5059828 Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, DC, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - these rules are necessary to offer the Monopoly Millionaires' Club Game.
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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 under Section 4 of the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Official Code § 3-1306 (2012 Repl.)); 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 intent to adopt the following amendments to Chapters 5 (General Provisions), 6 (Claims and Prize Payments), 9 (Description of On-Line Games) and Chapter 99 (Definitions) of Title 30 (Lottery and Charitable Games) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).
This rulemaking implements the new nationwide Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) game called MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™, pursuant to the MUSL MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Rules. The game rules are effective at the October 19, 2014 game launch.
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.
Title 30, LOTTERY AND CHARITABLE GAMES, of the DCMR is amended as follows:
Section 501, PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO PURCHASE TICKETS, of Chapter 5, GENERAL PROVISIONS, is amended by adding subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Any officer, employee or director of Hasbro, Inc. is ineligible to purchase, play or participate in the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ game and the Monopoly Millionaire’s Club® television game show (“MONOPOLY TV SHOW”).
Subsection 503.4 of Section 503, CANCELLED TICKETS, of Chapter 5, GENERAL PROVISIONS, is amended by substituting the following:
Subsection 605.1 of Section 605, ON-LINE LOTTERY TICKET VALIDATION, of Chapter 6, CLAIMS AND PRIZE PAYMENTS, is amended by adding the following:
605.1 (h) MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ play slip shall have four (4) individual groups prescribed numbers each associated with "Game A," "Game B," " Game C," and "Game D."
(i) The MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ tickets meet all the rules for validation pursuant to the MUSL Monopoly Millionaire’s Club® Product Group Rules.
Section 606, ANNUITIZED PRIZES, of Chapter 6, CLAIMS AND PRIZE PAYMENTS, is amended by adding the following subsection:
606.10 The MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ annuitized prize shall be paid in thirty (30) graduated payments (increasing each year) by a rate determined by the MUSL Product Group. The initial payment shall be paid upon completion of all validation procedures. The subsequent twenty-nine (29) payments shall be paid annually on the anniversary date of the draw or if such date falls on a non-business day, then the first business day following the anniversary date of the selection of the Top Prize winning numbers.
Add a new Section 970, DESCRIPTION OF THE MONOPOLY MILLIONARES’ Club™, to Chapter 9, DESCRIPTION OF ONLINE GAMES, to read as follows:
970 DESCRIPTION OF THE MONOPOLY MILLIONARES’ Club™
970.1 MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ is a five (5) out of fifty-two (52) plus one (1) out of twenty-eight (28) lottery draw game, which pays the Jackpot Prize at the election of the player as provided in this Title either on an annuitized pari-mutuel basis or as a cash lump sum payment of the total cash held for this prize pool on a pari-mutuel basis. Except as provided in these rules, all other prizes are paid on a fixed cash basis.
970.2 Only when a Jackpot Prize has been won in a MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ drawing, a second drawing will be held to select Monopoly Club Prize winning tickets. At the start of each new MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ roll cycle, ten (10) Monopoly Club Prizes will be available. As determined by the Product Group, more Monopoly Club Prizes may be added, during the roll cycle, with each drawing until the Jackpot Prize is won and the Monopoly Club Prizes are drawn.
970.3 MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ and Monopoly Club Prize drawings shall use random number generators, and otherwise shall be determined by the Product Group.
970.4 All Monopoly Club prizes and MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ set prizes (all prizes except the Jackpot prize) are paid as a single payment.
970.5 To play Monopoly Millionaires’ Club™, a player shall select, or use Quick Pick to choose, five (5) different numbers from one (1) through fifty-two (52); the additional number in the range from one (1) through twenty-eight (28) shall always be a randomly generated Quick Pick number for the second value in the player’s selection. The second number may be the same as one of the first five numbers selected by the player. The second number shall be represented on the player’s ticket both as a number and as the associated Monopoly game board property. Each play shall also have a unique, non-repeating transactional number associated with that play to be used in determining MONOPOLY Club Prize winning plays, only in the event the Jackpot Prize is won and a separate MONOPOLY Club Prize drawing is held.
