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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 16-833

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT
OF REVENUE

Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover Instant Lottery Game

[46 Pa.B. 2481]
[Saturday, May 14, 2016]

 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 $100,000 Home Makeover.

 2. Price: The price of a Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover instant lottery game ticket is $5.

 3. Play Symbols: Each Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover instant lottery game ticket will contain one play area featuring a ''WINNING NUMBERS'' area and a ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area. The play symbols and their captions located in the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' area are: 1 (ONE), 2 (TWO), 3 (THREE), 4 (FOUR), 5 (FIVE), 6 (SIX), 7 (SEVEN), 8 (EIGHT), 9 (NINE), 10 (TEN), 11 (ELEVN), 12 (TWLV), 13 (THRTN), 14 (FORTN), 15 (FIFTN), 16 (SIXTN), 17 (SVNTN), 18 (EGHTN), 19 (NINTN), 20 (TWENT), 21 (TWYONE), 22 (TWYTWO), 23 (TWYTHR), 24 (TWYFOR), 25 (TWYFIV), 26 (TWYSIX), 27 (TWYSVN), 28 (TWYEGT), 29 (TWYNIN) and 30 (THIRTY). The play symbols and their captions located in the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area are: 1 (ONE), 2 (TWO), 3 (THREE), 4 (FOUR), 5 (FIVE), 6 (SIX), 7 (SEVEN), 8 (EIGHT), 9 (NINE), 10 (TEN), 11 (ELEVN), 12 (TWLV), 13 (THRTN), 14 (FORTN), 15 (FIFTN), 16 (SIXTN), 17 (SVNTN), 18 (EGHTN), 19 (NINTN), 20 (TWENT), 21 (TWYONE), 22 (TWYTWO), 23 (TWYTHR), 24 (TWYFOR), 25 (TWYFIV), 26 (TWYSIX), 27 (TWYSVN), 28 (TWYEGT), 29 (TWYNIN), 30 (THIRTY), Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol and a Home (HOME) symbol.

 4. Prize Symbols: The prize symbols and their captions located in the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' area are: $5.00 (FIV DOL), $10.00 (TEN DOL), $20.00 (TWENTY), $25.00 (TWY FIV), $50.00 (FIFTY), $100 (ONE HUN), $500 (FIV HUN), $1,000 (ONE THO), $10,000 (TEN THO) and $100,000 (ONEHUNTHO).

 5. Prizes: The prizes that can be won in this game are: $5, $10, $20, $25, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $10,000 and $100,000. A player can win up to 12 times on a ticket.

 6. Second-Chance Drawings: The Pennsylvania Lottery will conduct two $100,000 Home Makeover Second-Chance Drawings for which non-winning Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover instant lottery game tickets may be eligible as provided for in section 10.

 7. Approximate Number of Tickets Printed For the Game: Approximately 11,400,000 tickets will be printed for the Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover instant lottery game.

 8. Determination of Prize Winners:

 (a) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $100,000 (ONEHUNTHO) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100,000.

 (b) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $10,000 (TEN THO) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10,000.

 (c) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol and a prize symbol of $10,000 (TEN THO) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10,000.

 (d) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $1,000 (ONE THO) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

 (e) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol and a prize symbol of $1,000 (ONE THO) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

 (f) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Home (HOME) symbol and a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears in eight of the ''prize'' areas and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears in four of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $1,000.

 (g) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $500 (FIV HUN) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

 (h) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, and a prize symbol of $500 (FIV HUN) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

 (i) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Home (HOME) symbol and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears in eight of the ''prize'' areas and a prize symbol of $25.00 (TWY FIV) appears in four of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

 (j) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Home (HOME) symbol and a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears in three of the ''prize'' areas, a prize symbol of $25.00 (TWY FIV) appears in four of the ''prize'' areas and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears in five of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $500.

 (k) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

 (l) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, and a prize symbol of $100 (ONE HUN) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

 (m) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Home (HOME) symbol and a prize symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) appears in five of the ''prize'' areas, a prize symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) appears in six of the ''prize'' areas and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears in one of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

 (n) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Home (HOME) symbol and a prize symbol of $25.00 (TWY FIV) appears in two of the ''prize'' areas and a prize symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) appears in ten of the ''prize'' areas, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $100.

 (o) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $50.

 (p) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, and a prize symbol of $50.00 (FIFTY) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $50.

 (q) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $25.00 (TWY FIV) appears in the ''Prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $25.

 (r) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, and a prize symbol of $25.00 (TWY FIV) appears in the ''Prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $25.

 (s) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

 (t) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, and a prize symbol of $20.00 (TWENTY) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $20.

 (u) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

 (v) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, and a prize symbol of $10.00 (TEN DOL) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $10.

 (w) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols matches any of the ''WINNING NUMBERS'' play symbols and a prize symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) appears in the ''prize'' area under the matching ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.

