| (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.
(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).
Attached Graphic
(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.
Attached Graphic
(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.
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