970.6 Plays and Ticket Purchases. The price of each MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ plays shall be five dollars (U.S. $5.00). There are no sales of multi draw tickets permitted. Each ticket represents only one board of play and Monopoly Property, containing one Millionaires’ Club number, one webcode is valid for only one game draw. From time to time, the Executive Director may authorize the sale of MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ tickets at a discount for promotional purposes.
970.7 MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ tickets may be purchased in the District of Columbia only at a licensed location or a D.C. Lottery Agent. No MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ ticket purchased outside of the District of Columbia may be presented to a D.C. Lottery Agent for payment or validation.
970.8 Claims. A valid ticket shall be the only proof of a game play, and the submission of a valid winning ticket to the Agency or its authorized sales agent shall be the sole method of claiming a prize or prizes. A play slip has no pecuniary or prize value and shall not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers selected. A terminal-produced paper receipt has no pecuniary or prize value and shall not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers selected.
970.9 Entry of Plays. Plays may only be entered manually using the licensed sales agent terminal touch screen or by means of a play slip provided by the Agency and hand-marked by the player or by such other means approved by the Agency. Licensed sales agents shall not permit the use of facsimiles of Play slips, copies of play slips, or other materials that are inserted into the terminal’s play slip reader that are not approved by the Agency. Licensed sales agents shall not permit any device to be connected to a lottery terminal to enter plays, except as approved by the Agency.
970.10 Player Responsibility. It shall be the sole responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of the game play or plays and other data printed on the ticket. The placing of plays is done at the player's own risk through the licensed sales agent who is acting on behalf of the player in entering the play or plays.
970.11 Drawings. MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ drawings shall be held every Friday (or such other day of the week as required by the Product Group’s MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Game Rules), held at the time(s) and location set out in the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Product Group Rules.
970.12 A given play may win in the Monopoly Millionaires’ Club™ drawing, the Monopoly Club Prize drawing (if any), or both drawings.
970.13 Prize Pool and Prize Reserve.
(a) Prize Pool. The prize pool for all prize categories shall consist of fifty percent (50.00%) of each drawing period's sales, after the prize pool accounts and prize reserve accounts are funded to the amounts set by the Product Group.
(b) Prize Pool Accounts and Prize Reserve Accounts.
(1) MUSL will deduct an amount up to four percent (4%) of the Agency’s MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ sales from the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Top Prize contribution and Millionaires’ Club Prize Pool contribution and place in trust in one or more prize pool accounts and prize reserve accounts until the prize pool accounts and the D.C. Lottery Lottery’s share of the prize reserve account(s) reach the amounts designated by the Product Group.
(2) The prize pool accounts established for the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ game include:
(A) Top Prize and Millionaires’ Club Prize Pool (TP&MC Prize Pool), which is used to fund the immediate Top Prize and Millionaires’ Club Prizes and shall consist of the Top Prize and Millionaires’ Club Prize Pool contributions less amounts to fund the Prize Reserve Account (PRA); and
(B) Set Prize Pool Account, which holds the temporary balances that may result from having fewer than expected winning plays in the Set Prize categories. The source of the Set Prize Pool Account is the participating Lotteries’ weekly prize contributions less actual Set Prize liability.
(3) The Prize Reserve Account is established for the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ game, which is used to guarantee the payment of the minimum or starting Top Prize and Millionaires’ Club Prizes, guarantee the payment of valid, but unanticipated, Top Prize and Millionaires’ Club Prize claims that may result from a system error or other reason, and to fund deficiencies in Set Prize payments (subject to the limitations of this rule).
(4) Once the prize pool accounts and the Agency’s share of the PRA exceed the designated amounts, the excess shall become part of the TP&MC Prize Pool. The Product Group, with review and comment of the MUSL Finance & Audit Committee, may establish a maximum balance for the prize pool accounts and the PRA.
