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Double Up Bingo, 3 Wishes Join Pennsylvania Lottery's Instant Game Lineup4 April 2002MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania --(Press Release)--April 4, 2002--The Pennsylvania Lottery introduces new instant ticket games that will go on sale Tuesday, April 9, 2002. 3 Wishes and Double Up Bingo join Mother's Day, which also debuts April 9, 2002. Double Up Bingo is a $2 instant ticket game in the popular ``Bingo'' theme, but with a fresh new look! Double Up Bingo offers four chances to win on each ticket - there are four Bingo games on each ticket and each game is played separately. The game has a top prize of $25,000. Players uncover the 30 Double Up Bingo numbers on the Caller's Card and match them to numbers on each of the Player's Cards. Match a combination of Caller's Card numbers in any horizontal, vertical or diagonal line; in the four corners; in a diamond pattern or in an ``X'' pattern and win the corresponding prize. Find the ``Double'' symbol (DBL) within any winning pattern and the prize for that particular pattern is doubled! Overall odds of winning a Double Up Bingo prize are 1-in-3.71. Double Up Bingo has over three million winning tickets in the game. In addition, Double Up Bingo offers more than $14.8 million in total cash prizes. Double Up Bingo joins six other Pennsylvania Lottery instant ticket Bingo games currently on sale at licensed Lottery retail locations - Bingo Mania ($5), Triple Cash Bingo ($3), Bingo Mania II ($5), Wild Spot Bingo ($2), Snowflake Bingo ($3) and Triple Your Luck Bingo ($3). A fun instant ticket game that wins like magic is 3 Wishes. This $3 ticket offers players 10 chances to win on each ticket and a top prize of $33,000. When any of your numbers match any of the wish numbers, you win the prize shown under the matching number. 3 Wishes has more than $7.7 million in cash prizes, over 33,000 prizes between $30 and $36. The overall odds of winning a 3 Wishes prize are 1-in-3.24. The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state Lottery that designates its proceeds to benefit older citizens. Since its inception 30 years ago last month, the Lottery has contributed $12.2 billion to programs that have expanded to include property tax and rent rebates, free and reduced-fare transit for older Pennsylvanians, a co-pay prescription drug program (PACE and PACENET) and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including 650 full- and part-time senior centers, located throughout Pennsylvania. Players must be 18 years of age or older. |