Florida Administrative Code › 53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY › 53 - Departmental › Chapter 53ER21 - EMERGENCY RULE FOR YEAR 2021 › Section 53ER21-45 - Game Number 1499, CROSSWORD CASH

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Name of
				Game. Game Number 1499 "CROSSWORD CASH."
(2) Game Number 1499 CROSSWORD CASH, is a
				Scratch-Off lottery game (also known as an instant lottery game).
(3) Price. CROSSWORD CASH lottery tickets
				sell for $5.00 per ticket.
(4)
				"CROSSWORD CASH" lottery tickets shall have a series of numbers in Machine
				Readable Code (or bar code) on the back of the ticket, along with a Void If
				Removed Number under the latex area on the ticket. To be a valid winning
				CROSSWORD CASH lottery ticket, the ticket must meet the applicable requirements
				of Rule 53ER21-34, F.A.C.
(5) The
				letters that may appear in the "YOUR LETTERS" play area are as follows:
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(6) The
				letters that may appear in the "PUZZLE 1" and PUZZLE 2" play areas are as
				follows:
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(7) The
				letters that may appear in the "CASHWORD" play area are as follows:
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(8) The
				play symbols and play symbol captions that may appear in the "CASHWORD
				MULTIPLIER" play area are as follows:
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(9) The
				legends are as follows:
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(10) Determination of Prizewinners.
(a) There are two (2) crossword games on each
				ticket: PUZZLE 1 and PUZZLE 2. Each PUZZLE is played separately. Words formed
				in one PUZZLE cannot be used in the other PUZZLE. Each PUZLE has its own
				corresponding prizes for the number of words formed in a PUZZLE.
(b) PUZZLE 1 and 2. The holder of a ticket
				whose letters in the "YOUR LETTERS" play area that match the letters in a
				PUZZLE to form three (3) or more words in a PUZZLE play area shall entitle the
				prizewinner to the corresponding prize in the respective PUZZLE PRIZE LEGEND
				for the total number of words matched. A "word" must contain at least three (3)
				letters. A "word" cannot be formed by linking letters diagonally or by reading
				the letters from the bottom to top or right to left. Letters combined to form a
				"word" must appear in an unbroken horizontal or vertical string of letters in
				PUZZLE that are not interrupted by a blank space and must contain every single
				letter square between two (2) blank spaces or an edge and a blank space. Every
				letter in the unbroken string must be revealed in "YOUR LETTERS" and must be
				included to form a "word." The possible completed words are shown in each
				PUZZLE. Each possible complete word consists of three (3) or more letters and
				occupies an entire word space. All the letters in a possible complete word must
				be matched in order to complete the word.
(c) The prize amounts in the PUZZLE 1 PRIZE
				LEGEND are: $5, $10, $500, and $10, 000.
(d) The prize amounts in PUZZLE 2 PRIZE
				LEGEND are: $5, $10, $20, $40, $100, $500, $1, 000, and $500, 000.
(e) For PUZZLE 1 and PUZZLE 2 game play, only
				the highest prize won is paid in each crossword puzzle. A player may win in
				both PUZZLE 1 and PUZZLE 2.
(f)
				CASHWORD and CASHWORD MULTIPLIER. A ticket having letters in the "YOUR LETTERS"
				play area that completely match all letters in the "CASHWORD" play area shall
				entitle the prizewinner to the total ticket winnings multiplied by the CASHWORD
				MULTIPLIER. The possible multipliers are:
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. The CASHWORD cannot be used as a word in either PUZZLE 1 or
				PUZZLE 2.