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THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES CONTROL BOARD
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Executive Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, pursuant to the authority set forth in D.C. Official Code § 3-1306, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Order issued September 21, 1996, and Office of the Chief Financial Officer Financial Management Control Order No. 96-22 issued November 18, 1996, hereby gives notice of the adoption of amendments to Chapter 9 of Title 30 DCMR, “Lottery and Charitable Games.” These amendments are changes to the MEGA MILLIONS® game pursuant to the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) MEGA MILLIONS Game Group Agreement. The Executive Director gives notice of his intent to take final rulemaking action to adopt the amendments in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
Chapter 9, “Description of On-line Games,” of Title 30 of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Section 917, “Description of the Mega Millions® Game,” is amended by amending subsection 917.22 to read as follows:
917 DESCRTIPTION OF MEGA MILLIONS® GAME
917.22 The Prize Pool shall consist of at least fifty-five percent (55%) of each drawing period’s sales.
Section 918, “Mega Millions® Fixed Price Structure and Probability,” is amended by amending subsection 918.4 and 918.5 to read as follows:
918 MEGA MILLIONS® FIXED PRICE STRUCTURE AND PROBABILITY
918.4 Qualifying MEGAPLIER® plays will pay the amounts shown below when matched with the MEGAPLIER® number drawn, instead of the MEGA MILLIONS® set prize amount.
Prize Amount 4X 3X 2X
Match 5+0 $250,000 $1,000,000* $1,000,000* $1,000,000*
Match 4+1 $10,000 $40,000 $30,000 $20,000
Match 4+0 $150 $600 $450 $300
Match 3+1 $150 $600 $450 $300
Match 2+1 $10 $40 $30 $20
Match 3+0 $7 $28 $21 $14
Match 1+1 $3 $12 $9 $6
Match 0+1 $2 $8 $6 $4
* Match 5+0 prize, for MEGAPLIER® shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000) unless a higher limited promotional amount is announced by the MUSL / Mega Millions (“Group”) or unless a lower dollar amount is announced by the Group under its limitation of liability rules.
918.5 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 at the draw. For example, if the Match 4+1 MEGA MILLIONS® set prize amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) becomes five thousand dollars ($5,000) under the rules of the MEGA MILLIONS® game, then a MEGAPLIER® player winning that prize amount with a 4X multiplier would win twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) ($5,000 x 4). The game Group may determine the amount of the Match 5+0 prize to match the funds available to fund the prize payments.
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should file comments in writing no later than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Comments should be filed with the Executive Director, District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, 2101 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20020. Copies of these proposed rules may be obtained at the address stated above.
