Florida Administrative Code › 53 - DEPARTMENT OF THE LOTTERY › 53 - Departmental › Chapter 53ER20 - EMERGENCY RULE FOR YEAR 2020 › Section 53ER20-30 - Retailer POWERBALL®Bonus Commission Program

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The Florida
				Lottery will conduct, as a retailer sales incentive, a Retailer
				POWERBALL® Bonus Commission Program ("Program")
				in which the Florida Lottery will award bonus commissions to Florida Lottery
				retailers who sell a winning jackpot POWERBALL ticket for a Wednesday or
				Saturday POWERBALL drawing.
(2) The
				bonus commission for a starting jackpot prize will be $20, 000. Each time the
				Jackpot Prize rolls over, the bonus commission will increase by $5, 000 until
				it reaches the maximum bonus commission of $100, 000.
(3) If multiple winning jackpot tickets are
				sold in Florida for the same POWERBALL drawing, the retailers selling such
				tickets will share the bonus commission. Each retailer selling a winning
				jackpot ticket will receive a share of the bonus equal to the number of winning
				jackpot tickets sold by that particular retailer divided by the total number of
				winning jackpot tickets sold in Florida for that drawing.
(4) If a winning jackpot ticket is a
				Powerball with Power Play® ticket, an additional
				$20, 000 bonus commission will be paid to the retailer selling such ticket. If
				multiple winning jackpot tickets are Powerball with Power Play tickets, each
				retailer selling such a ticket will be paid the additional bonus
				commission.
(5) Florida Lottery
				retailers who sell a POWERBALL ticket that wins $1, 000, 000 for matching 5+0
				numbers will receive a $1, 000 bonus commission.
(6) Florida Lottery retailers who sell a
				Powerball with Power Play ticket that wins $2, 000, 000 for matching 5+0
				numbers will receive a $5, 000 bonus commission.
(7) Award of a bonus commission is not
				dependent upon the Powerball jackpot winning ticket, POWERBALL 5+0 winning
				ticket or Powerball with Power Play 5+0 winning ticket being claimed by the
				winner.
(8) Retailers whose Florida
				Lottery contracts are terminated or inactivated prior to the bonus commission
				award shall be paid the bonus commission earned provided said termination or
				inactivation was not due to noncompliance with Chapter 24, Florida Statutes,
				Chapter 53, Florida Administrative Code, or contract terms.
(9) A bonus commission will be considered
				compensation to the retailer and will be reported to the Internal Revenue
				Service by the Florida Lottery. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply
				a bonus commission earned against a retailer's outstanding debt to the Florida
				Lottery, and to award the remaining balance of the bonus commission, if
				any.
(10) Bonus commissions are
				subject to availability of funds appropriated for retailer incentives. This
				Program is subject to cancellation by future emergency rule if retailer
				incentive funding is not appropriated or if the Florida Lottery determines that
				it is no longer in the state's best interest to use such funds for this
				purpose.
(11) This emergency rule
				replaces Emergency Rule 53ER13-69, F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority
					 24.105(9)(i),
					 24.109(1) FS.
					 Law Implemented 24.105(9)(i),
					 24.112(1)
					 FS.
New 4-9-20, Replaces
					 53ER13-69.