177-099-0000 Definitions

For the purposes of Keno, the following definitions apply except as otherwise specifically provided in OAR Chapter 177 or unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Exchange ticket” means a computer-generated, printed paper issued by a terminal to replace a game ticket that had been purchased for play in multiple drawings and was validated before the latest drawing appearing on the game ticket. An exchange ticket shall contain the exact game play and future drawing dates appearing on the validated game ticket it is replacing and shall have all other characteristics of a game ticket except as otherwise stated in these rules. An exchange ticket shall not contain a ticket price.

(2) “Game play” means the number or group of numbers appearing on a ticket for a particular spot which is compared to the winning numbers, selected at the drawings appearing on the ticket, to determine the prize payment for which the ticket may be redeemed.

(3) “Game slip” or “play slip” means a paper form used by a player to select a game play, that indicates the amount the player will play on the ticket containing the game play, the number of drawings in which the ticket will be played, the choice to play the Special Keno option, and the choice to select the Keno Multiplier option. Only one game play may be marked on each game slip.

(4) “Game ticket” or “ticket” means a computer-generated, printed paper issued by a terminal as a receipt for the game play selected by a player and which contains the following: the caption “Keno”, one game play, the dates of the drawings in which the ticket may be played, the number of consecutive drawings in which the ticket may be played, the identifying number for each such drawing, the price of the ticket, a six-digit retailer number, a serial number, a bar code, the phrase “Special Keno” if that option has been selected, and the phrase “Keno Multiplier” if that option has been selected.

(5) “Keno Multiplier” means the Keno and Special Keno play option whereby a player, by paying an additional one dollar for each dollar wagered on a Keno or Special Keno game play, may be entitled to receive a larger prize for correctly selecting winning numbers. Keno Multiplier multiplies the amount of certain prizes won in a game play. Keno Multiplier is an optional, limited extension of the Keno and Special Keno game and is effective beginning at 6:00 A.M., April 7, 2003.

(6) “Quick Pick” means the random selection of numbers by a terminal that appear as the game play on a ticket.

(7) “Special Keno” means an optional variation of the Keno prize payment and odds structure as defined in OAR 177-099-0090 which may be selected by the player.

(8) “Spot” means the amount of numbers a player may play for a game play. A player may play from one spot, i.e., one number, to ten spots, i.e., ten different numbers.

(9) “Winning numbers” means the twenty numbers, from one to eighty, that are selected at each drawing that are used to determine winning game plays contained on the game tickets.

177-099-0010 Game Description

(1) Keno is a 20/80 Lottery game with set prize amounts. For each drawing, a player may choose to play from one to ten spots and a corresponding selection of number choices from one to eighty. That is the player's game play. The Lottery then selects twenty winning numbers from one to eighty. The Lottery awards prizes based on the extent to which the game play appearing on a player's ticket matches the winning numbers in a drawing for which the player's ticket was purchased.

177-099-0020 Price

(1) The price of a ticket is determined by the amount of money a player chooses to play on the game plays selected, multiplied by the number of drawings in which the ticket will be played. A player may also choose the Keno Multiplier option that will increase the cost of the ticket by $1.00 for every $1.00 wagered.

(2) A ticket may be purchased for one drawing or for multiple, consecutive drawings.

(a) A player may purchase a ticket for a single drawing for $1.00 to $5.00, in whole dollar amounts, $10.00, or $20.00.

(b) The price of a ticket for play in multiple, consecutive drawings is the price of a ticket for a single drawing, ranging from $1.00 to $5.00, $10.00 or $20.00 as selected by the player, multiplied by the number of consecutive drawings in which the ticket will be played.

(3) The minimum ticket price for multiple, consecutive drawings is $2.00 ($1 x 2 consecutive drawings = $2).

(4) The maximum ticket price for any Keno ticket is $100.00.

(5) A ticket purchased for multiple, consecutive drawings is limited solely to the following options: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, 50, or 100 consecutive drawings so long as the price of a ticket does not exceed $100.00.

(6) If a player adds the Keno Multiplier option to a Keno or Special Keno game play, the player may only play a maximum of 50 consecutive draws at $2, for a total of $100.

(7) A game slip indicating a price greater than $100 is automatically rejected by the terminal.

177-099-0030 Ticket Purchase, Characteristics, and Restrictions

(1)(a) General: Keno tickets may be purchased every day of the year during the hours of operation of the Lottery’s On-Line game system and a Lottery retailer’s business hours.

(b) Default: A player may purchase a ticket for play under either the Keno prize structure set forth in OAR 177-099-0080, or the Special Keno prize structure set forth in OAR 177-099-0090. If a player does not select the Special Keno option when purchasing a ticket, the ticket is played under the Keno prize structure.

