Code of Maine Rules › 18 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES › 553 - BUREAU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LOTTERY OPERATIONS (BABLO) › Chapter 20 - POWERBALL RULES › Part II - Powerball Game Rules › Section 553-20-II-2.0 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following definitions apply to all Parts of these Rules
					 unless the context requires a different meaning or is otherwise inconsistent
					 with the intention of the rules adopted by the Product Group. Capitalized terms
					 used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
					 the MUSL Agreement.
2.1 "Advertised
				  Grand Prize" shall mean the estimated annuitized Powerball Grand Prize amount
				  as determined by the MUSL Central Office by use of the MUSL Annuity Factor and
				  communicated through the Selling Lotteries prior to the Powerball Grand Prize
				  drawing. The "Advertised Grand Prize" is not a guaranteed prize amount and the
				  actual Powerball Grand Prize amount may vary from the advertised amount, except
				  in circumstances where there is a guaranteed Powerball Grand Prize amount as
				  described in Section 6.1 of these Rules.
2.2 "Agent", "retailer" or "lottery retail
				  agent" means a person or entity authorized by a Selling Lottery to sell and
				  redeem lottery Plays.
2.3 "Computer
				  Pick" means the random selection of game play indicia by the authorized
				  retailer computer that appears on a ticket or ticketless transaction and are
				  played by a player in the game.
2.4
				  "Draw Lottery Game', or "Draw Game" means a lottery game wherein a player
				  selects numbers out of a larger predetermined set or sets of numbers.
2.5 "Drawing" refers collectively to the
				  formal draw event for randomly selecting the winning indicia that determine the
				  number of winners for each prize level of the Powerball game or Powerball
				  Promotion as describer in these Rules. A Powerball drawing shall determine the
				  winning indicia for the Powerball game and the Power Play multiplier.
2.6 "Executive Director" means the
				  Director of BABLO appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of
				  Administrative and Financial Services.
2.7 "Game ticket" or "ticket" means an
				  acceptable evidence of Play, which is a ticket produced in a manner that meets
				  the specifications defined in the rules of each Selling Lottery and Section
				  7.0 of these rules (Ticket
				  Validation) and is a physical representation of the Play or Plays sold to the
				  player or is a properly and validly registered ticketless transaction
				  Play.
2.8 "Grand Prize" shall refer
				  to the top prize in the Powerball game.
2.9 "Licensee Lottery" shall mean a state
				  lottery or lottery of a governmental unit, political subdivision or entity
				  thereof that is not a Party Lottery but has agreed to comply with all
				  applicable MUSL and Product Group requirements and has been authorized by the
				  MUSL and by the Powerball Product Group to sell the Powerball game.
2.10 "Maine Lottery" or "the Lottery" means
				  the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations.
2.11 "MUSL" means the Multi-State Lottery
				  Association, a government-benefit association wholly owned and operated by the
				  Party Lotteries.
2.12 "MUSL Annuity
				  Factor" shall mean the annuity factor as determined by the MUSL central office
				  through a method approved by the MUSL Finance and Audit Committee and which is
				  used as described in these rules.
2.13 "MUSL Board" means the governing body of
				  the MUSL, which is comprised of the chief executive officer of each Party
				  Lottery.
2.14 "MUSL Finance and
				  Audit Committee" shall mean the committee of that name established by the MUSL
				  Board.
2.15 "Pari-Mutuel" or
				  "pari-mutuel" shall mean wagered funds that are pooled and then paid in equal
				  shares to the winners of a prize as described in these Rules.
2.16 "Party Lottery" or "Member Lottery"
				  means a state lottery or lottery of a political subdivision or entity that has
				  joined the MUSL and, in the context of these Product Group Rules that is
				  authorized to sell the Powerball game. Unless otherwise indicated, "Party
				  Lottery" or "Member Lottery" does not include "Licensee Lotteries".
2.17 "Play" or "Bet" means the six (6)
				  numbers, the first five (5) from a field of sixty-nine (69) numbers and the
				  last one (1) from a field of twenty-six (26) numbers, that appear on a ticket
				  or communicated in a ticketless transaction as a single lettered selection
				  either manually or by a Computer Pick and are to be played by a player in the
				  Powerball game.
2.18 "Play Slip" or
				  "Bet Slip" means a physical or electronic means by which a player communicates
				  their intended Play selection to the retailer as defined and approved by the
				  Selling Lottery.
2.19 "Power Play"
				  shall refer to Power Play promotion as described in Part III of these
				  Rules.
2.20 "Power Play Plays"
				  shall refer to Plays purchased as part of the Power Play Promotion described in
				  Part III of these Rules.
2.21
				  "Powerball Plays" (aka PB Plays) shall refer to Plays purchased as a wager as
				  part of the Powerball game, as defined in Part III of these rules, but shall
				  not include Power Play plays.
2.22
				  "Product Group" or "the Group" means a group of lotteries that has joined
				  together to offer a product pursuant to the terms of the Multi-State Lottery
				  Agreement and the Product Group's own rules.
2.23 "Selling Lottery" or "Participating
				  Lottery" means a lottery authorized by the Product Group to sell Powerball
				  Plays, including Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries.
2.24 "Set Prize", also referred to as
				  "low-tier prize", means all other prizes, except the Powerball Grand Prize,
				  and, except in instances outlined in these rules, will be equal to the prize
				  amount established by the Product Group for the prize level.
2.25 "Terminal" means a device authorized by
				  a Selling Lottery to function in an interactive mode with the lottery's
				  computer gaming system for the purpose of issuing lottery tickets and entering,
				  receiving, and processing lottery transactions, including making purchases,
				  validating tickets, and transmitting reports.
2.26 "Ticketless Transaction" shall include
				  Plays sold through subscription, internet, or non-standard terminals.
2.27 "Winning Numbers" means the game results
				  selected during a Drawing which shall be used to determine winning Plays
				  contained on a game ticket or ticketless transaction.