681 Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II lottery game  

  • Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II Lottery Game

    [36 Pa.B. 1955]

       Under the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 3761-101--3761-314) and 61 Pa. Code § 874.4 (relating to notice of raffle lottery game rules), the Secretary of Revenue hereby provides public notice of the rules for the following raffle lottery game:

       1.  Name: The name of the raffle game is Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II.

       2.  Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II lottery game ticket is $20.

       3.  Ticket Sales and Drawing Date: Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II lottery game tickets sales will commence on or after May 23, 2006, and will continue until all six-hundred-twenty-five-thousand tickets have been sold, or 5:00 p.m. on July 4, 2006, whichever occurs earlier.

       4.  Ticket Characteristics: Each Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II lottery game ticket will contain one unique eight-digit number between 00000001 and 00625000, for a total of six-hundred-twenty-five-thousand tickets.

       5.  Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are $1,000, $100,000 and $1,000,000. A player may only win one time on each ticket or chance.

       6.  Maximum Number of Tickets Printed and Sold for the Game: There will be no more than six-hundred-twenty-five-thousand tickets printed and sold for the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II lottery game. The chances will be sequentially issued on a statewide basis from the range of individual unique numbers representing the chances available for the game.

       7.  Conduct of Drawing: The results of the Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II will be televised on July 4, 2006, at or about 7:00 p.m. The drawing will be conducted with the aid of an electronic device. Seven-hundred sixty (760) unique eight-digit numbers will be drawn, between 00000001 and 00625000. The first five unique eight-digit numbers drawn will be the first-prize-tier winning numbers. The sixth through tenth unique eight-digit numbers drawn will be the second-prize-tier winning numbers. The eleventh through 760th unique eight-digit numbers drawn will be the third-prize-tier winning numbers.

       8.  Determination of Prize Winners:

       (a)  Holders of tickets upon which the unique eight-digit number matches exactly one of the first-prize-tier numbers selected by the Lottery shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000,000.

       (b)  Holders of tickets upon which the unique eight-digit number matches exactly one of the second-prize-tier numbers selected by the Lottery shall be entitled to a prize of $100,000.

       (c)  Holders of tickets upon which the unique eight-digit number matches exactly one of the third-prize-tier numbers selected by the Lottery shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

       9.  Number and Description of Prizes and Approximate Odds: The Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II prizes and determination winners are as follows:

    Ticket Matching Exactly the Unique Eight-digit Number Drawn in: Win Prize of: Maximum Odds
    of Winning 1 in
    Number
    of Winners
    First-Prize-Tier $1,000,000 125,000 5
    Second-Prize-Tier $100,000 125,000 5
    Third-Prize-Tier $1,000 833 750

    All Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II lottery game prize payments, including first-prize-tier prizes, will be made as one-time lump-sum cash payments.

       10.  Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Program for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II lottery game tickets. The conduct of the Program will be governed by 61 Pa. Code § 811.41 (relating to promotional prizes).

       11.  Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Millionaire Raffle II 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 anniversary date of the raffle drawing in which the ticket or chance was entered, 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.

       12.  Governing Law: In purchasing a ticket, the customer agrees to comply with and abide by the State Lottery Law, 61 Pa. Code Part V (relating to State Lotteries) and the provisions contained in this notice.

    GREGORY C. FAJT,   
    Secretary

    [Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-681. Filed for public inspection April 21, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]

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