 (x) Holders of tickets upon which any one of the ''YOUR NUMBERS'' play symbols is a Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, and a prize symbol of $5.00 (FIV DOL) appears in the ''prize'' area under that Paintbrush (BRUSH) symbol, on a single ticket, shall be entitled to a prize of $5.

 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:


When Any Of Your Numbers
Match Any Winning Number, Win
Prize Shown Under The Matching
Number.
Win With: 		Win: Approximate
Odds Are 1 In: 		Approximate No.
Of Winners Per
11,400,000
Tickets:
$5 w/ PAINTBRUSH $5 15 760,000
$5 $5 20 570,000
$5 × 2 $10 60 190,000
$10 w/ PAINTBRUSH $10 40 285,000
$10 $10 60 190,000
$5 × 4 $20 150 76,000
($10 w/ PAINTBRUSH) × 2 $20 150 76,000
$20 w/ PAINTBRUSH $20 75 152,000
$20 $20 150 76,000
$5 × 5 $25 300 38,000
(($10 w/ PAINTBRUSH) × 2) + $5 $25 200 57,000
$25 w/ PAINTBRUSH $25 200 57,000
$25 $25 300 38,000
$5 × 10 $50 600 19,000
$10 × 5 $50 600 19,000
$25 × 2 $50 600 19,000
$50 w/ PAINTBRUSH $50 600 19,000
$50 $50 600 19,000
HOME w/ (($25 × 2) + ($5 × 10)) $100 2,000 5,700
HOME w/ (($10 × 5) + ($5 × 6) + $20) $100 2,000 5,700
$10 × 10 $100 4,000 2,850
$20 × 5 $100 4,000 2,850
$25 × 4 $100 4,000 2,850
($50 w/ PAINTBRUSH) × 2 $100 4,000 2,850
$100 w/ PAINTBRUSH $100 4,000 2,850
$100 $100 4,000 2,850
HOME w/ (($100 × 3) + ($25 × 4) + ($20 × 5)) $500 4,000 2,850
HOME w/ (($50 × 8) + ($25 × 4)) $500 4,800 2,375
$50 × 10 $500 12,000 950
$100 × 5 $500 12,000 950
$500 w/ PAINTBRUSH $500 12,000 950
$500 $500 12,000 950
HOME w/ (($100 × 8) + ($50 × 4)) $1,000 120,000 95
$100 × 10 $1,000 120,000 95
$500 × 2 $1,000 120,000 95
$1,000 w/ PAINTBRUSH $1,000 120,000 95
$1,000 $1,000 120,000 95
$1,000 × 10 $10,000 2,280,000 5
$10,000 w/ PAINTBRUSH $10,000 2,280,000 5
$10,000 $10,000 2,280,000 5
$100,000 $100,000 1,140,000 10
Reveal a ''PAINTBRUSH'' (BRUSH) symbol, win prize shown under that symbol automatically.
Reveal a ''HOME'' (HOME) symbol, win all 12 prizes shown!

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

 10. Second-Chance Drawing: Pennsylvania Lottery's $100,000 Home Makeover Second-Chance Drawings (hereafter, the ''Drawings''):

 (a) Qualifying Tickets: Non-winning PA-1214 $100,000 Home Makeover ($5) instant game tickets (''Qualifying Tickets'') are eligible for entry into the Drawings.

 (b) Participation and Entry:

 (1) Entrants must be members of the Pennsylvania Lottery VIP Players Club to participate in the Drawings. To join the VIP Players Club, visit https://www.palottery.state.pa.us/VIP-Players-Club/Login.aspx. Becoming a VIP Players Club member is free.

 (2) To enter the Drawings, entrants must submit the identifying information from at least one Qualifying Ticket via the Drawings' promotional website, available at http://www.palottery.com, or the Pennsylvania Lottery's official mobile application, during the entry period. The identifying information from a Qualifying Ticket may be submitted only once for the Drawing. Entries will automatically be awarded at the time of successful submission of a Qualifying Ticket. No other method of submission will be accepted. Entries submitted using any other method, including entries mailed or hand-delivered to the Pennsylvania Lottery, are not valid and will be disqualified.

 (3) Each entry must be complete and the information supplied by the entrant must be accurate. Incomplete entries cannot be submitted.

 (4) Only one claimant per entry allowed.

 (5) Entrants must be 18 years of age or older.

 (6) Players may submit the identifying information from an unlimited number of Qualifying Tickets.

 (7) Once an entry has been submitted it cannot be withdrawn or changed.

 (c) Drawings Description:

 (1) The Lottery will conduct two $100,000 Home Makeover Second-Chance Drawings. All time references are Eastern Prevailing Time.

 (i) All Drawings entries received after 11:59:59 p.m. May 15, 2016, through 11:59:59 p.m. June 23, 2016, will be entered into Drawing #1, held between June 24, 2016 and June 28, 2016.

 (ii) All Drawings entries received after 11:59:59 p.m. June 23, 2016, through 11:59:59 p.m. August 4, 2016, will be entered into Drawing #2, held between August 5, 2016 and August 9, 2016.

