Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 961 CMR - STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION › Title 961 CMR 2.00 - Rules and Regulations › Section 2.64 - Multi-state Game - LUCKY FOR LIFE

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Effective Date
. Beginning January 27, 2015, the
			 following shall be in effect.
(2)
Definitions
. The following definitions apply unless
			 the context requires a different meaning or is otherwise inconsistent with the
			 intention of the rules adopted by the Lucky for Life Regional Agreement.
Advance Action
or
Multi
				Draw
shall mean the type of betting in which wagers may be placed
				for future Lucky for Life drawings as available in each Party Lottery.
Annuitized Payment Option
shall mean a
				manner in which the Lucky for Life Top Prize or second prize (also referred to
				as Prize Level #2) may be paid in equal payments or installments. The
				Annuitized Payment Option shall be calculated on an annual basis. The schedule
				of payments shall be at the discretion of each Party Lottery.
Cash Option
shall mean the manner in
				which the Lucky for Life Top Prize or second prize may be paid upon the
				Winner's request in one single cash payment as an alternative to the Annuitized
				Payment Option.
Claimant
or
Winner
shall mean any natural person or legal entity
				submitting a winning Lucky for Life Ticket within the required prize claim
				period. A Claimant may be the Purchaser, the natural person or legal entity
				named on the back of a signed Lucky for Life Ticket, the bearer of an unsigned
				Lucky for Life Ticket, or any other natural person or legal entity who may seek
				entitlement to a Lucky for Life prize payment in accordance with each Party
				Lottery's jurisdictional laws. No Claimant may assert rights different from the
				rights acquired by the original Purchaser at the time of purchase.
Clearinghouse Lottery
shall refer to
				the Party Lottery or other duly authorized entity who is responsible for
				collecting and transferring prize payouts on behalf of all Party
				Lotteries.
Drawing
shall mean the formal process
				of selecting Winning Numbers that conclusively determines the number of Winners
				for each prize level of the game.
Game Play(s)
shall mean that area of
				the Play Slip, also known as a "board" or "panel", which contains two sets of
				numbered squares to be marked by the Player: the first set (Matrix 1) contains
				48 squares, numbered one through 48; the second set (Matrix 2) contains 18
				squares, numbered one through 18.
Game Ticket
or
Ticket
shall mean acceptable evidence of Game Play
				which represents a Wager accepted by a Party Lottery's On-line Gaming System,
				meeting the specifications defined in 961 CMR 2.64.
Liability Limit
shall mean a
				pre-established threshold, as determined in advance by the New England Lottery
				Directors, for paying Top Prize, second prize and third prize claims, as
				defined in 961 CMR 2.64(5)(a).
Lucky Ball
shall mean the number
				selected from the second set of numbers (Matrix 2) in each Lucky for Life
				Drawing.
Lump Sum Cash Payment
shall mean the
				manner in which the Lucky For Life Top Prize or second prize is required to be
				paid in one single cash payment when the liability limit is exceeded and no
				Annuitized Payment Option is available, as detailed in 961 CMR 2.64(5).
On-line Gaming System
shall mean a
				computer wagering system or internet-based sales system used by a Party Lottery
				to issue and validate Lucky for Life Tickets.
Party Lottery
shall mean a state
				lottery which is authorized to sell the Lucky for Life game.
Play
,
Bet
or
Wager
shall mean the six numbers (the first five from
				a field of 48 numbers and one Lucky Ball number from a field of 18 numbers)
				that appear on a Lucky For Life Ticket as a single-lettered Play, board or
				panel, and are played by a Player in the game.
Play Slip
,
Selection
				Slip
or
Bet Slip
or any other such term
				utilized by a Party Lottery shall mean a card used in marking a Player's Game
				Plays or Wagers.
Player
or
Purchaser
shall mean a natural person(s) or legal
				entity who buys Lucky for Life Tickets in accordance with 961 CMR 2.64 and
				jurisdictional laws.
