NOTICES
DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE
Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM Instant Lottery Game
[40 Pa.B. 6341]
[Saturday, October 30, 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 Frosty Match & WinTM.
2. Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM instant lottery game ticket is $3.
3. Play Symbols: Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM instant lottery game ticket will contain a ''Play Grid'' area, a ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' area, a horizontal ''prize'' area and a vertical ''prize'' area. The ''Play Grid'' area consists of 27 spaces on a play grid 9 columns wide by 3 rows deep. The 9 vertical ''columns'' are designated as ''Column 1,'' ''Column 2,'' ''Column 3,'' ''Column 4,'' ''Column 5,'' ''Column 6,'' ''Column 7,'' ''Column 8'' and ''Column 9.'' The 3 horizontal ''rows'' are designated as ''Row 1,'' ''Row 2'' and ''Row 3.'' Each ''Column'' and each ''Row'' offers a separate chance to win. The play symbols appearing in the ''Play Grid'' area are a variable selection consisting of 27 of the 90 distinctive play symbols. Each Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM instant lottery game ticket will contain a ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' area consisting of 20 of the 91 play symbols in a 2 x 10 grid. The play symbols located in the ''Play Grid'' area are the numbers 1 through 90. The play symbols located in the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' area are the numbers 1 through 90 and an Icicle symbol.
4. Prize Symbols: The prize symbols and their captions located in the 9 ''prize'' areas, one below each of the 9 vertical ''columns'' are: $3.00 (THR DOL), $5.00 (FIV DOL), $6.00 (SIX DOL), $10.00 (TEN DOL), $15.00 (FIFTN), $30.00 (THIRTY), $60.00 (SIXTY), $90.00 (NINTY), $300 (THR HUN), $1,000 (ONE THO) and $3,000 (THR THO). The prize symbols and their captions located in the 3 ''prize'' areas, one to the right of each of the 3 horizontal ''rows'' are: $3.00 (THR DOL), $5.00 (FIV DOL), $6.00 (SIX DOL), $10.00 (TEN DOL), $15.00 (FIFTN), $30.00 (THIRTY), $60.00 (SIXTY), $90.00 (NINTY), $300 (THR HUN), $1,000 (ONE THO), $3,000 (THR THO) $30,000 (TRY THO) and $60,000 (STY THO).
5. Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are: $3, $5, $6, $10, $15, $30, $60, $90, $300, $1,000, $3,000, $30,000 and $60,000. The player can win up to 7 times on each ticket.
6. Second-Chance Drawings: The Pennsylvania Lottery will conduct five Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 second-chance drawings for which non-winning Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM instant lottery game tickets may be eligible as provided for in section 10.
7. Approximate Number of Tickets Printed For the Game: Approximately 6,000,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM instant lottery game.
8. Determination of Prize Winners:
(a) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $60,000 (STY THO) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $60,000.
(b) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $30,000 (TRY THO) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $30,000.
(c) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $3,000 (THR THO) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $3,000.
(d) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $3,000 (THR THO) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $3,000.
(e) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $1,000 (ONE THO) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.
(f) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $1,000 (ONE THO) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.
(g) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $300 (THR HUN) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $300.
(h) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $300 (THR HUN) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $300.
(i) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $90.00 (NINTY) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $90.
(j) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column'' and a prize symbol of $90.00 (NINTY) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $90.
(k) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $60.00 (SIXTY) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $60.
(l) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column'' and a prize symbol of $60.00 (SIXTY) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $60.
(m) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $30.00 (THIRTY) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $30.
(n) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $30.00 (THIRTY) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $30.
(o) Holders of tickets upon which one of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols is an Icicle symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $30.
(p) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $15.00 (FIFTN) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $15.
(q) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $15.00 (FIFTN) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $15.
(r) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.
(s) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.
(t) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $6.00 (SIX DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $6.
(u) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $6.00 (SIX DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $6.
(v) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.
(w) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.
