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March 20, 2000
PLAYERS CAN WIN CASH INSTANTLYWITH TWO NEW INSTANT GAMES FROM THE DELAWARE LOTTERY

DOVER, Del. The Delaware Lottery is introducing two new Instant Games AIN'T IT GRAND and SPRING AHEAD. Prizes for AIN'T IT GRAND range from $5 to a top prize of $60,000, and prizes for SPRING AHEAD range from $1 to a top prize of $2,000. 

In the AIN'T IT GRAND game, players scratch off the play area.   If the player matches any of YOUR NUMBERS to any of the WINNING NUMBERS, the player wins the prize shown for that number.  If the player gets a GRAND prize symbol, the player wins $1,000 a month for five years or $60,000. The AIN'T IT GRAND game includes 78,522 prizes with a value of $748,000.  The average odds of winning a prize playing AIN'T IT GRAND are 1 in 3.06, based on selling all 240,000 tickets ordered for this game. 

In SPRING AHEAD, a player scratches off the play area.  If the player matches the SPRING ITEM to any of YOUR ITEMS, the player wins the prize shown. The SPRING AHEAD game includes 56,568 prizes with a total value of $139,300. The average odds of winning are 1 in 4.24, based on the sale of all 240,000 tickets printed for this game. 

Tickets for AIN'T IT GRAND cost $5, and tickets for SPRING AHEAD cost $1. Both are now available at all Delaware Lottery Retailers.