Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10 Instant Lottery Game [40 Pa.B. 6353]
[Saturday, October 30, 2010]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 Merry Millionaire '10.
2. Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10 instant lottery game ticket is $20.
3. Play Symbols: Each Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10 instant lottery game ticket will contain one play area featuring a ''MERRY NUMBERS'' area and a ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area. The play symbols and their captions located in the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' area are: 1 (ONE), 2 (TWO), 3 (THREE), 4 (FOUR), 5 (FIVE), 6 (SIX), 7 (SEVEN), 8 (EIGHT), 9 (NINE), 10 (TEN), 11 (ELEVN), 12 (TWLV), 13 (THRTN), 14 (FORTN), 15 (FIFTN), 16 (SIXTN), 17 (SVNTN), 18 (EGHTN), 19 (NINTN), 20 (TWENT), 21 (TWYONE), 22 (TWYTWO), 23 (TWYTHR), 24 (TWYFOR), 25 (TWYFIV), 26 (TWYSIX), 27 (TWYSVN), 28 (TWYEGT), 29 (TWYNIN), 30 (THIRTY), 31 (THYONE), 32 (THYTWO), 33 (THYTHR), 34 (THYFOR), 35 (THYFIV), 36 (THYSIX), 37 (THYSVN), 38 (THYEGT), 39 (THYNIN) and 40 (FORTY). The play symbols and their captions located in the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area are: 1 (ONE), 2 (TWO), 3 (THREE), 4 (FOUR), 5 (FIVE), 6 (SIX), 7 (SEVEN), 8 (EIGHT), 9 (NINE), 10 (TEN), 11 (ELEVN), 12 (TWLV), 13 (THRTN), 14 (FORTN), 15 (FIFTN), 16 (SIXTN), 17 (SVNTN), 18 (EGHTN), 19 (NINTN), 20 (TWENT), 21 (TWYONE), 22 (TWYTWO), 23 (TWYTHR), 24 (TWYFOR), 25 (TWYFIV), 26 (TWYSIX), 27 (TWYSVN), 28 (TWYEGT), 29 (TWYNIN), 30 (THIRTY), 31 (THYONE), 32 (THYTWO), 33 (THYTHR), 34 (THYFOR), 35 (THYFIV), 36 (THYSIX), 37 (THYSVN), 38 (THYEGT), 39 (THYNIN), 40 (FORTY), Holly (HOLLY) symbol, Cash (CASH) symbol and a Merry (MERRY) symbol.
4. Prize Symbols: The prize symbols and their captions located in the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area are: $10.00 (TEN DOL), $20.00 (TWENTY), $25.00 (TWY FIV), $40.00 (FORTY), $50.00 (FIFTY), $100 (ONE HUN), $250 (TWOHUNFTY), $500 (FIV HUN), $1,000 (ONE THO), $2,500 (TWYFIVHUN), $100,000 (ONEHUNTHO) and $1MILL (ONE MIL).
5. Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are: $10, $20, $25, $40, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000, $2,500, $100,000 and $1,000,000. A player can win up to 20 times on a ticket.
6. Second-Chance Drawings: The Pennsylvania Lottery will conduct five Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 second-chance drawings for which non-winning Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10 instant lottery game tickets may be eligible as provided for in section 10.
7. Approximate Number of Tickets Printed For the Game: Approximately 1,440,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10 instant lottery game.
8. Determination of Prize Winners:
(a) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $1MILL (ONE MIL) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000,000. This prize shall be paid as a lump-sum cash payment.
(b) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $100,000 (ONEHUNTHO) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100,000.
(c) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $2,500 (TWYFIVHUN) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $2,500.
(d) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Merry (MERRY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears in six of the ''prize'' areas, a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears in twelve of the ''prize'' areas, and a prize symbol of $500 (FIV HUN) appears in two of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $2,500.
(e) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $1,000 (ONE THO) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.
(f) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Merry (MERRY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears in five of the ''prize'' areas, a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears in twelve of the ''prize'' areas, and a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears in three of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.
(g) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $500 (FIV HUN) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.
