Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY › Division 75 - MEGABUCKS GAME RULES › Section 177-075-0000 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For purposes of the Oregon Megabucks game (sometimes referred
				to as "Oregon's Game Megabucks", the following definitions apply except as
				otherwise specifically provided in OAR chapter 177 or unless the context
				requires otherwise:
(1) "Grand prize
			 pool" means the amount of money required to fund an advertised Grand prize. The
			 Megabucks Grand prize may also sometimes be referred to as the Megabucks
			 Jackpot prize.
(2) "Exchange
			 ticket" means a computer-generated, printed paper issued by a terminal to
			 replace a Megabucks game ticket that had been purchased for play in consecutive
			 Megabucks Lotto games and was validated as a winning ticket before the latest
			 drawing appearing on the game ticket. An exchange ticket shall contain the
			 exact game play and future drawing date(s) appearing on the validated game
			 ticket it is replacing and shall have all other characteristics of a game
			 ticket except as otherwise stated in these rules. An exchange ticket shall not
			 contain a ticket price.
(3) "Game
			 board" or "boards" means that area of the Megabucks play slip which contains 48
			 squares numbered 1 through 48.
(4)
			 "Game ticket" or "ticket" means a Megabucks ticket produced by a terminal,
			 which contains the caption "Megabucks", two or more lettered game plays each of
			 which has six numbers from 1 through 48 followed by the drawing date, the price
			 of the ticket, a retailer number, and a serial number.
(5) "Kicker" means the play option whereby a
			 player, by paying an additional one dollar for each dollar wagered on
			 Megabucks, is entitled to receive larger prizes for matching three of six, four
			 of six, or five of six numbers.
(6) "Lotto" means a lottery game wherein a
			 player selects a group of numbers, usually six, out of a larger predetermined
			 set of numbers.
(7) "Play" or
			 "game play" means the six different numbers from 1 through 48 which appear on a
			 Megabucks ticket as a single lettered selection and are to be played by a
			 player in a game.
(8) "Privileged
			 terminal" means a terminal authorized to validate prizes over $600.00.
(9) "Quick pick" means the random
			 selection by a terminal of six different numbers from 1 through 48 which appear
			 on a Megabucks ticket and are to be played by a player in the Megabucks game.
(10) "Play slip" or "Game slip"
			 means a card used in marking a player's game plays. For this purpose, each play
			 slip has ten game boards. Each game board is lettered with one letter from A
			 through J and, when used to purchase a game play, corresponds to the numbers
			 selected and printed on the ticket. An even number of boards, i.e., two, four,
			 six, eight, or ten must be selected on each slip.
(11) "Random number generator" means a
			 computer-driven electronic device capable of producing numbers at random.
(12) "Draw game terminal" or
			 "Terminal" has the meaning set forth in OAR 177-070-0005(4).
(13) "Winning numbers" means the six numbers
			 between 1 and 48, randomly selected at each drawing, which shall be used to
			 determine winning plays contained on a Megabucks game ticket.
Stat. Auth.: OR Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) & ORS
				  461.120(2)
Stats. Implemented: OR Const. Art. XV, Sec. 4(4) & ORS
				  461.250