Quick Pick
, or any other such term
				used by a Party Lottery shall mean the random selection of six numbers
				resulting in a Wager accepted by a Party Lottery's On-line Gaming
				System.
Sales Retailer
or
Sales
				Agent
shall mean a natural person or legal entity licensed and/or
				authorized by a Party Lottery to sell and redeem Lucky for Life Tickets.
Selling Lottery
shall mean the Party
				Lottery that sold a winning Lucky for Life Ticket.
Set Prize
shall mean a pre-determined
				prize payout that is paid in a single cash payment. Set Prizes shall apply to
				the lowest eight prize levels. They may also apply, however, to the Top Prize
				and second prize under certain conditions as outlined in 961 CMR
				2.64(5)(a).
Split Prize
shall mean a
				pre-determined Set Prize payout that is divided equally among the number of
				winning Tickets of a prize level. Split prizes shall only apply to the Top
				Prize, the Prize Level #2 and Prize Level #3 Winners under certain conditions,
				as outlined in 961 CMR 2.64(5)(a).
Subscription Ticket
,
Season Ticket
or any other such term utilized by a
				Party Lottery shall have the meanings given them in each Party Lottery
				jurisdiction. Massachusetts Season Tickets are defined in 961 CMR
				2.64(8).
Terminal
shall mean a device
				including, but not limited to, Player Activated Terminals (PATs), Self-service
				Terminals (SSTs) and Ticket Vending Machines, authorized to function in an
				on-line, interactive mode with the On-line Gaming System for the purpose of
				issuing and validating lottery transactions.
Top Prize
shall mean the Lucky for
				Life first prize.
Winning Numbers
shall mean the six
				numbers (the first five numbers from Matrix 1 and the one Lucky Ball number
				from Matrix 2) that are randomly selected in each Drawing and used to determine
				the winning Plays contained on a Lucky for Life Ticket.
(3)
Drawing
			 Procedures
. The New England Lottery Directors shall establish the
			 Drawing procedures for the Lucky for Life Drawings, including a drawing problem
			 resolution mechanism. All Drawings shall be open to the public and shall be
			 witnessed by an Independent Certified Public Accounting Firm. Any equipment
			 used in a Drawing shall be inspected at least annually. All Drawings, including
			 pre and post test drawings, shall be recorded.
(4)
Game Description and
			 Characteristics
.
(a)
Game Designation
. For purposes of identification, the
			 Lucky for Life game shall have a designated game number in the On-line Gaming
			 System.
(b)
Game
			 Design
. The Lucky for Life game is a double matrix-style game,
			 drawn each Monday and Thursday and to be drawn daily commencing on July 19,
			 2021 or such other date set by the New England Lottery Directors, in which
			 Players select five unique numbers in the Matrix 1 from one to 48 PLUS one
			 Lucky Ball number in the Matrix 2 from one to 18. The additional number may be
			 the same as one of the first five numbers selected by the Player.
(c)
Game Purchases
.
			 Lucky for Life Tickets must be purchased from a Terminal operated by a Sales
			 Retailer, a PAT (if available) by using a touch screen or by inserting a
			 Selection Slip, a lottery subscription system (if available) or such other
			 means as approved by a Party Lottery.
(d)
Ticket Format
.
			 Lucky for Life Tickets shall include, but not be limited to, the Player's
			 number selections, Lucky for Life logo or Lucky for Life name, Ticket cost,
			 Terminal number, barcode, Quick Pick (if selected), replay (if selected),
			 serial number and Drawing date. Advance Action Tickets shall visibly show the
			 beginning and ending Drawing dates. Lucky for Life Tickets may also include the
			 selling date, time stamp and any information required by a Party Lottery's
			 jurisdictional laws pertaining to the validation of Tickets.
(e)
Ticket Price
.
1.
Uniform Price
.
			 Each Lucky for Life Game Ticket shall be sold at retail for the price set in
			 961 CMR 2.64.
2.
Taxes
. The Ticket price shall include all the
			 applicable taxes that a Party Lottery may be required to collect.
3.
Cost Per Play
.