(x) Holders of tickets upon which nine of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact nine play symbols appearing in a complete horizontal ''Row,'' and a prize symbol of $3.00 (THR DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately to the right of that ''Row,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $3.
(y) Holders of tickets upon which three of the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' play symbols match the same exact three play symbols appearing in a complete vertical ''Column,'' and a prize symbol of $3.00 (THR DOL) appears in the corresponding ''prize'' area immediately below that ''Column,'' on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $3.
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:
Icicle Prize When You Completely Match All Numbers In Any Vertical Column In The Play Grid, Win The Prize Shown For That Column. Win With Prize(s) Of: When You Completely Match All Numbers In Any Horizontal Row, Win The Prize Shown For That Row. Win With Prize(s) Of: Win:
Approximate
Odds Are 1 In:
Approximate No.
Of Winners Per
6,000,000 Tickets
$3 $3 18.18 330,000 $3 $3 18.18 330,000 $5 $5 28.57 210,000 $5 $5 31.25 192,000 $3 × 2 $6 200 30,000 $3 × 2 $6 200 30,000 $6 $6 200 30,000 $6 $6 200 30,000 $5 × 2 $10 250 24,000 $5 × 2 $10 250 24,000 $10 $10 250 24,000 $10 $10 250 24,000 $3 × 5 $15 1,000 6,000 $5 × 3 $15 1,000 6,000 $5 × 2 $5 $15 1,000 6,000 $15 $15 1,000 6,000 $15 $15 1,000 6,000 $5 × 5 $5 $30 1,000 6,000 $6 × 4 $6 $30 1,000 6,000 $10 × 2 $10 $30 1,000 6,000 $15 $15 $30 1,000 6,000 ICICLE $30 100 60,000 $30 $30 1,000 6,000 $30 $30 1,000 6,000 ICICLE $5 × 6 $60 3,429 1,750 $10 × 5 $10 $60 3,429 1,750 $15 × 2 $15 × 2 $60 1,143 5,250 $60 $60 3,429 1,750 $60 $60 3,429 1,750 ICICLE $10 × 6 $90 3,000 2,000 $15 × 5 $15 $90 3,000 2,000 ICICLE $30 × 2 $90 2,400 2,500 ICICLE $60 $90 2,400 2,500 $90 $90 3,000 2,000 $90 $90 3,000 2,000 $60 × 4 $60 $300 40,000 150 ICICLE $90 × 3 $300 40,000 150 $300 $300 40,000 150 $300 $300 40,000 150 $1,000 $1,000 60,000 100 $1,000 $1,000 60,000 100 $3,000 $3,000 600,000 10 $3,000 $3,000 600,000 10 $30,000 $30,000 1,200,000 5 $60,000 $60,000 1,200,000 5 Reveal an ''ICICLE'' symbol in the ''SNOWFLAKE NUMBERS'' area and win $30 instantly.
Prizes, including top prizes, are subject to availability at the time of purchase.
10. Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 Requirements:
(a) To be eligible for the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010, players must mail non-winning qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery 2010 holiday instant tickets having an individual or combined purchase price of at least $20 in an envelope no larger than 4 1/8 inches by 9 1/2 inches addressed to Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010, P. O. Box 4539, Middletown, PA 17057-4539. Each envelope containing at least $20 of qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery 2010 holiday instant tickets will constitute one entry. The player shall affix proper postage to the entry. The qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery holiday instant tickets and their respective purchase prices are: PA-0847 Merry Millionaire ($20); PA-0848 Winner Green ($10); PA-0849 $now Globe Ca$h ($5); PA-0850 Frosty Match & WinTM ($3); PA-0851 Jingle Bell Doubler ($2); and PA-0852 Happy Holidays! ($1).
(b) Envelopes containing qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery holiday instant tickets having an individual or combined price of less than $20 shall be disqualified. Envelopes containing non-qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery instant tickets shall be disqualified.
(c) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received in an envelope larger than 4 1/8 inches by 9 1/2 inches shall be disqualified. The only exception is for non-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway entries received in a United States Post Office ''damaged-in-mail-process'' envelope.
