ADVISORY/Lottery, NASCAR Take Race and Pace Cars 'On the Road'; Try Your Skills With Race Car Simulator in Eight Locations.Assignment/News Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) The Pennsylvania Lottery The Pennsylvania Lottery is the state lottery of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was created by the Pennsylvania Legislature on August 26, 1971 and that October, Henry Kaplan was appointed as its first Executive Director. The Lottery premiered on March 7, 1972. and NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. team together to offer fans a close-up-and-personal look at a replicated Pocono Pace Car and a replica Earlier document exchange software from Farallon Communications, Inc. that converted a Windows or Mac document into a proprietary viewing format. The viewer could be distributed separately or embedded within the document itself, turning it into a single-document viewer. of Jeff Gordon's Chevrolet Monte Carlo The Chevrolet Monte Carlo was an American mid-size car. Originally introduced by Chevrolet for the 1970 model year (as competition with the Ford Thunderbird), it has gone through six generations as of 2007. Winston Cup stock car with racing simulator (1) Software that enables the execution of an application written for a different computer environment. Same as emulator. (2) Software that models the interactions of hypothetical or real-world objects or business processes. . Beginning Wednesday, May 31, 2000, the Pennsylvania Lottery and NASCAR will hit the road, stopping in eight locations across the Commonwealth to promote the Pocono 500 and Pennsylvania 500 Winston Cup races, as well as the Lottery's new instant ticket game, Pocono Race for the Riches. The game offers players a chance to win one of four replica Pocono Pace Cars instantly, plus the opportunity to win one of two replica Pocono Pace Cars and a weekend at Pocono Raceway Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) is a superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond. It is the site of two annual NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races held just weeks apart in June and August. in the Lottery's second-chance drawing. In addition to the popular replica Pocono Pace Car, this year the Lottery also has the DuPont Automotive Finishes' Chevrolet Monte Carlo - a replica of popular race car driver Jeff Gordon's Winston Cup car which includes a video game inside that simulates an actual NASCAR race. The Monte Carlo Monte Carlo (môNtā` kärlō`), town (1982 pop. 13,150), principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea and the French Riviera. features all of the required NASCAR equipment and features, including padded roll bars, removable steering The process whereby builders, brokers, and rental property managers induce purchasers or lessees of real property to buy land or rent premises in neighborhoods composed of persons of the same race. wheel, steel-encased rubber gas tank and braced brace n. 1. A device that holds or fastens two or more parts together or in place; a clamp. 2. A device, such as a supporting beam in a building or a connecting wire or rope, that steadies or holds something else erect. Lexan windows. The better your race car driving skills, the longer you stay behind the wheel of the simulator! The cars will make eight scheduled "pit stops" across the Commonwealth to give all racing fans the opportunity to see them first-hand, to try the Jeff Gordon Jeffery Michael Gordon (born August 4, 1971) is a professional American race car driver. He was born in Vallejo, California, raised in Pittsboro, Indiana, and currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. simulator and to purchase their Pocono Race for the Riches instant tickets from the Pennsylvania Lottery. Lottery and Pocono Raceway personnel will be on hand. The following are the planned dates, locations and times for the public to attend:
Wednesday, May 31 McDade Mall in Holmes, Delaware County 2-6 p.m.
Thursday, June 1 Stefko Mini-Market in Bethlehem, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Lehigh County
Friday, June 2 Anthracite News in Wilkes-Barre, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Luzerne County
Saturday, June 3 Weis Super Store in Hazleton, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Luzerne County
Monday, June 5 Readings & Greetings, 2-6 p.m.
Colonial Park Mall, Harrisburg
Tuesday, June 6 Sheetz Convenience Store, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
3315 Beale Avenue, Altoona
Wednesday, June 7 Old Allegheny Shoppe, Caste 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Village Shopping Center, Pittsburgh
Thursday, June 8 Penn-Ohio in Sharon, Mercer County 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
The $2 Pocono Race for the Riches instant ticket game features two top instant prizes - a $20,000 cash prize and a replicated Pocono Raceway Pace Car. Pocono Race for the Riches offers six chances to win on each ticket. When YOUR SPEED beats THEIR SPEED, you win the prize shown for that lap (game). Get a "car" symbol and win a replicated Pocono Raceway Pace Car instantly! In addition, the Pennsylvania Lottery is conducting a series of second-chance drawings. To enter, players send in three, non-winning Pocono Race for the Riches tickets. Lottery retailers have a supply of pre-addressed envelopes (postage POSTAGE. The money charged by law for carrying letters, packets and documents by mail. By act of congress of March 3, 1851, Minot's Statute at Large, U. S. 587, it is enacted as follows: 2.-Sec. 1. required) to mail in your entries. However, if your retailer has no more envelopes, you may use a business (No. 10) envelope to send your entries to: Pennsylvania Lottery Pocono Race for the Riches second-chance drawing P.O. Box 999 Middletown, PA 17057-0999 Two replicated Pocono Raceway Pace Cars will be awarded in the second-chance drawing. The Pennsylvania Lottery will award over 1,000 authentic Pocono Raceway jackets (each jacket has a $110 value) as second-chance prizes. July 5, 2000, is the deadline for all entries to be received for the final second-chance drawing. Each week for 10 weeks, the Pennsylvania Lottery will conduct drawings from second-chance Pocono Race for the Riches entries received. Each week, 100 names will be selected from among the entries. Five hundred semi-finalists will be selected for the Pocono 500 race and 500 semi-finalists will be selected for the Pennsylvania 500 race. From each group of 500 semi-finalists, five will be selected to attend the Pocono 500 race and five will be selected to attend the Pennsylvania 500 race. Each finalist will receive $5,000 cash and a chance at winning a Pocono Raceway replica pace car. Before each race, the finalists will select a key. The finalist whose key successfully starts the pace car wins. The winner will have the opportunity to make a pre-race parade lap A parade lap, also know as a formation lap or warm-up lap, is a lap before an autoracing race begins, in which the drivers go around the track at a slow speed (usually between 30 and 70 MPH), and, in some cases, behind the safety car. around the track in the car. Each of the 10 finalists and their spouse or guest, will receive two nights lodging, all meals and transportation from the hotel to the track each day. The back of all non-winning tickets must be filled out completely to be valid second-chance entries. The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery A game of chance operated by a state government. Generally a lottery offers a person the chance to win a prize in exchange for something of lesser value. Most lotteries offer a large cash prize, and the chance to win the cash prize is typically available for one dollar. that exclusively targets its proceeds to benefit older citizens. Since its inception 28 years ago, the Lottery has provided $11 billion in program benefits that have expanded to support property tax and rent rebates, free and reduced-fare transit for older Pennsylvanians, a co-pay prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, program (PACE and PACENET) and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging located throughout the Commonwealth. Players must be 18 years of age or older. |
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