53ER09-22: Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE™ Retailer Incentive Rules
SUMMARY: The Department of the Lottery will conduct a “Firecracker Millionaire Raffle Retailer Incentive” program from May 15, 2009 through July 3, 2009, in which certain retailers will receive bonus commissions during the promotion period.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE EMERGENCY RULE IS: Faith L. Schneider, Legal Analyst, Department of the Lottery, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4011
THE FULL TEXT OF THE EMERGENCY RULE IS:
53ER09-22 Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLETM Retailer Incentive Rules.
(1) Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE is an on-line number match game. Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will go on sale Friday, May 15, 2009. Sales of Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets will cease immediately after the 750,000th ticket is sold or at midnight on July 3, 2009, whichever occurs first.
(2) There will be seven winners of $1 million, nine winners of $50,000, eleven winners of $5,000 and 1,000 winners of $500 in the Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE game. The $50,000 winners will be alternates in the order drawn for a $1 million prize in the event a top prize is not claimed within the 180-day claim period.
(3) A retailer who sells a winning $1 million Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket will receive a bonus commission of $5,000 in addition to the regular five percent sales commission set forth in Rule 53ER05-14, F.A.C.
(4) Award of a bonus commission is not dependent upon the winning Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE ticket being claimed by the winner. Retailers who sell winning $50,000 Firecracker MILLIONAIRE RAFFLE tickets that subsequently become alternate winners of a $1 million prize will not be eligible for a bonus commission.
(5) Retailers whose Florida Lottery contracts are terminated or inactivated prior to the bonus commission award shall be paid the bonus commission provided the termination or inactivation was not due to non-compliance with Florida Lottery laws, rules or contract terms.
(6) A bonus commission will be considered compensation to the retailer for Internal Revenue Service purposes. The Florida Lottery reserves the right to apply the bonus commission earned against a retailer’s outstanding debt to the Florida Lottery.
Rulemaking Authority 24.105(9), 24.109(1), 24.112(1) FS. Law Implemented 24.105(9), 24.112(1) FS. History–New 5-13-09.