Florida Administrative Code › 53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY › 53 - Departmental › Chapter 53ER20 - EMERGENCY RULE FOR YEAR 2020 › Section 53ER20-43 - CASH4LIFE®

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Definitions.
				The following words and phrases, when used in this rule, have the following
				meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a)
Annual Payment Option
-
				A payment option for the CASH4LIFE® Top Prize
				and Second Prize in which the prize is paid in annual installments for the
				prizewinner's Measuring Life.
(b)
Cash Ball Number
- The number selected from the field of
				numbers one through four, which is selected by the player or randomly generated
				using the Quick Pick option, which forms the last number of a Play. The Cash
				Ball Number may be the same number as one of the five numbers a player selects
				from the Player Number Sequence.
(c)
Cash Option
- A payment
				option for the CASH4LIFE Top Prize and Second Prize in which the prize is paid
				in a lump sum single payment.
(d)
CASH4LIFE
- CASH4LIFE is a multi-state lottery draw game (also
				known as an online lottery game) which is offered to players in Florida by the
				Florida Lottery via authorized Florida Lottery retailers.
(e)
CASH4LIFE Drawing
- The
				drawing conducted during which the CASH4LIFE Winning Numbers are
				selected.
(f)
CASH4LIFE
				Regional Game Agreement
- The agreement between the Party Lotteries
				which establishes the terms for selling the CASH4LIFE game in the Party
				Lotteries' jurisdictions.
(g)
CASH4LIFE Winning Numbers
- The six numbers, the first five of
				which are comprised of a Winning Number Sequence and the sixth of which is
				comprised of a Winning Cash Ball Number, that are randomly selected during each
				CASH4LIFE Drawing and certified by an Independent Certified Public Accounting
				Firm and that shall be used to determine Winning Plays contained on official
				CASH4LIFE tickets.
(h)
Deferred Term
- The portion of the prize that is paid in
				annual installments once the prizewinner exceeds the Guaranteed Term. The
				deferred annual payments will continue to be paid for the remainder of the
				prizewinner's Measuring Life
.
(i)
Directors
- The chief
				executive of any Party Lottery or any other person to whom the Director's
				authority is lawfully delegated.
(j)
Guaranteed Term
- The
				portion of the prize in which the prizewinner is guaranteed annual payments for
				the first twenty years of the prizewinner's Measuring Life.
(k)
Liability Limit
- A
				pre-established threshold, as determined and announced by the Party Lotteries
				before sales commence for a drawing to which the threshold applies, equal to a
				fixed percentage of the gross ticket sales receipts for a particular drawing
				(or such fixed percentage plus an additional reserve amount), according to the
				established procedures agreed to by the Party Lotteries.
(l)
Measuring Life
or
Life
- The period over which a Top Prize or Second Prize is
				paid out under the Annual Payment Option. Except as provided below, for each
				Top Prize Winning Play or Second Prize Winning Play, the Measuring Life shall
				be the natural life of the individual who the Florida Lottery determines to be
				a valid prizewinner. However, for a claim made by or on behalf of a trust,
				corporation or other legal entity, the Measuring Life shall be fixed at twenty
				years.
(m)
Party
				Lottery
or
Lotteries
- The group of state lotteries
				that joined together to offer the CASH4LIFE game under the terms of the
				CASH4LIFE Regional Game Agreement.
(n)
Play
- The six numbers
				imprinted on a CASH4LIFE ticket, prefixed by letters A through E, to be played
				by a player in CASH4LIFE. The six numbers are comprised of a Player Number
				Sequence and a Cash Ball Number.
(o)
Play Slip
- For purposes
				of this rule, a "play slip" is defined as an original paper play slip issued
				and approved by the Florida Lottery for the CASH4LIFE game, or a digital play
				slip for the CASH4LIFE game generated using the Florida Lottery Mobile
				Convenience App ("App"). Except where necessary herein to differentiate between
				a paper play slip and a digital play slip, the term "play slip" shall be
				inclusive of both types of play slips.
(p)
Player Number Sequence
-
				A sequence of five numbers ranging from one through sixty, which are selected
				by the player or randomly generated using the Quick Pick option, that form the
				first five numbers of a CASH4LIFE Play.
(q)
Second Prize
- The
				CASH4LIFE prize awarded for matching the Player Number Sequence with the
				Winning Number Sequence.
(r)
Set Prizes
- A set amount award in the CASH4LIFE game for
				third through eight prizes and the free ticket award for the ninth
				prize
(s)
Top
				Prize
- The Top Prize in the CASH4LIFE game awarded for matching the
				Player Number Sequence and the Cash Ball Number with the Winning Number
				Sequence and the Winning Cash Ball Number.
(t)
Winning Cash Ball Number
- The one number ranging from one through four that is randomly selected during
				a CASH4LIFE Drawing that comprises the last number of the CASH4LIFE Winning
				Numbers.
(u)
Winning Number
				Sequence
- The sequence of five numbers ranging from one through sixty
				that are randomly selected during a CASH4LIFE Drawing that comprise a portion
				of the CASH4LIFE Winning Numbers.
(v)
Winning Play(s)
- The
				Play(s) that matches the official CASH4LIFE Winning Numbers in any order for
				the drawing date for which the ticket was purchased, in one of the combinations
				set forth in subsection (4).
(w)
Winning Ticket
- An official Florida Lottery CASH4LIFE ticket
				that passes all validation and security requirements and that contains a
				Winning Play or Winning Plays.