Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 177 - OREGON STATE LOTTERY › Division 98 - MEGA MILLIONS® › Section 177-098-0110 - Megaplier®

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
General:
The Mega Millions® Megaplier® promotion is an
			 optional, limited extension of the Mega Millions® Game described in OAR
			 Division 98. The Lottery Director, in the Lottery Director's sole discretion
			 and based on agreements with MUSL, is authorized to initiate and terminate the
			 Megaplier® option.
(2)
Set Prizes Only:
Megaplier® offers to the owner of a
			 qualifying play a chance to multiply or increase the amount of any of the lump
			 sum Set Prizes (the prizes normally paying $2 to $1,000,000) won in a drawing
			 held during the promotion. The Jackpot Prize is not a Set Prize and will not be
			 multiplied or increased by means of the Megaplier® promotion.
(3)
Qualifying Play:
A
			 qualifying Megaplier® option play is any single Mega Millions® Play for
			 which the player selects the Megaplier® option on either the Play Slip or
			 by selecting the Megaplier® option through a clerk-activated or
			 player-activated terminal, pays one extra dollar for the Megaplier® option
			 play, and which is recorded at the Party Lottery's computer gaming system as a
			 qualifying Megaplier® play.
(4)
Prizes to be Increased:
Except as provided in these rules, a
			 qualifying Megaplier® play which wins one of the lump sum Set Prizes will
			 be multiplied by the number drawn (either 2, 3, 4, or 5), in a separate random
			 Megaplier® drawing announced in a manner determined by the Product
			 Group.
(5)
Selection of
			 Multiplier®:
MUSL will either itself conduct, or authorize a U.S.
			 Lottery to conduct on its behalf, a separate random Megaplier® drawing.
			 Before each Mega Millions® drawing a single number (2, 3, 4, or 5) shall be
			 drawn. The Mega Millions® Product Group may change one or more of the
			 multiplier features for special promotions from time to time. In the event the
			 Megaplier® drawing does not occur prior to the Mega Millions® drawing,
			 the multiplier number will be a 5, which shall solely be determined by the
			 lottery authorized to conduct the Megaplier® drawing.
(6)
Megaplier® Prize Pool:
(a)
General:
The Megaplier®
			 Prize Pool has been established by the Product Group and is used to fund
			 Megaplier® prizes. The Megaplier® Prize Pool holds the temporary
			 balances that may result from having fewer than expected winning Megaplier®
			 plays. The source of the Megaplier® Prize Pool consists of the Party
			 Lotterys' weekly prize contributions less actual Megaplier® Prize
			 liability.
(b)
Percentage:
Up to fifty-five percent of each drawing period's
			 sales, as determined by the Product Group, shall be collected for the payment
			 of Megaplier® prizes.
(c)
Prize Payout:
Prize payout percentages may vary. The
			 Megaplier® Prize Pool shall be carried forward to subsequent draws if all
			 or a portion of it is not needed to pay the Megaplier® prizes awarded in
			 the current draw and held in the Megaplier® Prize Pool.
(d)
End of Game:
Any amount
			 remaining in the Megaplier® Prize Pool when the Product Group declares the
			 end of this game shall be returned to the lotteries participating in the
			 Megaplier® Prize Pool after the end of all claim periods of all Selling
			 Lotteries, carried forward to a replacement game, or expended in a manner at
			 the election of the individual members of the Product Group in accordance with
			 jurisdiction law.