Pennsylvania Triple Cash Bingo Instant Lottery Game [30 Pa.B. 3229] Under the State Lottery Law (72 P. S. §§ 1-101--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 Triple Cash Bingo.
2. Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Triple Cash Bingo instant lottery game ticket is $3.00.
3. Play Symbols: Each Pennsylvania Triple Cash Bingo instant lottery game ticket will contain six play areas designated as ''Card 1,'' ''Card 2,'' ''Card 3,'' ''Card 4,'' ''Card 5'' and ''Card 6.'' The 77 play symbols and their captions located in the six play areas are: The numbers 1 through 75, TRP and FREE. Each ticket will also contain a ''Caller's Card'' area. The ''Caller's Card'' area will consist of 30 squares in a 6 x 5 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.
4. Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are $3, $5, $9, $15, $30, $60, $120, $150, $300, $1,000, $3,000 and $30,000. The player can win up to six times on a ticket.
5. Approximate Number of Tickets Printed for the Game: Approximately 8,160,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Triple Cash Bingo instant lottery game.
6. Determination of Prize Winners:
(a) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a ''T'' pattern, matching all five squares in the first horizontal row and all five squares in the middle vertical column through the ''FREE'' space, on any ''Card,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $30,000.
(b) 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 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $3,000.
(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 4'' or ''Card 5,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.
(d) 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'' or ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $300.
(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 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $300.
(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 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $150.
(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 4'' or ''Card 5,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $120.
(h) 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 $60.
(i) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the four corners on ''Card 5'' or ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $60.
(j) 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 $30.
(k) 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 $30.
(l) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the four corners on ''Card 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $15.
(m) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line with one of the five spaces in the line containing a TRP play symbol, on ''Card 4,'' ''Card 5'' or ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to prize of $15.
(n) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line with one of the five spaces in the line containing a TRP play symbol, on ''Card 1'' or ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to prize of $9.
(o) Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 4,'' ''Card 5'' or ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $5.
(p) 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 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $3.
(q) 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:
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Approximate Odds Approximate No. of Winners Per 8,160,000 Tickets Line-Card 1 $3 1:16.67 489,600 Line-Card 2 $3 1:16.67 489,600 Line-Card 3 $3 1:16.67 489,600 Line-Card 4 $5 1:33.33 244,800 Line-Card 5 $5 1:50 163,200 Line-Card 6 $5 1:50 163,200 Line-Card 1 + Line-Card 4 $8 1:333.33 24,480 Line-Card 3 + Line-Card 5 $8 1:250 32,640 Line-Card 1 (TRIPLE) $9 1:500 16,320 Line-Card 3 (TRIPLE) $9 1:250 32,640 Line-Card 5 + Line-Card 6 $10 1:100 81,600 Corner-Card 1 $15 1:1,000 8,160 Line-Card 4 + Line-Card 5 + Line-Card 6 $15 1:1,000 8,160 Line-Card 4 (TRIPLE) $15 1:500 16,320 Line-Card 6 (TRIPLE) $15 1:1,000 8,160 Corner-Card 1 + Line-Card 3 $18 1:333.33 24,480 Line-Card 1 + Line-Card 2 + Line-Card 3 + Line-Card 4 + Line-Card 5 + Line-Card 6 $24 1:250 32,640 Corner-Card 1 + Line-Card 4 + Line-Card 6 $25 1:333.33 24,480 Diamond-Card 1 $30 1:1,000 8,160 Corner-Card 2 $30 1:1,000 8,160 Corner-Card 3 $30 1:1,000 8,160 Corner-Card 1 + Line-Card 4 + Line-Card 5 + Line-Card 6 $30 1:500 16,320 Line-Card 5 (TRIPLE) + Line-Card 6 (TRIPLE) $30 1:454.55 17,952 Corner-Card 1 + Corner-Card 4 $45 1:2,400 3,400 Diamond-Card 2 $60 1:8,000 1,020 Diamond-Card 3 $60 1:8,000 1,020 Corner-Card 5 $60 1:8,000 1,020 Corner-Card 6 $60 1:8,000 1,020 Diamond-Card 1 + Corner-Card 4 $60 1:4,800 1,700 Corner-Card 1 + Corner-Card 2 + Line-Card 4 + Line-Card 5 + Line-Card 6 $60 1:4,000 2,040 Corner-Card 4 + Corner-Card 6 $90 1:6,000 1,360 Diamond-Card 2 + Corner-Card 4 $90 1:2,000 4,080 Diamond-Card 4 $120 1:30,000 272 Diamond-Card 5 $120 1:30,000 272 Diamond-Card 2 + Corner-Card 6 $120 1:15,000 544 Diamond-Card 1 + Corner-Card 2 + Corner-Card 3 + Corner-Card 4 $120 1:8,000 1,020 X-Card 1 $150 1:60,000 136 Corner-Card 3 + Diamond-Card 5 $150 1:20,000 408 X-Card 2 $300 1:60,000 136 X-Card 1 + Corner-Card 3 + Diamond-Card 5 $300 1:40,000 204 X-Card 2 + Diamond-Card 6 $600 1:60,000 136 X-Card 2 + X-Card 3 $600 1:60,000 136 X-Card 4 $1,000 1:60,000 136 X-Card 5 $1,000 1:120,000 68 X-Card 6 $3,000 1:120,000 68 T-Any Card $30,000 1:1,020,000 8 8. Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Triple Cash 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 Triple Cash Bingo, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Triple Cash 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 Triple Cash 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 Triple Cash Bingo or through normal communications methods.
ROBERT A. JUDGE, Sr.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-1092. Filed for public inspection June 23, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
