NOTICES

DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE

Pennsylvania Bonus Block Bingo Instant Lottery Game

[40 Pa.B. 5025]
[Saturday, August 28, 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 Bonus Block Bingo.

 2. Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Bonus Block Bingo instant lottery game ticket is $3.

 3. Play Symbols:

 (a) Each Pennsylvania Bonus Block 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 located in the six ''Card'' play areas are: The numbers 1 through 75, ''FREE'' symbol and a ''BONUS BLOCK'' symbol. The ''FREE'' symbol is a free space. The ''BONUS BLOCK'' symbol is a free space, and when it appears in a winning pattern, the prize triples.

 (b) Each ticket will also contain a ''CALLER'S CARD'' area. The ''CALLER'S CARD'' area will consist of 30 spaces on a 10 by 3 grid. The play symbols that may be located in each space on the grid 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, $6, $9, $10, $18, $20, $30, $60, $90, $100, $150, $300, $1,000, $3,000, $30,000 and $60,000. The player can win up to four times on each ticket.

 5. Approximate Number of Tickets Printed For the Game: Approximately 8,400,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Bonus Block Bingo instant lottery game.

 6. Determination of Prize Winners:

 (a) Holders of tickets matching eight ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in an ''X'' pattern, extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corner spaces, on ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $60,000.

 (b) Holders of tickets matching eight ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in an ''X'' pattern, extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corner spaces, on ''Card 5,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $30,000.

 (c) Holders of tickets matching eight ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in an ''X'' pattern, extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corner spaces, on ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $3,000.

 (d) Holders of tickets matching eight ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in an ''X'' pattern, extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corner spaces, on ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

 (e) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one space in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

 (f) Holders of tickets matching eight ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in an ''X'' pattern, extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corner spaces, on ''Card 2,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $300.

 (g) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one space in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 5,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $300.

 (h) Holders of tickets matching eight ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in an ''X'' pattern, extending through the ''FREE'' space and through to each of the four corner spaces, on ''Card 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $150.

 (i) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one space in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 3'' or ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $150.

 (j) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in the red-outlined corner of ''Card 6,'' matching the symbols in the spaces appearing in the fourth horizontal row from the top in the ''G'' and ''O'' columns and the spaces appearing in the fifth horizontal row from the top in the ''G'' and ''O'' columns, shall be entitled to a prize of $150.

 (k) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in the red-outlined corner of ''Card 5,'' matching the symbols in the spaces appearing in the fourth horizontal row from the top in the ''B'' and ''I'' columns and the spaces appearing in the fifth horizontal row from the top in the ''B'' and ''I'' columns, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

 (l) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols, one in each of the four corners on ''Card 5'' or ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $90.

 (m) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one space in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 2,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $60.

 (n) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols, one in each of the four corners on ''Card 3'' or ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $60.

 (o) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in the red-outlined corner of ''Card 4,'' matching the symbols in the spaces appearing in the first horizontal row from the top in the ''B'' and ''I'' columns and the spaces appearing in the second horizontal row from the top in the ''B'' and ''I'' columns, shall be entitled to a prize of $60.

 (p) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in a diamond pattern, matching one space in the midpoint in each of the four outside rows and columns, on ''Card 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $30.

 (q) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols, one in each of the four corners on ''Card 2,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $30.

 (r) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in the red-outlined corner of ''Card 3,'' matching the symbols in the spaces appearing in the fourth horizontal row from the top in the ''G'' and ''O'' columns and the spaces appearing in the fifth horizontal row from the top in the ''G'' and ''O'' columns, shall be entitled to a prize of $30.

 (s) Holders of tickets matching three or four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols completing a five-space horizontal or vertical line, including a ''BONUS BLOCK'' symbol in one space of that horizontal or vertical line, on ''Card 5'' or ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $30.

 (t) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in the red-outlined corner of ''Card 2,'' matching the symbols in the spaces appearing in the first horizontal row from the top in the ''G'' and ''O'' columns and the spaces appearing in the second horizontal row from the top in the ''G'' and ''O'' columns, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

 (u) Holders of tickets matching three or four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols completing a five-space horizontal or vertical line, including a ''BONUS BLOCK'' symbol in one space of that horizontal or vertical line, on ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $18.

 (v) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols, one in each of the four corners on ''Card 1,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

 (w) Holders of tickets matching four or five ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols completing a five-space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 5'' or ''Card 6,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

 (x) Holders of tickets matching four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols in the red-outlined corner of ''Card 1,'' matching the symbols in the spaces appearing in the first horizontal row from the top in the ''B'' and ''I'' columns and the spaces appearing in the second horizontal row from the top in the ''B'' and ''I'' columns, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

 (y) Holders of tickets matching three or four ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols completing a five-space horizontal or vertical line, including a ''BONUS BLOCK'' symbol in one space of that horizontal or vertical, line on ''Card 1'' or ''Card 2'' or ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $9.

 (z) Holders of tickets matching four or five ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols completing a five-space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $6.

 (aa) Holders of tickets matching four or five ''CALLER'S CARD'' play symbols completing a five-space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 1'' or ''Card 2'' or ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $3.