			 Lucky for Life Tickets may be purchased for $2.00 per Play, or multiples
			 thereof, in accordance with 961 CMR 2.64. The player receives one Play for each
			 $2.00 Wager.
4.
Promotions
. A promotion shall mean marketing or
			 advertising intended to increase sales of Lucky for Life Tickets (excluding
			 Subscription Tickets or Advance Action) through a discount or rebate. A Party
			 Lottery may offer Lucky for Life Tickets through promotions without approval of
			 the other Party Lotteries for a period not to exceed 90 days in any six month
			 period, as long as advance notification of five days is provided to all Party
			 Lotteries of the terms and dates of the promotional offering.
5.
Tickets as
			 Prizes
. A Party Lottery may offer Lucky for Life Tickets as a
			 prize in any other lottery game after advising all other Party Lotteries of the
			 terms and dates of such action.
6.
Contribution to Prize Pool
. A Party Lottery may offer
			 Lucky for Life Tickets as a prize or as part of an authorized promotion
			 provided that all such Ticket sales are assessed and reported to the prize pool
			 at the full gross sales amount.
(f)
Play Restrictions and Play
			 Styles
.
1.
Ticket
			 Sales to Minors Prohibited
. Lucky for Life Tickets may not be sold
			 to or purchased by minors as defined by each Party Lottery's jurisdictional
			 law. In Massachusetts, no Tickets may be sold to or purchased by a person
			 younger than 18 years old.
2.
Ticket Cashing by Minors
. Subject to each Party
			 Lottery's jurisdictional laws, Lucky for Life Tickets may not be cashed or
			 redeemed by minors younger than 18 years old.
3.
Ineligible
			 Players
. Lucky for Life Tickets shall not be purchased, and a
			 prize won by any such Ticket or share, either in whole or in part, shall not be
			 paid to:
a. A Party Lottery employee, officer,
			 director, board member or commissioner.
b. A contractor or consultant under agreement
			 with any Party Lottery to perform audit and security procedures.
c. An employee of the independent certified
			 public accounting firm under contract with any New England Lottery to oversee
			 Lucky for Life Drawings.
d. An
			 employee of a Party Lottery's on-line vendor.
e. An employee of a Party Lottery's
			 advertising or public relations provider.
f. An immediate family member (parent,
			 stepparent, child, stepchild, spouse, sibling or person engaged in a domestic
			 partnership or civil union) of an individual described in 961 CMR
			 2.64(4)(f)3.a., b., c., d. or e. residing as a member of the same household in
			 the principle place of residence of any such person.
g. Those persons designated in 961 CMR
			 2.64(4)(f)3. as ineligible to play Lucky for Life in one Party Lottery
			 jurisdiction shall also be ineligible to play Lucky for Life in all other Party
			 Lottery jurisdictions selling the game.
A Party Lottery may expand this list of ineligible
				players.
4.
Ticket Cancellations Prohibited
. A Lucky for Life
			 Ticket may not be cancelled or voided by returning the Ticket to the Sales
			 Retailer or to a Party Lottery. A Lucky for Life Ticket accepted by the Sales
			 Retailer as a returned ticket and that cannot be resold shall be deemed as
			 owned by the bearer thereof. This prohibition also applies to a Lucky for Life
			 Ticket that may be printed in error by the Sales Retailer. Subject to each
			 Party Lottery's jurisdictional laws, no Lucky for Life Ticket, or physical
			 portion thereof, that may be used to claim a prize, shall be returned to any
			 Party Lottery for credit.
5.
Game Sell-out Prohibited
. A Party Lottery shall not
			 directly and knowingly sell a Lucky for Life Ticket or combination of Tickets
			 to any natural person or legal entity that would guarantee such Purchaser a Top
			 Prize or second prize win.
6.
