Code of Maine Rules › 18 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES › 553 - BUREAU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LOTTERY OPERATIONS (BABLO) › Chapter 70 - WORLD POKER TOUR GAME RULES › Part I - World Poker Tour Game Rules › Section 553-70-I-1.0 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.1 "Agent" or "Lottery Retailer" means a
				  person or entity licensed by the Lottery to sell lottery tickets.
1.2 "ALL IN" means an optional add-on feature
				  of the Game where, for an additional one dollar ($1.00) per wager, a Player can
				  win an additional prize for forming a Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four of a
				  Kind, or Flush winning Instant Hand, as described in Section 4.3 of these
				  rules.
1.3 "Automated Draw Machine"
				  or "ADM" means the method of conducting the drawing for the winning
				  numbers.
1.4 "BABLO" means Bureau
				  of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within the Department of
				  Administrative and Financial Services.
1.5 "Commission" means the State Liquor and
				  Lottery Commission as established in
				  5 MRSA
				  section283-A.
1.6 "Claimant" or "Winner" means any natural
				  person or legal entity submitting a winning Game Ticket within the required
				  prize claim period.
1.7 "Director"
				  means the Director of BABLO appointed by the Commissioner of the Department of
				  Administrative and Financial Services.
1.8 "Drawing" means the formal process of
				  selecting winning Drawing Cards that conclusively determine the number of
				  winning tickets for each prize level of the Game's Drawing component.
1.9 "Easy Pick" or "Computer Pick" means the
				  random selection of cards by the computer system resulting in a Wager accepted
				  by the Lottery's gaming system.
1.10 "Exchange Ticket" means the replacement
				  ticket generated after an instant winning ticket has been cashed prior to the
				  drawing date on the original ticket.
1.11 "Expired Unclaimed Prizes" means the
				  value of prizes which remain unclaimed after the prize claim period
				  expires.
1.12 "Game Ticket(s)" or
				  "Ticket(s)" means an acceptable evidence of Game Play which represents a wager
				  accepted by the Gaming System meeting the specifications defined in these
				  rules.
1.13 "Hand" means five (5)
				  numbers randomly selected from one (1) through fifty-two (52) represented as
				  playing cards printed on a game ticket.
1.14 "Instant Win" means a Hand that
				  constitutes a Winning Instant Hand, as described in Section 4.3 of these
				  rules.
1.15 "Lottery" or "the
				  Lottery" means BABLO.
1.16 "Draw
				  Lottery Game" or "Draw Game" means a lottery game for which wagers are accepted
				  by the Gaming System
1.17 "Gaming
				  System" means the computer system used to issue and validate Game
				  Tickets.
1.18 "Play" "Bet" or
				  "Wager" means the cards that appear on a Game Ticket as a board or panel, and
				  are played by a Player in the Game.
1.19 "Player" or "Purchaser" means a natural
				  person(s) or legal entity that purchases Game Tickets in accordance with these
				  rules.
1.20
"
Prize
				  Fund" or "Prize Fund Percentage" means the portion of the Game's sales set
				  aside for the payment of prizes.
1.21 "Progressive Jackpot" means the variable
				  amount used as the basis for determining the prize amounts for the Royal Flush,
				  and Straight Flush winning Hands when the Game's ALL IN feature is purchased as
				  described in Section 4.3 of these rules.
1.22 "Rank" means the value of an individual
				  card, consisting of the following thirteen (13) ranks, from low to high: 2, 3,
				  4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace.
1.23 "Set Prize" means a pre-determined prize
				  payout which is paid in a single cash payment.
1.24 "Split Prize" means a pre-determined set
				  prize payout that is divided equally among the number of winning Game Tickets
				  of the prize level. Split prizes shall only apply to the Draw Game's Top
				  Prize.
