Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3770:1 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 3770:1-9 - Additional Lottery Games › Section 3770:1-9-954 - Game rule nine hundred fifty-four

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission
			 game rule number nine hundred fifty-four, "Lucky for Life," is a statewide
			 joint lottery game and shall be conducted at such times as the Ohio lottery
			 commission determines.
(B) General
			 design.
(1) "Lucky for Life" is a statewide
			 joint lottery game that is based on an agreement for the sale of "Lucky for
			 Life" by participating "Party Lotteries."
(2) As used in this rule, "Lucky for Life"
			 shall hereinafter be referred to as "game number nine hundred fifty-four" as it
			 applies to statewide ticket sales in Ohio conducted by the Ohio lottery
			 commission for draws beginning on or after November 16, 2015.
(3)
									State lottery management of the game, collectively as the
			 "Lottery Management," are offering the game for sale.
(4) In addition to the
			 "Lottery Management", other lotteries may, from time
			 to time, offer "Lucky for Life" in their respective jurisdictions (collectively
			 the "Licensee Lotteries").
(5) As
			 used in this rule, "Party Lotteries" shall mean 
									"Lottery Management"
			 and the "Licensee Lotteries."
(6)
			 Game rule number nine hundred fifty-four shall be conducted in accordance with
			 this rule and the "Official Game Rules" approved by the "Party Lotteries" on
			 
									December 11, 2020 (hereinafter "Group Rules"). The
			 "Group Rules" are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein and
			 shall be posted on the Ohio lottery commission website. The "Group Rules" may
			 be accessed by going to the link
https://www.ohiolottery.com/Claiming/RulesAndRegulations
and clicking on the "Lucky for Life" tab.
(7) Unless otherwise set forth in this rule,
			 "Set Prize" means all other prizes except the "Top Prize" and "Second Prize"
			 that are advertised to be paid by a single cash payment.
(8) As used in this rule, "Top Prize" shall
			 mean the top prize tier in game number nine hundred fifty-four.
(9) As used in this rule, "Second Prize"
			 shall mean the second prize tier in game number nine hundred
			 fifty-four.
(10) As used in this
			 rule, "Published Notice" shall mean notice of the amount of and changes to the
			 "Cash Option" which shall be posted on the "Lucky for Life" website or the Ohio
			 lottery commission's website at least thirty days prior to the first drawing to
			 which it is applicable.
(11) As
			 used in this rule, "Annuitized Payment Option" shall mean the manner in which
			 the "Top Prize" or "Second Prize" may be paid in equal payments or
			 installments. The "Annuitized Payment Option" shall be calculated on an annual
			 basis. The schedule of payments shall be determined at the discretion of the
			 director of the Ohio lottery commission.
(12) "Cash Option" shall mean the manner in
			 which the "Top Prize" or "Second Prize" may be paid upon the winner's request
			 in one single cash payment as an alternative to the "Annuitized Payment
			 Option." "Lump Sum Cash Payment" shall mean the manner in which the "Top Prize"
			 or "Second Prize" is required to be paid in one single cash payment when the
			 liability limit is exceeded and no "Annuitized Payment Option" is available, as
			 set forth in this rule.
(13) Each
			 ticket in game number nine hundred fifty-four shall be imprinted with one set
			 of five unique numbers from a set of numbers, one through forty-eight
			 inclusively "field one," and one unique number from a second set of numbers,
			 one through eighteen, inclusively "field two," as determined by choice of the
			 ticket purchaser or the auto pick feature on the gaming system, and recorded on
			 the ticket at the time of the 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. Bet cards are available at no cost to the player and shall have no
			 pecuniary or prize value, nor shall a bet card constitute evidence of purchase
			 or number selection. When a player verbally places a "Lucky for Life" wager,
			 the player must either manually select the numbers from field one and the
			 "Lucky Ball" or request usage of the auto pick feature to select numbers from
			 "field one" and the "Lucky Ball" which is defined in the "Group Rules." A
			 player may also place a wager through other means that are approved by the
			 director.
(14) As used in this
			 rule, game number nine hundred fifty-four winning numbers shall be randomly
			 selected during each official "Lucky for Life" drawing, and shall consist of
			 five numbers selected from a field of numbers one through forty-eight
			 inclusively, and one number, the "Lucky Ball," selected from a second field of
			 numbers one through eighteen 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 the prize award in accordance with the applicable
			 section(s) of this rule.