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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 30. LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES |
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Chapter 30-9. DESCRIPTION OF ON-LINE GAMES |
Section 30-915. DESCRIPTION OF ON-LINE RAFFLE GAME
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915.1The Agency may offer On-Line Raffle Games.
915.2The Agency’s raffle game shall be called District Dollars Raffle Game.
915.3District Dollars Raffle Game rules only apply to the Agency’s on-line raffle games and not to the Charitable Gaming Raffle rules referred to in Title 30, Chapter 15 of the D.C. Municipal Rules and Regulations.
915.4 District Dollars Raffle Game is an On-Line Raffle style game played at any agent location that has an on-line terminal. On-Line Raffle tickets are sold in limited quantities, for a specified limited time.
915.5Each raffle ticket contains a unique serial number or numbers from a specified range. A player purchases the raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes through a random drawing of all purchased raffle tickets.
915.6Agency shall offer 40,000 on-line raffle tickets for the District Dollars Raffle Game.
915.7Raffle tickets will be sold from Wednesday, November 18, 2009 through Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 12.59 a.m. Tickets for the next weekly drawing will start on Wednesday at 6:00 a.m.
915.8The cost of one (1) District Dollars Raffle Game ticket shall be ($1.00) one dollars each or any other price designated by the Executive Director from a price schedule adopted by the Agency.
915.9 The player must inform the agent that they want to play the D.C Weekly Raffle Game. There are no play slips or quick pick selections for the District Dollars Raffle Game.
915.10Each District Dollars Raffle Game ticket shall contain a five (5) digit number from tickets from 00001 through 40,000 and shall be sold sequentially from the available selection pool. Players purchasing more than one (1) ticket may not receive consecutively numbered tickets because of availability at the time of purchase.
915.11The winning ticket numbers will be determined through a drawing that will be conducted with the Agency’s Computerized Drawing System (“CDS”). Such winning ticket numbers shall be selected in accordance with Lottery draw procedures.
915.12The order of the ticket numbers drawn by the CDS at the drawing determines the prize level eligibility. The first (1st) ticket number drawn shall be the winner of the first (1st) prize of $10,000 dollars. The next five (5) tickets numbers drawn shall be the winners of the (2nd) prize of $1,000 each. And the next ten (10) ticket numbers drawn shall be the winners of the (3rd) prize of $500 each.
915.13A player wins if the raffle ticket number drawn matches their raffle ticket number exactly and the ticket validates in the D.C. Lottery system. There shall be no alternates drawn for this game.
915.14Unless otherwise specified by the Executive Director, the sale of the District Dollars Raffle Game tickets will be suspended when the 40,000 ticket is sold, or on the Wednesday at 12:59 a.m. of the day of the District Dollars Raffle Game weekly drawing.
915.15 The Agency reserves the right to reschedule any dates and times, without advance notice, when circumstances warrant. It is anticipated that raffle tickets will begin being sold on November 18, 2009 and the first drawing will take place on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, and each week there after for a total of six (6) weeks. However the District Dollars Raffle Game may begin or end as directed by the Executive Director.
915.16The player is solely responsible for ensuring that he or she receives a raffle ticket after purchase. The printed District Dollars Raffle Game ticket is the only valid proof of a player’s purchase and is the only valid receipt for claiming a prize. A ticket subject to the validations requirements of this title shall be the only proof of a wager.
915.17A player whose ticket does not print as a result of a paper jam or other error cannot receive a reprint of that ticket. The full value of the ticket purchase price must be refunded to the player. The agent must properly document and report the event along with the appropriate paper work to receive credit.