2002 Press Releases
February 4, 2002NEW INSTANT GAMES MAKE GREAT VALENTINE'S GIFTS
DOVER, DE - This week the Delaware
Lottery is introducing three new Instant Games: WILD PLAY BINGO,
GO FOR THE GREEN and WINNING HAND.
In the new $2 WILD PLAY BINGO Instant Game, players get two "free"
spaces, plus four chances per ticket to win one of two top prizes
worth $10,000. Players also have a chance to win 12 other prizes
from $2 to $1,000 playing WILD PLAY BINGO. This Instant Game offers
72,624 prizes with a value of $297,700. Average odds of winning
are 1 in 3.30, based on the sale of all 240,000 tickets ordered
for this game.
The $1 GO FOR THE GREEN Instant Game offers players the chance
to win one of three $1,700 top prizes, plus eight other cash prizes
from $1 to $100 on each ticket. GO FOR THE GREEN offers 84,003
prizes with a value of $205,200. Average odds of winning are 1
in 4.29, based on the sale of all 360,000 tickets printed for
this game.
WINNING HAND offers players a chance to win one of three $1,500
top cash prizes on each $1 ticket. Players also have a chance
to win nine other cash prizes from $1 to $300. With three chances
to win on each ticket, players will say, "deal me in"
to WINNING HAND. This Instant Game offers 106,393 prizes with
a value of $278,500. Average odds of winning are 1 in 4.51, based
on the sale of all 480,000 game tickets printed.
Since the start of operations in 1975, the Delaware Lottery has
contributed more than $1.1 billion to the state's General Fund
to help finance needed state services that benefit everyone in
Delaware. The Lottery offers a variety of games: POWERBALL®,
LOTTO, Rolldown®, PLAY 3 and PLAY 4, and assorted Instant
Games.
