January 8, 2001

PLAYERS START THE NEW YEAR WITH THREE NEW INSTANT GAMES FROM THE DELAWARE LOTTERY 

DOVER, DE - The Delaware Lottery this week is introducing three new Instant Games called FIRE N' ICE, GO 4 IT and DEAL ME IN.  FIRE N' ICE is a $2 ticket with a top prize of $20,000. Tickets for GO 4 IT and DEAL ME IN cost $1. Top prize for GO 4 IT is $4,000, and top prize for DEAL ME IN is $2,100.

In FIRE N' ICE, players scratch off the play area to reveal ten your ice numbers with dollar amounts and two hot winning numbers. If the player matches any of your ice numbers to either hot winning number, the player wins the prize shown for that number.  FIRE N' ICE offers 152,282 prizes with a value of $595,800.  The average odds of winning are 1 in 3.15, based on the sale of all 480,000 tickets ordered for this game.

To play GO 4 IT, players scratch off the play area.  If the player gets three "4s" in any row, column or diagonal, the player wins the prize shown in the prize box.  The GO 4 IT game offers 51,968 prizes with a value of $138,200.  Average odds of winning GO 4 IT are 1 in 4.62, based on the sale of all 240,000 tickets printed for this game.

DEAL ME IN offers players the chance to win up to four cash prizes on each ticket.  Players scratch off the play area to uncover playing cards, numbers and dollar amounts.  If the player's total in any of your hands is greater than the dealer's total, the player wins the prize for that hand. If any of the player's your hands totals 21, the player wins double the prize for that hand.  DEAL ME IN offers 110,390 prizes with a value of $281,800.  The average odds of winning are 1 in 4.35, based on the sale of all 480,000 tickets ordered for this game.

The three new Instant Games are now available at all Delaware Lottery Retailers.