370 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 700, § 701
POWERBALL is a five (5) out of fifty-nine (59) plus one (1) out of thirty-five (35) on-line lottery game which pays the Grand Prize, at the election of the player made the day of or within sixty days after the player is entitled to the prize, either on an annuitized parimutuel basis or as a cash lump sum payment of the total cash held for this prize pool on a parimutuel basis. Except as provided in these regulations, all other prizes are paid on a set cash basis. To play POWERBALL, a player shall select five (5) different numbers, between one (1) and fifty-nine (59) and one (1) additional number between one (1) and thirty-five (35), for input into a terminal. The additional number may be the same as one of the first five numbers selected by the player.
POWERBALL tickets shall be purchased from a terminal operated by a Lottery Game Retailer. The player shall select a set of five numbers and one additional number by communicating the six (6) numbers to the Lottery Game Retailer, or by hand marking six (6) numbered squares in any one game play area on a play slip and submitting the play slip to the Lottery Game Retailer, or by requesting a computer "quick pick" from the Lottery Game Retailer. The Lottery Game Retailer will then issue a POWERBALL ticket, via the terminal, containing the selected set or sets of numbers, each of which constitutes a POWERBALL game play.
A POWERBALL ticket (subject to the validation requirements set forth in Reg-705 (POWERBALL Ticket Validation)) shall be the only proof of a POWERBALL game play or plays and the submission of a winning POWERBALL ticket to the issuing party lottery or its authorized 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 POWERBALL ticket purchase or of numbers selected.
A POWERBALL ticket may not be voided or canceled by returning the POWERBALL ticket to the selling Lottery Game Retailer or to the Nebraska Lottery, including POWERBALL tickets that are printed in error. No POWERBALL ticket which can be used to claim a prize shall be returned to the Nebraska Lottery for credit. POWERBALL tickets accepted by Nebraska Lottery Game Retailers as returned tickets will remain charged to the Nebraska Lottery Game Retailer's account. Ownership of the tickets is in bearer form until the ticket is signed on the reverse side. Nebraska Lottery Game Retailers who accept unsigned POWERBALL tickets as returned tickets and who cannot re-sell those tickets shall be deemed the owners of those tickets.
It shall be the sole responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of the POWERBALL game play or plays and other data printed on the POWERBALL ticket. The placing of POWERBALL plays is done at the player's own risk through the on-line Lottery Game Retailer who is acting on behalf of the player in entering the POWERBALL play or plays.
POWERBALL plays may only be entered manually using the on-line lottery terminal keypad (including a computer "quick pick") or by means of a play slip provided by the Nebraska Lottery and hand-marked by the player. Playslip number selections shall not be marked by any electronic, electro mechanical or other automated device. A Lottery Game Retailer 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 printed or approved by the Nebraska Lottery. Lottery Game Retailers shall not permit any device to be connected to an on-line lottery terminal to enter POWERBALL plays, except as approved by the Nebraska Lottery. No retailer may knowingly sell a ticket or combination of tickets to any person or entity which would guarantee such purchaser a Grand Prize win. Any playslip number selection by a method other than hand marked by the player and any resulting ticket shall be invalid.
Drawings shall be held at the times and places established by the MUSL POWERBALL Product Group and the results shall be subsequently announced to the public.
370 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 700, § 701