| (I) The player or Quick Pick number selections, validation
data and the drawing date(s) of an apparent winning Play must appear
in the official file of winning Plays, and a Play with that exact
data must not have been previously paid;
(J) The Play must not be misregistered, and the Play's
ticket must not be defectively printed or printed or produced in error
to an extent that it cannot be processed by the commission;
(K) The ticket must pass confidential validation tests
in accordance with the MUSL MM Rules. In addition, the ticket must
pass all other confidential security checks of the commission;
(L) In submitting a ticket for validation, the claimant
agrees to abide by applicable laws, all rules and regulations, instructions,
conditions and final decisions of the executive director of the commission;
(M) There must not be any other breach of the MUSL
MM Rules, or this subchapter, in relation to the Play, which, in the
sole and final opinion of the executive director of the commission,
justifies invalidation; and
(N) The Ticket must be submitted to the commission,
or the Selling Lottery that issued it.
(4) A Play submitted for validation that fails any
of the preceding validation conditions shall be considered void, subject
to the following determinations:
(A) In all cases of doubt, the determination of the
commission shall be final and binding; however, the commission may,
at its option, replace an invalid Play with a Mega Millions Play of
equivalent sales price;
(B) In the event a defective ticket is purchased or
in the event the commission determines to adjust an error, the claimant's
sole and exclusive remedy shall be the replacement of such defective
or erroneous ticket(s) with a Mega Millions Play of equivalent sales
price; and
(C) In the event a Mega Millions Play is not paid by
the commission and a dispute occurs as to whether the Play is a winning
Play, the commission may, at its option, replace the Play as provided
in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. This shall be the sole and
exclusive remedy of the claimant.
(h) Ticket Responsibility.
(1) Prize Claims. Prize claim procedures shall be governed
by the rules of the commission. The MUSL and the Selling Lotteries
shall not be responsible for prizes that are not claimed following
the proper procedures as determined by the commission.
(2) Stolen Plays. The Product Group, the MUSL, the
Party Lotteries and the commission shall not be responsible for lost
or stolen Plays.
(3) The Party Lotteries shall not be responsible to
a prize claimant for Mega Millions Plays redeemed in error by a Texas
Lottery sales agent.
(4) Winning Plays are determined by the numbers drawn
and certified by the independent auditor responsible for auditing
the Mega Millions draw. MUSL, the Party Lotteries and the commission
are not responsible for Mega Millions winning numbers reported in
error.
(i) Ineligible Players.
(1) A Play, or share of a Play, for a MUSL game issued
by the MUSL or any of its Party Lotteries shall not be purchased by,
and a prize won by any such Play, or share of a Play, shall not be
paid to:
(A) a MUSL employee, officer, or director;
(B) a contractor or consultant under agreement with
the MUSL to review the MUSL audit and security procedures;
(C) an employee of an independent accounting firm under
contract with MUSL to observe drawings or site operations and actually
assigned to the MUSL account and all partners, shareholders, or owners
in the local office of the firm; or
(D) an immediate family member (parent, stepparent,
child, stepchild, spouse, or sibling) of an individual described in
subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section and residing in the
same household.
(2) Those persons designated by the State Lottery Act,
Texas Government Code, Chapter 466, as ineligible to play its games
shall also be ineligible to play any MUSL lottery game sold in the
state of Texas.
(3) A Play, or share of a Play, of the Mega Millions
game may not be purchased in any lottery jurisdiction by any Party
Lottery board member; commissioner; officer; employee; or spouse,
child brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household
in the principle place of residence of any such person. Prizes shall
not be paid to any persons prohibited from playing Mega Millions in
a particular jurisdiction by rules, governing law, or any contract
executed by the Selling Lottery.
(j) Applicable Law.
(1) In purchasing a Play, or attempting to claim a
prize, purchasers and prize claimants agree to comply with and abide
by all applicable laws, rules, regulations, procedures, and decisions
of the commission and by directives and determinations of the commission's
executive director. Additionally, the player shall be bound to all
applicable provisions in the MUSL MM Rules.
(2) A prize claimant agrees, as its sole and exclusive
remedy, that claims arising out of a Play can only be pursued against
the Party Lottery which issued the Play. Litigation, if any, shall
only be maintained within the jurisdiction in which the Play was purchased
and only against the Party Lottery that issued the Play. No claim
shall be made against any other Party Lottery or against the MUSL.
(3) Nothing in this section or the MUSL MM Rules shall
be construed as a waiver of any defense or claim the commission, which
issued the Play, any other Party Lottery, or MUSL may have in any
litigation, including in the event a player or prize claimant pursues
litigation against a Party Lottery or MUSL, or their respective officers,
directors or employees.
(4) All decisions made by the commission, including
the declaration of prizes and the payment thereof and the interpretation
of MUSL MM Rules, shall be final and binding on all Play purchasers
and on every person making a prize claim in respect thereof, but only
in the jurisdiction where the Play was issued.
(5) Unless the laws, rules, regulations, procedures,
and decisions of the commission, which issued the Play, provide otherwise,
no prize shall be paid upon a Play purchased, claimed or sold in violation
of this section, the MUSL MM Rules, or the laws, rules, regulations,
procedures, and decisions of the commission; any such prize claimed
but unpaid shall constitute an unclaimed prize under this section
and the laws, rules, regulations, procedures, and decisions of the
commission.
(k) Mega Millions Megaplier Promotion.
(1) Promotion Description. The Mega Millions Megaplier
Promotion is a limited extension of the Mega Millions game and is
conducted in accordance with the MUSL MM Rules and other lottery rules
applicable to the Mega Millions game except as may be amended herein.
The Promotion will begin at a time announced by the commission and
will continue until discontinued by the commission. The Promotion
will offer to the owners of a qualifying Megaplier Play a chance to
multiply or increase the amount of any of the Set Prizes (the prizes
normally paying two dollars ($2.00) to one million dollars ($1,000,000.00)
won in a Drawing held during the Promotion. The Grand Prize is not
a Set Prize and will not be multiplied or increased by means of the
Megaplier Promotion or the Just the Jackpot Promotion.
(2) Qualifying Megaplier Play. A qualifying Megaplier
Play is any single Mega Millions Play for which the player pays an
extra one dollar ($1.00) for the Megaplier option and that is recorded
at on the commission's computer gaming system as a qualifying Megaplier
Play. Just the Jackpot Plays do not qualify to purchase a Megaplier
Play.
(3) Prizes To Be Multiplied Or Increased. A qualifying
Megaplier Play that wins one of the Set Prizes will be multiplied
by the number selected, either two, three, four, or five (2, 3, 4,
or 5), in a separate random Megaplier Drawing announced in a manner
approved by the Product Group.
(4) Megaplier Draws. MUSL will either itself conduct,
or authorize a U.S. Lottery to conduct on its behalf, a separate random
"Megaplier" Drawing. Before each Mega Millions Drawing a single number
(2, 3, 4 or 5) shall be drawn. The Product Group may change one or
more of the multiplier features for special promotions from time to
time. In the event the Megaplier Drawing does not occur prior to the
Mega Millions Drawing, the multiplier number will be a 5 (five), which
shall solely be determined by the lottery authorized to conduct the
"Megaplier" Drawing.
(5) Megaplier Prize Pool.
(A) The Megaplier Prize Pool (MPP) is hereby created,
and shall be used to fund Megaplier prizes. The MPP shall hold the
temporary balances that may result from having fewer than expected
winning Megaplier Plays. The source of the MPP is the Party Lottery's
weekly prize contributions less actual Megaplier Prize liability.
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