1 1 TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS 2 BEFORE THE 3 TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION 4 AUSTIN, TEXAS 5 6 7 IN RE: ) ) 8 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ) 16 TAC ยง401.317 Powerball ) 9 ON-LINE GAME RULE ) 10 11 12 13 PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING 14 Tuesday, June 30, 2015 15 16 17 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT at 11:03 a.m., on 18 Tuesday, the 30th day of June 2015, the above-entitled 19 matter came on for hearing at the Texas Lottery 20 Commission, 611 East Sixth Street, Commission 21 Auditorium, Austin, Texas, before DEANNE RIENSTRA, 22 Office of General Counsel; and the following proceedings 23 were reported via machine shorthand by Lou Ray, 24 Certified Shorthand Reporter. 25 2 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015 3 (11:03 a.m.) 4 MS. RIENSTRA: Good morning. The time is 5 11:03 a.m., on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. My name is 6 Deanne Rienstra. I am an Assistant General Counsel for 7 the Texas Lottery Commission. With me today is Robert 8 Tirloni, Products and Drawing Manager for the Lottery 9 Operations Division of the Texas Lottery Commission. 10 The purpose of this hearing is to receive 11 public comment on the proposed amendments to the 12 Powerball Game Rule. That would be 16 TAC 401.317. In 13 addition to this public comment hearing, the Commission 14 is accepting written comments by mail, email and 15 facsimile. Written comments should be submitted no 16 later than Monday, July 13, 2015. 17 This hearing notice was published in the 18 Texas Register on June 12, 2015. The primary purpose of 19 the adopted amendments is to make changes to the game 20 matrix, to offer a new multiplier level to the Power 21 Play add-on feature, and to incorporate additional 22 conforming language as needed as a result of the Texas 23 Lottery's membership in the Multi-State Lottery 24 Association or MUSL, M-U-S-L. The first drawing under 25 these amendments is anticipated to occur on or around 3 1 October 7th, 2015. 2 This rule will be presented for adoption 3 with nonsubstantive conforming changes due to rule 4 amendments approved by MUSL on June 25th, 2015. More 5 specifically, Section (k)(3) has language to clarify 6 that the 10x multiplier -- that the 10x Power Play 7 Multiplier will be available only when the initially 8 advertised grand prize amount is $150 million or less. 9 Section (k)(4) clarifies the prize payout for percentage 10 variance and adds a reference to section (k)(4)(D). 11 Also there is a new column heading entitled Chance of 12 Reoccurrence that is added to the chart in Figure 16 TAC 13 Section 401.317(k)(4(D). 14 We have not received any witness 15 affirmation forms this morning. At this time we are 16 going to take a 10-minute break and then resume the 17 hearing at that time. So we are off the record at 18 11:05. 19 (Recess: 11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.) 20 MS. RIENSTRA: We are back on the record 21 at 11:15, and I would like to make one more note about 22 the changes to the -- or the proposed amendments to the 23 Powerball Game. One additional reason for the amendment 24 is to allow a player to make a play by using a QR code 25 or a previously purchased draw game ticket. Changes are 4 1 being made to the Commission's other draw game rules in 2 a separate rulemaking process to achieve this same 3 effect. 4 Having received no witness affirmation 5 forms and no member of the public is here today, we will 6 close this public comment hearing at 11:16 a.m.. We're 7 off the record. 8 (Proceedings concluded at 11:16 a.m.) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 5 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 STATE OF TEXAS ) 3 COUNTY OF TRAVIS ) 4 I, Lou Ray, Certified Shorthand Reporter 5 in and for the State of Texas, do hereby certify 6 that the above-mentioned matter occurred as 7 hereinbefore set out. 8 I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT the proceedings of 9 such were reported by me or under my supervision, 10 later reduced to typewritten form under my 11 supervision and control and that the foregoing pages 12 are a full, true, and correct transcription of the 13 original notes. 14 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my 15 hand and seal this 10th day of July, 2015. 16 17 _______________________________ 18 LOU RAY Certified Shorthand Reporter 19 CSR No. 1791 - Expires 12/31/15 20 Firm Registration No. 276 Kennedy Reporting Service, Inc. 21 7800 N. MoPac Expressway, Suite 120 Austin, Texas 78759 22 512.474.2233 23 24 25