for five thousand five hundred dollars shall win a regular prize of five thousand five hundred dollars, and upon the filing of a valid claim at an Ohio lottery commission office, shall automatically be entered into the Top Prize Drawing for a chance to win an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars. (3) Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets per five hundred thousand tickets sold should be as follows: (a) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for five hundred dollars once and revealing a "5X" symbol for one hundred dollars times five to win one thousand dollars; (b) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five hundred dollars once and fifty dollars once, revealing a "10X" symbol for twenty-five dollars times five and revealing a "10X" symbol for twenty dollars times ten to win one thousand dollars; (c) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five hundred dollars once, one hundred dollars two times, fifty dollars two times, forty dollars once, twenty-five dollars two times, twenty dollars five times and five dollars two times to win one thousand dollars; (d) Twenty-five tickets revealing a "10X" symbol for one hundred dollars times ten to win one thousand dollars; (e) Twenty-five tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for two hundred dollars times five to win one thousand dollars; (f) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for one thousand dollars once to win one thousand dollars; (g) Twenty-five tickets revealing a "10X" symbol for fifty dollars times ten to win five hundred dollars; (h) Twenty-five tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for fifty dollars times five, and matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for one hundred dollars two times and twenty-five dollars two times to win five hundred dollars; (i) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for one hundred dollars two times, fifty dollars two times, twenty-five dollars once, revealing a "5X" symbol for twenty-five dollars times five and revealing a "5X" symbol for ten dollars times five to win five hundred dollars; (j) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for fifty dollars two times and revealing a "10X" symbol for forty dollars times ten to win five hundred dollars; (k) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for one hundred dollars once and twenty-five dollars four times, and revealing a "10X" symbol for thirty dollars times ten to win five hundred dollars; (l) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for one hundred dollars two times, fifty dollars four times, twenty dollars two times, ten dollars five times and five dollars two times to win five hundred dollars; (m) Twenty-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for five hundred dollars once to win five hundred dollars; (n) One hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for one hundred dollars once and revealing a "5X" symbol for twenty dollars times five to win two hundred dollars; (o) One hundred tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for forty dollars times five to win two hundred dollars; (p) Fifty tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for two hundred dollars once to win two hundred dollars; (q) One hundred tickets revealing a "10X" symbol for twenty dollars times ten to win two hundred dollars; (r) One hundred tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for thirty dollars times five and matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for fifty dollars once to win one hundred dollars; (s) Fifty tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for one hundred dollars two times to win two hundred dollars; (t) One thousand two hundred fifty tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for twenty dollars times five to win one hundred dollars; (u) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for fifty dollars once, twenty dollars once, ten dollars two times and five dollars two times to win one hundred dollars; (v) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for twenty-five dollars four times to win one hundred dollars; (w) One thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for ten dollars ten times to win one hundred dollars; (x) One thousand two hundred fifty tickets revealing a "10X" symbol for ten dollars times ten to win one hundred dollars; (y) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for one hundred dollars once to win one hundred dollars; (z) One thousand six hundred seventy-five tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five dollars ten times to win fifty dollars; (aa) Two thousand eight hundred tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for ten dollars times five to win fifty dollars; (bb) One thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for twenty-five dollars once, twenty dollars once and five dollars once to win fifty dollars; (cc) One thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for twenty dollars once and ten dollars three times to win fifty dollars; (dd) Three thousand twenty-five tickets revealing a "10X" symbol for five dollars times ten to win fifty dollars; (ee) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for fifty dollars once to win fifty dollars; (ff) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for ten dollars once and five dollars four times to win thirty dollars; (gg) One thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five dollars six times to win thirty dollars; (hh) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for twenty dollars once and ten dollars once to win thirty dollars; (ii) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for ten dollars three times to win thirty dollars; (jj) Two thousand tickets revealing a "5X" symbol for five dollars times five and matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for five dollars once to win thirty dollars; (kk) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for thirty dollars once to win thirty dollars; (ll) One thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five dollars five times to win twenty-five dollars; (mm) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for fifteen dollars once and ten dollars once to win twenty-five dollars; (nn) One thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for ten dollars two times and five dollars once to win twenty-five dollars; (oo) Two thousand tickets matching revealing a "5X" symbol five dollars times five to win twenty-five dollars; (pp) Five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for twenty-five dollars once to win twenty-five dollars; (qq) Five thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for twenty dollars once to win twenty dollars; (rr) Ten thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for ten dollars two times to win twenty dollars; (ss) Ten thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for fifteen dollars once and five dollars once to win twenty dollars; (tt) Ten thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five dollars four times to win twenty dollars; (uu) Ten thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five dollars two times and ten dollars once to win twenty dollars; (vv) Five thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for fifteen dollars once to win fifteen dollars; (ww) Seven thousand five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five dollars three times to win fifteen dollars; (xx) Seven thousand five hundred tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for ten dollars once and five dollars once to win fifteen dollars; (yy) Twenty thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol, or any combination thereof, for five dollars two times to win ten dollars; and (zz) Twenty thousand tickets matching numbers or revealing a "Star" symbol for ten dollars once to win ten dollars. (F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won. (G) Frequency of prize drawings. (1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures. (2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers, prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers, prize values and play symbols on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize award. All regular prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine in which the ticket was sold. (3) The Top Prize Drawing to award an "Annuity Prize Awards" of fifty thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award" shall take place in accordance with rules and procedures established and approved by the director, and specifically, rule 3770:1-6-05 of the Administrative Code governing"Prize Drawings" and rule 3770:1-6-06 of the Administrative Code governing"Special lottery drawings." Such drawings shall be held on dates determined and announced by the director, however, the earliest Top Prize Drawing shall be one hundred eighty days from the game close date or when all tickets winning a prize value corresponding with a "TPD" symbol have been claimed, whichever is earlier. (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. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules. (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 seven hundred fifty-nine void if it is stolen, unissued, deactivated, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered, 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. (J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine. (1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine and any promotions or drawings associated therewith 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 and any promotions or drawings associated therewith. 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 seven hundred fifty-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability. (2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission. Holder of a valid winning ticket on which one or more of the "Winning Numbers" are matched by two of the "Your Numbers" or a "Star" symbol is revealed in two of the "Your Numbers" play spots, or any combination of matched numbers or "Star" symbols are revealed for one hundred dollars two times shall win a regular prize award of two
Fifteen tickets revealing a "Wand" symbol for three thousand dollars times three and matching numbers or "Lamp" symbols, or any combination thereof, for one thousand dollars six times to win fifteen thousand dollars; and
Ohio Admin. Code 3770:1-9-759
Effective: 07/06/2010
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