Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3770:1 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 3770:1-9 - Additional Lottery Games › Section 3770:1-9-835 - Game rule number eight hundred thirty-five

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								 Title and term.
			 Ohio lottery commission game rule number eight hundred thirty-five, "$5 Million
			 Jackpot" 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
			 eight hundred thirty-five.
(B)
								 General
			 design.
(1)
									
			 Game rule number eight hundred thirty-five is a key number match game with a
			 "multiplier" feature along with four additional "Jackpot" play areas 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 "Your Number(s)." twenty corresponding prize values
			 and a "Jackpot" play area consisting of four tabs with either a $50. $100. $500
			 or $ 1.000 prize. If any one or more of "Your Number(s)" matches one or more of
			 the "Winning Numbers." the player wins the corresponding prize value(s) shown
			 below the matching "Your Number(s)." If the player reveals a "Moneybag" symbol
			 in any of the "Your Numbers" play spots. the player wins the corresponding
			 prize value automatically. If the player reveals a "Jackpot" symbol in any of
			 the "Your Numbers" play spots. the player wins all prizes shown under the "Your
			 Numbers" automatically. If the player reveals a "5X" symbol in any of the "Your
			 Numbers" play spots. the player wins five times the corresponding 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 "50." $100." $500." or $ 1.000
			 symbol in the "Jackpot" play area. the player wins the corresponding prize
			 award. 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 eight hundred
			 thirty-five are: five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five
			 dollars, thirty dollars, forty dollars, fifty dollars, one hundred dollars, two
			 hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, one thousand dollars, two thousand
			 dollars, the "TPD" symbol corresponding to a prize value of five thousand five
			 hundred dollars, ten thousand dollars, an "Annuity Prize Award" of fifty
			 thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected
			 Cash-Option Prize Award" of approximately five hundred thousand dollars before
			 taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," an "Annuity Prize Award" of one
			 hundred thousand dollars per year for twenty years before taxes or the "Elected
			 Cash-Option Prize Award." of approximately one
			 million dollars before taxes in lieu of the "Annuity Prize Award," 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 eight hundred thirty-five 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.