Section 3770:1-9-959 - Game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine, "The Lucky One," will be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" will mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the final sales date.(B) General design. (1) Game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine is a lottery game of the type generally known as a draw game.(2) Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be imprinted with a "Lucky Number" bet type, which is one number from a field of numbers between one and thirty-six, a "High/Low" bet-type or an "Odd/Even" bet-type, as determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser, or the auto pick feature of the on-line gaming computer system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of purchase. If the player chooses the "Lucky Number" bet-type, the player must match their number to "The Lucky One" number to win. If the player chooses "High" for the "High/Low" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from nineteen to thirty-six. If the player chooses "Low" for the "High/Low" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from one to eighteen. If the player chooses "Odd" for the "Odd/Even" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an odd number. If the player chooses "Even" for the "Odd/Even" bet-type, the player wins if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an even number.(C) Price of tickets. The wager in game number nine hundred fifty-nine for each bet-type on a given ticket for any given drawing will be in only one of the following denominations per ticket: one dollar, two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars or fifty dollars at the choice of the purchaser. The player may only place the same wager amount on any one, two or all three bet- types for any given drawing per ticket. If a multi-draw wager is requested, the player must place the same wager amount on all bet-types for all draws on that ticket. The total of all wagers with respect to each ticket sold will constitute that ticket's purchase price; said price to be imprinted on the ticket at the time of purchase. The player may purchase up to twenty draws per ticket, if a multi-draw wager is requested, at the player's discretion.(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards. All prizes in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be paid out in a lump sum. Based upon "The Lucky One" number drawn in each regular drawing for game rule nine hundred fifty-nine, and based upon a one dollar wager, regular prize awards will be awarded to holders of a valid winning ticket for that drawing as set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(5) of this rule. If a valid winning ticket shows a wager of two dollars, five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars or fifty dollars per drawing, the regular prize award shown in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(5) of this rule for a one dollar wager will be multiplied according to the wager amount shown on the valid winning ticket for that drawing.(1) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is the "Lucky Number" bet-type and "Your Number" matches "The Lucky One" number drawn, will win a regular prize award of twenty-four dollars.(2) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "High/Low" and the player selected "High," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from nineteen to thirty-six, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.(3) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "High/Low" and the player selected "Low," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is a number ranging from one to eighteen, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.(4) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "Odd/Even" and the player selected "Odd," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an odd number, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.(5) The holder of a valid winning ticket on which the bet-type selected is "Odd/Even" and the player selected "Even," if "The Lucky One" number drawn is an even number, will win a regular prize award of one dollar and fifty cents.(6) No amounts will remain in the prize funds described in this rule after any given drawing, whether or not a winning ticket was issued for those prizes, and no prize amounts will be carried forward in the same fund for the next drawing. Any amounts remaining in the prize pools described in this rule after any given drawing, due to residual amounts after prize disbursements, will be retained by the commission.(E) Frequency of prize drawings. At such times as determined by the director, drawings will be conducted approximately every four minutes.(F) Manner of prize drawings. (1) Prize drawings will be open to the public and may be held at such places in the state that the director will determine. The director will inform the public as to the time and place of each prize drawing.(2) All holders of valid tickets for a given drawing are eligible to win that drawing. If the holder of a winning ticket does not have the ticket fully validated, and the prize is not claimed and presented for payment within one hundred eighty days after the date of the drawing, in accordance with the procedures set forth in lottery rules, such unclaimed prize will be paid into the state lottery fund and distributed in accordance with section 3770.06 of the Revised Code.(3) All drawings in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be conducted in accordance with procedures approved by the director in order that random selection of "The Lucky One" number by the lottery gaming system will be achieved.(4) The director reserves the right to suspend or cancel any drawings or the game itself, or change the frequency of drawings or draw dates.(G) Validity of tickets. (1) Each purchaser of tickets in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will be responsible for verifying the bet-types imprinted on such tickets are those requested by the purchaser of the ticket, that the purchase price paid is the price recorded on such ticket, and that such ticket has recorded thereon the bet- type, wager-value and the drawing(s) number and the drawing date(s) for the game thereof that the purchaser desired to make. The Ohio lottery commission will be free of any liability in connection with this paragraph.(2) Each ticket issued in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine will have imprinted thereon at the time of purchase a control number, bar code data, or both supplied by the commission. No prize will be paid by the commission for any tickets without such control number or bar code data.(3) All winning tickets in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine are subject to validation by the lottery gaming system under procedures established by the director before payment of any prize.(4) To be valid, a claim must comply with all applicable Ohio laws and commission rules. In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by applicable Ohio laws and commission rules, the director may declare a ticket in game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine void if it is stolen, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, altered, or counterfeit; or if the tickets fails any of the validation tests of procedures established by the director; or if the ticket is obtained in violation of commission rules, including, but not limited to, by way of prize discounting prohibited under rule 3770-3-01 of the Administrative Code. 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.(H) Director's conduct of game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine.(1) The director will conduct game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act, the rules of the commission, including without limitation this rule.(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine used in this rule are considered generic terms used solely for the purpose of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number nine hundred fifty-nine and these elements may be given names and titles chosen by the commission. Click to view Appendix
Ohio Admin. Code 3770:1-9-959
Effective: 8/3/2024
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 5/16/2024 and 07/23/2029
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3770.03
Rule Amplifies: 3770.01, 3770.02, 3770.03, 3770.04, 3770.05, 3770.06, 3770.07, 3770.08
Prior Effective Dates: 11/30/2017