1.25 "Standard Deck of
				  Playing Cards" means fifty-two (52) cards in total, consisting of four (4)
				  Suits with each Suit having thirteen (13) Rank cards. The "Cards" comprising
				  the Standard Deck of Player Cards are as follows:
Suit
Cards
[DIAMOND]
Diamonds
[DIAMOND]
Two of Diamonds 2D
[DIAMOND]
Three of Diamonds
3D
[DIAMOND]
Four of Diamonds
4D
[DIAMOND]
Five of Diamonds
5D
[DIAMOND]
Six of Diamonds
6D
[DIAMOND]
Seven of Diamonds 7D
[DIAMOND]
Eight of Diamonds
8D
[DIAMOND]
Nine of Diamonds
9D
[DIAMOND]
Ten of Diamonds
10D
[DIAMOND]
Jack of Diamonds
JD
[DIAMOND]
Queen of Diamonds
QD
[DIAMOND]
King of Diamonds
KD
[DIAMOND]
Ace of Diamonds
AD
[SPADE]
Spades
[SPADE]
Two of Spades
2S
[SPADE]
Three of Spades
3S
[SPADE]
Four of Spades
4S
[SPADE]
Five of Spades
5S
[SPADE]
Six of Spades
6S
[SPADE]
Seven of Spades
7S
[SPADE]
Eight of Spades
8S
[SPADE]
Nine of Spades
9S
[SPADE]
Ten of Spades
10S
[SPADE]
Jack of Spades
JS
[SPADE]
Queen of Spades
QS
[SPADE]
King of Spades
KS
[SPADE]
Ace of Spades
AS
[HEARTS]
Hearts
[HEARTS]
Two of Hearts
2H
[HEARTS]
Three of Hearts
3H
[HEARTS]
Four of Hearts
4H
[HEARTS]
Five of Hearts
5H
[HEARTS]
Six of Hearts
6H
[HEARTS]
Seven of Hearts
7H
[HEARTS]
Eight of Hearts
8H
[HEARTS]
Nine of Hearts
9H
[HEARTS]
Ten of Hearts
10H
[HEARTS]
Jack of Hearts
JH
[HEARTS]
Queen of Hearts
QH
[HEARTS]
King of Hearts
KH
[HEARTS]
Ace of Hearts
AH
[CLUBS]
Clubs
[CLUBS]
Two of Clubs
2C
[CLUBS]
Three of Clubs
3C
[CLUBS]
Four of Clubs
4C
[CLUBS]
Five of Clubs
5C
[CLUBS]
Six of Clubs
6C
[CLUBS]
Seven of Clubs
7C
[CLUBS]
Eight of Clubs
8C
[CLUBS]
Nine of Clubs
9C
[CLUBS]
Ten of Clubs
10C
[CLUBS]
Jack of Clubs
JC
[CLUBS]
Queen of Clubs
QC
[CLUBS]
King of Clubs
KC
[CLUBS]
Ace of Clubs
AC
1.26 "Suit" means either the symbol, word or
				  letter corresponding to the suit in a standard deck of playing cards as
				  follows: [DIAMOND] (diamonds or "D"), [SPADES] (spades or "S"), [HEARTS]
				  (hearts or "H") or [CLUBS] (clubs or "C").
1.27 "Terminal" means a device including, but
				  not limited to Player Activated Terminals (PATs), Self-Service Terminals (SSTs)
				  and Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs), authorized to function in an interactive
				  mode with the Gaming System for the purpose of issuing and validating lottery
				  transactions.
1.28 "Ticketless
				  Transaction" means a play sold through subscription, internet or non-standard
				  terminals.
1.29 "Top Prize" or
				  "Grand Prize" means the Game's first prize awarded in the Game's Drawing
				  component when all five (5) of the Cards in a Hand match all five (5) of the
				  Winning Drawing Cards.
1.30
				  "Winning Drawing Cards" means the five (5) cards from a Standard deck of
				  Playing Cards that are randomly selected for the Game's drawing component and
				  used to determine the winning plays contained on a Game Ticket for that
				  component of the Game.
1.31
				  "Winning Drawing Hand" means, in the Game's Drawing component, when three (3),
				  four (4) or five (5) of the cards in a Hand match three (3), four (4) or five
				  (5) of the Winning Cards drawn.
1.32 "Winning Instant Hand" means, in the
				  Game's Instant Win component, a Hand that has a combination of cards that form
				  a Winning Instant Hand, identified in the "Instant Win"
				  Table.