(5) The Product Group may determine to expend all or a portion of the funds in the PRA and the Set Prize Pool Account: (1) for the purpose of indemnifying the Lotteries in the payment of prizes to be made by the Lotteries, subject to the approval of the MUSL Board; and (2) for the payment of prizes or special prizes in the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ game, limited to Set Prize Pool and prize reserve contributions from Lotteries participating in the special prize promotion, subject to the review and comment of the MUSL Finance and Audit Committee. The prize reserve shares of a Lottery may be adjusted with refunds to the Lottery from the PRA as may be needed to maintain the approved maximum balance and shares of the Lotteries. As approved by the Product Group, any amount remaining in the prize pool accounts or PRA when the Product Group declares the end of the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ game shall be returned to all Lotteries participating in the accounts after the end of all applicable claim periods of all Lotteries, carried forward to the replacement PRA or expended in a manner as directed by the individual Lotteries in accordance with jurisdictional requirements.
Add a new Section 971, MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ FIXED PRIZE STRUCTURE AND PROBABILITY, to Chapter 9, DESCRIPTION OF ONLINE GAMES, to read as follows:
971 MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ FIXED PRIZE STRUCTURE AND PROBABILITY
971.1 The Top Prize shall be determined on a pari-mutuel basis. The following table sets forth the probability of winning plays and the probable distribution of winning plays in and among each prize category, based upon the total number of possible combinations in MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™, and prize pool funding by prize category. Except as otherwise provided for in this rule, all other prizes awarded shall be paid as Set Prizes with the following expected prize payout percentages:
971.2 Winning Play Odds and Prize Funding
Prize Level
Matches First Set
Matches Second Set
Prize
Odds (1 in)
% Sales*
% Prize Pool
1
5
1
Top Prize
72,770,880.0000 for Top Prizes
32.2148% **
64.4296%**
2
5
0
$100,000
2,695,217.7778
0.7421%
1.4841%
3
4
1
$20,000
309,663.3191
1.2917%
2.5835%
4
4
0
$500
11,469.0118
0.8719%
1.7438%
5
3
1
$250
6,731.8113
0.7427%
1.4855%
6
2
1
$25
448.7874
1.1141%
2.2282%
7
3
0
$20
249.3263
1.6043%
3.2087%
8
1
1
$10
81.5977
2.4511%
4.9021%
9
0
1
$7
47.4405
2.9511%
5.9021%
10
2
0
$5
16.6218
6.0162%
12.0324%
11
Millionaires’ Club Prize
$1 Million
Varies with Sales
Combined with Top Prize %*
Combined with Top Prize %%
* Includes prize reserve and other deductions
** The Level 1 Top Prize and
Level 11 Millionaires’ Club Prize Pool contributions are combined.
Overall win probability is 1 in 10.0025
Total
50.000%
100.0000%
Top Prize & Millionaires’ Club Prizes
32.2148%
64.4296%
971.3 Player Responsibility. It shall be the sole responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of the game play or plays and other data printed on the ticket. The placing of plays is done at the player's own risk through the licensed sales agent who is acting on behalf of the player in entering the play or plays.
971.4 The prize money allocated to the Top Prize category shall be divided equally by the number of plays winning the Top Prize.
971.5 Prize Pool Account Rollovers and Carry Forwards.
(a) Any monies not paid for Top Prize and Millionaires’ Club Prizes in the TP&MC Prize Pool following a drawing shall roll over and be added to the TP&MC Prize Pool for the following drawing.
(b) The Set Prize Pool for prizes of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or less 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.
971.6 Pari-Mutuel Prize Determinations
(a) If the total of the Set Prizes awarded in a drawing (prize levels 2-10) exceeds the percentage of the prize pool allocated to the Set Prizes, then the amount needed to fund the Set Prizes awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the following order: (1) the amount allocated to the Set Prizes and carried forward from previous draws, if any; (2) an amount from the PRA, if available, not to exceed twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00) per drawing.
(b) If, after these sources are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay the Set Prizes awarded, then the highest Set Prize 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 shall become a pari-mutuel prize. This procedure shall continue down through all Set Prize levels, if necessary, until all Set Prize levels become pari-mutuel prize levels.
971.7 Fund Transfer. On a weekly basis, or as otherwise determined by the Product Group, the Agency will transfer, in trust, an amount as determined by the Product Group to be the Agency’s total proportionate share of the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ license and vendor fees, which include the television game show prizes, and studio audience member travel expenses.