 (2) The entry periods for the Drawings will be posted to the Pennsylvania Lottery's publicly accessible website.

 (3) A Qualifying Ticket will receive 5 entries.

 (4) Players may review their entries for the Drawings via the Drawings' promotional website.

 (d) Prizes Available to be Won, Determination of Winners, and Odds of Winning:

 (1) The prize entitlements described below are subject to all restrictions and limitations described in section 10(e), or those mentioned anywhere else in these rules.

 (2) The Lottery will conduct two Drawings from among all the entries received during each entry period as described in section 10(c).

 (3) The first entry selected from the entries submitted in each of the Drawings will be a winning entry, and the entrant who submitted the winning entry shall be entitled to a prize of one $100,000 Home Makeover with a total value of $133,333.

 (i) The prize winner will receive the prize as fifty (50) $2,000 The Home Depot gift cards. The total value of the $100,000 Home Makeover prize includes the value of the gift cards plus 25 percent federal income tax withholding.

 (ii) A $100,000 Home Makeover prize winner opting for the cash value of the prize will receive the cash value of the $100,000 Home Makeover prize less required federal income tax withholding.

 (4) The second entry selected from the entries submitted in each of the Drawings will be a winning entry, and the entrant who submitted the winning entry shall be entitled to a prize of one $10,000 Room Makeover with a total value of $13,333.

 (i) The prize winner will receive the prize as five (5) $2,000 The Home Depot gift cards. The total value of the $10,000 Room Makeover prize includes the value of the gift cards plus 25 percent federal income tax withholding.

 (ii) A $10,000 Room Makeover prize winner opting for the cash value of the prize will receive the cash value of the $10,000 Room Makeover prize less required federal income tax withholding.

 (5) The third through the five hundred-second entries selected from the entries submitted in each of the Drawings will be winning entries, and the entrants who submitted the winning entries shall each be entitled to a prize of one $500 The Home Depot gift card.

 (6) The entry deadline and the number of winning entries to be selected for the Drawing will be posted to the Pennsylvania Lottery's publicly accessible website.

 (7) The odds of an entry being selected in the Drawing depend upon the total number of entries awarded for the Drawing.

 (8) A computer generated randomizer will be used to select the winning entries.

 (e) Drawing Restrictions:

 (1) To be eligible to participate in the Drawings, entrants must have complied with the requirements of these rules.

 (2) The Lottery is not responsible for late, lost or misdirected entries not entered into the Drawings. The Lottery is not responsible for entries that are not entered into the Drawings because of incompatible internet browsers, mobile lottery application failure or other technical issues. If a Drawings entry is selected as a winner and rejected during or following the Drawings, the Lottery will select another entry to replace the rejected entry in accordance with these rules and Lottery procedures.

 (3) If any discrepancy exists between these rules and any material describing the Drawings, these rules shall govern.

 (4) Employees of the Pennsylvania Lottery, MARC Advertising, MUSL, Scientific Games International, Inc., MDI Entertainment, LLC, and their subcontractors, or a spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principle place of residence of any such person are not eligible to participate in the Drawings. Offer void where prohibited or restricted.

 (5) The Pennsylvania Lottery reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend the Drawings and change these rules if the Drawings cannot be conducted as planned due to errors in these rules or advertising, unauthorized intervention, tampering, fraud, technical errors, viruses, worms, bugs, or any other cause beyond the control of the Pennsylvania Lottery that, in the Pennsylvania Lottery's sole judgment, could corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Drawings.

 (6) All entries shall be subject to verification by the Pennsylvania Lottery.

 (7) The Pennsylvania Lottery reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify an entrant found to be tampering with the operation of the Drawings or to be acting in violation of these rules or applicable law.

 (8) The Drawings are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Applicable laws and regulations apply.

 (9) Prizes must be claimed within 1 year of the drawing date of the Drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made within 1 year of the drawing date of the Drawing in which the prize was won, the right of an entrant to claim the prize won, if any, will expire and the prize money will be paid into the State Lottery Fund and used for purposes provided by statute.

 (10) Final determination of winners will be made by the Secretary, whose judgment will be final and binding.

 (11) The payment of a prize awarded in the 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 a prize winner).

 (12) A winner is responsible for all taxes arising from or in connection with any prize won.

 (13) A player may only win the prize for which the player is first selected in the Drawings. Subsequent entries, from the same individual, selected in the same drawing will be disqualified and a replacement entry will be selected.

 (14) Prizes are not transferrable.

 (15) Other restrictions may apply.

 11. Retailer Incentive Awards: The Lottery may conduct a separate Retailer Incentive Program for retailers who sell Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover instant lottery game tickets.

 12. 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.

 13. Unclaimed Prize Money: For a period of 1 year from the announced close of Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover, prize money from winning Pennsylvania $100,000 Home Makeover 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 $100,000 Home Makeover 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.

 14. 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.

 15. 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 $100,000 Home Makeover or through normal communications methods.

EILEEN H. McNULTY, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-833. Filed for public inspection May 13, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]


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