940 DESCRIPTION OF THE HOT LOTTO GAME

940.1 The Agency may offer a game known as Hot Lotto to the public.

940.2 The provisions of §§ 501.2, 503.4, 503.5, 607.2, 611.1, and 805.1 shall apply to ticket purchase, void and cancelled tickets, ticket validation, and prize payments in the Hot Lotto game.

940.3 Hot Lotto is a five (5) out of thirty-nine (39) plus one (1) out of nineteen (19) on-line lottery game, which pays the Grand Prize in accordance with these rules, either 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 by these rules, all other prizes are paid on a fixed cash basis. To play Hot Lotto, a player must select five (5) different numbers between one (1) and thirty-nine (39) and one (1) additional number between one (1) and nineteen (19) for input into a terminal. The additional number may be the same as one of the first five numbers selected by the player.

940.4 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 §§ 940.5 and 943.

940.5 The holder of a winning Hot Lotto 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.

940.6 The price of a Hot Lotto game ticket shall be one play for one dollar ($1) or any other price designated by the Executive Director from a price schedule adopted by the Agency.

940.7 A ticket subject to the validations requirements of this title shall be the only proof of a wager.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 2400 (March 5, 2004).