Section 3770:1-9-926 - Game rule number nine hundred twenty-six(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred twenty-six, "EZPLAY Snowflake Melt," 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 with respect to tickets allocated to sales agents during the period in game rule number nine hundred twenty-six will cease. (B) General design. (1) Game rule number nine hundred twenty-six is a matching symbols game and is generally known as an "instant lottery." A ticket for game rule number nine hundred twenty-six is terminal generated. (2) Each ticket will display a Game Play Area which consists of two sections: "Snowflake Numbers" and "Your Melt Numbers." There are sixteen (16) "Snowflake Numbers" with sixteen (16) consecutive match numbers ranging from 01-16 inside the image and a prize amount below the image. The "Your Melt Numbers" consist of fifteen (15) random numbers from 01-16. The player will use the "Your Melt Numbers" to mark off the matching "Snowflake Numbers" and win the prize value of the remaining Snowflake. (C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number nine hundred twenty-six shall be two dollars. (D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. (1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number nine hundred twenty-six called a "regular 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: two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, fifty dollars, seventy-five dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred fifty dollars, five hundred dollars and two thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred twenty-six 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 the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is two thousand dollars shall win a regular prize award of two thousand dollars; (b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is five hundred dollars shall win a regular prize award of five hundred dollars; (c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is two hundred fifty dollars shall win a regular prize award of two hundred fifty dollars; (d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is one hundred dollars shall win a regular prize award of one hundred dollars; (e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is seventy-five dollars shall win a regular prize award of seventy-five dollars; (f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is fifty dollars shall win a regular prize award of fifty dollars; (g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is twenty-five dollars shall win a regular prize award of twenty-five dollars; (h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is twenty dollars shall win a regular prize award of twenty dollars; (i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is fifteen dollars shall win a regular prize award of fifteen dollars; (j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is ten dollars shall win a regular prize award of ten dollars; (k) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is five dollars shall win a regular prize award of five dollars; and (l) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which the prize amount below the remaining "Snowflake Number" is two dollars shall win a regular prize award of two dollars. (E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number nine hundred twenty-six will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. 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 in the following prize categories should be as follows: (a) Forty-two thousand tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of two dollars to win two dollars; (b) Nineteen thousand tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of five dollars to win five dollars; (c) Seven thousand seven hundred tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of ten dollars to win ten dollars; (d) One thousand one hundred fifty tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of fifteen dollars to win fifteen dollars; (e) Five hundred tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of twenty dollars to win twenty dollars; (f) Two hundred sixty tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of twenty-five dollars to win twenty-five dollars; (g) One hundred fifty tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of fifty dollars to win fifty dollars; (h) One hundred tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of seventy-five dollars to win seventy-five dollars; (i) Fifty tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of one hundred dollars to win one hundred dollars; (j) Thirty-five tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of two hundred fifty dollars to win two hundred fifty dollars; (k) Five tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of five hundred dollars to win five hundred dollars; and (l) Ten tickets with the remaining "Snowflake Number" prize amount of one thousand dollars to win two thousand dollars. (F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the start of the game number nine hundred twenty-six 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 nine hundred twenty-six shall be accomplished in a manner which complies with the commission's rules and procedures. (2) When a ticket issued in game rule number nine hundred twenty-six 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 nine hundred twenty-six, 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 nine hundred twenty-six 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 nine hundred twenty-six. (1) The director shall conduct game rule number nine hundred twenty-six 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 nine hundred twenty-six. 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 nine hundred twenty-six used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number nine hundred twenty-six and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission. Ohio Admin. Code 3770:1-9-926
Effective: 9/27/2012
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