18 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 553 BUREAU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LOTTERY OPERATIONS (includes rules of STATE LIQUOR AND LOTTERY COMMISSION) Chapter 20: POWERBALL RULES Part I Administration – Section 1.0 These rules establish the procedures and requirements for operating and playing Powerball, a lotto game run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (hereinafter referred to as of which the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations “MUSL”), (hereinafter referred to as is a member. Generally, the Powerball game shall “BABLO”) be operated in accordance with any agreement between the State of Maine and MUSL, the Constitution, the Bylaws of the MUSL, the Administrative Rules of MUSL and applicable Maine law. Part II Powerball Game Rules – Section 2.0 Definitions – The following definitions apply to all Parts of these Rules unless the context requires a different meaning or is otherwise inconsistent with the intention of the rules adopted by the Product Group. Capitalized terms used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the MUSL Agreement. Grand Prize” shall mean the estimated annuitized Grand Prize “Advertised amount as determined by the MUSL Central Office by use of the MUSL Annuity Factor and communicated through the Selling Lotteries prior to the Grand Prize drawing. The Grand Prize” is not a guaranteed prize amount and the “Advertised actual Grand Prize amount may vary from the advertised amount, except in circumstances where there is a guaranteed Grand Prize amount as described in Section 6.1 of these Rules. or retail agent” means a person or entity authorized by “Agent”, “retailer” “lottery a Selling Lottery to sell lottery plays. means Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within “BABLO” the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
18 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 553 BUREAU OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LOTTERY OPERATIONS (includes rules of STATE LIQUOR AND LOTTERY COMMISSION) Chapter 20: POWERBALL RULES Part I – Administration Section 1.0 These rules establish the procedures and requirements for operating and playing Powerball, a lotto game run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (hereinafter referred to as “MUSL”), of which the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations (hereinafter referred to as “BABLO”) is a member. Generally, the Powerball game shall be operated in accordance with any agreement between the State of Maine and MUSL, the Constitution, the Bylaws of the MUSL, the Administrative Rules of MUSL and applicable Maine law. Part II – Powerball Game Rules Section 2.0 – Definitions The following definitions apply to all Parts of these Rules unless the context requires a different meaning or is otherwise inconsistent with the intention of the rules adopted by the Product Group. Capitalized terms used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the MUSL Agreement. “Advertised Grand Prize” shall mean the estimated annuitized Grand Prize amount as determined by the MUSL Central Office by use of the MUSL Annuity Factor and communicated through the Selling Lotteries prior to the Grand Prize drawing. The “Advertised Grand Prize” is not a guaranteed prize amount and the actual Grand Prize amount may vary from the advertised amount, except in circumstances where there is a guaranteed Grand Prize amount as described in Section 6.1 of these Rules. “Agent”, “retailer” or “lottery retail agent” means a person or entity authorized by a Selling Lottery to sell lottery plays. “BABLO” means Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.
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