Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3770:1 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 3770:1-9 - Additional Lottery Games › Section 3770:1-9-941 - Game number nine hundred forty-one

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Title and term. Game number
			 nine hundred forty-one, theOhio-adopted version of
			 "Mega Millions®," shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the
			 Ohio lottery commission 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
			 their 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 forty-one" 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®."
(a) Game number nine
			 hundred forty-one 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 forty-one shall be conducted in accordance with this rule and the "Mega
			 Millions® Official Game Rules" approved by the party lotteries on October 22,
			 2013 (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/RulesAndRegulations
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 prize" shall mean the cash value of the grand prize jackpot
			 paid in a lump sum as determined by the directors or their designees. The cash
			 grand prize shall be an amount less than the annuity grand prize.
(7)
			 As used in this rule, "annuity grand prize" shall mean the annuity value of a
			 grand prize jackpot based on the investment by the Ohio lottery commission of
			 the cash grand 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 forty-one "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 forty-one. The director may change the
			 number of panels or play areas appearing on any one ticket in game number
			 nine hundred forty-one. Each panel shall constitute a
			 separate wager.
(11) Each ticket in game number
			 nine hundred forty-one shall be imprinted with one set
			 of five unique numbers from a set of numbers, one through seventy-five
			 inclusively ("field one"), and one unique number from a second set of numbers,
			 one through fifteen, 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)(9) of this rule.
(12) As used in this
			 rule, game number nine hundred forty-one 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-five, inclusively, and one number selected from a second field
			 of numbers one through fifteen, 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 forty-one are automatically deemed by the
			 on-line gaming system to reflect payment of the grand prize jackpot in thirty
			 annual installments. As set forth at paragraph (J)(3) of this rule, at the time
			 of claim, any grand prize jackpot winner(s) who purchased their game number
			 nine hundred forty-one 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 prize known as the "cash option." All other prizes,
			 other than the grand prize in game number nine hundred forty-one,
			 shall be paid out in a lump sum.