 (bb) 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:	Win:	Approximate Odds Are 1 In:	Approximate No. of Winners Per 8,400,000 Tickets
LINE CARD 1	$3	23.81	352,800
LINE CARD 2	$3	23.81	352,800
LINE CARD 3	$3	23.81	352,800
(LINE CARD 2) + (LINE CARD 3)	$6	24.39	344,400
LINE CARD 4	$6	25	336,000
LINE CARD 1 w/BONUS BLOCK	$9	500	16,800
LINE CARD 2 w/BONUS BLOCK	$9	500	16,800
LINE CARD 3 w/BONUS BLOCK	$9	500	16,800
(LINE CARD 1) + (LINE CARD 2) +  (LINE CARD 3)	$9	500	16,800
RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 1	$10	500	16,800
4 CORNERS CARD 1	$10	500	16,800
LINE CARD 5	$10	500	16,800
LINE CARD 6	$10	500	16,800
(LINE CARD 1 w/BONUS BLOCK) +   (LINE CARD 2 w/BONUS BLOCK)	$18	500	16,800
(LINE CARD 1 w/BONUS BLOCK) +  (LINE CARD 3 w/BONUS BLOCK	$18	500	16,800
(LINE CARD 2 w/BONUS BLOCK) +  (LINE CARD 3 w/BONUS BLOCK)	$18	500	16,800
LINE CARD 4 w/BONUS BLOCK	$18	500	16,800
RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 2	$20	333.33	25,200
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 1) +  (LINE CARD 5)	$20	333.33	25,200
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 1) +  (LINE CARD 6)	$20	333.33	25,200
(LINE CARD 5) + (LINE CARD 6)	$20	500	16,800
LINE CARD 5 w/BONUS BLOCK	$30	2,400	3,500
LINE CARD 6 w/BONUS BLOCK	$30	2,400	3,500
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 1) +  (RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 2)	$30	2,400	3,500
RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 3	$30	2,400	3,500
DIAMOND CARD 1	$30	2,400	3,500
4 CORNERS CARD 2	$30	2,400	3,500
(4 CORNERS CARD 1) + (LINE CARD 5) +  (LINE CARD 6)	$30	2,400	3,500
(LINE CARD 5 w/BONUS BLOCK) +  (LINE CARD 6 w/BONUS BLOCK)	$60	8,571	980
RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 4	$60	8,571	980
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 3) +  (DIAMOND CARD 1)	$60	8,571	980
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 3) +  (4 CORNERS CARD 2)	$60	9,231	910
4 CORNERS CARD 3	$60	9,231	910
4 CORNERS CARD 4	$60	9,231	910
DIAMOND CARD 2	$60	9,231	910
(DIAMOND CARD 1) + (4 CORNERS   CARD 2)	$60	9,231	910
(4 CORNERS CARD 1) + (4 CORNERS CARD 2) + (LINE CARD 5) + (LINE   CARD 6)	$60	9,231	910
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 3) +  (RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 4)	$90	6,316	1,330
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 3) +  (LINE CARD 5 w/BONUS BLOCK) +  (LINE CARD 6 w/ BONUS BLOCK)	$90	6,667	1,260
4 CORNERS CARD 5	$90	6,667	1,260
4 CORNERS CARD 6	$90	6,667	1,260
(4 CORNERS CARD 2) + (4 CORNERS  CARD 4)	$90	6,667	1,260
(DIAMOND CARD 1) + (4 CORNERS  CARD 3)	$90	6,316	1,330
(DIAMOND CARD 1) + (4 CORNERS  CARD 4)	$90	6,316	1,330
RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 5	$100	4,000	2,100
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 1) +  (RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 3) +  (RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 4)	$100	4,000	2,100
(4 CORNERS CARD 1) + (4 CORNERS  CARD 2) + (4 CORNERS CARD 3)	$100	4,800	1,750
RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 6	$150	24,000	350
''X'' CARD 1	$150	24,000	350
DIAMOND CARD 3	$150	24,000	350
DIAMOND CARD 4	$150	24,000	350
(4 CORNERS CARD 3) + (4 CORNERS  CARD 5)	$150	24,000	350
(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 2) +  (RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 3)  +(RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 5) +  (RED-OUTLINED CORNER CARD 6)	$300	24,000	350
''X'' CARD 2	$300	24,000	350
(DIAMOND CARD 3) + (RED-OUTLINED  CORNER CARD 6)	$300	24,000	350
(''X'' CARD 1) + (DIAMOND CARD 3)	$300	24,000	350
(DIAMOND CARD 3) + (DIAMOND  CARD 4)	$300	24,000	350
DIAMOND CARD 5	$300	24,000	350
''X'' CARD 3	$1,000	20,000	420
DIAMOND CARD 6	$1,000	20,000	420
''X'' CARD 4	$3,000	120,000	70
''X'' CARD 5	$30,000	1,680,000	5
''X'' CARD 6	$60,000	1,680,000	5
Match all four numbers in the RED-OUTLINED CORNER in: Card 1 = Win $10; Card 2 = Win $20; Card 3 = Win $30; Card 4 = Win $60; Card 5 = Win $100; and Card 6 = Win $150
Triple your win when a ''BONUS BLOCK'' appears in any winning pattern.

Prizes, including top prizes, are subject to availability at the time of purchase.

 8. Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Bonus Block Bingo instant lottery game tickets. The conduct of the game will be governed by 61 Pa. Code § 819.222 (relating to retailer bonuses and incentive).

 9. Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania Bonus Block Bingo, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Bonus Block 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 Bonus Block 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), 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 promotePennsylvania Bonus Block Bingo or through normal communications methods.

C. DANIEL HASSELL, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-1607. Filed for public inspection August 27, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]

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