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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 11-912

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE

Mega Millions® Terminal-Based Lottery Game

[41 Pa.B. 2778]
[Saturday, May 28, 2011]

 Under the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-101—3761-314) and 61 Pa. Code § 875.4 (relating to notice of terminal-based lottery game rules), the Secretary of Revenue hereby provides public notice of changes to the Mega Millions® terminal-based lottery game rules that were published at 40 Pa.B. 676 (January 30, 2010); and amended at 40 Pa.B. 5263 (September 11, 2011) and 40 Pa.B. 6846 (November 27, 2010).

 This amendment further provides for the Megaplier® promotion by clarifying that the second category prize shall be $1,000,000 with a Megaplier® wager and will be effective on the publication date of this Notice.

 The correct version of this document is as follows, with ellipses referring to the existing text as it appeared at 40 Pa.B. 676—681, 40 Pa.B. 5263 and 5264 and 40 Pa.B. 6846 and 6847:

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 2. Definitions: The following words and terms, when used in this notice, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

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 Megaplier® promotion—A Mega Millions® game feature by which a player, for an additional wager of $1 per play, can increase the third through the ninth category set prize amounts or the third through the ninth category parimutuel set prize amounts, as applicable, by a factor of two, three or four times depending upon the multiplier number that is drawn prior to a Mega Millions® drawing. The second category prize shall be $1,000,000 regardless of the Megaplier® number drawn. The Megaplier® does not apply to the jackpot category prize.

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 10. Megaplier® promotion.

 (a) The Megaplier® promotion shall be available in association with the Mega Millions® game and will continue until the Secretary publicly announces a suspension or termination thereof. The Megaplier® promotion will be conducted in accordance with the Mega Millions® rules except that players may purchase the Megaplier® promotion for the chance to multiply or increase the third through the ninth category set prizes won as a result of a Mega Millions® drawing by a number ranging from 2 to 4. The Secretary on occasion may announce, as a special promotion, multipliers greater than four or a greater second category prize amount. The second category prize shall be $1,000,000 unless a higher limited promotional dollar amount is announced by the Secretary. The Mega Millions® jackpot category prize will not be eligible for multiplication under the Megaplier® promotion.

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 (d) Mega Millions® tickets that contain the Megaplier® promotion and one or more plays eligible for Mega Millions® third through ninth category prizes, identified in section 7 (relating to prizes available to be won and determination of prize winners), shall be entitled to a total set prize calculated by multiplying each Mega Millions® third through ninth category prize by the Megaplier® number selected for the drawing in which the ticket was entered. Mega Millions® tickets that contain the Megaplier® promotion and one or more plays eligible for the Mega Millions® second category prize shall be entitled to prize of $1,000,000 unless a higher limited promotional dollar amount is announced by the Secretary.

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 (g) When the Mega Millions® second through fifth category prizes become parimutuel, the third through the fifth category prizes won will be calculated by multiplying the parimutuel prize value by the Megaplier® number. The second category prize amount may be reduced as announced by the MUSL Mega Millions® Product Group.

 (h) If the total of the Mega Millions® set prizes, as determined in section 7(b) and the Megaplier® prizes, as determined in this section, awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the sales allocated to the Mega Millions® set prizes and the Megaplier® prizes, then the amount needed to fund the Mega Millions® set prizes and the Megaplier® prizes awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the following order: (i) the amount allocated to the set prizes and carried forward from previous draws, if any; (ii) an amount from the reserve accounts not to exceed the lesser of 300% of draw sales or 50% of draw sales plus $50 million. If, after these sources are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay the second through the ninth category prizes awarded, including the Megaplier® prizes, then the second through fifth category prize levels shall become a parimutuel prize, as set out in section 7(d). The funds dedicated to the payment of Mega Millions® set prizes and the Megaplier® prizes shall be combined in the rare instance when the set prizes are paid on a parimutuel basis, so that the Megaplier® will remain in effect for all prize levels. The second category prize may be reduced as announced by the Mega Millions Product Group.

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DANIEL MEUSER, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-912. Filed for public inspection May 27, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]


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