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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-1034

NOTICES

Pennsylvania Mystery Bingo Instant Lottery Game

[28 Pa.B. 2982]

   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 Mystery Bingo.

   2.  Price: The price of a Pennsylvania Mystery Bingo instant lottery game ticket is $2.00.

   3.  Play Symbols: Each Pennsylvania Mystery Bingo instant lottery game ticket will contain four play areas designated as ''Card 1,'' ''Card 2,'' ''Card 3'' and ''Card 4.'' The 76 play symbols and their captions located in the four play areas are: The numbers 1 through 75 and FREE. Each ticket will also contain a ''Caller's Card'' area. The ''Caller's Card'' area will consist of 30 squares in a 3 x 10 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.  Mystery Patterns: The ticket will also contain a ''Mystery Pattern'' area. The patterns and their captions that may be located in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area are: a plus pattern located in the middle of a 5 x 5 grid (PLUS), a letter H pattern located in the middle of a 5 x 5 grid (LTR H), a letter T pattern located in the middle of a 5 x 5 grid (LTR T) and a 3 x 3 square pattern located in the middle of a 5 x 5 grid (MINI).

   5.  Prize Play Symbols: The prize play symbols and their captions located in the ''Prize'' area to the right of the ''Mystery Pattern'' are: $2.00 (TWO DOL), $4.00 (FOUR DOL), $5.00 (FIVE DOL), $6.00 (SIX DOL), $20$ (TWENTY), $40$ (FORTY) and $100 (ONE HUN).

   6.  Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are $2, $4, $5, $6, $10, $20, $40, $100, $500, $1,000 and $25,000. The player can win up to four times on a ticket.

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

   8.  Determination of Prize Winners:

   (a)  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,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $25,000.

   (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 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

   (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 2,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

   (d)  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,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

   (e)  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 $100.

   (f)  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 $100.

   (g)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area to form the pattern depicted, and a prize play symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

   (h)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area to form the pattern depicted, and a prize play symbol of $40$ (FORTY) in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $40.

   (i)  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 $20.

   (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 $20.

   (k)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area to form the pattern depicted, and a prize play symbol of $20$ (TWENTY) in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

   (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 $10.

   (m)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area to form the pattern depicted, and a prize play symbol of $6.00 (SIX DOL) in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $6.

   (n)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a five space horizontal, vertical or diagonal line on ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $5.

   (o)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area to form the pattern depicted, and a prize play symbol of $5.00 (FIVE DOL) in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.

   (p)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area to form the pattern depicted, and a prize play symbol of $4.00 (FOUR DOL) in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $4.

   (q)  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 4,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $2.

   (r)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in the ''Mystery Pattern'' area to form the pattern depicted, and a prize play symbol of $2.00 (TWO DOL) in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $2.

   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:

Approximate No. of
Get Bingo Approximate
Winners Per 8,400,000
With: Win Odds
Tickets
Line Card 1 $21:15 560,000
Line Card 2 $2 1:44.12 190,400
Line Card 4 $21:75112,000
Mystery Pattern$2 1:50 168,000
Line Card 1 + $41:75 112,000
   Line Card 2
Mystery Pattern $41:37.50 224,000
Line Card 2 + $41:37.50 224,000
   Line Card 4
Line Card 3 $5 1:150 56,000
Mystery Pattern $51:50 168,000
Line Card 1 + $61:107.14 78,400
   Line Card 2 +
   Line Card 4
Mystery Pattern $61:93.7589,600
Corner Card 1 $10 1:375 22,400
Line Card 1 + $11 1:125 67,200
   Line Card 2 +
   Line Card 3 +
   Line Card 4
Corner Card 2 $20 1:750 11,200
Corner Card 3 $20 1:750 11,200
Corner Card 4 $20 1:750 11,200
Diamond Card 1 $20 1:750 11,200
Mystery Pattern $201:750 11,200
Corner Card 1 +$30 1:1,000 8,400
   Corner Card 4
Corner Card 1 +$30 1:930.23 9,030
   Corner Card 3
Corner Card 3 +$401:4,0002,100
   Corner Card 4
Diamond Card 1 + $40 1:12,000 700
   Corner Card 4
Mystery Pattern $40 1:6,000 1,400
Diamond Card 2 $100 1:12,000 700
Diamond Card 3 $100 1:12,000 700
''X'' Card 1 $100 1:60,000 140
Mystery Pattern $100 1:15,000 560
''X'' Card 2 $500 1:60,000 140
Diamond Card 4 $500 1:60,000 140
''X'' Card 2 + $1,000 1:120,000 70
   Diamond Card 4
''X'' Card 3 $1,000 1:120,000 70
''X'' Card 4 $25,000 1:525,000 16

   10.  Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Game for retailers who sell Pennsylvania Mystery 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).

   11.  Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania Mystery Bingo, prize money from winning Pennsylvania Mystery 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 Mystery 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.

   12.  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.

   13.  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 Mystery Bingo or through normal communications methods.

ROBERT A. JUDGE, Sr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-1034. Filed for public inspection June 26, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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