(h) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Merry (MERRY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $25.00 (TWY FIV) appears in twenty of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.
(i) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Merry (MERRY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) appears in five of the ''prize'' areas, and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears in ten of the ''prize'' areas, and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears in five of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.
(j) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $250 (TWOHUNFTY) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $250.
(k) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Holly (HOLLY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $250 (TWOHUNFTY) appears under the Holly (HOLLY) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $250.
(l) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Cash (CASH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $250.
(m) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.
(n) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Holly (HOLLY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears under the Holly (HOLLY) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.
(o) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $50.
(p) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Holly (HOLLY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears under the Holly (HOLLY) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $50.
(q) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $40.00 (FORTY) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $40.
(r) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Holly (HOLLY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $40.00 (FORTY) appears under the Holly (HOLLY) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $40.
(s) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.
(t) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Holly (HOLLY) symbol, and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears under the Holly (HOLLY) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.
(u) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''MERRY NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) appears under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.
9. 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:
When Any Of Your Numbers Match Any Of The Merry Numbers, Win Prize Shown Under The Matching Number. Win With Prize(s) Of: Win: Approximate
Odds Are 1 In:
Approximate No.
Of Winners Per
1,440,000 Tickets
$10 × 2 $20 20 72,000 $20 w/HOLLY $20 20 72,000 $20 $20 15 96,000 $20 × 2 $40 60 24,000 $40 w/HOLLY $40 60 24,000 $40 $40 60 24,000 $10 × 5 $50 75 19,200 ($20 × 2) + $10 $50 75 19,200 $50 w/HOLLY $50 75 19,200 $50 $50 75 19,200 $20 × 5 $100 150 9,600 ($40 × 2) + ($10 × 2) $100 150 9,600 $50 × 2 $100 150 9,600 $100 w/HOLLY $100 150 9,600 $100 $100 150 9,600 ($20 × 10) + ($10 × 5) $250 6,000 240 ($40 × 5) + ($10 × 5) $250 6,000 240 $50 × 5 $250 6,000 240 $250 w/CASH $250 571.43 2,520 $250 w/HOLLY $250 6,000 240 $250 $250 6,000 240 MERRY w/($10 × 5) +
($20 × 10) + ($50 × 5)$500 12,000 120 MERRY w/($25 × 20) $500 12,000 120 $50 × 10 $500 12,000 120 $100 × 5 $500 12,000 120 ($250 w/CASH) + ($50 × 5) $500 12,000 120 ($250 w/CASH) + $250 $500 12,000 120 $500 $500 12,000 120 MERRY w/($20 × 5) +
($50 × 12) + ($100 × 3)$1,000 15,000 96 $50 × 20 $1,000 15,000 96 $100 × 10 $1,000 15,000 96 ($250 w/CASH) + ($250 × 3) $1,000 15,000 96 $500 × 2 $1,000 15,000 96 $1,000 $1,000 15,000 96 MERRY w/($50 × 6) +
($100 × 12) + ($500 × 2)$2,500 240,000 6 ($250 w/CASH) + ($250 × 9) $2,500 240,000 6 $500 × 5 $2,500 240,000 6 $2,500 $2,500 240,000 6 $100,000 $100,000 480,000 3 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 480,000 3 ''HOLLY'' (HOLLY) symbol = Win prize shown under that symbol. ''CASH'' (CASH) symbol = Win $250 instantly. ''MERRY'' (MERRY) symbol = Win all 20 prizes shown.
Prizes, including top prizes, are subject to availability at the time of purchase.
10. Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 Requirements:
(a) To be eligible for the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010, players must mail non-winning qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery 2010 holiday instant tickets having an individual or combined purchase price of at least $20 in an envelope no larger than 4 1/8 inches by 9 1/2 inches addressed to Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010, P. O. Box 4539, Middletown, PA 17057-4539. The player shall affix proper postage to the entry. The qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery holiday instant tickets and their respective purchase prices are: PA-0847 Merry Millionaire ($20); PA-0848 Winner Green ($10); PA-0849 $now Globe Ca$h ($5); PA-0850 Frosty Match & WinTM ($3); PA-0851 Jingle Bell Doubler ($2); and PA-0852 Happy Holidays! ($1).
