53ER26-37. BUCKS Celebrate Summer Bonus Play

(1) General Promotion/Bonus Play Description. (a) Bonus Play Period. July 1 – August 9, 2026, dates inclusive. (b) Eligible Tickets. Non-winning Game Number 1636, LUCKY BUCKS; Game Number 1637, BIG BUCKS; Game Number 1638, GIANT BUCKS; Game Number 1639, JUMBO BUCKS; and Game Number 1640, MEGA BUCKS (collectively “BUCKS”) Scratch-Off tickets; and any FANTASY 5® with/without EZmatchTM ticket (winning and non-winning) purchased during the Bonus Play Period. FANTASY 5 tickets that are part of GROUPER® Super Sampler purchases are eligible. FANTASY 5 tickets that are part of the $5 GROUPER® package are not eligible, as this is the free ticket that’s part of the package. Winning BUCKS tickets are not eligible. Free, Continuation, and Canceled tickets are not eligible. Training tickets and tickets with invalid ticket numbers are not eligible. Tickets meeting the criteria described in this paragraph are hereafter referred to as “Eligible” tickets. (c) Drawing Prizes. $5,000; $20,000, and a Florida Lottery Merchandize Prize Package valued at $583. (2) How to Enter. (a) To enter an Eligible ticket into a drawing, a player may use the Florida Lottery's website at floridalottery.com or use the Florida Lottery's Mobile Convenience app ("app"). Only Eligible tickets purchased during a given Drawing Entry Period can be entered during that Drawing Entry Period. For example, tickets purchased during the first Drawing Entry Period may be entered during the time frame for the first Drawing Entry Period but cannot be entered during the second or third Drawing Entry Periods. 1. Website. On the home page of the Florida Lottery's website, players click on the Promotions tab and select the BUCKS Celebrate Summer Bonus Play. Players will manually enter the 24-digit ticket number shown on Eligible BUCKS tickets or the 19-digit ticket number on Eligible FANTASY 5 tickets on the ticket entry page to collect entries as described in subsection (3), below. 2. App. On the app, players select the BUCKS Celebrate Summer Bonus Play under the Promotions section. A Promotions button is located on the main menu and on the bottom navigation bar. Players may scan the barcode on the bottom of a ticket or may manually enter the 24-digit ticket number shown on Eligible BUCKS tickets or 19-digit ticket number on Eligible FANTASY 5 tickets on the ticket entry page to collect entries as described in subsection (3), below. 3. Deleted Accounts. If a player deletes his/her account, whether through the app or on the Florida Lottery’s website, all account data, including ticket entries, associated with the email address used to register his/her account will also be deleted. Any entries earned will not be entered into a drawing. A player’s account cannot be reactivated using the email address associated with the deactivated account. Should a player establish a new account utilizing a different email address, account data, including ticket entries, cannot be transferred to the newly established account. Tickets entered under the prior account cannot be re-entered utilizing the newly created account. 4. Regardless of whether a player chooses to participate in the Bonus Play by using the web browser or the app, the following provisions shall apply: a. the player must use the same account login information to enter tickets; b. the player will only be required to register one time; and c. the player's entry history will be cumulative among the entry platforms. (b) Any attempt by a player to use more than one account by using multiple or different email addresses, identities, registrations, logins, or any other methods will subject the player and any associated entries to disqualification. In the event a player wins a prize, the name a player uses to register must match the name shown on his/her identification used to make a claim, except for a person who has made a legal name change. A person who has made a legal name change must provide a copy of a marriage certificate/judgment/court order, as applicable, as proof of a differing name. Fictitious names and business names will not be accepted and shall subject the player and any associated entries to disqualification. (c) The odds of winning depend on the number of entries in a drawing. All entries are subject to validation by the Florida Lottery and will be disqualified if eligibility requirements are not met. (d) Lottery tickets should not be mailed to the Lottery for entry into a drawing. Tickets received in the mail by the Florida Lottery for entry into the Bonus Play will not be entered into a drawing and will not be returned. (3) Earning Entries into the Bonus Play. (a) To earn entries into a drawing, a player may enter ticket numbers by scanning the barcode on the bottom of an Eligible ticket using his/her mobile device or by manually entering the 24-digit ticket number (Eligible BUCKS tickets) or the 19-digit number (Eligible FANTASY 5 tickets) on the website or the app. A player may enter a maximum of 200 tickets per day. Each ticket number can only be entered one time and cannot be entered again for another drawing. Players may enter Eligible ticket/s at any time during the Bonus Play Period, except that entry capabilities on the website and app will be unavailable from 12 a.m. through 6 a.m. (ET) due to routine maintenance and may be unavailable at other times if there are technical difficulties. Only Eligible tickets purchased during a given Drawing Entry Period can be entered during that Drawing Entry Period. Entries must be made by 11:59:59 p.m. (ET) on the last day of a Drawing Entry Period to be entered into that drawing. (b) Number of Entries Earned. 