TITLE 65 STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION
Emergency Rule
LSA Document #09-680(E)
DIGEST
Temporarily adds rules concerning scratch-off game number 165. Statutory authority:
IC 4-30-3-9. Effective August 19, 2009.
SECTION 1. The name of the scratch-off game number 165 is "ACES & 8'S".
SECTION 2. Tickets in scratch-off game number 165 shall sell for one dollar ($1) per ticket.
SECTION 3. Each ticket in scratch-off game number 165 shall contain four (4) separate and independent game areas labeled "HAND 1", "HAND 2", "HAND 3", and "HAND 4". Each game area is played separately and the play symbols and prize symbols in one (1) game area cannot be used as play symbols or prize symbols in another game area.
SECTION 4. (a) Each ticket in scratch-off game number 165 shall contain a total of twelve (12) play symbols, which includes three (3) play symbols located in each game area.
(b) Each play symbol includes a caption that corresponds with and verifies the play symbol as follows:
(c) If a question arises as to a play symbol, the play symbol caption will be used for final clarification.
SECTION 5. (a) Each ticket in scratch-off game number 165 shall contain a total of four (4) prize symbols, with one (1) prize symbol located next to and corresponding with each set of three (3) play symbols.
(b) Each prize symbol includes a caption that corresponds with and verifies the prize symbol as follows:
(c) If a question arises as to a prize symbol, the prize symbol caption will be used for final clarification.
SECTION 6. The retailer validation code verifies instant winners in this game for prizes up to five hundred ninety-nine dollars ($599). The retailer validation code that corresponds with and verifies each of these winners is as follows:
SECTION 7. Neither the retailer validation code, the game/pack/ticket number, the validation number, nor any portion thereof are play symbols or prize symbols and are not usable or playable as such.
SECTION 8. (a) A prize winner in scratch-off game number 165 is determined by removing the scratch-off material from the ticket, revealing a total of sixteen (16) play and prize symbols.
(b) For each individual game area, if:
(1) two (2) matching play symbols;
(2) the "
" (ACE) symbol; or
(3) the "
" (EIGHT) symbol;
is revealed in that game area, the ticket holder is entitled to win the corresponding prize shown for that game area.
SECTION 9. (a) The approximate number of possible prizes and the estimated odds for each prize level are as follows:
Total value of all prizes: $2,009,196
Approximate print quantity: 3,360,000 (-3%/+1%)
(b) The approximate number of prizes and the estimated odds provided in subsection (a) is [sic, are] calculated based on an approximate print quantity. The actual quantity of tickets will vary from the approximate print quantity of tickets within a range of minus three percent (3%) to plus one percent (1%). The actual number of prizes and the odds for each prize amount will vary depending on the actual quantity of tickets.
(c) If the print quantity is changed during production of this game or due to subsequent reorders of the game, the ratio of prizes and total value of all prizes to the print quantity will be proportionately maintained so that the overall odds and prize payout percentage will approximate the values provided in subsection (a).
SECTION 10.
Prizes are subject to prior sales. The availability of tickets for sale depends on retailer orders for tickets. Not all tickets may be made available for sale prior to game closing and opened packs of tickets may be returned by a retailer to the lottery under 65 IAC 3-4-1(b).
SECTION 11.
If the director determines an end date for scratch-off game number 165 under 65 IAC 4-2-3(a), tickets may remain on sale during the game closing process even if all prizes of one thousand eight hundred eighty-eight dollars ($1,888) have been claimed. Game may be closed prior to all prizes being awarded.
SECTION 13. This document expires sixty (60) days after the last claim date in scratch-off game 165.
Filed with Publisher: August 19, 2009, 10:19 a.m.
Posted: 08/26/2009 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20090826-IR-065090680ERA
Composed: May 02,2024 10:57:06AM EDT
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