Claims
. A Lucky for Life Ticket, subject to the
			 validation requirements as detailed in 961 CMR 2.64(5)(c), shall be the only
			 proof of a Game Play (or Plays) and the submission of a winning Ticket to a
			 Party Lottery or its Sales Retailer shall be the sole method of claiming a
			 prize or prizes. A Play Slip has no pecuniary or prize value and shall not
			 constitute evidence of a Lucky for Life Ticket purchase or of numbers selected.
			 Under no circumstances will a claim be paid for a Top Prize or second prize
			 without a winning Lucky for Life Ticket. Subject to each Party Lottery's
			 jurisdictional laws, lost or missing Lucky for Life Tickets may not be honored
			 or processed for payment or replacement.
7.
Disclosure of Game
			 Winners
. Subject to each Party Lottery's jurisdictional laws
			 relating to the disclosure of lottery winners and in each Party Lottery's
			 discretion where such disclosure is lawful, the name and town/city of a winner
			 of a Top Prize or second prize (Prize Level #2) will be disclosed in a press
			 conference and/or in a press release. Such winner may be required to
			 participate in a press conference.
8.
Use of Play Slips
. Players may submit a completed Lucky for Life Play Slip to any Sales Retailer
			 to have issued a Lucky for Life Ticket. Play Slips shall be available at no
			 cost to the Purchaser and shall have no pecuniary or prize value, or constitute
			 evidence of purchase or number selections. The use of facsimiles of Play Slips,
			 copies of Play Slips, or other materials that are inserted into the Terminal's
			 Play Slip reader that are not printed or approved by the Party Lottery, are not
			 permitted. Sales Retailers shall not permit any device to be connected to a
			 Terminal to enter Plays, except as approved by its Party Lottery.
9.
Manual Entry
.
			 Players may convey their number selections to any Sales Retailer for a Lucky
			 for Life Ticket. Such number selections shall be manually entered into the
			 Terminal by the Sales Retailer.
10.
Quick Pick
. Players may either request a Quick Pick
			 Lucky for Life Ticket from a Sales Retailer or may select the Quick Pick option
			 on the Play Slip and submit the completed Play Slip to any Sales Retailer.
			 Quick Pick shall be differentiated from Customer Select in that Quick Pick
			 shall refer to the random selection of numbers made by the On-line Gaming
			 System rather than by the Player.
11.
Customer Select
. Players may select their own numbers by completing a Play Slip or by
			 conveying their number selections directly to any Sales Retailer. Customer
			 Select shall be differentiated from Quick Pick in that Customer Select shall
			 refer to number selections made by the Player rather than the On-line Gaming
			 System.
12.
Replay
			 Feature
. If available in a Party Lottery jurisdiction, Players may
			 utilize the barcodes of already-purchased Lucky for Life Tickets to duplicate
			 another Ticket of the same price and with the same number selections and
			 options. To replay, Players may either make the request of a Sales Retailer or
			 may scan the barcode directly into a PAT or SST, if authorized.
13.
Advance Action or
			 Multi-draw
. Lucky for Life Tickets may be purchased for future
			 Drawings, if available in a Party Lottery jurisdiction.
14.
Subscriptions or Season
			 Tickets
. Lucky for Life Tickets may be purchased by subscription,
			 if available in a Party Lottery jurisdiction.
15.
Limited to Highest Prize
			 Won
. In connection with the Winning Numbers drawn, the holder of a
			 winning Lucky for Life Ticket may win only one prize per Play, board or panel,
			 and shall be entitled only to the prize won by those numbers in the highest
			 matching prize category.
16.
Prize Claim Period
. The prize claim period shall be
			 determined by each Party Lottery. In Massachusetts, all prizes must be claimed
			 within one year of the Drawing date.
17.
Player
			 Responsibility
. It shall be the Player's sole responsibility to
			 verify the accuracy of the Game Play (or Plays) and the other data printed on
			 the Ticket. The placing of Wagers is done at the Player's own risk through the
			 Sales Retailer.
18.
Prize Payments
. A Party Lottery may not pay prizes
			 that are less than or more than the prize amounts established in accordance
			 with 961 CMR 2.64. The prize won cannot be indirectly increased by promotions
			 or Retailer activity.