Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 553-80-III-16.0 - Limitations on Payment of All Star Bonus Prizes16.1Pari-Mutuel Prizes-All Prize Amounts.16.1.1 If the total of the original Lotto America Game set prizes and the multiplied All Star Bonus Multiplier set prizes awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the prize pools allocated to the set prizes and All Star Bonus Multiplier prizes, then the amount needed to fund the Set Prizes (including the All Star Bonus Multiplier prize amounts) awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the following order: 16.1.1.1 the amount available in the SPP allocated to the set prizes and the MPP, if any; 16.1.1.2 an amount from the PRA up to, if available, not to exceed the balance of the PRA; and 16.1.1.3 an amount from the SAP, if available, not to exceed the balance of that pool.16.1.2 If, after these sources are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay the Set Prizes awarded (including All Star Bonus Multiplier prizes), then the highest Set Prize (including the All Star Bonus Multiplier prizes) shall become a Pari-Mutuel prize. If the amount of the highest Set Prize (including the All Star Bonus Multiplier Prizes) when paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops to or below the next highest Set Prize (including the All Star Bonus Multiplier Prizes) and there are still not sufficient funds to pay the remaining Set Prizes awarded, then the next highest Set Prize (including the All Star Bonus Multiplier 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. In that instance, the money available from the funding sources listed in this rule shall be divided among the winning Plays in proportion to their respective prize percentages. Lotto America Game and All Star Bonus Multiplier prizes will be reduced by the same percentage18- 553 C.M.R. ch. 80, § III-16.0