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Motown Lottery Club, LLC is a provider of lottery services to persons who wish to play any of the lottery games offered by the Michigan Lottery. Motown Lottery Club, LLC offers a Pooling Service. This service is not associated with the Michigan Lottery, Mega Millions or Classic Lotto 47, but is a separate service offered by Motown Lottery Club, LLC. Pooling Service Motown Lottery Club, LLC acts as an agent for persons who wish to share ownership of Michigan Lottery tickets (e.g.,Mega Millions, Classic Lotto47, etc.) with other persons by pooling their money and sharing the ticket ownership and any winnings. Because Motown Lottery Club, LLC creates many pools, not all players will share all winnings. Each pool becomes a subset of the main club. As an agent for each person, Motown Lottery Club, LLC provides the following service: Motown Lottery Club, LLC purchases Easy Pick Michigan lottery tickets from a licensed Michigan lottery ticket agent, locates other persons wishing to pool their money, assigns each person to the tickets that are purchased, sends a Confirmation Certificate to each person listing the numbers for all the tickets in their pool that are purchased for each drawing date that they will be sharing with other persons, purchases the lottery tickets on behalf of each person, stamps the back of each ticket designating Motown Lottery Club, LLC as agent for the persons sharing the tickets, checks each ticket for winnings, maintains ownership records for each person, sends a Winnings Statement to each person after the last drawing of their selection listing the results of each drawing, and oversees the collection and distribution of all winnings. The cost of these services as well as the cost of the tickets is included in the price of each Motown Lottery Club, LLC selection. All tickets will be purchased with the lump sum cash payment option unless that option is not available. Motown Lottery Club, LLC creates various lottery pools, which are offered through its’ order form. These pools are referred to as Motown Pool selections. The compositional structure of these pools is complex, but to simplify the explanation, Motown Lottery Club, LLC uses common phrases such as “Pool Size 50”, “Pool Size 25”, “Pool Size 10” or “group size of 25” etc. In every such simplified phrase, each selection on the order form equals one share of the pool. Therefore, in the examples above, the person would own 1/50th, 1/25th or 1/10th of the pool and they would receive 1/50th, 1/25th or 1/10th of the winnings. The price of any selection represents a single share. A person can purchase multiple shares in a group size of 25 as well as a single share. For example, a person can purchase two shares in a group size of 25, in which case the person would increase their proportionate share of the winnings to 2/25ths. All the numbers that a person owns jointly with others in a Motown Pool are listed on the Confirmation Certificate that is issued to them. There are no other numbers in their group size 50, 25 or 10 that they share. The Confirmation Certificate also shows the pool size selected and the number of shares purchased in the MIPool. Michigan law currently prohibits ticket purchases by persons under the age of 18. Federal law requires Michigan addresses for all mailings. (Subscribers do not have to be Michigan residents but they must have an Michigan mailing address.) Subscribers have up to one year, after their last play, to use or claim the balance in their account and claims can be made over the telephone. A check will be issued within 10 days. Balances not claimed after one year will revert to Motown Lottery Club, LLC. If a person’s payment for a Motown Pool selection is returned or rejected by the bank, all claims to any ticket ownership and winnings WILL BE FORFEITED and a $15 charge may be assessed. PAYMENTS WILL NOT BE RESUBMITTED AND TICKET OWNERSHIP CANNOT BE RECLAIMED. If time and/or workload permits, Motown Lottery Club, LLC will attempt to contact the person whose payment was returned or rejected to see if they want to re-order a new play, however, under no circumstances will Motown Lottery Club, LLC be responsible for a person missing any lottery drawings because of a returned or rejected payment. It is up to each person to make sure that they have the funds available and that Motown Lottery Club, LLC has the correct account number, expiration date, or any other pertinent information. If a person’s payment was valid, but due to an unforeseen event, Motown Lottery Club, LLC does not purchase lottery tickets for a particular drawing, Motown Lottery Club, LLC will have the option of providing a proportionate credit or refund, provide additional chances, i.e., an additional night of drawings, or make a substitution with chances from another lottery game. Such events might include, but are not limited to the following: The lottery machines are not functioning properly, the Michigan Lottery has modified or eliminated a game that directly affects the person’s selection, or some other error or omission on the part of the Lottery or Motown Lottery Club, LLC occurs which results in Motown Lottery Club, LLC not purchasing lottery tickets for a particular drawing. Motown Lottery Club, LLC’s liability as a result of any error, omission, act, or negligence relating in any way to its service shall be limited to the cost of the person’s selection ordered. Prices, selections, bonuses, and any and all terms of the Pooling and Renewal services are subject to change. All changes will be updated and maintained at www.motownlotto.com. The invalidity or unenforceability of any portion of this agency relationship agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other portion of this agreement, each of which shall remain in full force and effect. Last Updated: 11/1/2006