1. For Eligible tickets, a player will receive the number of entries set forth below: Game Price Point Number of Entries #1636 – LUCKY BUCKS $1 1 #1637 – BIG BUCKS $2 2 #1638 – GIANT BUCKS $5 5 #1639 – JUMBO BUCKS $10 10 #1640 – MEGA BUCKS $20 20 FANTASY 5 Starting at $1 1 Entry for each $1 Spent on a Ticket BUCKS Family of Games (All of Game Numbers 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, and 1640) $38 50 Bonus Entries (See subparagraph (3)(b)2., below) 2. Bonus Entries. As a player enters his/her Eligible BUCKS ticket/s, a bonus table will also populate. The table will have four (4) rows and a column for each BUCKS ticket (Game Numbers 1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, and 1640). Example: A player enters two (2) Eligible Game 1636 and one (1) Game 1638 tickets, he/she will receive two check marks to populate the 1636 (LUCKY BUCKS) column and one check mark in the Game 1638 (GIANT BUCKS) column; a player will still receive entries, as described in subparagraph (3)(b)1. If more than four tickets for the same game are entered, and none of the four bonus table rows are complete, entries in excess of the four tickets will be disregarded, will not be added once a bonus table row is completed and cleared, and cannot be entered again. Discarded ticket entries for the bonus table will still acquire entries as described in subparagraph (3)(b)1. Example: A player enters six (6) Game 1636 tickets but has not entered all other Eligible tickets to complete a bonus table row. Two of Game 1636 tickets will be discarded for the purposes of filling bonus table rows but will still acquire entries as described in subparagraph (3)(b)1. Once a bonus table row has been completed, the row will clear and be available for new entries. When the entire BUCKS Family of Games (#1636, 1637, 1638, 1639, and 1640) is entered during the same Drawing Entry Period, fifty (50) bonus entries will be earned. The entire BUCKS Family does not need to be entered simultaneously but must be entered during the same Drawing Entry Period to earn the bonus entries. Multiple BUCKS families may be entered; each complete family entered during the same Drawing Entry Period will receive 50 additional entries. Tickets entered during one Drawing Entry Period will not be carried over into subsequent Drawing Entry Period/s. (c) Promo Codes. Promo Codes provide additional entries into a drawing and must be entered at the same time an Eligible ticket is entered. Promo codes designated for a specific Drawing Entry Period cannot be used in another Drawing Entry Period and can only be used one time. Various promo codes will be available for each of the three (3) Drawing Entry Periods during the Bonus Play via Florida Lottery social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter)); Gas Station TV (GSTV); In-Store Animation L-Bars; and digital overlays on Online Video ad placements. (4) Entry Periods and Drawings. The Florida Lottery will conduct three (3) drawings during the Bonus Play. Winners for each drawing will be randomly selected from entries submitted and received before midnight (ET) of a Drawing Entry Period end date, as identified in the table below. Entries from one Drawing Entry Period are not carried over into subsequent Drawing Entry Period/s. Winners will be randomly selected using a certified random number generation process. The drawing shall be public, held in Tallahassee, Florida, and witnessed by an accountant employed by an independent certified public accounting firm. The Drawing Entry Periods, Drawing Dates, and Winner Announced dates are: DRAWING ENTRY PERIOD (all dates are inclusive) DRAWING DATE WINNERS ANNOUNCED July1 – July 12, 2026 July 14, 2026 July 16, 2026 July 13 – 26, 2026 July 28, 2026 July 30, 2026 July 27 – August 9, 2026 August 11, 2026 August 13, 2026 (a) The winners in a drawing will be announced and posted on floridalottery.com on the “WINNERS ANNOUNCED” dates, set forth in the table above, or as soon thereafter as possible. (b) In each drawing, a total of 314 valid entries will be drawn. Prizes will be awarded in the quantities set forth in the table in subsection (5), below, and awarded to players in the order in which they were drawn. Remaining entries will be alternates and used in the order in which they were drawn and in the order of need to select alternate winners in the event a winner cannot be notified, as set forth in subsection (6), below, fails to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (7), below, or in the event an entry is disqualified. A player can only win one prize in a Bonus Play drawing. If a second/subsequent entry for a player is pulled in a drawing, that second/subsequent entry will be disqualified. A player may win in each drawing. (5) Available Prizes, Prize Amount/Value, and Number of Winners: PRIZE AMOUNT/VALUE NUMBER OF WINNERS PER DRAWING TOTAL NUMBER OF WINNERS (Over All Drawings) TOTAL PRIZE AMOUNTS (Over All Drawings) TOP PRIZE $20,000 2 6 $120,000 2nd Prize $5,000 5 15 $75,000 3rd Prize Florida Lottery Merchandize Prize Package valued at $583 150 450 $300,000* (approximate value) TOTALS N/A 157 471 $495,000 *This sum covers the total cost of the Merchandise Prize Packages for all winners plus the shipping costs, which will be covered by the Florida Lottery. (6) Winner Notification. The Florida Lottery will attempt to notify each winner by telephone or email using the contact information provided in the winner’s registration data within one business day after drawing winners are posted on the Lottery’s website. The Lottery deems the winner’s registration data as the winner’s official contact information. Issuing an email or leaving a telephone message on voicemail, if available, shall constitute notification. The Lottery will not attempt to further locate a winner if attempts to reach the winner by telephone or email are unsuccessful. If the Lottery is