MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Dec. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Starting today, professional hockey fans can buy lottery tickets that show their team loyalty, as the Pennsylvania Lottery and the National Hockey League(R) partnered to offer a new $2 instant game featuring the Philadelphia Flyers(R) and Pittsburgh Penguins(R).

"This is another great collaboration between the Lottery and Pennsylvania's professional sports teams," Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees said. "In addition to getting a chance at winning one of the $20,000 top prizes, players can also enter promotional drawings for the opportunity to win second-chance prizes like an authentic Philadelphia Flyers or Pittsburgh Penguins player jersey."

The Lottery launched instant games with the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers football teams in August 2009 and with the Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball teams in April 2008.

The NHL(R)-themed instant game offers 10 top prizes of $20,000, more than 32,000 prizes from $40 to $400, and more than $7 million in total cash prizes. Players have 10 chances to win on each ticket. On the instant game, if the "home team" beats the "away team" the player wins the prize to the right of that game. A player who finds a "stick" symbol wins the prize shown for that game. A player who finds a "puck" symbol wins 10 times the prize shown for that game. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1-in-4.54.

The Philadelphia Flyers/Pittsburgh Penguins instant game features second-chance promotional drawing opportunities to win hundreds of prizes, including winners' choices of authentic player jerseys. Four separate drawings will be held throughout the hockey season; Jan. 28 is the entry deadline for the first drawing, which will be held the week of Feb. 1. Entry requirements and all deadlines are detailed on the back of every instant ticket and at www.palottery.com.

About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception 37 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed more than $19.2 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free and reduced-fare transit; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term living services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including more than 600 full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds its players to play responsibly. Players must be 18 or older.

For more information on the Pennsylvania Lottery, visit www.palottery.com.

Media contact: Kirstin Alvanitakis, 717-702-8008

Editor's Note: To view and download images of the Flyers and Penguins instant tickets, go to www.palottery.state.pa.us/instant-games.aspx.

SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery