D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 30, r. 30-906

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 30-906 - DESCRIPTION OF THE POWERBALL[®] GAME

906.1

POWERBALL® is a five (5) out of sixty-nine (69) plus one (1) out of twenty six (26) numbers online lottery game drawn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday as part of the POWERBALL drawing event, which pays the Grand Prize, at the player's election, 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. To play POWERBALL[R], a player must select five (5) different numbers, between one (1) and sixty-nine (69) and one (1) additional number between one (1) and twenty-six (26) for input into a terminal.

906.2

If a single ticket contains more than one (1) winning play on separate game boards, the prize amounts shall be added together and shall be paid in accordance with the prize payment limits set forth in §§ 906.3 and 909.

906.3

The holder of a winning POWERBALL® ticket may win in only one prize category per board in connection with the winning numbers drawn, and shall be entitled only to the prize for the highest prize category won by those numbers.

906.4

The price of a POWERBALL® game ticket shall be one (1) play for two dollars ($2) or any other price designated by the Executive Director from a price schedule adopted by the Agency pursuant to § 500.1.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 30, r. 30-906

Final Rulemaking published at 39 DCR 7439, 7459 (October 2, 1992), 50 DCR. 1526 (February 14, 2003), 52 DCR 7224 (August 5, 2005) and 56 DCR 73 (January 2, 2009); as amended by Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10801 (December 16, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 143 (January 13, 2012); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 13017 (10/4/2015); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 68 DCR 9089 (9/3/2021)

Authority: The Executive Director of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board (D.C. Lottery), pursuant to the authority set forth in D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1306 and 3-1321 (2007 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.