Section 370-1700-1703 - GAME DESCRIPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS1703.01Game Designation. For purposes of identification, the Game shall have a designated game number in the on-line gaming system.1703.02Game Design. The game is a double matrix-style game, drawn each Monday and Thursday, in which players select five (5) unique numbers in the Matrix 1 from one (1) to fortyeight (48) inclusive, plus one (1) Lucky Ball number in the Matrix 2 from one (1) to eighteen (18) inclusive. The additional number may be the same as one (1) of the first five (5) numbers selected by the player.1703.03Game Purchases. Game tickets must be purchased from a Terminal at a Lottery Game Retailer or by such other means as approved by the Division.1703.04Ticket Format. Game tickets shall include, but not be limited to, the player's number selections, game logo or game name, ticket cost, terminal number, barcode, quick pick (if selected), replay (if selected), serial number, and drawing date. Multi-draw tickets shall visibly show the beginning and ending drawing dates. Game tickets may also include the selling date, time stamp and any additional information required by the Division.1703.05Ticket Price.1703.05AUniform Price. Each game ticket shall be sold at retail for the price set in these regulations.1703.05BTaxes. The game ticket price shall include all the applicable taxes that the Division is required to collect.1703.05CCost Per Play. Game Tickets may be purchased for two dollars ($2.00) per play, or multiples thereof, in accordance with these regulations. The Player receives one (1) play for each two dollar ($2.00) wager.1703.05DPromotions. A promotion shall mean marketing or advertising intended to increase sales of game tickets (excluding multi-draw tickets) through a discount or rebate. The Division may offer game tickets through promotions without approval of the other party lotteries for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days in any six (6) month period, as long as advance notification of five (5) days is provided to all party lotteries of the terms and dates of the promotional offering.1703.05ETickets as Prizes. The Division may offer game tickets as a prize in any other lottery game after advising all other party lotteries of the terms and dates of such action.1703.05FContribution to Prize Pool. The Division may offer game tickets as a prize or as part of an authorized promotion provided that all such game ticket sales are assessed and reported to the prize pool at the full gross sales amount.1703.06Play Restrictions and Play Styles.1703.06A Game Tickets may not be sold to or purchased by persons under the age of nineteen (19).1703.06B Game tickets may not be claimed by, redeemed for, or paid to persons under the age of nineteen (19) years.1703.06C Game tickets shall not be purchased, and a prize won by any such game ticket or share, either in whole or in part, shall not be paid to: 1703.06C(1) A Division employee;1703.06C(2) A contractor or consultant under agreement with the Division to perform audit and security procedures;1703.06C(3) An employee of the independent certified public accounting firm under contract with any New England Lottery to oversee game drawings;1703.06C(4) An employee of the Division's on-line vendor;1703.06C(5) An employee of the Division's advertising and marketing vendor;1703.06C(6) An immediate family member (parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, spouse, or sibling) of an individual described in REG-1706C(1) through 1706C(5) residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of residence of any such person.1703.06C(7) Those persons designated herein as ineligible to play the game in one (1) party lottery jurisdiction shall also be ineligible to play the game in all other party lottery jurisdictions selling the game.1703.07Ticket Cancellations Prohibited. A game ticket may not be cancelled or voided by returning the game ticket to the Lottery Game Retailer or to the Division. A game ticket accepted by a Lottery Game Retailer as a returned ticket and that cannot be resold shall be deemed as owned by the bearer thereof. This prohibition also applies to a game ticket that may be printed in error by the Lottery Game Retailer. No game ticket, or physical portion thereof, that may be used to claim a prize, shall be returned to any Party Lottery for credit.1703.08Game Sell-Out Prohibited. The Division shall not directly and knowingly sell a game ticket or combination of game tickets to any natural person or legal entity that would guarantee such purchaser a top prize or second prize win.1703.09Claims. A game ticket, subject to the validation requirements as detailed in REG-1705, shall be the only proof of a game play (or plays) and the submission of a winning game ticket to the Division or a Lottery Game Retailer 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 a game ticket purchase or of numbers selected. Under no circumstances will a claim be paid for a top prize or second prize without a winning game ticket.1703.10Use of Play Slips. Players may submit a completed play slip to any Lottery Game Retailer to have issued a game ticket. Play slips shall be available at no cost to the purchaser and shall have no pecuniary or prize value, or constitute evidence of a purchase or number selections. The use of facsimiles of play slips, copies of play slips, or other materials that are inserted into a terminal's play slip reader that are not printed or approved by the Division, are not permitted. Lottery Game Retailers shall not permit any device to be connected to a Terminal to enter Plays, except as approved by the Division.1703.11Manual Entry. Players may convey their number selections to any Lottery Game Retailer to obtain a Game Ticket. Such number selections shall be manually entered into the terminal by the Lottery Game Retailer.1703.12Quick Pick. Players may either request a quick pick game ticket from a Lottery Game Retailer or may select the quick pick option on the play slip and submit the completed play slip to any Lottery Game Retailer.1703.13Limited to Highest Prize Won. In connection with the winning numbers drawn, the holder of a winning game ticket may win only one (1) prize per play, board, or panel, and shall be entitled only to the prize won by those numbers in the highest matching prize category.1703.14Prize Claim Period. Prize claims must be made within one hundred eighty (180) days after the drawing date.1703.15Player Responsibility. It shall be the player's sole responsibility to verify the accuracy of the game play (or plays) and the other data printed on the game ticket.1703.16Prize Payments. The Division may not pay prizes that are less than or more than the prize amounts established in these regulations. The prize won cannot be indirectly increased by promotions or retailer activity.370 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 1700, § 1703