04/05/2023
COPY OF OUR CONTRACT, IF you want to join an event please read as in order to be in the group, you must agree to this contract
LOTTERY SCRATCH AND POOL CONTRACT
At the request of Florida's Shady Scratcher & The Honest Folk's Lottery Club designed this model contract that can be used by group lottery pools.
1. I am the Group Leader for this draw/scratch and, as such, I have absolute discretion, including determining who my play or not play in this event.
2. If your signature is not on this group-play form, then you are not a member of this lottery group.
3. If you have not paid in full for this draw/scratch prior to purchase of the tickets, or the first scratch then you are not a member of this lottery group.
4. Eachlottery event and each lottery group-play form is a new agreement to play the lottery. As such, there is no "regular" group or "regular" member. The group-play form as signed, and the money as paid in advance of each ticket purchase, deter- mines the lottery group for this particular draw.
5. Ifa person is sick or on vacation or otherwise unavailable to sign this form or to contribute their money, then he/she is not a member of this group. There is noo legal or moral obligation on the part of the Group Leader or otheri contribute on his/her behalf.
6. As Group Leader, I shall manage this list, collect members' contributions, pur- chase the tickets, distribute copies ofthe tickets along with the list of group mem- bers prior to the draw, validate the tickets after the draw and report the results of the draw as soon as reasonably possible, but in every case, prior to the next draw.
7. The Group Leader will purchase or repurchase Quick Picks without Encore in his/ her discretion. There is no ownership in any particular group of numbers played.
8. Ifthe group wins free tickets in a draw, then the tickets will be replayed in isolation immediately by the same group in the next draw as a separate group draw (and so on, if more free tickets are won). No new members may join this group.
9. If the group wins cash in a draw, then it will be distributed equally among mem- bers of the group, or used to purchase tickets in the next draw by the same group.
10. If there is a dispute among members of the lottery group about any aspect of the groups' play, the dispute shall not be resolved in the courts but instead will be resolved by an independent certified arbitrator selected by the Group Leader and a simple majority of the members of the lottery group. The arbitrator's decision shall be final. The arbitrator shall determine who is responsible for his/her costs.
11. The members of the group have a duty of good faith to each other and will treat each other fairly and with respect.
12. The Group Leader has no liability for his/her work as Group Leader other than to manage the group's money honestly, either by purchasing tickets as set out above, or returning their money to them in the event tickets are not purchased. The members of the group hereby release the Group Leader from all liability in all other respects.
13. By signing this form, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the above terms.
