Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY › Division 98 - MEGA MILLIONS® › Section 177-098-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply unless the context requires a
				different meaning:
(1) "Advertised
			 Grand Prize" or "Advertised Jackpot Prize" means the estimated annuitized Grand
			 Prize amount as determined by the Mega Millions® Finance Committee and
			 communicated through the Selling Lotteries prior to the Grand Prize drawing.
			 The advertised Grand Prize is not a guaranteed prize amount and the actual
			 Grand Prize amount may vary from the advertised amount, except in circumstances
			 where there is a guaranteed Grand Prize amount as described in OAR
			 177-098-0060(5).
(2) "Drawing"
			 refers collectively to the formal draw event for randomly selecting the winning
			 indicia that determine the number of winners for each prize level of the Mega
			 Millions® game. Winning indicia includes the winning numbers for the Mega
			 Millions® game.
(3) "Draw game
			 terminal" or "terminal" means a device that meets all security and definitional
			 requirements of the Lottery and MUSL Rules, and which is authorized by the
			 Lottery to function in an on-line, interactive mode with the Lottery's computer
			 gaming system for the purpose of issuing tickets and entering, receiving, and
			 processing lottery transaction, including making the purchases, validating
			 tickets, and transmitting reports.
(4) "Finance & Audit Committee" means the
			 committee established by the Multi-State Lottery Association
			 Agreement.
(5) "Game board" or
			 "boards" means that area of the play slip, which contains sets of numbered
			 squares to be marked by the player.
(6) "Game ticket" or "ticket" means the
			 physical evidence of a play, printed on paper that meets the play and security
			 data required by the Lottery, these rules, and the MUSL rules that allow
			 redemption of a prize. Tickets shall be printed by terminals as permitted by
			 the Lottery.
(7) "Jackpot" or
			 "Grand Prize" refers to the top prize in the Mega Millions® game.
(8) "Mega Millions® Finance Committee"
			 means a committee of the Mega Millions® Lotteries, which determines the
			 Jackpot Prize amount (cash value option and annuity).
(9) "Mega Millions® Lottery" or
			 "lotteries" means those lotteries which have joined under the Mega
			 Millions® Lottery Agreement and through a Cross-Selling Agreement with
			 MUSL, to operate and sell the Mega Millions® game.
(10) "Megaplier®" means a Mega
			 Millions® game feature, known as "Megaplier®", by which a player, for
			 an additional wager of $1 per play, can increase the guaranteed prize amount or
			 pari-mutuel prize amount, as applicable, excluding the Jackpot Prize, by a
			 factor of two, three, four, or five times depending upon the multiplier number
			 that is drawn prior to the Mega Millions® game drawing.
(11) "MUSL" means the Multi-State Lottery
			 Association, a government benefit association wholly owned and operated by the
			 Party Lotteries.
(12) "MUSL Board"
			 means the governing body of MUSL, which is comprised of the chief executive
			 officer of each Party Lottery.
(13)
			 "Participating Lottery" or "Selling Lottery" means a state lottery or lottery
			 of a political subdivision or entity which is participating in selling the Mega
			 Millions® game and which may be a member of either MUSL or the Mega
			 Millions® lotteries.
(14)
			 "Party Lottery" means a state lottery or lottery of a political subdivision or
			 entity, which has joined the MUSL and, in the context of these Product Group
			 Rules, which has joined in selling the games offered by the MUSL Mega
			 Millions® Product Group.
(15)
			 "Play" or "game play" means a set of six numbers, the first five from a field
			 of seventy numbers and the last one from a field of twenty-five numbers that
			 appear on a ticket as a single lettered selection and are to be played by a
			 player in the game. Each play is played separately in determining matches to
			 winning numbers and prize amounts.
(16) "Play slip" or "Bet slip" means a
			 physical or electronic means by which a player communicates their intended play
			 selection to the retailer as defined and approved by the Lottery. A Play Slip
			 or Bet Slip is not a ticket.
(17)
			 "Product Group" or "the Group" means the group of lotteries which has joined
			 together to offer the Mega Millions® lottery game product pursuant to the
			 terms of a Cross-Selling Agreement with the Mega Millions® Lotteries, the
			 Multi-State Lottery Agreement and the Product Group's own rules.
(18) "Quick Pick" means the random selection
			 of indicia by the Lottery's computer gaming system that appear on a ticket and
			 are played by a player in the game.
(19) "Retailer" means a person or entity
			 authorized by the Lottery to sell lottery tickets.
(20) "Set Prize," also referred to a
			 "low-tier prize," means all other prizes except the Jackpot Prize and, except
			 in instances outlined in these rules, will be equal to the prize amount
			 established by the MUSL Board for the prize level.
(21) "Winning numbers" means the indicia
			 randomly selected during a drawing event which shall be used to determine
			 winning plays for the Mega Millions® game contained on a game
			 ticket.
Tables referenced are not included in rule text.
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Statutory/Other Authority: Or Const, Art XV, § 4(4)(a),
				  ORS chapter 190, ORS 461.120,
				  461.210,
				  461.220,
				  461.230,
				  461.240,
				  461.250,
				  461.260 & 461.300
Statutes/Other Implemented: Or Const, Art XV, § 4, ORS
				  chapter 190, ORS 461.120,
				  461.210,
				  461.220,
				  461.230,
				  461.240,
				  461.250,
				  461.260 &
				  461.300