| (5) The MUSL and the Participating Lotteries shall
not be responsible to a prize claimant for Plays redeemed in error
by a selling agent, sales agent or retailer.
(6) Winning Plays are determined by the numbers drawn
and certified by the independent auditor responsible for auditing
the Drawing. MUSL and the Participating Lotteries are not responsible
for Winning Numbers reported in error.
(i) Ineligible Players.
(1) A Play or share for a MUSL game issued by the MUSL
or any of its Selling Lotteries shall not be purchased by, and a prize
won by any such Play or share 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
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph and residing in
the same household.
(2) Those persons designated by a Selling Lottery's
law as ineligible to play its games shall also be ineligible to Play
the Powerball game in that Selling Lottery's jurisdiction.
(j) Applicable Law.
(1) In purchasing a Play, as evidenced by a ticket,
or attempting to claim a prize, the purchasers and prize claimants
agree to comply with and abide by all applicable laws, rules, regulations,
procedures, and decisions of the Selling Lottery where the ticket
was purchased, and by directives and determinations of the director
of that Party Lottery.
(2) A prize claimant agrees, as its sole and exclusive
remedy, that claims arising out of a Powerball game or a Powerball
game promotion (as described in this section) can only be pursued
against the Selling 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 Selling Lottery that issued
the Play. No claim shall be made against any other Participating Lottery
or against the MUSL.
(3) Nothing in these Rules shall be construed as a
waiver of any defense or claim the Selling Lottery which issued the
Play, any other Participating Lottery or MUSL may have in any litigation,
including in the event a player or prize claimant pursues litigation
against the Selling Lottery, any other Participating Lottery or MUSL,
or their respective officers, directors or employees.
(4) All decisions made by a Selling Lottery, including
the declaration of prizes and the payment thereof and the interpretation
of Powerball 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 Lottery which issued the Play provide otherwise,
no prize shall be paid upon a Play purchased, claimed or sold in violation
of the MUSL Powerball Rules or the laws, rules, regulations, procedures,
and decisions of that Selling Lottery; any such prize claimed but
unpaid shall constitute an unclaimed prize under these Rules and the
laws, rules, regulations, procedures, and decisions of that Selling
Lottery.
(k) Powerball Special Game Rules: Powerball Power Play®.
(1) Power Play Description. The Powerball Power Play
is a promotional limited extension of the Powerball game and is conducted
in accordance with the Powerball game rules and other lottery rules
applicable to the Powerball game except as may be amended herein.
Power Play will begin at a time announced by the commission and will
continue until discontinued by the commission. Power Play will offer
to the owners of a qualifying Play a chance to increase the amount
of any of the eight Low-Tier Set Prizes (the Low-Tier prizes normally
paying $4 to $1,000,000) won in a Power Play Drawing. The Grand Prize
is not a Set Prize and will not be increased. MUSL will conduct a
separate random "Power Play" Drawing and announce results during each
of the regular Powerball Drawings held during the promotion. During
each Power Play Drawing a single number (2, 3, 4, 5 and sometimes
10) shall be drawn. The ten (10X) multiplier shall be available for
all Drawings in which the initially Advertised Grand Prize amount
is one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000.00) or less. The
probability of the possible Power Play numbers being drawn is indicated
in Figure 16 TAC §401.317(k)(4)(D). The Powerball Group may modify
the multiplier features for special promotions from time to time.
(2) Qualifying Play. A qualifying Play is any single
PB Play for which the player pays an extra dollar ($1.00) for the
Power Play option and which is recorded at the commission's lottery
gaming system as a qualifying Power Play Play.
(3) Prizes to be Increased. Except as provided in the
MUSL Powerball game rules and this section, a qualifying Play which
wins one of the seven lowest Set Prizes (excluding the Match 5 + 0)
will be multiplied by the number drawn, either two (2), three (3),
four (4), five (5), or sometimes ten (10), in a separate random Power
Play Drawing announced during the official Powerball Drawing show.
The ten (10X) multiplier will be available for Drawings in which the
initially advertised annuitized Grand Prize amount is one hundred
fifty million dollars ($150,000,000.00) or less. The announced Match
5+0 prize, for players selecting the Power Play option, shall be paid
two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) unless a higher limited promotional
dollar amount is announced by the Powerball Group.
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(4) Prize Pool.
(A) Power Play Prize Pool. The Power Play Prize Pool
is created to be used to fund Power Play Prizes and shall hold the
temporary balances that may result from having fewer than expected
winners in the Power Play. The source of the Power Play Prize Pool
is the Party Lottery's weekly prize contributions less actual Power
Play Prize liability. In total, fifty percent (50%) of each draw's
sales shall be collected for the payment of prizes.
(i) In Drawings where the ten (10X) multiplier is available,
the expected payout for all prize categories shall consist of up to
forty-nine and nine hundred sixty-nine thousandths percent (49.969%)
of each Drawing period's sales, including any specific statutorily
mandated tax of a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a
lottery Play. In Drawings where the ten (10X) multiplier is not available,
the expected payout for all prize categories shall consist of up to
forty-five and nine hundred thirty-four thousandths percent (45.934%)
of each Drawing period's sales, including any specific statutorily
mandated tax of a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a
lottery Play.
(ii) In Drawings where the ten (10X) multiplier is
available, an additional thirty-one thousandths percent (0.031%) of
each Drawing period's sales, including any specific statutorily mandated
tax of a Selling Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery
ticket, may be collected and placed in trust in the Power Play Prize
Pool, for the purpose of paying Power Play prizes. In drawings where
the ten (10X) multiplier is not available, an additional four and
sixty-six thousandths percent (4.066%) of each Drawing period's sales,
including any specific statutorily mandated tax of a Selling Lottery
to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, may be collected
and placed in trust in the Power Play Prize Pool, for the purpose
of paying Power Play Prizes.
(iii) The prize payout percentage per draw may vary.
The Power Play Prize Pool shall be carried forward to subsequent draws
if all or a portion of it is not needed to pay the Power Play Prizes
awarded in the current draw and held in the Power Play Prize Pool.
(B) End of Promotion. Any amount remaining in the Power
Play Prize Pool when the Powerball Group declares the end of this
promotion 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 promotion, or otherwise expended
in a manner at the election of the individual Participating Lotteries
of the Product Group in accordance with jurisdiction statute.
(C) Expected Prize Payout. Except as provided in this
section, all prizes awarded shall be paid as single payment cash prizes.
Instead of the Powerball Set Prize amounts, qualifying winning Plays
of Power Play will pay the amounts shown in paragraph (3) of this
subsection, above. In certain rare instances, the Powerball Set Prize
amount may be less than the amount shown in Figure: 16 TAC §401.317(k)(3).
In such case, the eight lowest Power Play Prizes will be changed to
an amount announced after the draw. For example, if the Match 4+1
Powerball Set Prize amount of $50,000 becomes $25,000 under the rules
of the Powerball game, and a 5X Power Play Multiplier is drawn, then
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