Rule 3770:1-9-779 | Game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine.
(A) Title and term. Ohio lottery commission game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine, "Triple Tripler," shall be conducted at such times and for such periods as the commission may determine. For the purpose of this rule, "sales cycle" shall mean any such period, including reprints, beginning on the date when ticket sales are commenced and continuing through the date established by the director as the date on which sales agents are to make their final settlement with respect to tickets allocated to them during the period in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine.
(B) General design.
(1) Game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine is a key number match game with "multiplier" features, and is generally known as an "instant lottery."
(2) The holders of valid tickets will remove the covering off the entire play area to reveal six "Prize Amounts." If a player matches three identical prize amounts, the player wins the corresponding prize value. If the player reveals two identical prize amounts and reveals a "Star" symbol, the player wins the corresponding prize amount. The player will then remove the covering off the "Your Prize Level" box to reveal either "Single Prize," "Triple Prize" or "Triple Tripler." If "Single Prize" is revealed, the prize amount remains the same. If "Triple Prize" is revealed, the player wins triple the prize amount. If "Triple Tripler" is revealed, the play wins nine times the prize amount.
(3) The only "prize values" which shall appear on a ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine are: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, six dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, sixty dollars, ninety dollars, one hundred dollars, three hundred dollars, nine hundred dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars. Prize values and play symbols appearing on any ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine shall be concealed by an opaque covering which may be scratched off by the holder of the ticket to reveal the underlying prize values and play symbols
(C) Price of tickets. The price of a ticket issued by the commission in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine shall be one dollar.
(D) Structure, nature and value of prize awards.
(1) There shall be one type of prize in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine, a "regular prize award."
(2) As used in this rule, "prize award" shall mean one of the following monetary figures which is the total of all winning prize values appearing on the ticket: one dollar, two dollars, three dollars, six dollars, nine dollars, eighteen dollars, thirty dollars, sixty dollars, ninety dollars, one hundred eighty dollars, three hundred dollars, nine hundred dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars.
(a) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one dollar and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one dollar;
(b) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one dollar, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one dollar;
(c) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of two dollars;
(d) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of two dollars;
(e) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one dollar and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three dollars;
(f) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one dollar, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three dollars;
(g) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for three dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three dollars;
(h) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of six dollars;
(i) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of six dollars;
(j) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for six dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of six dollars;
(k) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one dollar and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine dollars;
(l) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one dollar, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine dollars;
(m) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for three dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine dollars;
(n) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of eighteen dollars;
(o) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two dollars, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of eighteen dollars;
(p) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for ten dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;
(q) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for ten dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of thirty dollars;
(r) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for twenty dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;
(s) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for twenty dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;
(t) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for sixty dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;
(u) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for sixty dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of sixty dollars;
(v) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for thirty dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of ninety dollars;
(w) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for ten dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of ninety dollars;
(x) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for ten dollars, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular award of ninety dollars;
(y) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for ninety dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of ninety dollars;
(z) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for twenty dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one hundred eighty dollars;
(aa) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for one hundred dollars, and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of three hundred dollars;
(bb) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for three hundred dollars and a "Triple" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize amount of nine hundred dollars;
(cc) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one hundred dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of nine hundred dollars;
(dd) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for nine hundred dollars, and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize amount of nine hundred dollars;
(ee) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for one thousand eight hundred dollars and a "Single" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one thousand eight hundred dollars;
(ff) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which three identical prize amounts are revealed for two hundred dollars and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize of one thousand eight hundred dollars; and
(gg) Holder of a valid winning ticket on which two identical prize amounts and a "Star" symbol are revealed for two hundred dollars, and a "Triple Tripler" symbol is revealed in the "Your Prize Level" box shall win a regular prize award of one thousand eight hundred dollars.
(E) Number of prize awards. The number of prize awards in any sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine will depend upon the number of tickets sold during that cycle. However, distribution and availability for public purchase may be affected by, but not limited to, circumstances such as stolen, defective, missing, damaged, promotional, returned or reordered tickets. Tickets shall be printed in accordance with this rule using random techniques in order that the following occur:
(1) Combinations winning each prize award are randomly distributed throughout all tickets printed in any given ticket issuance; and
(2) Mathematical reasoning indicates that the number of winning tickets per eight million tickets sold in the following prize categories should be as follows
(a) Twenty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two hundred dollars, and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one thousand eight hundred dollars;
(b) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for two hundred dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one thousand eight hundred dollars;
(c) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for one thousand eight hundred dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one thousand eight hundred dollars;
(d) Twenty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for nine hundred dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine hundred dollars;
(e) Twenty-five tickets revealing three identical numbers for one hundred dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine hundred dollars;
(f) Twenty-five tickets revealing three identical numbers for three hundred dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine hundred dollars;
(g) One hundred tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one hundred dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three hundred dollars; and
(h) Two hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for twenty dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one hundred eighty dollars.
