Rule 3770:1-6-06 | Special lottery drawings or promotions.
(A) Single event lottery drawings or promotions.
(1) In connection with a drawing, promotion or a special event, which is held as part of a lottery game of the commission, the director may conduct single-event or door-prize lottery drawings or promotions.
(2) The director may order that persons will become eligible to win a prize award in a single-event or a door-prize lottery drawing or promotion by purchasing a ticket or tickets offered in the related lottery game of the commission; provided, that the director may require that such purchase shall occur at the drawing or special event itself, or at other special times or places to be specified by the director for each single-event or door-prize lottery drawing or promotion.
(3) The director may also provide that a given class of holders of winning tickets or non-winning tickets who are eligible to participate in a prize drawing or promotion, which is part of a lottery game, be eligible to participate in a single-event or a door-prize lottery drawing or promotion to be conducted at such prize drawing or promotion.
(B) Promotional lottery drawings. If the director determines that they will increase sales of tickets in a lottery game of the commission, the director may institute and conduct promotional lottery drawings. These will be special lottery drawings, which are conducted for a specified period of time in addition to, and in conjunction with, a lottery game of the commission. Such promotional lottery drawings will be integrated with the marketing and promotional programs conducted by the director for the related lottery game.
(C) Drawings. The winners of prize awards in any special lottery drawing permitted by this rule may be determined either by a prize drawing, which is part of a related lottery game of the commission, or by a prize drawing conducted specifically for the special lottery drawing. All such prize drawings will follow procedures approved by the director, and each person eligible to win a prize award in the special lottery drawing, will have the same probability of winning a given prize award.
(D) Claiming and payment of prizes. The manner of claiming and payment of prize awards in special lottery drawings conducted pursuant to this rule will be governed by Chapter 3770:1-8 of the Administrative Code and by regulations, orders and directives adopted by the director pursuant to said Chapter 3770:1-8 of the Administrative Code.
(E) Claims in special lottery drawings. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these rules, the director may order that a prize award in a special lottery drawing be claimed at a particular place, and within a time less than one hundred eighty days, including without limitation, the actual time and place of the drawing at which the winner of the prize award is determined.
Last updated January 2, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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