Pennsylvania Wild Spot Bingo Instant Lottery Game [31 Pa.B. 1646] 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 Wild Spot Bingo.
2. Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Wild Spot Bingo instant lottery game ticket is $2.00.
3. Play Symbols:
(a) Each Pennsylvania Wild Spot Bingo instant lottery game ticket will contain four play areas designated as ''Card 1,'' ''Card 2,'' ''Card 3'' and ''Card 4.'' The 76 play symbols located in the four play areas are: The numbers 1 through 75 and FREE.
(b) 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; the letter O with a number 61 through 75 and WILD.
(c) When a player reveals the WILD symbol in the ''Caller's Card'' area, the player can use it as an extra free space in any of the four play areas.
4. Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are $2, $5, $10, $20, $100, $250, $500 and $25,000. The player can win up to four times on a ticket.
5. Approximate Number of Tickets Printed For the Game: Approximately 10,800,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Wild Spot Bingo instant lottery game.
6. Determination of Prize Winners:
(a) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a ''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 a ''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.
(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 $250.
(d) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a ''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.
(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 2'' or ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $100.
(f) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a ''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.
(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 in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $5.
(k) 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.
(l) A player may win more than one prize on a ticket; however, the player cannot win more than one prize on each ''Card.''
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:
Get Bingo Approximate Approximate No. of Winners With Prizes Of: Win
Odds
Per 10,800,000 Tickets
Line-Card 1 $2 1:13.64 792,000 Line-Card 2 $2 1:18.75 576,000 Line-Card 4 $2 1:33.33 324,000 Line-Cards 1 & 2 $4 1:30 360,000 Line-Cards 2 & 4 $4 1:50 216,000 Line-Card 3 $5 1:30 360,000 Line-Cards 1, 2 & 4 $6 1:75 144,000 Corner-Card 1 $10 1:150 72,000 Line-Cards 1, 2, 3 & 4 $11 1:150 72,000 Corner-Card 2 $20 1:375 28,800 Corner-Card 3 $20 1:375 28,800 Corner-Card 4 $20 1:750 14,400 Diamond-Card 1 $20 1:750 14,400 Corner-Cards 1 & 4 $30 1:600 18,000 Corner-Cards 1 & 3 $30 1:600 18,000 Corner-Cards 3 & 4 $40 1:4,800 2,250 Diamond-Card 1 + Corner-Card 4 $40 1:4,800 2,250 Diamond-Card 2 $100 1:30,000 360 Diamond-Card 3 $100 1:30,000 360 X-Card 1 $100 1:30,000 360 X-Card 2 $250 1:60,000 180 Diamond-Card 4 $250 1:60,000 180 X-Card 2 + Diamond-Card 4 $500 1:90,000 120 X-Card 3 $500 1:135,000 80 X-Card 4 $25,000 1:1,080,000 10
8. Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Wild Spot 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 Wild Spot Bingo, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Wild Spot 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 Wild Spot 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. §§ 3761-101--3761-314), the regulations contained in 61 Pa. Code Part V (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. The announcement will be disseminated through media used to advertise or promote Pennsylvania Wild Spot Bingo or through normal communications methods.
LARRY P. WILLIAMS,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 01-521. Filed for public inspection March 23, 2001, 9:00 a.m.]
