Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 Instant Lottery Game [26 Pa.B. 2046] 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 Fat Cat '96.
2. Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 instant lottery game ticket is $1.00.
3. Play Symbols: Each Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 instant lottery game ticket will contain one play area. The play symbols and their captions located in the play area are: FREE (TICKET), $100 (ONE), $300 (THREE), $900 (NINE), $18$ (EIGHTEEN), $99$ (NINTNIN), $2500 (TWNFIVHUN) and a Mouse Symbol (MOUSE).
4. Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are one free ticket, $1, $2, $3, $6, $9, $18, $36, $99, $2,500 and $5,000.
5. Approximate Number of Tickets Printed For the Game: Approximately 10,224,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 instant lottery game.
6. Determination of Prize Winners:
(a) Holders of tickets with two matching play symbols of $2500 (TWNFIVHUN), and a Mouse play symbol (MOUSE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $5,000.
(b) Holders of tickets with three matching play symbols of $2500 (TWNFIVHUN) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $2,500.
(c) Holders of tickets with three matching play symbols of $99$ (NINTNIN) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $99.
(d) Holders of tickets with two matching play symbols of $18$ (EIGHTEEN), and a Mouse play symbol (MOUSE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $36.
(e) Holders of tickets with three matching play symbols of $18$ (EIGHTEEN) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $18.
(f) Holders of tickets with two matching play symbols of $900 (NINE), and a Mouse play symbol (MOUSE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $18.
(g) Holders of tickets with three matching play symbols of $900 (NINE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $9.
(h) Holders of tickets with two matching play symbols of $300 (THREE), and a Mouse play symbol (MOUSE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $6.
(i) Holders of tickets with three matching play symbols of $300 (THREE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $3.
(j) Holders of tickets with two matching play symbols of $100 (ONE) and a Mouse play symbol (MOUSE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $2.
(k) Holders of tickets with three matching play symbols of $100 (ONE) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1.
(l) Holders of tickets with three matching play symbols of FREE (TICKET) in the ''Play Area'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of one Pennsylvania instant lottery game ticket of equivalent sale price which is currently on sale, plus an entry into a Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing to qualify for a Grand Prize Drawing with prizes of $5,000, $50,000, $75,000, $100,000, or an annuity worth $1 million ($50,000 a year for 20 years).
(m) A prize will be paid only for the highest Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 instant lottery game prize won on the ticket if the ticket meets the criteria established in 61 Pa. Code § 819.213 (relating to ticket validation and requirements).
7. Grand Prize Drawing Procedure:
(a) Frequency.
(1) Grand Prize Drawings will be held on dates to be determined by the Secretary. The dates and locations will be announced by the Director.
(2) From the commencement of Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 until the deadline announced by the Director, there will be ten Grand Prize finalists selected for each Grand Prize Drawing. Grand Prize finalists will be selected in Semifinal Grand Prize Drawings on dates to be determined by the Secretary and announced by the Director.
(b) Eligibility for Semifinal Grand Prize Drawings. To be eligible for a Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing, a winner having a free winning ticket shall timely claim it at a participating Lottery sales retailer and properly complete the back of the ticket. The ticket claimed shall meet the ticket criteria under 61 Pa. Code § 819.213 (relating to ticket validation and requirements) to be eligible for a Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing.
(1) The Lottery will make a reasonable effort to ensure that a redeemed free winning ticket is entered into one of the Semifinal Grand Prize Drawings. The Lottery assumes no responsibility for a lost or misplaced redeemed ticket not entered into a Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing.
(2) A redeemed free winning ticket is eligible for only one Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing. A ticket that is not in one eligible group of redeemed free winning tickets may, at the discretion of the Director, remain eligible for a subsequent Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing.
(3) If a ticket is rejected during or following a Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing, the sole remedy is to select another ticket to replace the rejected ticket in accordance with Lottery procedure.
(4) Determination of winners will be made by the Secretary, whose judgment will be final and binding.
(c) Manner of conducting Semifinal Grand Prize Drawings.
(1) Periodically, as determined by the Secretary and announced by the Director, a Semifinal Grand Prize Drawing will be held using eligible redeemed free winning tickets. Ten finalists will be selected from an eligible group of tickets entered in the drawing. For the purpose of the drawing, each of the eligible groups of redeemed free winning tickets will be further divided into subgroups and placed in containers, with each container assigned a code depending on the number of containers used.