(3) Mathematical reasoning indicates that over a sufficiently large number of tickets sold, the average number of winning tickets per two hundred thousand tickets sold should be as follows:
(a) Ten tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for ninety dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;
(b) Ten tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for ten dollars, and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;
(c) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for ten dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;
(d) Ten tickets revealing three identical numbers for thirty dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win ninety dollars;
(e) Sixty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for sixty dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;
(f) Sixty tickets revealing three identical numbers for sixty dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;
(g) Sixty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for twenty dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;
(h) Sixty tickets revealing three identical numbers for twenty dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win sixty dollars;
(i) One hundred fifty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for ten dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win thirty dollars;
(j) One hundred fifty tickets revealing three identical numbers for ten dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win thirty dollars;
(k) Two hundred fifty tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two dollars, and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win eighteen dollars;
(l) Two hundred fifty tickets revealing three identical numbers for two dollars and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win eighteen dollars;
(m) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for three dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine dollars;
(n) Five hundred tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one dollar and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine dollars;
(o) One thousand tickets revealing three identical numbers for one dollar and revealing a "Triple Tripler" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win nine dollars;
(p) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for six dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win six dollars;
(q) Five hundred tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two dollars, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win six dollars;
(r) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for two dollars and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win six dollars;
(s) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for three dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three dollars;
(t) One thousand tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one dollar, and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three dollars;
(u) Five hundred tickets revealing three identical numbers for one dollar and revealing a "Triple" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win three dollars;
(v) Nine thousand tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for two dollars, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win two dollars;
(w) Five thousand tickets revealing three identical numbers for two dollars and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win two dollars;
(x) Eleven thousand tickets revealing two identical numbers and a "Star" symbol for one dollar, and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one dollar; and
(y) Ten thousand tickets revealing three identical numbers and revealing a "Single" symbol in the "Your Prize Level" box to win one dollar.
(F) Tickets sold. Chances of winning and the number of winning tickets are established at the time of printing and will change as prizes are won.
(G) Frequency of prize drawings.
(1) Random imprinting of prize awards on all tickets issued in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine shall be accomplished in a manner, which complies with the commission's rules and procedures.
(2) When a ticket issued in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine is sold or deemed sold in accordance with this rule and the covering material over any of the numbers, prize values and play symbols has been removed, the holder shall be deemed to have drawn the numbers, prize values and play symbols on that ticket which determine whether the holder is entitled to a regular prize award. All regular prize awards shall be deemed announced no later than the last day of the sales cycle of game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine in which the ticket was sold.
(H) Special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures. The director shall establish special claim, entry, receipt and validation procedures, including procedures for validation by sales agents of tickets winning prize awards which are to be paid by sales agents in accordance with commission rules. Prize awards shall be claimed within the time limits set forth by commission rules.
(I) Validity of tickets.
(1) A mechanical error in printing prize awards, symbols, words or other numbers on a ticket shall not automatically invalidate that ticket. To the extent feasible, the director shall establish procedures by which the holder of any ticket on which information is incorrectly printed due to mechanical malfunction may be advised of correct information for the ticket. If it is not technically feasible to recover the information from a mechanically misprinted ticket, the director may declare the ticket void and the holder shall be entitled to a return of the ticket price or a replacement ticket of comparable price.
(2) In addition to, but not in limitation of, all other power and authority conferred on the director by the commission's rules, the director may declare a ticket in game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine void if it is stolen, unissued, deactivated, not sold or deemed not sold in accordance with commission rules; if it is illegible, mutilated, altered, counterfeit, misregistered, reconstituted, miscut, defective, printed or produced in error or incomplete; or if the ticket fails any of the validation tests or procedures established by the director. The commission's liability and responsibility for a ticket declared void, if any, is limited to refund of the retail sales price of the ticket or issuance of a replacement ticket of comparable price.
(J) Director's conduct of game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine.
(1) The director shall conduct game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine and any promotions or drawings associated therewith in a manner consistent with the Lottery Act and the rules of the commission including, without limitation, this rule and the regulations of the director. As deemed necessary or advisable, the director shall adopt management regulations, orders or directives to implement and operate this lottery game and any promotions or drawings associated therewith. The director shall inform the public of the provisions of this rule and the procedures established pursuant hereto which affect the play of game rule number seven hundred seventy-nine. The director reserves the right to declare any instant game as unavailable for sale at any time to maintain game integrity and accountability.
(2) Names and definitions of elements of game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine used in this rule are to be considered generic terms used solely for purposes of this rule. In actual operation, game rule number seven hundred fifty-nine and these elements may be given names or titles chosen by the commission.
Supplemental Information