| (B) Up to fifty-five percent (55%) of each Drawing
period's sales, as determined by the Product Group, including any
specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery to be included
in the price of a lottery ticket, shall be collected for the payment
of Megaplier prizes.
(C) Prize payout percentages per draw may vary. The
MPP shall be carried forward to subsequent draws if all or a portion
of it is not needed to pay the Megaplier prizes awarded in the current
draw and held in the MPP.
(6) End of Game. Any amount remaining in the MPP when
the Product Group declares the end of this game shall be returned
to the lotteries participating in the account after the end of all
claim periods of all Selling Lotteries, carried forward to a replacement
game or otherwise expended in a manner at the election of the individual
Members of the Product Group in accordance with jurisdiction law.
(7) Expected Prize Payout. Except as provided in this
section, all prizes awarded shall be paid as single payment Set Prizes.
Instead of the Mega Millions Set Prize amounts, qualifying Megaplier
Plays will pay the amounts shown below when matched with the Megaplier
number drawn. In certain rare instances, the Mega Millions Set Prize
amount may be less than the amount shown. In such case, the Megaplier
prizes will be a multiple of the changed Mega Millions prize amount
announced after the draw. For example, if the Match 4+1 Mega Millions
set prize amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) becomes two
thousand dollars ($2,000.00) under the rules of the Mega Millions
game, then a Megaplier player winning that prize amount with a 4X
multiplier would win eight thousand dollars ($8,000): two thousand
dollars multiplied by four ($2,000.00 x 4).
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(8) Probability of Winning. The following table sets
forth the probability of the various Megaplier numbers being drawn
during a single Mega Millions Drawing. The Product Group may elect
to run limited promotions that may modify the multiplier features.
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(9) Limitation on Payment of Megaplier Prizes.
(A) Prize Pool Carried Forward. The prize pool percentage
allocated to the Megaplier Set Prizes shall be carried forward to
subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the
Set Prizes awarded in the current draw or may be held in a prize reserve
account.
(B) Pari-Mutuel Prizes--All Prize Amounts. Except as
otherwise provided for in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph below:
(i) If the total of the original Mega Millions Set
Prizes and the Megaplier prize amounts awarded in a drawing exceeds
the percentage of the prize pools allocated to the set prizes, then
the amount needed to fund the Set Prizes (including the Megaplier
prize amounts) awarded shall be drawn from the following sources,
in the following order:
(I) the amount available in the SPP and the MPP, if
any;
(II) an amount from the PRA, if available in the account,
not to exceed forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00) per drawing.
(ii) If, after these sources are depleted, there are
not sufficient funds to pay the Set Prizes awarded (including Megaplier
prize amounts), then the highest Set Prize (including the Megaplier
prize amounts) shall become a pari-mutuel prize. If the amount of
the highest Set Prize, when paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops to
or below the next highest Set Prize and there are still not sufficient
funds to pay the remaining Set Prizes awarded, then the next highest
Set Prize (including the Megaplier prize amount) shall become a pari-mutuel
prize.
This procedure shall continue down through all Set Prizes levels,
if necessary, until all Set Prize levels become pari-mutuel prize
levels. In that instance, the money available from the funding sources
listed in this section shall be divided among the winning MM Plays
in proportion to their respective prize percentages. Mega Millions
and Megaplier prizes will be reduced by the same percentage.
(C) By agreement with the Mega Millions Lotteries,
the Mega Millions Lotteries shall independently calculate their set
pari-mutuel prize amounts, including the Megaplier prize amounts.
The Party Lotteries and the Mega Millions Lotteries shall then agree
to set the pari-mutuel prize amounts for all lotteries selling the
game at the lesser of the independently-calculated prize amounts.
(10) Prize Payment. All Megaplier prizes shall be paid
in one single payment through the Party Lottery that sold the winning
Megaplier Play(s). A Party Lottery may begin paying Megaplier prizes
after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central office.
Prizes that, under this section, may become pari-mutuel prizes, may
be rounded down so that prizes can be paid in whole dollars. Breakage
resulting from rounding these prizes shall be carried forward to the
MPP for the next drawing.
(l) Just the Jackpot Promotion.
(1) Promotion Description. The Mega Millions Just the
Jackpot 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, and any other lottery rules applicable to this Promotion.
All rules applicable to the Mega Millions game in subsections (a)
through (j) of this section are applicable to the Just the Jackpot
Promotion unless otherwise indicated. The Promotion will begin at
a time announced by the commission and will continue until discontinued
by the commission. The Promotion will offer to players a chance to
purchase a Just the Jackpot Play ("JJ Play") which will qualify a
player for two (2) chances (each a "Play") to win the Grand Prize,
and no other prize levels. If the player matches any non-Grand Prize
(any prize level other than the Grand Prize) numbers with his or her
JJ Play(s), the player who purchased the JJ Play is not eligible to
win or claim the non-Grand Prizes in the Just the Jackpot Promotion.
(2) Winning JJ Plays will be paid the Mega Millions
Grand Prize, at the election of the player made in accordance with
subsection (f) of this section or by a default election made in accordance
with this section, either on a graduated annuitized annual pari-mutuel
basis or as a cash value option using a rate determined in accordance
with subsection (f)(4) of this section. All provisions in subsections
(a) through (j) of this section regarding payment of the Mega Millions
Grand Prize are applicable to winning JJ Play(s). The Grand Prize
amount shall be divided equally by the number of MM Plays and JJ Plays
winning the Grand Prize.
(3) Just the Jackpot shall use the Mega Millions winning
numbers. Mega Millions winning numbers applicable to determine Just
the Jackpot prizes will be determined on the day(s), time(s) and location(s)
as determined by the Mega Millions Lotteries.
(4) To play Just the Jackpot, a player shall select
(or request a Quick Pick) two (2) sets of five (5) different numbers,
from one (1) through seventy (70) and one (1) additional number from
one (1) through twenty-five (25). The additional number may be the
same as one of the first five numbers selected by the player. Each
set of numbers shall constitute a single "Play" as that term is defined
in subsection (b)(11) of this section. The two (2) Plays for each
three dollar ($3.00) JJ Plays purchase shall be for the same drawing,
although the commission may sell multi-draw JJ Plays as well.
(5) The purchase price of a single JJ Play shall be
three dollars (US $3.00) for two (2) Plays, including any specific
statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery to be included in the
price of a lottery JJ Play. JJ Plays must be printed on separate tickets
from MM Plays and must clearly indicate the Plays are for the Just
the Jackpot Promotion. Each JJ Play is played separately in determining
matches to winning numbers and prize amounts. JJ Plays may be purchased
from any authorized Texas Lottery sales agent in a manner as approved
by the commission and in accordance with this section and the MUSL
rules. The winning numbers for the JJ Plays will be the winning numbers
drawn in the applicable Mega Millions Drawing. The Grand Prize will
not be multiplied or increased by means of the Megaplier Promotion.
(6) Just the Jackpot Prize Pool Contributions.
(A) Mega Millions Prize Pool. The prize pool for JJ
Plays shall consist of up to fifty-five percent (55%) of each Drawing
period's sales, inclusive of any specific statutorily-mandated tax
of a Party Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery's JJ Play,
and inclusive of contributions to the prize pool accounts and prize
reserve accounts, but may be higher or lower based the funding required
to meet a guaranteed Annuity Grand Prize as may be required by the
MUSL MM Rules.
(B) Mega Millions Prize Pool Account and Prize Reserve
Account contributions. The Product Group shall set the contribution
rates to the Just the Jackpot prize pool and prize reserve accounts
established by this section.
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