| (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
a Power Play winning Play prize amount would win $125,000.
(D) Probability of Power Play Numbers Being Drawn.
The following table sets forth the probability of the various Power
Play numbers being drawn during a single Powerball Power Play Drawing.
The Powerball Group may elect to run limited promotions that may modify
the multiplier features. Power Play does not apply to the Powerball
Grand Prize. Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph,
a Power Play Match 5 + 0 prize is set at two million dollars ($2,000,000.00),
regardless of the multiplier selected.
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(5) Limitations on Payment of Power Play Prizes.
(A) Prize Pool Carried Forward. The prize pool percentage
allocated to the Power Play 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.
(B) Pari-Mutuel Prizes--All Prize Amounts. If the total
of the original Powerball Set Prizes and the Power Play Prizes 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 Power Play prize amounts) awarded shall first come from the amount
available in the Set Prize Pool and the Power Play Prize Pool, if
any, second from the Powerball Group's Set Prizes Reserve Account,
if available, not to exceed forty million dollars ($40,000,000.00)
per Drawing, and third from other amounts as agreed to by the Powerball
Group in their sole discretion.
(C) If, after these sources are depleted, there are
not sufficient funds to pay the Set Prizes awarded (including Power
Play prize amounts), then the highest Set Prize (including the Power
Play 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 Power Play 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 Plays in
proportion to their respective prize percentages. Powerball and Power
Play prizes will be reduced by the same percentage. By agreement,
the Licensee Lotteries shall independently calculate their set pari-mutuel
prize amounts, including the Power Play prize amounts. The Party Lotteries
and the Licensee 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.
(6) Prize Payment.
(A) Prize Payments. All Power Play prizes shall be
paid in a single payment through the Selling Lottery that sold the
winning Power Play Play(s). A Selling Lottery may begin paying Power
Play prizes after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central
office.
(B) Prizes Rounded. Prizes, which, under these rules,
may become pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes
can be paid in multiples of whole dollars. Breakage resulting from
rounding these prizes shall be carried forward to the prize pool for
the next Drawing.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §401.317 adopted to be effective January 26, 2010, 35 TexReg 468; amended to be effective April 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 2383; amended to be effective November 9, 2011, 36 TexReg 7553; amended to be effective January 19, 2014, 38 TexReg 9530; amended to be effective September 17, 2015, 40 TexReg 6102; amended to be effective December 31, 2015, 40 TexReg 9633; amended to be effective December 21, 2016, 41 TexReg 9923; amended to be effective March 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 1050; amended to be effective February 28, 2019, 44 TexReg 825; amended to be effective August 30, 2020, 45 TexReg 5908; amended to be effective March 4, 2021, 46TexReg 1378 |
