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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 03-180

NOTICES

Pennsylvania Mystery Spot Bingo Instant Lottery Game

[33 Pa.B. 696]

   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 Spot Bingo.

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

   3.  Play Symbols:

   (a)  Each Pennsylvania Mystery Spot 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 located in the six play areas are:  The numbers 1 through 75 and FREE.

   (b)  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.

   (c)  Each Mystery Spot Bingo instant lottery game ticket will also contain a ''Mystery Pattern'' area. Within the ''Mystery Pattern'' area is a ''Spot'' area. The play symbols and their captions located in the ''Spot'' area are:  A ''PLUS'' pattern, matching one square in the midpoint in the second and fourth rows and in the midpoint in the second and fourth columns and extending through the ''FREE'' space; the letter ''H'' pattern, matching the second through fifth squares in the second and fourth column and extending through the ''FREE'' space; the letter ''T'' pattern, matching the second through fifth squares in the second row and the second through the fifth squares in the third column and extending through the ''FREE'' space; and a ''MINI'' pattern, matching the second through the fifth squares in the second through the fifth rows and extending through the ''FREE'' space.

   4.  Prize Play Symbols:  The ''Mystery Pattern'' area will also contain a ''Prize'' area. The prize play symbols and their captions located in the ''Prize'' area are:  $2.00 (TWO DOL), $4.00 (FOR DOL), $5.00 (FIV DOL), $6.00 (SIX DOL), $20$ (TWENTY), $40$ (FORTY) and $100 (ONE HUN).

   5.  Prizes:  The prizes that can be won in this game are $2, $4, $5, $6, $10, $20, $40, $100, $250, $500 and $20,000. The player can win up to four times on a ticket.

   6.  Approximate Number of Tickets Printed for the Game: approximately 14,400,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania Mystery Spot Bingo instant lottery game.

   7.  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 $20,000.

   (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 $500.

   (c)  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 $250.

   (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,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $250.

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

   (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 $100.

   (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 2'' or ''Card 3,'' shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

   (h)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a Mystery Pattern in the ''Spot'' area, and a prize play symbol of $40$ (FORTY) appearing 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 Mystery Pattern in the ''Spot'' area, and a prize play symbol of $20$ (TWENTY) appearing in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

   (j)  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.

   (k)  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.

   (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 a Mystery Pattern in the ''Spot'' area, and a prize play symbol of $6.00 (SIX DOL) appearing 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 Mystery Pattern in the ''Spot'' area, and a prize play symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) appearing in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.

   (o)  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.

   (p)  Holders of tickets matching the ''Caller's Card'' play symbols in a Mystery Pattern in the ''Spot'' area, and a prize play symbol of $4.00 (FOR DOL) appearing 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 Mystery Pattern in the ''Spot'' area, and a prize play symbol of $2.00 (TWO DOL) appearing in the ''Prize'' area, shall be entitled to a prize of $2.

   (r)  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.

   (s)  A player may win more than one prize on a ticket; however, the player cannot win more than one prize on each ''Card.''

   8.  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 14,400,000
With Win Odds Tickets
Line Card 1 $2 1:37.50 384,000
Line Card 2 $2 1:37.50384,000
Line Card 4 $2 1:37.50 384,000
Mystery Pattern $2 1:25.42 566,400
Line Card 1 + $4 1:75 192,000
   Line Card 2
Mystery Pattern $4 1:37.50 384,000
Line Card 2 + $4 1:37.50 384,000
   Line Card 4
Line Card 3 $5 1:150   96,000
Mystery Pattern $51:75 192,000
Line Card 1 + $6 1:150   96,000
   Line Card 2 +
   Line Card 4
Mystery Pattern $6 1:51.72 278,400
Corner Card 1 $10 1:375   38,400
Line Card 1 + $11 1:187.50   76,800
   Line Card 2 +
   Line Card 3 +
   Line Card 4
Corner Card 2 $20 1:750   19,200
Corner Card 3 $20 1:750   19,200
Corner Card 4 $20 1:750   19,200
Diamond Card 1 $20 1:750   19,200
Mystery Pattern $201:750   19,200
Corner Card 1 + $30 1:300   48,000
   Corner Card 4
Corner Card 1 + $30 1:300   48,000
   Corner Card 3
Corner Card 3 + $40 1:4,000     3,600
   Corner Card 4
Diamond Card 1 + $40 1:12,000     1,200
   Corner Card 4
Mystery Pattern $40 1:8,000     1,800
Diamond Card 2 $100 1:24,000        600
Diamond Card 3 $100 1:24,000        600
X Card 1 $100 1:24,000        600
Mystery Pattern $100 1:24,000        600
X Card 2 $250 1:60,000        240
Diamond Card 4 $2501:60,000        240
X Card 2 + $500 1:120,000        120
   Diamond Card 4
X Card 3 $500 1:120,000        120
X Card 4 $20,0001:2,400,000            6

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

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

   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), the regulations contained in 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 Pennsylvania Mystery Spot Bingo or through normal communications methods.

LARRY P. WILLIAMS,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 03-180. Filed for public inspection January 31, 2003, 9:00 a.m.]


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