Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY › Division 85 - POWERBALL® › Section 177-085-0015 - Powerball®Game Description

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) General
			 Information: Powerball® is a five out of sixty-nine numbers plus one out of
			 twenty-six numbers lottery game, drawn every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday as
			 part of the Powerball® drawing event, which pays the Grand Prize, at the
			 election of the player made in accordance with these rules or by a default
			 election made in accordance with these rules, either on an annuitized
			 pari-mutuel basis or as a single lump sum payment of the total funding held in
			 the Grand Prize Pool Account for the winning drawing on a pari-mutuel basis.
			 Except as provided in the rules, all other prizes are paid as a single lump sum
			 payment. Powerball® winning numbers applicable to determine Powerball®
			 prizes are determined in the Powerball® drawing event.
(2) Selection of Numbers: To play
			 Powerball®, a player shall select (or computer pick) five different
			 numbers, from one through sixty-nine and one additional number from one through
			 twenty-six. The additional number may be the same as one of the first five
			 numbers selected by the player, as long as it is from one through
			 twenty-six.
(3) Purchase of
			 Tickets: Tickets can be purchased for two dollars from an Oregon Lottery®
			 approved retailer in a manner approved by the Oregon Lottery® and in
			 accordance with these rules. A player may purchase tickets for future
			 consecutive drawings up to the maximum permitted by the Lottery.
(4) Player's Responsibility: It is the sole
			 responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of the game play or plays
			 and other data printed on the ticket. A ticket may not be voided or canceled by
			 returning the ticket to the retailer or to the Lottery, including tickets that
			 are printed in error. No ticket shall be returned to the Lottery for credit.
			 The placing of plays is done at the player's own risk through the Lottery
			 retailer, who when entering the play or plays is acting on behalf of the
			 player. When the purchase of a ticket fails to complete because the ticket does
			 not print, the player is responsible for notifying the retailer prior to the
			 drawing(s) on the ticket to obtain a refund or a replacement ticket.
(5) Printed Plays: Plays shall be sold
			 through an authorized retailer and shall be printed on paper that meets the
			 security requirements of the Lottery and other requirements adopted by the MUSL
			 Board and the Product Group.
(6)
			 Entry of Plays: Plays may be entered as approved by the Lottery. Retailers
			 shall not permit the use of play slips that are not approved by the Lottery.
			 Retailers shall not permit any device to enter plays, except as allowed by the
			 Lottery.
(7) Determination of
			 Winning Numbers: The winning numbers for the Powerball® game shall be
			 determined at a drawing conducted under the supervision of the MUSL Board. The
			 MUSL Board shall determine the frequency of Powerball® game drawings.
			 Winning numbers shall be selected at random with the aid of mechanical drawing
			 equipment or a random number generator. The Lottery Director shall designate a
			 Drawing Manager who shall review and randomly observe the drawings conducted by
			 the MUSL Board. The drawing procedures shall include procedures for randomly
			 selecting the Powerball® game winning numbers and the Power Play®
			 multiplier.
Statutory/Other Authority: Or Const, Art XV, § 4(4)(a),
				  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
				  461.120,
				  461.210,
				  461.220,
				  461.230,
				  461.240,
				  461.250,
				  461.260 &
				  461.300