2002 Press Releases

SWING INTO SPRING WITH NEW INSTANT GAMES

DOVER, DE -This week the Delaware Lottery is introducing three new Instant Games: WINNING INNINGS, MAGIC NUMBERS and CHILE TODAY HOT TAMALE.

Take a swing at the new $1 Instant Game, WINNING INNINGS. Players could hit a home run and win one of six $900 top prizes, plus seven other cash prize levels from $1 to $100. The WINNING INNINGS Instant Game offers 81,948 prizes with a value of $205,200. Average odds of winning are 1 in 4.39, based on the sale of all 360,000 game tickets printed.

The $1 MAGIC NUMBERS Instant Game offers players a chance to win one of four $1,000 top cash prizes, plus nine other cash prize levels from $1 to $500. MAGIC NUMBERS offers 103,296 prizes with a value of $273,600. The average odds of winning are 1 in 4.65, based on the sale of all 480,000 tickets printed for this game.

CHILE TODAY HOT TAMALE may sound like a silly forecast but it's the Delaware Lottery's new $2 Instant Game. Players get two chances to win one of four $5,000 top prizes, plus thousands of other cash prizes ranging from $2 to $500. CHILE TODAY HOT TAMALE offers 104,149 prizes with a value of $453,800. The average odds of winning are 1 in 3.46, based on the sale of all 360,000 tickets ordered for this game.

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.