Texas Administrative Code › Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION › Part 9 - TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION › Chapter 401 - ADMINISTRATION OF STATE LOTTERY ACT › Subchapter D - LOTTERY GAME RULES › Section 401.315 - "Mega Millions" Draw Game Rule

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Mega Millions®. The Multi-State Lottery
				  Association ("MUSL") has entered into an Agreement ("Cross-Sell Agreement")
				  with those U.S. lotteries operating under an agreement to sell a draw game
				  known as Mega Millions ("Mega Millions Lotteries") to permit the MUSL Party
				  Lotteries who are members of the MUSL Mega Millions Product Group ("Product
				  Group"), including the Texas Lottery Commission (commission), to sell the Mega
				  Millions lottery game. The purpose of the Mega Millions game is the generation
				  of revenue for Mega Millions Lotteries and Product Group members participating
				  under the Cross-Sell Agreement, through the operation of a specially designed
				  multi-jurisdiction lottery game that will award prizes to ticket holders
				  matching specified combinations of numbers randomly selected in regularly
				  scheduled drawings. The Mega Millions game is authorized to be conducted by the
				  commission executive director (executive director) under the conditions of the
				  Cross-Sell Agreement, MUSL rules, the laws of the State of Texas, this section,
				  and under such further instructions, directives, and procedures as the
				  executive director may issue in furtherance thereof. In this regard, the
				  executive director is authorized to issue such further instructions and
				  directives as may be necessary to conform the conduct and play of the Mega
				  Millions game to the requirements of the MUSL rules and the Cross-Sell
				  Agreement, if, in the opinion of the executive director, such instructions,
				  directives, and procedures are in conformance with state law. To be clear, the
				  authority to participate in the Mega Millions game is provided to the
				  commission by MUSL through the Cross-Sell Agreement. The conduct and play of
				  the Mega Millions game must conform to the Product Group's Mega Millions game
				  rules ("MUSL MM Rules"). Further, if a conflict arises between this section and
				  §
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				  401.304 of this chapter, this section shall
				  have precedence. In addition to other applicable rules contained in Chapter
				  401, this section and definitions herein apply unless the context requires a
				  different meaning or is otherwise inconsistent with the intent of the MUSL MM
				  Rules adopted by the Product Group.
(b) Definitions. In addition to the
				  definitions provided in §
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				  401.301 of this subchapter (relating to
				  General Definitions), and unless the context in this section otherwise
				  requires, the following definitions apply.
(1) "Agent" or "retailer" means a person or
				  entity authorized by the commission to sell lottery Plays.
(2) "Drawing" refers collectively to the
				  formal draw event for randomly selecting the winning numbers that determine the
				  number of winning Plays for each prize level of the Mega Millions game and
				  Megaplier® Promotion.
(3) "Game ticket" or "ticket" means an
				  acceptable evidence of Play, which is a ticket produced in a manner that meets
				  the specifications defined in the MUSL rules or the rules of each Selling
				  Lottery, and is a physical representation of the Play or Plays sold to the
				  player as described in subsection (g) of this section (Ticket
				  Validation).
(4) "Just the
				  Jackpot® Play" ("JJ Play") shall refer to a
				  wager purchased which includes two (2) Plays as part of the Just the Jackpot
				  Promotion as described in subsection (l) of this section.
(5) "Megaplier Plays" shall refer to Plays
				  purchased as part of the Megaplier Promotion described in subsection (k) of
				  this section.
(6) "Mega Millions
				  Lotteries" refers to those lotteries that have joined under the Mega Millions
				  Lottery Agreement and that have entered into the Cross-Sell Agreement with MUSL
				  for the selling of the Mega Millions game by the Product Group. "Mega Millions
				  Finance Committee" refers to a Committee of the Mega Millions Lotteries that
				  determines the Grand Prize amount (cash value option and annuity).
(7) "Mega Millions Plays" ("MM Plays") shall
				  refer to Plays purchased as part of the Mega Millions game, but shall not
				  include JJ Plays or Megaplier Plays.
(8) "MUSL" means the Multi-State Lottery
				  Association, a government-benefit association wholly owned and operated by the
				  MUSL Party Lotteries.
(9) "MUSL
				  Board" means the governing body of the MUSL, which is comprised of the chief
				  executive officer of each Party Lottery.
(10) "Party Lottery" means a state lottery or
				  lottery of a political subdivision or entity that has joined MUSL and, in the
				  context of the Product Group rules, has joined in selling the games offered by
				  the Product Group. "Selling Lottery" or "Participating Lottery" shall mean a
				  state lottery or lottery of a political subdivision or entity that is
				  participating in selling the Mega Millions game and that may be a member of
				  either the Product Group or the Mega Million Lotteries.
(11) "Play" means a set of six (6) numbers,
				  the first five (5) from a field of seventy (70) numbers and the last one (1)
				  from a field of twenty-five (25) numbers, that appear on a ticket and are to be
				  played by a player in the game. As used in this section, unless otherwise
				  indicated, "Play" includes both Mega Millions Plays ("MM Plays") and Just the
				  Jackpot Plays ("JJ Play"). "Megaplier Plays" are separately described in
				  subsection (k) of this section.
(12) "Prize" means an amount paid to a person
				  or entity holding a winning ticket. The terms "Grand Prize" or "Jackpot" may be
				  used interchangeably and shall refer to the top prize in the Mega Millions
				  game. "Advertised Grand Prize" or "Advertised Jackpot" shall mean the estimated
				  annuitized Grand Prize amount as determined by the Mega Millions Finance
				  Committee and communicated through the Selling Lotteries prior to the next Mega
				  Millions 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
				  subsection (f)(1) of this section.
(13) "Product Group" means the MUSL Party
				  Lotteries who are members of the MUSL Mega Millions Product Group and who offer
				  the Mega Millions game product pursuant to the terms of the Cross-Sell
				  Agreement between MUSL and the Mega Millions Lotteries, and in accordance with
				  the Multi-State Lottery Agreement and the MUSL MM Rules.
(14) "Set Prize" or "low-tier prize" means
				  all other prizes, except the Grand Prize and, except in instances outlined in
				  this section, or the MUSL MM Rules, will be equal to the prize amount
				  established by the MUSL Board for the prize level.
(15) "Terminal" means a device authorized by
				  the commission for the purpose of issuing Mega Millions game tickets and as
				  defined in §
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				  401.301(General Definitions) of this
				  chapter.
(16) "Winning Numbers"
				  means the indicia or numbers randomly selected during a Drawing event which
				  shall be used to determine the winning Plays for the Mega Millions game
				  contained on a game ticket.