Section 3770:1-9-966 - Game rule number nine hundred sixty-six(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number nine hundred sixty-six, "EZPLAY®" "BATTLESHIPT shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purposes 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 nine hundred sixty-six.(B) General design. (1) Game rule number nine hundred sixty-six is a symbol match game and is generally known as an "instant lottery."(2) A ticket for game rule nine hundred sixty-six is terminal generated. Each ticket will have a "Torpedo Room" that contains a grid made up of one hundred "coordinates." The player then receives thirty-three coordinates to match on the "Target Grid" in the "Torpedo Room." If the player completely reveals any of the ships shown on the "Legend," that ship is sunk, and the player wins the prize shown for that ship.(3) The "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number nine hundred sixty-six are: two dollars, four dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, fifty dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. There are fifteen different ways to win based on combining up to five of the "prize values."(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number nine hundred sixty-six shall be two dollars.(D) Structure, nature, and value of prize awards. (1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule nine hundred sixty-six called a "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, four dollars, six dollars, ten dollars, twelve dollars, fourteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-four dollars, thirty dollars, fifty dollars, seventy dollars, eighty dollars, one thousand dollars, five thousand dollars, and ten thousand dollars. Each ticket in game rule number nine hundred sixty-six shall be imprinted in such a way that prize awards from the set listed above may be won.(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number nine hundred sixty-six 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 partial 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) For each line in column one of appendix one to this rule, the player having the prize level and multiplier, if any, on that same line in column three shall win the prize award on the same line in column four; and in a pool of two hundred forty thousand tickets sold, mathematical reasoning suggests that the number of tickets having that prize level and multiplier, if any, in column three should be as set forth on that same line in column five.(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 nine hundred sixty-six shall be accomplished in a manner that complies with the commission's rules and procedures.(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number nine hundred sixty-six is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule, 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 prize award. All prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number nine hundred sixty-six in which the ticket was sold.(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 nine hundred sixty-six void if it is stolen, 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; if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or 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 or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.(J) Director's conduct of game rule nine hundred sixty-six. (1) The director shall conduct game rule number nine hundred sixty-six 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. 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 sixty-six. 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 nine hundred sixty-six used in this rule are used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number nine hundred sixty-six and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission. Click to view Appendix
Ohio Admin. Code 3770:1-9-966
Effective: 5/26/2022
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