(d) Winning Pennsylvania Lottery instant tickets submitted to the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 address will not be paid or honored. Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries containing winning Pennsylvania Lottery instant game tickets will be disqualified.
(e) The back of each non-winning qualifying Pennsylvania Lottery holiday instant ticket entered in the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 must be completed by the same player in a legible manner, including the player's name, address, city, state, zip code, telephone number and signature. Only one claimant per entry allowed. Claimant must be 18 years of age or older. Incomplete tickets shall be disqualified.
11. Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings procedures:
(a) The Lottery will conduct five Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings. All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters on or before 4:00 p.m. December 10, 2010, will be eligible to participate in one of the five Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings. All time references in this section are Eastern Standard Time.
(1) All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters on or before 4:00 p.m. November 12, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the first Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of November 15, 2010.
(2) All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. November 12, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. November 19, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the second Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of November 29, 2010.
(3) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. November 19, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. November 26, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the third Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of November 29, 2010.
(4) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. November 26, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. December 3, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the fourth Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of December 6, 2010.
(5) Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entries received at Lottery Headquarters after 4:00 p.m. December 3, 2010, through and including 4:00 p.m. December 10, 2010, will be eligible to participate in the final Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing which will be held at Lottery Headquarters the week of December 13, 2010.
(b) The odds of an entry being selected in a Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing depend upon the number of entries received for that drawing.
(c) To be eligible to participate in a particular Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing, a player must have complied with the requirements of section 10.
(d) The Lottery assumes no responsibility for a lost or misplaced entry not entered into one of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings.
(e) A Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entry is eligible for only one Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing. An entry that is not eligible in one group, may, at the discretion of the Secretary, remain eligible for a subsequent Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing.
(f) If a Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 entry is rejected during or following the Pennsylvania Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing, the sole remedy is to select another entry to replace the rejected entry in accordance with Lottery procedure.
(g) A player may only win the prize for which they are first selected in each of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings. Subsequent entries, from the same individual, selected in the same Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawing will be disqualified and a replacement entry will be selected.
(h) Manner of conducting each of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings.
(1) All entries received at Lottery Headquarters that are eligible to participate in a particular drawing, will be placed in numbered containers, each containing approximately 500 envelopes.
(2) A computer-generated randomizer or mechanical device may be used to select the numbered containers from which the winners will be selected. If used, the randomizer will not be programmed to eliminate the possibility of the same container being selected more than once.
(3) One envelope will be randomly drawn from each of the selected numbered containers. As each entry envelope is selected, its contents will be qualified according to the requirements of section 10. If the entry does not meet the requirements of section 10, another entry will be selected from that container; and so on, until a qualified entry has been chosen. Once a qualified entry has been selected, further validation will take place by verifying the status of the tickets contained in the entry envelope drawn by entering the ticket information into the computerized instant ticket database. The first qualified and validated entry from each of the designated containers will entitle its owner to a prize as described in section 12.
(4) Determination of winners will be made by the Secretary, whose judgment will be final and binding.
(i) The payment of a prize awarded in any of the Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings to a person who dies before receiving the prize shall be paid according to 61 Pa. Code § 811.16 (relating to prizes payable after death of prize winner).
12. Description of Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 Drawings Prizes:
(a) There will be seventy cash prizes of $1,000 awarded in each of the five Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 drawings.
(b) All Pennsylvania Lottery Grand-A-Day Holiday Giveaway 2010 prize payments will be made as a one-time, lump-sum cash payment in the amount of the prize won, less required federal withholding if applicable.
13. Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM instant lottery game tickets. The conduct of the game will be governed by 61 Pa. Code § 819.222 (relating to retailer bonuses and incentive).
14. Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Frosty Match & WinTM 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 Frosty Match & WinTM 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.
15. 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.
16. 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 Frosty Match & WinTM or through normal communications methods.
C. DANIEL HASSELL,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-2067. Filed for public inspection October 29, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]
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