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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-1221

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Pennsylvania Double Bingo Instant Lottery Game

[27 Pa.B. 3863]

   Under the provisions of the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-1--3761-15), and the provisions of 61 Pa. Code §  819.203 (relating to notice of instant game rules), the Secretary of Revenue hereby provides public notice of the rules for the following instant lottery game:

   1.  Name: The name of the game is Pennsylvania Double Bingo.

   2.  Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Double Bingo instant lottery game ticket is $2.00.

   3.  Play Symbols: Each Pennsylvania Double Bingo instant lottery game ticket will contain four play areas designated as ''Card 1,'' ''Card 2,'' ''Card 3,'' and ''Card 4.'' The 77 play symbols located in the four play areas are: The numbers 1 through 75, FREE and DBL. Each ticket will also contain a ''Caller's Card'' area. The ''Caller's Card'' area will consist of 30 squares in a 3 x 10 grid. The play symbols that may be located in each square are: The letter B with a number 1 through 15; the letter I with a number 16 through 30; the letter N with a number 31 through 45; the letter G with a number 46 through 60; and the letter O with a number 61 through 75.

   4.  Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are $2, $4, $5, $10, $20, $100, $500, $1,000 and $25,000. The player can win up to 4 times on a ticket.

   5.  Approximate Number of Tickets Printed For the Game: Approximately 15 million tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Double Bingo instant lottery game.

   6.  Determination of Prize Winners:

   (a)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in an X extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corners on ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $25,000.

   (b)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in an X extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corners on ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

   (c)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one square in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

   (d)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in an X extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corners on ''Card 2,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

   (e)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in an X extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corners on ''Card 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

   (f)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one square in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 2'' or ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

   (g)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one square in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

   (h)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the four corners on ''Card 2,'' ''Card 3'' or ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

   (i)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the four corners on ''Card 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

   (j)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols and with a DBL play symbol appearing in one of spaces in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

   (k)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $5.

   (l)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols and with a DBL play symbol appearing in one of spaces in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 1,'' ''Card 2'' or ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $4.

   (m)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 1,'' ''Card 2'' or ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $2.

   7.  Number and Description of Prizes and Approximate Odds: The following table sets forth the approximate number of winners, amounts of prizes, and approximate odds of winning:

Approximate No. of
Get BingoApproximateWinners Per 15,000,000
With:WinOddsTickets
Line-Card 1 $2       1:15 1,000,000
Line-Card 2 $2       1:44.12    340,000
Line-Card 4 $2       1:30    500,000
Line-Card 1 Doubler $4       1:75    200,000
Line-Card 2 Doubler $4       1:93.75    160,000
Line-Card 4 Doubler $4       1:107.14    140,000
Line-Card 1 + Line-Card 2 $4       1:50    300,000
Line-Card 2 + Line-Card 4 $4       1:75    200,000
Line-Card 3 $5       1:30    500,000
Line-Card 1 + Line-Card 2 +
   Line-Card 4 		$6       1:50    300,000
Line-Card 3 Doubler $10       1:750      20,000
Corner-Card 1 $10       1:750      20,000
Line-Card 1 + Line-Card 2 +
   Line-Card 3 + Line-Card 4		$11       1:125    120,000
Corner-Card 2 $20       1:375      40,000
Corner-Card 3 $20       1:750      20,000
Corner-Card 4 $20       1:750      20,000
Diamond-Card 1 $20       1:750      20,000
Corner-Card 1 + Corner-Card 4 $30       1:1,000      15,000
Corner-Card 1 + Corner-Card 3 $30       1:930.23      16,125
Corner-Card 3 + Corner-Card 4 $40       1:4,000        3,750
Diamond-Card 1 + Corner-Card 4 $40       1:6,000        2,500
Diamond-Card 2 $100       1:12,000        1,250
Diamond-Card 3 $100       1:12,000        1,250
''X''-Card 1 $100       1:15,000        1,000
''X''-Card 2 $500       1:60,000         250
Diamond-Card 4 $500       1:60,000         250
''X''-Card 2 + Diamond-Card 4 $1,000       1:120,000         125
''X''-Card 3 $1,000       1:120,000         125
''X''-Card 4 $25,000       1:1,000,000           15

   8.  Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Double Bingo instant lottery game tickets. The conduct of the game will be governed by 61 Pa. Code §  819.222 (relating to retailer bonuses and incentives).

   9.  Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania Double Bingo, prize money on winning Pennsylvania Double Bingo instant lottery game tickets will be retained by the Secretary for payment to the persons entitled thereto. If no claim is made within 1 year of the announced close of the Pennsylvania Double Bingo instant lottery game, the right of a ticket holder to claim the prize represented by the ticket, if any, will expire and the prize money will be paid into the State Lottery Fund and used for purposes provided for by statute.

   10.  Governing Law: In purchasing a ticket, the customer agrees to comply with and abide by the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-1--3761-15), the regulations contained in Part V of Title 61 of the Pennsylvania Code (relating to State Lotteries) and the provisions contained in this notice.

   11.  Termination of the Game: The Secretary may announce a termination date, after which no further tickets from this game may be sold. Such announcement will be disseminated through media used to advertise or promote Pennsylvania Double Bingo or through normal communications methods.

ROBERT A. JUDGE, Sr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1221. Filed for public inspection August 1, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]


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