Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY › Division 85 - POWERBALL® › Section 177-085-0065 - Power Play®

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) General: The
			 Powerball® Power Play® promotion is an optional, limited extension of
			 the Powerball® Game described in OAR Division 85. The Lottery Director, in
			 the Lottery Director's sole discretion and based on agreements with MUSL, is
			 authorized to initiate and terminate the Power Play® option.
(2) Set Prizes Only: The Power Play®
			 promotion offers to the owner of a qualifying play a chance to increase the
			 amount of any of the cash Set Prizes (the prizes normally paying $4 to
			 $1,000,000) won in a drawing held during the promotion. The Grand Prize is not
			 a Set Prize and will not be increased.
(3) Power Play® Purchase: A qualifying
			 Power Play® option play is any single Powerball® play for which the
			 player selects the Power Play® option on either the game slip or by
			 selecting the Power Play® option through a clerk-activated or
			 player-activated terminal, pays one extra dollar for the Power Play® option
			 play, and which is recorded at the Lottery's central computer as a qualifying
			 play.
(4) Qualifying Play: Except
			 as provided in these rules, a qualifying play which wins one of the seven
			 lowest lump sum Set Prizes (excluding the Grand Prize and the Match 5+0 prize)
			 will be multiplied by the number selected, either 2, 3, 4, 5, or sometimes 10
			 in a separate random Power Play® drawing announced during the official
			 Powerball® drawing show. The "10X" multiplier will be available for
			 drawings in which the initially advertised annuitized Grand Prize amount is
			 $150,000,000 or less. The announced Match 5+0 prize, for players selecting the
			 Power Play® option, shall be $2,000,000 unless a higher limited promotional
			 dollar amount is announced by the Group.
(5) Power Play® Drawings: MUSL will
			 conduct a separate random Power Play® drawing and announce results during
			 each of the regular Powerball® drawings held during the promotion. During
			 each Power Play® drawing a single number, 2, 3, 4, 5, or sometimes 10,
			 shall be drawn. The "10X" multiplier shall be available for all drawings in
			 which the initially advertised annuitized Grand Prize amount is $150,000,000 or
			 less. The Powerball® Product Group may modify the multiplier features for
			 special promotions from time to time.
(6) Power Play® Prize Pool Account:
(a) Power Play® Prize Pool Account: The
			 Power Play® Prize Pool Account has been established by the Product Group
			 and is used to fund Power Play® prizes. The Power Play® Prize Pool
			 Account holds the temporary balances that may result from having fewer than
			 expected winners in the Power Play®. The source of the Power Play®
			 Prize Pool Account is the Party Lotterys' weekly prize contributions less
			 actual Power Play® prize liability.
(b) Percentage: In total, 50 percent of each
			 draw's sales shall be collected and placed in the Power Play® Prize Pool
			 Account for the payment of prizes.
(A) "10X"
			 Multiplier Available: In drawings where the "10X" multiplier is available, the
			 expected payout for all prize categories shall consist of up to 49.969 percent
			 of each drawing period's sales.
(B) "10X" Multiplier Not Available: In
			 drawings where the "10X" multiplier is not available, the expected payout for
			 all prize categories shall consist of up to 45.934 percent of each drawing
			 period's sales.
(C) Additional
			 Amounts:
(i) "10X" Multiplier Available: In
			 drawings where the "10X" multiplier is available, an additional 0.031 percent
			 of each drawing period's sales may be collected and placed in trust in the
			 Power Play® Prize Pool Account, for the purpose of paying Power Play®
			 prizes.
(ii) "10X" Multiplier Not
			 Available: In drawings where the "10X" multiplier is not available, an
			 additional 4.066 percent of each drawing period's sales, may be collected and
			 placed in trust in the Power Play® Prize Pool Account, for the purpose of
			 paying Power Play® prizes.
(D) Carry Forward: The prize payout
			 percentage per draw may vary. The Power Play® Prize Pool Account shall be
			 carried forward to subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to
			 pay the Power Play® prizes awarded in the current draw and held in the
			 Power Play® Prize Pool Account.