(c) Multiplier Option: A player may purchase the Keno Multiplier option on any Keno or Special Keno game play as set forth in OAR 177-099-0020(6). If a player does not select the Keno Multiplier option when purchasing a ticket, the ticket is played under the Keno or Special Keno prize structure.

(2)(a) Ticket purchase: Tickets may be purchased either from a terminal operated by a retailer, i.e., a clerk-operated terminal, or from a terminal operated by the player, i.e., a player-operated terminal. To play Keno, a player must complete a game slip for input into a terminal, request a Quick Pick from a clerk, or request a Quick Pick using a player-operated terminal.

(b) Completing a game slip: A player must choose a game play by one of two methods. A player may select from one to ten numbers from the eighty number choices contained on the game slip. Alternatively, the player may select the Quick Pick option. A player must also complete the selections on the game slip regarding the amount of money to be played on the ticket per drawing, the number of multiple, consecutive drawings in which to play the ticket and the price of the ticket. The player may select the Special Keno option or the Keno Multiplier option.

(c) Purchasing a ticket from a clerk-operated terminal: After the player completes a game slip and submits it along with the price of the ticket to the clerk, the clerk shall use the terminal to issue a ticket to the player. The player may also request that a clerk, without using a game slip, electronically submit a request for a Quick Pick through the terminal with the player informing the clerk of the number of spots to be played, the amount of money to be played on the ticket per drawing, the number of multiple, consecutive drawings in which to play the ticket, and whether the player wants the Special Keno option or the Keno Multiplier option.

(d) Purchasing a ticket from a player-operated terminal: A player may purchase a ticket from a player-operated terminal by following the instructions appearing on the screen of the terminal. Once the player has completed the game slip and inserted it and paid the price of the ticket into the terminal, the terminal will issue a ticket to the player. The player may also request a Quick Pick without using a game slip by using the player-operated terminal. A player requesting a Quick Pick from a player-operated terminal without using a game slip must select either the Keno or Special Keno option, the number of spots to be played, the amount of money to be played on the ticket per drawing, the number of multiple, consecutive drawings to be played, and whether the player wants the Keno Multiplier option.

177-099-0040 Cancellation of Tickets

A player may cancel a Keno ticket. To cancel a ticket, a player must follow the procedure in OAR 177-046-0060.

177-099-0050 Drawings

(1) General: Drawings shall take place at such times and upon such intervals as determined by the Director. Drawings shall normally take place at four-minute intervals. The last drawing shall take place just prior to the deactivation of the On-Line game system for the day.

(2) Objective: Each drawing randomly selects twenty numbers from a possible eighty numbers that are the winning numbers. The winning numbers selected at each drawing are generated through the use of a computer-driven random number generator.

(3) Selection of the Keno Multiplier Number: The Lottery will conduct a separate random Keno Multiplier drawing and announce the result prior to each of the regular Keno drawings by displaying the Keno Multiplier number on the Keno monitor immediately prior to each new Keno game drawn and after the previous game pool closes. During each random Keno Multiplier drawing, one number will be selected. The Keno Multiplier numbers available for selection are 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10. The Keno Multiplier number selected at each drawing is generated through the use of a computer-driven random number generator in accordance with the provisions of OAR 177-046-0080.

177-099-0060 Ticket Validation Requirements

For a ticket to be valid and eligible to receive prize payment, the ticket must be validated in accordance with the provisions of OAR Chapter 177.

(2) A game ticket containing a winning game play and purchased for play in multiple, consecutive drawings may be validated prior to the occurrence of future drawings for which the game ticket was purchased. An exchange ticket shall be issued, at the time the original game ticket is validated, for the remainder of the drawings appearing on the validated game ticket.

177-099-0080 Keno Prizes

Section (1) of this rule specifies prizes for Keno drawings.
(1) Prizes for each drawing are determined and awarded based on how many numbers contained in a game play on a ticket match the winning numbers selected at that drawing. Prizes are determined separately for each spot category. Prizes per one dollar wagered, based upon potential sales of $8,911,711.18 per drawing, are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (4) Except as provided in OAR 177-099-0100, the highest potential prize for a Special Keno ticket per drawing is $1,000,000. A prize-winning player is paid in one lump sum for all prizes under $1,000,000. A $1,000,000 Special Keno prize is paid either as a $1,000,000 annuity payable in twenty-five equal annual payments, or as a lump sum of $500,000. All Special Keno prizes are capped at $1,000,000. However, Jackpot Bonus prizes awarded are in addition to the $1,000,000 prize.