unable to have contact by telephone or email with a winner within ten (10) calendar days of the date the winners are posted on the Lottery’s website, the winner will forfeit his/her right to claim the prize and the Lottery will select an alternate winner in accordance with subsection (4). If the Lottery is unable to have contact by email or telephone with the alternate winner within ten (10) calendar days of the date of notification, the alternate winner will forfeit his/her right to claim the prize and the Lottery will select the next alternate winner. This process will continue until an alternate is contacted or the Lottery has exhausted the list of alternates due to unsuccessful notification attempts or due to failure by a winner or an alternate winner to timely provide required claim documentation as set forth in subsection (7). The Lottery is not responsible or liable for system failures of any sort or type, including, but not exclusively, computer failures, email service failures, and telephone failures. If a prize cannot be awarded for any reason, the prize will not otherwise be awarded. (7) How to Claim a Prize. (a) To claim a prize, a winner must submit to the Florida Lottery a completed Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2, Revised 4/2026, or Spanish Winner Claim Form DOL-173-2S, Revised 4/2026, and a copy of acceptable identification as set forth in the Florida Lottery’s rule governing payment of prizes. Forms DOL 173-2 and DOL 173-2S are hereby incorporated by reference and may be obtained at any Florida Lottery office or retailer, from the Florida Lottery’s website at floridalottery.com, or by contacting: Florida Lottery, Claims Processing, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-4027. (b) A copy of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 or flrules.org. (c) The required documents must be received by the Florida Lottery no later than ten (10) calendar days after the Lottery has first notified the winner by telephone (notification by telephone is deemed complete by leaving a voicemail message, if available) or email (issuing an email constitutes notification). If the Lottery does not receive the required documents from a winner by the tenth calendar day after notification, the winner will forfeit his/her right to claim the prize and the Lottery will award the prize to an alternate winner as described in subsection (4). The same timeframe for a winner to return required documentation to the Lottery shall apply to an alternate winner. Should a player use a mailing service (U.S. Mail, FedEx, UPS, etc.) to submit documents, the risk of mailing remains with the player. The Lottery is not responsible for delays in mailing or lost/stolen mail. (8) Award of Drawing Prizes. Upon the Florida Lottery’s timely receipt of a winner’s required documentation, the Lottery will award the prize to that winner, subject to applicable federal tax withholding and analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support Debt. (9) Analysis for State-Owed Debt and Child Support Debt. Prior to the award of a cash prize, a winner will be analyzed for child support debt and Florida state-owed debt. If more than one prize is awarded to a winner, a separate analysis shall occur prior to payment of each prize. If the winner is identified as owing outstanding debt to any state agency or owes child support, the debt will be offset in accordance with Section 24.115, Fla. Stat. If the debt is less than the amount of the cash prize, the balance of the prize, less applicable income tax withholding on the full prize amount, and after the debt is offset shall be awarded. If the debt is greater than any cash prize, the entire prize amount, after applicable income tax withholding on the full prize amount, will be applied to the outstanding debt. (10) Taxes. All federal, state, and/or local taxes and/or other costs and fees on all prizes will be the responsibility of winners. (11) For $20,000 cash prizes, and pursuant to applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Service code, federal income taxes will be withheld at a rate of twenty-four percent (24%) for U.S. citizens and legal U.S. residents and at a rate of thirty percent (30%) for nonresident winners on both the $5,000 and $20,000 prizes. (12) A winner is not required to submit the Eligible ticket he/she entered to claim a prize. (13) If a prize is not awarded for any reason, it will not otherwise be awarded, and players will not otherwise be compensated. (14) Other Restrictions and Provisions. (a) A player must be at least 18 years of age. (b) All prizes are subject to the provisions of chapter 24, Fla. Stat., and rules promulgated thereunder. Prizes will be paid in accordance with the Florida Lottery’s rule governing payment of prizes, Emergency Rule 53ER26-30, Payment of Prizes, F.A.C. Copies of the current prize payment rule can be obtained from the Florida Lottery, Office of the General Counsel, 250 Marriott Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 or at flrules.org. (c) Persons prohibited by Section 24.116, Fla. Stat., from purchasing a Florida Lottery ticket are not eligible to enter this Bonus Play. (d) By entering the BUCKS Celebrate Summer Bonus Play, a player gives his/her permission for the Florida Lottery to photograph and/or videotape and record him/her with or without prior notification and to use the name, photograph, videotape, and/or recording of him/her for advertising or publicity purposes without additional compensation. (e) If there is a conflict with a provision set forth in this Emergency Rule and any promotional materials, including, but not limited to, point of sale, television, radio and print advertising, and other promotional media/materials, the terms of this Emergency Rule shall prevail.