971.8 Unclaimed Top Prizes and Millionaires’ Club Prizes. All funds to pay a Top Prize or Millionaires’ Club Prize that had been collected by the MUSL central office and that went unclaimed shall be returned to the Lotteries in proportion to sales by the Lotteries for the prize(s) in question, after the claiming period set by the Lottery selling the winning ticket expires.
971.9 Prize Payments
(a) Top Prizes
(1) The Top Prize shall begin at an annuitized amount of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000.00) and shall increase following each consecutive drawing in which the Top Prize is not won, except that the annuitized Top Prize amount shall not exceed twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000.00) and will remain at this amount for each subsequent drawing until the Top Prize is won. Top Prizes shall be paid as an annuity or a single lump-sum payment. At the time of ticket purchase, a player may select the option for payment of the cash value or annuitized payments of a share of the Top Prize if the play is a winning play. If no payment option is selected by the player, the default payment option will be the cash value option. Selection of the option for payment of the cash value or annuitized payments of a share of the Top Prize if the play is a winning play is a selection made at the time of purchase and is final and cannot be revoked, withdrawn or otherwise changed.
(2) Shares of the Top Prize shall be determined as provided in section 971.12 of this chapter. A player(s) who elects a single lump-sum payment (cash value payment) shall be paid his/her share(s) in a single cash payment. If individual shares of the cash held to fund an annuity are less than two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00), the Agency, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay the holders of tickets with winning plays their share of the funds of the cash pool to fund the annuity prizes as described in section 971.12 of this chapter.
(3) All annuitized prizes shall be paid annually in thirty (30) payments with the initial payment being made in cash, to be followed by twenty-nine (29) payments funded by the annuity. All annuitized prizes shall be paid annually in thirty (30) graduated payments (increasing each year) at a rate as determined by the Product Group. Prize payments may be rounded down to the nearest one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). Annual payments after the initial payment shall be made by the Lottery on the anniversary date or if such date falls on a non-business day, then the first business day following the anniversary date of the selection of the Top winning numbers. Funds for the initial payment of an annuitized prize or the single lump-sum cash prize shall be made available by MUSL for payment by the Lottery no earlier than the fifteenth calendar day (or the next banking day if the fifteenth (15) day is a holiday) following the drawing. If necessary, when the due date for the payment of a prize occurs before the receipt of funds in the prize pool account sufficient to pay the prize, the transfer of funds for the payment of the full lump-sum cash amount may be delayed pending receipt of funds from all Lotteries. The identification of the securities to fund the annuitized prize shall be at the sole discretion of the Agency. If the Agency purchases the securities, or holds the prize payment annuity for a Top Prize won in this state, the prize winner will have no recourse against MUSL or any other Lottery for payment of that prize.
(4) Payment of Prize Payments upon the Death of a Prize Winner. In the event of the death of a prize winner, payments may be made in accordance with 30 DCMR § 610.1.
971.10 Millionaires’ Club and Set Prize Payments. All Millionaires’ Club Prizes and Set Prizes (all prizes except the Top Prize, whether described as “cash” payment prizes or otherwise) for tickets sold by licensed sales agents in the District of Columbia and validated according to the Agency’s rules shall be paid by the Agency and at the discretion of the Agency by check, warrant, or wire transfer. The Agency may begin paying Millionaires’ Club Prizes and Set Prizes after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central office.
971.11 Prizes Rounded. Annuitized payments of the Top Prize or a share of the Top Prize may be rounded to facilitate the purchase of an appropriate funding mechanism. Breakage on an annuitized Top Prize win shall be added to the first payment to the verified winner or winners. Set Prizes, which, under this rule, may become single-payment, pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that prizes can be paid in multiples of whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding Set Prizes shall be carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.
