Reese's(TM) Ticket Offers Chances to Win Hershey®'s Bonus Prizes

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., May 25/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Lottery today announced it is partnering with The Hershey Company on a new Reese's(TM) $2 scratch-off ticket, which goes on sale today at all licensed Lottery retailers.

"Once again, we are proud to work with Pennsylvania-based The Hershey Company on an instant game," said Lottery Executive Director Ed Trees, noting that the PA Lottery previously launched a PayDay(TM) instant game in July 2009. "Hershey's products are popular with many Pennsylvania residents, and we hope our players enjoy the new Reese's ticket as much as they did the PayDay instant game."

The Reese's instant game features 10 top prizes of $20,000 and more than 4,800 prizes from $100 to $1,000. In addition, players can enter non-winning Reese's tickets for a chance to win Hershey's bonus prizes. Game details, entry requirements and deadlines are found on the back of every Reese's instant ticket, as well as at www.palottery.com.

The overall odds of winning a prize are 1-in-4.39.

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 38 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: Images of the new Reese's ticket are available at www.palottery.com/instant-games.aspx. To view where players can enter their non-winning tickets and play a Reese's themed game, visit https://pa.secondchancebonuszone.com/reeses/.

SOURCE Pennsylvania Lottery