(2) With the aid of mechanical or automatic drawing equipment, ten container codes will be selected. The codes will determine the containers from which the ten finalists' tickets will be ultimately selected. One winning finalist ticket will be drawn from the first container selected. One winning ticket will then be selected from the second selected container and this procedure will be repeated until ten finalists have been selected for each Grand Prize Drawing.
(d) Manner of conducting Grand Prize Drawings.
(1) Following the selection of the ten finalists as described in subsection (c), there will be Grand Prize Drawings held at the discretion of the Director.
(2) The Lottery will award the following prizes to the eligible finalists in each of the Grand Prize Drawings:
Grand Drawing Prizes No. of
WinnersAmount Grand Prize 1 $1 million--annuity, or $100,000, or $75,000, or $50,000 Consolation Prize 9 $5,000 (e) Procedure for conducting Grand Prize Drawings.
(1) At a Grand Prize Drawing, a mechanical device in the shape of two concentric wheels will be used, a smaller wheel directly in front of a larger wheel. The larger wheel will have ten spaces each marked with a letter, ''a'' through ''j'', inclusive, inscribed clockwise in alphabetical order. The names of the selected ten finalists will be placed on the larger wheel in the order that they were selected beginning with the space marked letter ''a'' and continuing alphabetically through the letter ''j'', inclusive.
(2) The smaller wheel will contain designated amounts of $1 million--annuity, $100,000, $75,000 and $50,000.
(3) The wheels will be spun and when the wheels stop, the name of the finalist on the larger wheel will be identified as the Grand Prize Drawing winner and will be entitled to the prize indicated on the smaller wheel.
(4) The nine finalists whose names remain will receive a consolation prize of $5,000 each.
(5) The Grand Prize Drawing winner shall receive the amount indicated, and if that amount is the top grand prize of an annuity worth $1 million, that prize will be payable in 20 equal annual installments of $50,000. The payment of a top grand prize to a person who dies before receiving a prize or to a person 17 years of age or younger shall be paid according to 61 Pa. Code §§ 811.16 and 811.27 (relating to prizes payable after death of a prize winner; and payment of prizes to persons under 18 years of age).
(6) Prizes chosen in the Grand Prize Drawing shall be claimed within 1 year of the date of the Grand Prize Drawing.
(7) The determination of a winner will be made by the Secretary, whose judgment will be final, conclusive and binding on the finalists.
(8) Prizes are subject to Federal withholding tax provisions.
(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:
Get Win Approximate
OddsApproximate No. of
Winners Per 10,224,000
Tickets3-Free One Free Ticket Plus Entry 1:10 1,022,400 3-$1 $1 1:10 1,022,400 2-$1 + Mouse $2 1:24 426,000 3-$3 $3 1:80 127,800 2-$3 + Mouse $6 1:80 127,800 3-$9 $9 1:200 51,120 2-$9 + Mouse $18 1:300 34,080 3-$18 $18 1:1,000 10,224 2-$18 + Mouse $36 1:3,200 3,195 3-$99 $99 1:16,177 632 3-$2,500 $2,500 1:1,022,400 10 2-$2,500 + Mouse $5,000 1:1,022,400 10 8. Retailer Incentive Awards:
(a) Grand Prize Bonus. The Lottery will pay a bonus to a retailer selling a redeemed and validated winning Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 instant lottery game ticket selected for a Grand Prize Drawing as follows:
(1) A winner of an annuity worth $1 million ($50,000 a year for 20 years) top grand prize entitles the selling retailer to a bonus of $10,000.
(2) A winner of a $100,000 grand prize entitles the selling retailer to a bonus of $1,000.
(3) A winner of a $75,000 grand prize entitles the selling retailer to a bonus of $750.
(4) A winner of a $50,000 grand prize entitles the selling retailer to a bonus of $500.
(5) A winner of $5,000 consolation prize entitles the selling retailer to a bonus of $50.
(b) Retailer incentive. The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 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 Fat Cat '96, prize money on winning Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96 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 Pennsylvania Fat Cat '96, 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 Fat Cat '96 or through normal communications methods.
ROBERT A. JUDGE, Sr.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-689. Filed for public inspection April 26, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]