971.12 Funding of Guaranteed Prizes. The Product Group may offer guaranteed minimum Top Prize amounts, guaranteed minimum numbers of Millionaires’ Club winners, minimum increases in the Top Prize amount between drawings, minimum increases in the number of Millionaires’ Club winners between drawings, or make other changes in the allocation of prize money where the Product Group finds that it would be in the best interest of the game. If a minimum Top Prize amount or a minimum increase in the Top Prize between drawings is offered by the Product Group, then shares of the Top Prize shall be determined as follows: If there are multiple Top Prize winning plays during a single drawing, each selecting the annuitized option prize, then a winning play’s share of the guaranteed annuitized Top Prize shall be determined by dividing the guaranteed annuitized Top Prize by the number of winning plays. If there are multiple Top Prize winning plays during a single drawing and at least one (1) of the Top Prize claimants has elected the annuitized option prize, then the best bid submitted by the MUSL central office’s pre-approved qualified brokers shall determine the cash pool needed to fund the guaranteed annuitized Top Prize. If no claimant of the Top Prize during a single drawing has elected the annuitized option prize, then the amount of cash in the Top Prize Pool shall be an amount equal to the guaranteed annuitized amount divided by the average annuity factor of the most recent three (3) best quotes provided by pre-approved qualified brokers submitting quotes. In no case shall quotes be used which are more than two (2) weeks old, and if less than three (3) quotes are submitted, then the MUSL central office shall use the average of all quotes submitted. Changes in the allocation of prize money shall be designed to retain approximately the same prize allocation percentages, over a year's time, as set out in MUSL’s MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Game Rules. Minimum guaranteed prizes or increases may be waived if the alternate funding mechanism set out in subsection 971.11 of this Chapter becomes necessary. The annuity factor is determined by the best total securities price obtained through a competitive bid of qualified, pre-approved brokers made after it is determined that the prize is to be paid as an annuity prize. Neither MUSL, the Product Group, nor the Lotteries shall be responsible or liable for changes in the advertised or estimated annuity prize amount and the actual amount purchased after the prize payment method is actually known to the MUSL central office.
971.13 Prize Limited to Highest Prize Won. Except for the Millionaires’ Club Prizes, the holder of a winning ticket may win only one (1) prize for that ticket’s play and shall be entitled only to the prize won by those numbers in the highest matching prize category. The status of a ticket with a winning play based on a match between the play and the Winning Numbers on that ticket shall have no effect on that ticket’s ability to win (if drawn) a Millionaires’ Club Prize.
971.14 Millionaires’ Club Prize. Independent of a ticket’s status as an apparent winning ticket due to a match with the Winning Numbers, each ticket in a MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ drawing is eligible to win a Millionaires’ Club Prize if (and only if), on that game draw, Millionaires’ Club Prizes are awarded. If a ticket is a winning play under both drawings, the prize paid shall be the sum of both the Top Prize or Set Prize (Level 2-10 prizes) and the Millionaires’ Club Prize. At the start of each new MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ roll cycle, ten (10) Millionaires’ Club Prizes will be available. As determined by the Product Group, more Millionaires’ Club Prizes may be added, during the roll cycle, with each drawing until the Top Prize is won and the Millionaires’ Club Prizes are drawn.
Add a new Section 972, MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Television Game Show, to Chapter 9, DESCRIPTION OF ONLINE GAMES, to read as follows:
972 MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Television Game Show
972.1 Television Game Show. The Product Group may decide to add a television game show to the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ game. The MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ television game show (“TV Show”) will be produced at times and places approved by the Product Group for broadcast at times approved by the Product Group.
972.2 Basic TV Show Design; Alterations. The basic design of the TV Show shall be as described in this subsection, except that any alteration of the basic design of the TV Show may be approved by the Product Group. Contests played on the TV Show shall be as approved by the Product Group.
972.3 Eligibility. Unless otherwise indicated by the Agency, a D.C. Lottery player may become eligible for TV Show studio audience member selection by registering a MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ ticket or tickets with one or more qualifying MONOPOLY game board properties according to the requirements of this game rule.
972.4 Members of the studio audience shall be eligible to be selected to participate in MONOPOLY-themed contests on the TV Show. Guests of players who are not proxied by the player to appear as an on-stage participant in the place of the player are not eligible to be selected as an on-stage game participant.
