Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3770:1 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 3770:1-9 - Additional Lottery Games › Section 3770:1-9-958 - Game rule number nine hundred fifty-eight

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Title and term.
			 Game number nine hundred fifty-eight is the Ohio-adopted modified version of
			 the "Mega Millions®" game for "Mega Millions®;" draws beginning October 28,
			 2017. Game number nine hundred fifty-eight shall be conducted at such times and
			 for such periods as the director may determine. For the purpose of this rule,
			 "sales cycle" shall mean any such period beginning on the date when ticket
			 sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the Ohio
			 lottery commission executive director as the date on which sales agents are to
			 make final settlement with respect to such period.
(B)
								General
			 design.
(1)
									"Mega Millions®" is a statewide joint lottery game that
			 exists based on an agreement between all participating party
			 lotteries.
(2)
									As used in this rule, "Mega Millions®" shall
			 hereinafter be referred to as "game number nine hundred fifty-eight" as it
			 applies to statewide ticket sales in Ohio conducted by the Ohio lottery
			 commission.
(3)
									As used in this rule, "party lotteries" shall mean the
			 member lotteries established and operated pursuant to the laws of the
			 jurisdictions participating in "Mega Millions®."
Game number nine hundred fifty-eight
				shall not be amended when one or more lottery is added or removed from
				participating, unless the addition or removal of such party lottery shall
				substantively change the game matrix, the play style or the method of prize
				payments in this game.
(4)
									Game number nine
			 hundred fifty-eight shall be conducted in accordance with this rule and the
			 "Mega Millions® Official Game Rules" effective April 19, 2017 (hereinafter
			 "Official Game Rules"). The "Official Game Rules" are incorporated herein by
			 reference as if fully set forth herein. The "Official Game Rules" shall be
			 posted on the Ohio lottery commission website and may be accessed by going to
			 the link:
https://www.ohiolottery.com/Claiming/
Rules And Regulations and clicking on the "New Mega
			 Millions®" tab.
(5)
									As used in this rule, "directors" shall mean the chief
			 officers of the member party lotteries or any other persons to whom the
			 directors' authority is lawfully delegated.
(6)
									As used in this
			 rule, "cash Grand/Jackpot Prize" shall mean the cash value of the
			 "Grand/Jackpot Prize" paid in a lump sum as determined by the directors or
			 their designees. The cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" shall be an amount less than
			 the annuity "Grand/Jackpot Prize."
(7)
									As used in this
			 rule, "annuity Grand/Jackpot Prize" shall mean the annuity value of a
			 "Grand/Jackpot Prize" based on the investment by the Ohio lottery commission of
			 the cash "Grand/Jackpot Prize" amount to fund an annual installment payment
			 stream over thirty years as determined by the directors or their
			 designees.
(8)
									As used in this rule, "Ohio lottery" shall mean the
			 Ohio lottery commission.
(9)
									As used in this rule, "Ohio director" shall mean the
			 executive director of the Ohio lottery commission.
(10)
									As used in this
			 rule, game number nine hundred fifty-eight "panel or play area" shall mean the
			 area of an official "Mega Millions®" ticket identified by the following two
			 fields of play: one field of five numbers consisting of one or two digits that
			 were selected by the player or the on-line gaming system computer, and a second
			 field of one number consisting of one or two digits selected by the player or
			 the on-line gaming system computer. Up to five such panels or play areas may
			 appear on any one ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-eight. The director
			 may change the number of panels or play areas appearing on any one ticket in
			 game number nine hundred fifty-eight. Each panel shall constitute a separate
			 wager.
(11)
									Each ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-eight
			 shall be imprinted with one set of five unique numbers from a set of numbers,
			 one through seventy inclusively ("field one"), and one unique number from a
			 second set of numbers, one through twenty-five, inclusively ("field two"), as
			 determined by the choice of the ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature of
			 the on-line computer system, and recorded on the ticket at the time of
			 purchase. Players may use a bet card to have the auto pick feature select their
			 numbers in either field one, field two or both fields. Players may also use a
			 bet card to manually select their numbers in either field one, field two or
			 both fields. (Bet cards are available at no cost to the player and shall have
			 no pecuniary or prize value, nor shall they constitute evidence of purchase or
			 number selections). When a player orally places a "Mega Millions®" wager, the
			 player must either manually select numbers from both fields or request usage of
			 the auto pick feature to select numbers from both fields. A ticket may include
			 one or more panels as described in paragraph (B) (10) of this
			 rule.
(12)
									As used in this rule, game number nine hundred
			 fifty-eight winning numbers shall be randomly selected during each official
			 "Mega Millions®" drawing, and shall consist of five numbers selected from a
			 field of numbers one through seventy, inclusively, and one number selected from
			 a second field of numbers one through twenty-five, inclusively. Holders of
			 valid winning tickets for a given drawing bearing the numbers drawn in that
			 drawing, in whole or in part, shall be entitled to a prize award in accordance
			 with the applicable paragraph(s) of this rule. The prize awarded to holders of
			 winning tickets may be dependent upon whether a player has purchased the
			 "Megaplier" feature.
(13)
									Tickets purchased in game number nine hundred
			 fifty-eight are automatically deemed by the on-line gaming system to reflect
			 payment of the "Grand/Jackpot Prize" in thirty annual installments. As set
			 forth at paragraph (J)(3) of this rule, at the time of claim, any
			 "Grand/Jackpot Prize" winner(s) who purchased their game number nine hundred
			 fifty-eight ticket(s) from an authorized Ohio lottery sales agent shall have
			 sixty calendar days from the date of the presentation for payment of their
			 valid claim to the Ohio lottery commission, to opt for a cash "Grand/Jackpot
			 Prize" known as the "cash option." All other prizes, other than the
			 "Grand/Jackpot Prize" in game number nine hundred fifty-eight, shall be paid
			 out in a lump sum.