NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Pennsylvania Gold Fish® Instant Lottery Game 1409
[49 Pa.B. 3188]
[Saturday, June 15, 2019]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 lottery game is Pennsylvania Gold Fish® (hereinafter ''Gold Fish®''). The game number is PA-1409.
2. Price: The price of a Gold Fish® instant lottery game ticket is $3.
3. Play Symbols: Each Gold Fish® instant lottery game ticket will contain one play area featuring a ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area, a ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' area, and a ''Prize Legend'' area. The play symbols, located in the scratched ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area, are: the numbers 1 through 35. The play symbols, located in the unscratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' area, are: the numbers 1 through 35. The play symbols, located in the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' area, are: Anchor symbol, Turtle symbol, Castle symbol, Starfish symbol, Clownfish symbol, Purple Fish symbol, Green Fish symbol, and a Gold Fish symbol.
4. Prizes: The prizes, located in the ''Prize Legend'' area that can be won in this game, are: $3, $5, $10, $25, $50, $100, $500, and $50,000. A player can win up to 4 times on a ticket.
5. Approximate Number of Tickets Available for the Game: Approximately 8,400,000 tickets will be printed for the Gold Fish® instant lottery game.
6. Determination of Prize Winners:
(a) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Gold Fish symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $50,000.
(b) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Green Fish symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.
(c) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Purple Fish symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.
(d) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Clownfish symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $50.
(e) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Starfish symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $25.
(f) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Castle symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.
(g) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Turtle symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.
(h) Holders of tickets upon which the player matches the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols to any of the ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, revealing three like Anchor symbols under the scratched ''GOLD FISH NUMBERS'' play symbols, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $3.
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:
Scratch The Your Numbers Area. Then Scratch Each Matching Number Found In The Gold Fish Numbers Area. When You Match 3 Like Symbols, Win Prize Shown In The Prize Legend Below.
Win With:Win: Approximate
Odds Are
1 In:Approximate
No. Of Winners
Per 8,400,000
Tickets3—ANCHOR SYMBOLS $3 8.33 1,008,000 3—TURTLE SYMBOLS $5 19.61 428,400 3—CASTLE SYMBOLS $10 32.26 260,400 (3—CASTLE SYMBOLS) + (3—TURTLE SYMBOLS) $15 50 168,000 3—STARFISH SYMBOLS $25 200 42,000 (3—STARFISH SYMBOLS) + (3—TURTLE SYMBOLS) $30 142.86 58,800 3—CLOWNFISH SYMBOLS $50 685.71 12,250 (3—CLOWNFISH SYMBOLS) + (3—STARFISH SYMBOLS) $75 1,200 7,000 (3—CLOWNFISH SYMBOLS) + (3—STARFISH SYMBOLS) + (3—CASTLE SYMBOLS) + (3—TURTLE SYMBOLS) $90 923.08 9,100 3—PURPLE FISH SYMBOLS $100 3,000 2,800 (3—PURPLE FISH SYMBOLS) + (3—CLOWNFISH SYMBOLS) $150 6,000 1,400 (3—PURPLE FISH SYMBOLS) + (3—CLOWNFISH SYMBOLS) + (3—STARFISH SYMBOLS) $175 6,000 1,400 3—GREEN FISH SYMBOLS $500 12,000 700 3—GOLD FISH SYMBOLS $50,000 840,000 10
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 Program for retailers who sell Gold Fish® instant lottery game tickets.
9. Retailer Bonus: The Lottery may offer a retailer bonus in connection with the sale of Pennsylvania instant lottery game tickets. If a retailer bonus is offered, a Lottery retailer shall be eligible for a bonus as described in this section. Lottery retailers who sell a winning ticket that entitles the ticket holder to a prize, either payable in a single installment or having a guaranteed minimum payout, of at least $100,000 and not exceeding $500,000 shall be paid a bonus of $500. Lottery retailers who sell a winning ticket that entitles the ticket holder to a prize, either payable in a single installment or having a guaranteed minimum payout, of at least $500,001 and not exceeding $1,000,000 shall be paid a bonus of $5,000. Lottery retailers who sell a winning ticket that entitles the ticket holder to a prize, either payable in a single installment or having a guaranteed minimum payout, of at least $1,000,001 and not exceeding $10,000,000 shall be paid a bonus of $10,000. A Lottery retailer is entitled only to the largest bonus for which he qualifies on a winning ticket. A bonus will be initiated for payment after the instant ticket is claimed and validated. A bonus will not be awarded to a Lottery retailer that sells a non-winning Pennsylvania Lottery instant ticket used to enter a Pennsylvania Lottery second-chance drawing or promotion that is subsequently selected to win a prize.
10. Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of the Gold Fish® instant lottery game, prize money from winning Gold Fish® 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 Gold Fish® 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.
11. 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.
12. 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 Gold Fish® or through normal communications methods.
C. DANIEL HASSELL,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-913. Filed for public inspection June 14, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]
No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.