(b) Envelopes containing qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery holiday instant tickets having an individual or combined price of less than $20 shall be disqualified. Envelopes containing non-qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery instant tickets shall be disqualified.
(c) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received in an envelope larger than 4 1/8 inches by 9 1/2 inches shall be disqualified. The only exception is for non-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway entries received in a United States Post Office ''damaged-in-mail-process'' envelope.
(d) Winning Pennsylvania Lottery instant tickets submitted to the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 address will not be paid or honored. Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries containing winning Pennsylvania Lottery instant game tickets will be disqualified.
(e) The back of each non-winning qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery holiday instant ticket entered in the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 must be completed by the same player in a legible manner, including the player's name, address, city, state, zip code, telephone number and signature. Only one claimant per entry allowed. Claimant must be 18 years of age or older. Incomplete tickets shall be disqualified.
11. Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings procedures:
(a) The Lottery will conduct five Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings. All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters on or before 4:00 p.m. December 10, 2010, will be eligible to participate in one of the five Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings. All time references in this section are Eastern Standard Time.
(1) All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters on or before 4:00 p.m. November 12, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the first Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of November 15, 2010.
(2) All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. November 12, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. November 19, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the second Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of November 29, 2010.
(3) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. November 19, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. November 26, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the third Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of November 29, 2010.
(4) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. November 26, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. December 3, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the fourth Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of December 6, 2010.
(5) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. December 3, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. December 10, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the final Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of December 13, 2010.
(b) The odds of an entry being selected in a Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing depend upon the number of entries received for that drawing.
(c) To be eligible to participate in a particular Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing, a player must have complied with the requirements of section 10.
(d) The Lottery assumes no responsibility for a lost or misplaced entry not entered into one of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings.
(e) A Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entry is eligible for only one Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing. An entry that is not eligible in one group, may, at the discretion of the Secretary, remain eligible for a subsequent Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing.
(f) If a Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entry is rejected during or following the Pennsylvania Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing, the sole remedy is to select another entry to replace the rejected entry in accordance with Lottery procedure.
(g) A player may only win the prize for which they are first selected in each of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings. Subsequent entries, from the same individual, selected in the same Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing will be disqualified and a replacement entry will be selected.
(h) Manner of conducting each of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings.
(1) All entries received at Lottery Headquarters that are eligible to participate in a particular drawing, will be placed in numbered containers, each containing approximately 500 envelopes.
(2) A computer-generated randomizer or mechanical device may be used to select the numbered containers from which the winners will be selected. If used, the randomizer will not be programmed to eliminate the possibility of the same container being selected more than once.
(3) One envelope will be randomly drawn from each of the selected numbered containers. As each entry envelope is selected, its contents will be qualified according to the requirements of section 10. If the entry does not meet the requirements of section 10, another entry will be selected from that container; and so on, until a qualified entry has been chosen. Once a qualified entry has been selected, further validation will take place by verifying the status of the tickets contained in the entry envelope drawn by entering the ticket information into the computerized instant ticket database. The first qualified and validated entry from each of the designated containers will entitle its owner to a prize as described in section 12.
(4) Determination of winners will be made by the Secretary, whose judgment will be final and binding.
(i) The payment of a prize awarded in any of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings to a person who dies before receiving the prize shall be paid according to 61 Pa. Code § 811.16 (relating to prizes payable after death of prize winner).
12. Description of Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 Drawings Prizes:
(a) There will be seventy cash prizes of $1,000 awarded in each of the five Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings.
(b) All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 prize payments will be made as a one-time, lump-sum cash payment in the amount of the prize won, less required federal withholding if applicable.
13. Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10 instant lottery game tickets. The conduct of the game will be governed by 61 Pa. Code § 819.222 (relating to retailer bonuses and incentive).
14. Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Merry Millionaire '10 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 Merry Millionaire '10 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.
15. 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.
16. 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 Merry Millionaire '10 or through normal communications methods.
C. DANIEL HASSELL,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-2070. Filed for public inspection October 29, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
