Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3770:1 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 3770:1-9 - Additional Lottery Games › Section 3770:1-9-291 - Game rule number two hundred ninety-one

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Title and term.
			 Ohio lottery commission game rule number two hundred ninety-one, "Platinum
			 Millions" shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the
			 commission may determine. For the purposes of this rule, "sales cycle" shall
			 mean any such period, including reprints, beginning on the date when ticket
			 sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director
			 as the date on which sales agents are to make their final settlement with
			 respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number two
			 hundred ninety-one.
(B)
								 General design.
(1)
									 Game rule number
			 two hundred ninety-one is a key number match game with an instant win feature
			 and a "multiplier" feature and is generally known as an "instant
			 lottery."
(2)
									 The holder of a valid ticket will remove the covering
			 over the entire play area to reveal six "Winning Numbers," twenty-five "Your
			 Numbers" and twenty-five corresponding prize values. If any one or more of
			 "Your Numbers" matches one or more of the "Winning Numbers," the player wins
			 the corresponding prize values shown below the matching "Your Numbers." If any
			 one of "Your Numbers" matches a blue "Winning Numbers," the player wins double
			 the corresponding prize value shown below the matching "Your Numbers." If the
			 player reveals a "5X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the
			 player wins five times the prize value shown automatically. If the player
			 reveals a "10X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins
			 ten times the corresponding prize value shown automatically. If the player
			 reveals a "20X" symbol in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots, the player wins
			 twenty times the prize value shown automatically. If the player reveals a
			 "Star" symbol, the player wins all twenty-five prizes shown automatically. If
			 the player reveals a blue "Double Star" symbol, the player wins double all
			 twenty-five prizes shown automatically. If the player matches any of "Your
			 Numbers" to one of the "Winning Numbers" and the corresponding prize value
			 revealed is a "TPD" symbol, the player wins five thousand five hundred dollars
			 automatically, and upon the filing of a valid claim at an Ohio lottery
			 commission office, shall automatically be entered into the Top Prize Drawing
			 ("TPD") for a chance to win an "Annuity Prize Award" of two hundred fifty
			 thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected
			 Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately two million five hundred thousand
			 dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award." The Top Prize
			 Drawing shall be conducted in accordance with Ohio lottery rules and procedures
			 established and approved by the director. There are twenty-five chances to win
			 on each ticket, and a player may win up to twenty-five times on one
			 ticket.
(3)
									 The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket
			 in game rule number two hundred ninety-one are: five dollars, ten dollars,
			 fifteen dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars, thirty dollars, forty
			 dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two hundred dollars, five hundred
			 dollars, one thousand dollars, the "TPD" symbol corresponding to a prize value
			 of five thousand five hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, twenty thousand
			 dollars and an "Annuity Prize Award" of two hundred fifty thousand dollars per
			 year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected Cash-Option Prize Award" of
			 approximately two million five hundred thousand dollars before taxes in lieu of
			 the "Annuity Prize Award." Numbers, prize values and play symbols appearing on
			 any ticket in game rule number two hundred ninety-one shall be concealed by an
			 opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to
			 reveal the underlying numbers, prize values and play symbols.