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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 04-922

NOTICES

Pennsylvania Bullseye Bingo Instant Lottery Game

[34 Pa.B. 2758]

   Under the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-101--3761-314) and 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 Bullseye Bingo.

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

   3.  Play Symbols:

   (a)  Each Pennsylvania Bullseye 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 a Dart Symbol. The Dart Symbol is a free spot.

   (b)  Each ticket will also contain a ''Caller's Card'' area. The ''Caller's Card'' area will consist of 30 squares in a 3 × 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.

   (c)  Each Pennsylvania Bullseye Bingo instant lottery game ticket will also contain a ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area. The play symbols and their captions located in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area are:  Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) and TRY AGAIN.

   4.  Prize Play Symbols:  The prize play symbols and their captions located in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area are:  $2.00 (TWO DOL), $4.00 (FOR DOL), $5.00 (FIV DOL), $6.00 (SIX DOL), $10.00 (TEN DOL), $20$ (TWENTY), $30$ (THIRTY), $40$ (FORTY), $50$ (FIFTY), $100 (ONE HUN), $250 (TWOHUNFTY) and $500 (FIV HUN).

   5.  Prizes:  The prizes that can be won in on ''Card 1,'' ''Card 2,'' ''Card 3'' or ''Card 4'' are $2, $5, $10, $20, $100, $250, $500 and $20,000. The prizes that can be won in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area are $2, $4, $5, $6, $10, $20, $30, $40, $50, $100, $250 and $500. The player can win up to four times on a ticket.

   6.  Approximate Number of Tickets Printed for the Game:  Approximately 14,400,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Bullseye Bingo instant lottery game.

   7.  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 $20,000.

   (b)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $500 (FIV HUN) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

   (c)  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 $500.

   (d)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $250 (TWOHUNFTY) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $250.

   (e)  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 $250.

   (f)  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 $250.

   (g)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

   (h)  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.

   (i)  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.

   (j)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $50$ (FIFTY) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $50.

   (k)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $40$ (FORTY) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $40.

   (l)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $30$ (THIRTY) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $30.

   (m)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $20$ (TWENTY) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

   (n)  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.

   (o)  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.

   (p)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

   (q)  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.

   (r)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $6.00 (SIX DOL) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $6.

   (s)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.

   (t)  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.

   (u)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $4.00 (FOR DOL) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $4.

   (v)  Holders of tickets with a Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE) in the ''HIT THE BULLSEYE!'' area and a prize play symbol of $2.00 (TWO DOL) to the right of the Bullseye Symbol (HTBSEYE), on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $2.

   (w)  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.

   (x)  A player may win more than one prize on a ticket; however, the player cannot win more than one prize on each ''Card.''

   8.  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
ApproximateWinners Per 14,400,000
Get Bingo With:   Win: Odds of 1 In: Tickets
LINE CARD 1 $2 37.50 384,000
LINE CARD 2 $2 37.50 384,000
LINE CARD 4 $2 37.50 384,000
BULLSEYE PRIZE $2 30 480,000
LINE CARD 1 + LINE CARD 2 $4 37.50 384,000
LINE CARD 2 + LINE CARD 4 $4 37.50 384,000
BULLSEYE PRIZE $4 60 240,000
LINE CARD 3 $5 100 144,000
BULLSEYE PRIZE $5 100 144,000
LINE CARD 1 + LINE CARD 2 + LINE    CARD 4 $6 300 48,000
BULLSEYE PRIZE $6 300 48,000
4 CORNERS CARD 1 $10 150 96,000
BULLSEYE PRIZE $10 150 96,000
LINE CARDS 1, 2 3 & 4 $11 150 96,000
4 CORNERS CARD 2 $20 750 19,200
4 CORNERS CARD 3 $20 750 19,200
4 CORNERS CARD 4 $20 750 19,200
DIAMOND CARD 1 $20 750 19,200
BULLSEYE PRIZE $20 750 19,200
4 CORNERS CARD 1 + 4 CORNERS    CARD 2 $30 500 28,800
4 CORNERS CARD 1 + 4 CORNERS    CARD 3 $30 1,500 9,600
4 CORNERS CARD 1 + 4 CORNERS    CARD 4 $30 1,500 9,600
BULLSEYE PRIZE $30 300 48,000
4 CORNERS CARD 3 + 4 CORNERS    CARD 4 $40 4,000 3,600
DIAMOND CARD 1 + 4 CORNERS    CARD 4 $40 4,000 3,600
BULLSEYE PRIZE $40 4,000 3,600
4 CORNERS CARDS 1, 2 & 3 $50 12,000 1,200
BULLSEYE PRIZE $50 3,750 3,840
DIAMOND CARD 2 $100 24,000 600
DIAMOND CARD 3 $100 24,000 600
''X'' CARD 1 $100 24,000 600
BULLSEYE PRIZE $100 24,000 600
''X'' CARD 2 $250 120,000 120
DIAMOND CARD 4 $250 60,000 240
BULLSEYE PRIZE $250 120,000 120
''X'' CARD 2 + DIAMOND CARD 4 $500 120,000 120
''X'' CARD 3 $500 120,000 120
BULLSEYE PRIZE $500 120,000 120
''X'' CARD 4 $20,000 2,400,000 6
BULLSEYE PRIZE = GET A BULLSEYE WIN PRIZE AUTOMATICALLY

   9.  Retailer Incentive Awards:  The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Bullseye 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).

   10.  Unclaimed Prize Money:  For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania Bullseye Bingo, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Bullseye 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 Bullseye 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.

   11.  Governing Law:  In purchasing a ticket, the customer agrees to comply with and abide by the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-101--3761-314), 61 Pa. Code Part V (relating to State Lotteries) and the provisions contained in this notice.

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

GREGORY C. FAJT,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-922. Filed for public inspection May 21, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]


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