(5) Special Keno prizes multiply according to the amount played per drawing. If a ticket shows a wager of 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, or 20 dollars per drawing on a winning game play, the prize shown above for a $1 wager shall multiply, up to $1,000,000, according to the wager amount shown on the winning ticket. If a prize is multiplied by the amount played and the aggregate prize amount exceeds the amount authorized in section (4) of this rule as the highest potential prize for Special Keno, the winner will receive the $1,000,000 annuitized prize.

(6) Upon the Lottery’s determination that the ticket is a winning ticket, the winner of a $1,000,000 annuitized prize has the option to receive a lump sum payment of $500,000 instead of the annuitized prize payments.

(a) Within 60 days of the date of validation of the $1,000,000 ticket, the winner, prior to receiving any prize payment from the Lottery, may acknowledge in writing the winner’s election to receive either the lump sum payment or the annuitized prize payments. Subject to the limited exception provided in section (b) below, a winner’s election is irrevocable once the winner’s written election is received by the Lottery.

(b) A prize winner who has elected the annuitized prize payments or who has failed to make an election and is placed on the annuitized prize payments, may be permitted, at the Lottery’s sole discretion, to convert to the lump sum payment provided the Lottery has not yet made any payments to the prize winner. Once the Lottery makes any payment, the choice of payment is irrevocably fixed.

(c) Multiple $1,000,000 annuitized prize winners, jointly claiming ownership of a ticket in accordance with OAR 177-046-0100(2), shall make individual determinations whether to exercise the option to receive their portion of the prize in the form of a lump sum payment.

(d) In the event a $1,000,000 annuitized prize winner does not exercise the option to receive a lump sum payment within 60 days of the date of the validation of the ticket, the winner shall receive the annuitized prize.

(e) A $1,000,000 annuitized prize winner is under no obligation to exercise the option made available by this rule to receive a lump sum payment in lieu of receiving annuitized prize payments.

(7) For each drawing, a player may receive (subject to the validation requirements set forth in OAR 177-099-0060) only the highest single prize for which a ticket containing a winning game play is eligible.

(8) Prize payments must be claimed, and are made, in accordance with the provisions of OAR 177-070-0025.

177-099-0095 Keno Multiplier Option

(1) When the Keno Multiplier option is selected on a winning Keno or Special Keno game ticket, the prize amount is multiplied by the Keno Multiplier number. The Keno Multiplier number (1, 2, 3, 5, or 10) is randomly selected prior to each drawing.

(2) The following table sets forth the probability of the various Keno Multiplier numbers being selected during a single Keno Multiplier drawing:
(3) A prize multiplied by the Keno Multiplier is subject to all Keno or Special Keno rules applicable to the particular prize won.

(4) The Director, in the Director’s sole discretion, is authorized to initiate and terminate the Keno Multiplier option.

177-099-0100 Keno Jackpot Bonus

(1) In addition to the prizes described in OAR 177-099-0080 and 177-099-0090, 2.10% of gross Keno sales for each Drawing shall be allocated evenly between three prize pools held in reserve as an additional prize for winners of the top prize in the 6, 7, and 8 spot categories, i.e., 6 out of 6, 7 out of 7, and 8 out of 8 (see table below). A jackpot bonus prize shall be awarded when a ticket wins the top prize for either the 6, 7, or 8 Spot under OAR 177-099-0080 or OAR 177-099-0090. If the jackpot bonus prize pool for a specific Spot is not won, the jackpot bonus prize pool for that Spot continues to grow.

(2) If a game Play. on a ticket is for a 6, 7, or 8 Spot, the ticket is automatically playing for the jackpot bonus prize, as well as a prize under either OAR 177-099-0080 or OAR 177-099-0090. For example, if a Keno ticket with a 6 Spot game Play. is the only Keno or Special Keno ticket to match 6 out of 6 of the Winning Numbers, that ticket, subject to ticket validation requirements, would win the top prize for the 6 Spot under OAR 177-099-0080 ($1,600) and the accumulated jackpot bonus prize for the 6 Spot.

(3) The prize money in the jackpot bonus prize pool for a specific Spot for any given Drawing shall be divided by the number of tickets winning the top prize for that Spot under either OAR 177-099-0080 or OAR 177-099-0090. The jackpot bonus prize pool shall be divided amongst those winning tickets on a pro rata basis determined by the amount that each winning ticket played in the Drawing in which the jackpot bonus prize was won. For example, if one Keno ticket wins the top prize for the 8 Spot ($15,000) in a Drawing, and was purchased for ten(10) Drawings at $3 per Drawing, and one Special Keno ticket wins the top prize for the 8 Spot ($25,000) in the same Drawing, and was purchased for one (1) Drawing at $1, the holder of the Keno ticket would receive 75% of the prize in the jackpot bonus prize pool for the 8 Spot and the holder of the Special Keno ticket would receive the remaining 25% of the prize in that jackpot bonus prize pool.