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Lottery Debuts Cash Cow, Bingo Mania Instant Games7 December 2000MIDDLETOWN, Pennsylvania-- (Press Release) --Dec. 7, 2000--The Pennsylvania Lottery will introduce two new instant ticket games Tuesday, December 12, 2000. BINGO MANIA II adds more ways to win the perennial favorite; the popular doubler feature returns with CA$H COW DOUBLER. The $5 BINGO MANIA II instant game is a big ticket with a big top prize of $50,000! There are five ways to win on the ticket - match a combination of CALLER'S CARD numbers in any horizontal, vertical or diagonal line; in the four corners; in an ``X'' pattern; in a ``postage stamp'' pattern or in an ``M'' pattern. There are 10 player's cards on each ticket and each of the 10 cards is played separately. To win, players must: Match five CALLER'S CARD numbers in any horizontal or vertical line or four CALLER'S CARD numbers plus the ``FREE'' space in any diagonal line, or; Match CALLER'S CARD numbers in each of the four corners of a player's card, or; Match eight CALLER'S CARD numbers to form an exact letter ``X,'' or; Match four CALLER'S CARD numbers to form a postage stamp in any of the four corners, or; Match 12 CALLER'S CARD numbers to form a letter ``M'' pattern. BINGO MANIA II has over $13 million in total cash prizes with more than 120,000 prizes between $20 and $50. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1-in-2.52. CA$H COW DOUBLER is a $1 instant game - a whimsical ticket with a serious top prize of $5,000! Get three like amounts and win the prize shown. Get two like amounts and a cow ``bell'' symbol and the prize doubles! CA$H COW DOUBLER has over 2.7 million winning tickets in the game, over 185,000 prizes are between $8 and $40. The game offers more than $3.4 million in doubled prizes, in excess of $7 million total cash prizes are in the game. Overall odds of wining a prize are 1-in-4.31. The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state Lottery that exclusively designates its proceeds to benefit older citizens. Since inception more than 28 years ago, the Lottery has contributed $11.6 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. |