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TITLE 65 STATE LOTTERY COMMISSION

Emergency Rule
LSA Document #09-859(E)

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Temporarily adds rules concerning scratch-off game number 186. Statutory authority: IC 4-30-3-9. Effective October 22, 2009.


SECTION 1. The name of the scratch-off game number 186 is "HAPPY HOLIDAYS".

SECTION 2. Tickets in scratch-off game number 186 shall sell for one dollar ($1) per ticket.

SECTION 3. (a) Each ticket in scratch-off game number 186 shall contain a total of six (6) play symbols.

(b) Each play symbol includes a caption that corresponds with and verifies the play symbol as follows:
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(c) If a question arises as to a play symbol, the play symbol caption will be used for final clarification.

SECTION 4. (a) Each ticket in scratch-off game number 186 shall contain a total of six (6) prize symbols, with one (1) prize symbol located below and corresponding with each play symbol.

(b) Each prize symbol includes a caption that corresponds with and verifies the prize symbol as follows:
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(c) If a question arises as to a prize symbol, the prize symbol caption will be used for final clarification.

SECTION 5. 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:
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SECTION 6. 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 7. A prize winner in scratch-off game number 186 is determined by removing the scratch-off material from the play/prize area, revealing a total of twelve (12) play and prize symbols. If a "065090859ERA04.jpg" (SANTA) symbol is revealed, the ticket holder is entitled to win the corresponding prize shown below that play symbol. If a "065090859ERA05.jpg" (CANDY CANE) symbol is revealed, the ticket holder is entitled to win two (2) times the corresponding prize shown below that play symbol.

SECTION 8. (a) The approximate number of possible prizes and the estimated odds for each prize level are as follows:
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Total value of all prizes*: $3,013,500
Prize payout: 59.79%
Overall odds: 1 in 4.44
Approximate print quantity: 5,040,000 (-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 9. 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 10. If the director determines an end date for scratch-off game number 186 under 65 IAC 4-2-3(a), tickets may remain on sale during the game closing process even if all prizes of five thousand dollars ($5,000) have been claimed. Game may be closed prior to all prizes being awarded.

SECTION 11. 65 IAC 4-1 through 65 IAC 4-3 apply to scratch-off game number 186, "HAPPY HOLIDAYS".

SECTION 12. This document expires sixty (60) days after the last claim date in scratch-off game 186.

LSA Document #09-859(E)
Filed with Publisher: October 22, 2009, 2:46 p.m.

Posted: 10/28/2009 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20091028-IR-065090859ERA
Composed: May 01,2024 11:49:25PM EDT
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