972.5 How to Register. To register a MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ ticket for participation in the selection of studio audience members, a D.C. Lottery player must visit the D.C. Lottery’s Players Club section at http://dclottery.com/memberbenefits.aspx of the D.C. Lottery website, where the player will be asked to sign into his/her existing Players Club account or open a new account and enter the webcode printed on the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ ticket. The MONOPOLY game board property on the ticket, together with a randomly generated additional bonus MONOPOLY game board property assigned when the ticket is registered at the Players Club website, will be put in the player’s account. As shown in the following table in Subsection 972.6 of this chapter, for each complete MONOPOLY property group, the player will be awarded a number of entries in a drawing from which studio audience members will be selected.
972.6 Monopoly Property Groups
MONOPOLY Property Groups
No. of Entries Awarded
Mediterranean Avenue & Baltic Avenue
2
Oriental Avenue & Vermont Avenue & Connecticut Avenue
4
St. Charles Place & States Avenue & Virginia Avenue
6
St. James Place & Tennessee Avenue & New York Avenue
8
Kentucky Avenue & Indiana Avenue & Illinois Avenue
10
Atlantic Avenue & Ventnor Avenue & Marvin Gardens
12
Pacific Avenue & North Carolina Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue
15
Park Place & Boardwalk
20
Reading RR & Pennsylvania RR & B&O RR & Short Line RR
16
Electric Company & Water Works
10
972.7 Selection of Studio Audience Members. The Agency (or its authorized designee) shall, from time to time as specified by the Product Group, conduct a promotional drawing from among those MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ registered D.C. Lottery’s Players Club account holders who have accumulated enough Monopoly properties to participate in the drawing. For each drawing, the Agency shall select a minimum of three (3) studio audience participants, each of whom shall be awarded: i) transportation, meals, and lodging expenses for himself or herself and a guest to travel to and return from the TV Show; and ii) the opportunity to be chosen as an on-stage participant on the TV Show and play MONOPOLY-themed contests for prizes.
972.8 No transfers; No cash option; Exceptions. A D.C. Lottery player selected to participate as a studio audience member for the TV Show shall not have the right to transfer such selection to another person, except that the Agency, in its sole discretion, may permit or require the player to appoint another person to participate as a studio audience member (a proxy), subject to player eligibility requirements set by the Agency. If the player selects, or the Agency requires, a proxy to participate as a studio audience member in his/her place, the transportation, meals, and lodging expenses, together with any prize(s) awarded as a result of participation in the studio audience or in a contest on the TV Show shall be deemed to be received by the player initially selected to participate, not the proxy. Nothing in this rule requires the Agency to permit studio audience members to appoint a replacement to attend the TV Show taping. A player selected to participate as a studio audience member for the TV Show shall not have the right to decline the payment of expenses for transportation, meals, and lodging in exchange for a sum of money equivalent to the value of such expenses. The Agency, in its sole discretion, may select another player to attend the TV show taping should the player initially selected to participate in the studio audience decline the invitation or be determined to be ineligible to claim such prize under District Law and or this Title. Nothing in this rule requires the Agency to offer a cash option in lieu of the opportunity to attend the TV Show.
Section 9900, DEFINITIONS, of Chapter 99, DEFINITIONS, is amended by adding the following terms and definitions:
MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ TOP PRIZE - means the top prize available for the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ weekly drawing for the online game. (See 30 DCMR § 972.2)
MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB PRIZE - means a single payment prize (See 30 DCMR § 972.1) with a value of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). Only when a Top Prize has been won in a MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ drawing, a second drawing will be held to select Millionaires’ Club Prize winning tickets.
MUSL MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRE CLUB® PRODUCT GROUP RULES - The agreement and rules regarding the MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ game and MUSL, or any subsequent amended version of the MUSL MONOPOLY MILLIONAIRES’ CLUB™ Product Group Rules.
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking should file comments in writing not later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register. Comments should be filed with the Antar Johnson, Senior Counsel, Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, 2101 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20020, or e-mailed to antar.johnson@dc.gov, or filed online at www.dcregs.gov. Additional copies of these proposed rules may be obtained at the address stated above.
