Florida Administrative Code › 53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY › 53 - Departmental › Chapter 53ER23 - EMERGENCY RULE FOR YEAR 2023 › Section 53ER23-42 - Game Number 1539, $5, 000, 000 CROSSWORD CASH

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Name of Game. Game Number 1539, "$5, 000,
				000 CROSSWORD CASH."
(2) Game
				Number 1539, $5, 000, 000 CROSSWORD CASH, is a Scratch-Off lottery game (also
				known as an instant lottery game).
(3) Price. $5, 000, 000 CROSSWORD CASH
				lottery tickets sell for $20.00 per ticket.
(4) "$5, 000, 000 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 $5, 000, 000 CROSSWORD CASH lottery
				ticket, the ticket must meet the applicable requirements of rule 53ER23-20,
				F.A.C.
(5) The letters that may
				appear in the "YOUR LETTERS" play area are:
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(6) The
				letters that may appear in the "GAME 1" or "GAME 2" play areas are:
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(7) The
				symbols and symbol captions that may appear in the "GAME 3" play area are:
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(8) The
				prize amounts in the Prize Legend applicable to GAME 1 and GAME 2 are: $20,
				$30, $50, $100, $200, $500, $1, 000, $100, 000, $1, 000, 000, and $5, 000,
				000.
(9) The GAME 3 prize symbols
				and prize symbols captions are:
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(10) The
				legend is:
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(11)
				Determination of Prizewinners.
(a) There are
				three (3) games on a ticket: GAME 1, GAME 2, and GAME 3. Each GAME is played
				separately. GAMES 1 and 2 use the same PRIZE LEGEND.
(b) GAMES 1 and 2. GAMES 1 and 2 are played
				separately. Words from one GAME cannot be used in the other GAME. The holder of
				a ticket whose letters in the "YOUR LETTERS" play area match the letters in a
				GAME to form three (3) or more words in a GAME shall entitle the player to the
				corresponding prize in the 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 a GAME 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 GAME. 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) GAME 3. A ticket
				having a
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play symbol and symbol caption in GAME 3 shall entitle
				the player to the prize shown.
(d)
				Only the highest prize won is paid in each GAME. A player may win in all three
				GAMES.