Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 370 - Nebraska Lottery Regulations › Chapter 700 - POWERBALL › Section 370-700-701 - GAME DESCRIPTION

Current through June 17, 2024
701.01 General
POWERBALL is a five (5) out of fifty-nine (59) plus one (1)
				  out of thirty-five (35) on-line lottery game which pays the Grand Prize, at the
				  election of the player made the day of or within sixty days after the player is
				  entitled to the prize, either on an annuitized parimutuel basis or as a cash
				  lump sum payment of the total cash held for this prize pool on a parimutuel
				  basis. Except as provided in these regulations, all other prizes are paid on a
				  set cash basis. To play POWERBALL, a player shall select five (5) different
				  numbers, between one (1) and fifty-nine (59) and one (1) additional number
				  between one (1) and thirty-five (35), for input into a terminal. The additional
				  number may be the same as one of the first five numbers selected by the
				  player.
POWERBALL tickets shall be purchased from a terminal operated
				  by a Lottery Game Retailer. The player shall select a set of five numbers and
				  one additional number by communicating the six (6) numbers to the Lottery Game
				  Retailer, or by hand marking six (6) numbered squares in any one game play area
				  on a play slip and submitting the play slip to the Lottery Game Retailer, or by
				  requesting a computer "quick pick" from the Lottery Game Retailer. The Lottery
				  Game Retailer will then issue a POWERBALL ticket, via the terminal, containing
				  the selected set or sets of numbers, each of which constitutes a POWERBALL game
				  play.
701.02 Claims
A POWERBALL ticket (subject to the validation requirements
				  set forth in Reg-705 (POWERBALL Ticket Validation)) shall be the only proof of
				  a POWERBALL game play or plays and the submission of a winning POWERBALL ticket
				  to the issuing party lottery or its authorized Lottery Game 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 POWERBALL ticket purchase or
				  of numbers selected.
701.03
				Cancellations Prohibited
A POWERBALL ticket may not be voided or canceled by returning
				  the POWERBALL ticket to the selling Lottery Game Retailer or to the Nebraska
				  Lottery, including POWERBALL tickets that are printed in error. No POWERBALL
				  ticket which can be used to claim a prize shall be returned to the Nebraska
				  Lottery for credit. POWERBALL tickets accepted by Nebraska Lottery Game
				  Retailers as returned tickets will remain charged to the Nebraska Lottery Game
				  Retailer's account. Ownership of the tickets is in bearer form until the ticket
				  is signed on the reverse side. Nebraska Lottery Game Retailers who accept
				  unsigned POWERBALL tickets as returned tickets and who cannot re-sell those
				  tickets shall be deemed the owners of those tickets.
701.04 Player Responsibility
It shall be the sole responsibility of the player to verify
				  the accuracy of the POWERBALL game play or plays and other data printed on the
				  POWERBALL ticket. The placing of POWERBALL plays is done at the player's own
				  risk through the on-line Lottery Game Retailer who is acting on behalf of the
				  player in entering the POWERBALL play or plays.
701.05 Entry of POWERBALL Plays
POWERBALL plays may only be entered manually using the
				  on-line lottery terminal keypad (including a computer "quick pick") or by means
				  of a play slip provided by the Nebraska Lottery and hand-marked by the player.
				  Playslip number selections shall not be marked by any electronic, electro
				  mechanical or other automated device. A Lottery Game Retailer shall not permit
				  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 Nebraska Lottery. Lottery Game Retailers shall not permit any
				  device to be connected to an on-line lottery terminal to enter POWERBALL plays,
				  except as approved by the Nebraska Lottery. No retailer may knowingly sell a
				  ticket or combination of tickets to any person or entity which would guarantee
				  such purchaser a Grand Prize win. Any playslip number selection by a method
				  other than hand marked by the player and any resulting ticket shall be
				  invalid.
701.06 Drawings
Drawings shall be held at the times and places established by
				  the MUSL POWERBALL Product Group and the results shall be subsequently
				  announced to the public.
701.06A The
				Director shall determine the time for the end of sales prior to the drawings.
				Online terminals shall not process on-line tickets for that drawing after the
				time established by the Director.
701.06B The MUSL POWERBALL Product Group and
				Division shall designate the type of drawing equipment to be used and shall
				establish drawing procedures to randomly select the winning combination and to
				ensure the integrity of the drawing process.