UPDATED | Barry Dyngles returns with a new Queen of Hearts game

AUSTINTOWN — Barry Dyngles is starting the Queen of Hearts game again with a new set of rules.

This marks the third time the set of rules have been altered by the 1601 S. Raccoon Road. Previous changes included moving the drawing date and changing the payout percentage.

The pub will have its first drawing at 8 p.m. October 28, a news release early Wednesday said.

Ticket prices have been altered and will escalate as the jackpot grows.

Ticket prices are as follows:

• $1 for jackpots from $0 to $50,000.

• $2 for jackpots from $50,001 to $100,000.

• $5 for jackpots from $100,001 to $200,000.

• $10 for jackpots from $200,001 to $400,000.

• $20 for jackpots from $400,001 and up.

The pub has gone back to needing to be present to win 100 percent of the jackpot hit so that means if the winner is not present they would win 50 percent of any of the jackpots.

State officials had previously wondered if that was legal. The pub has defended the "house rule" as a way to have people at their business on drawing nights.

Another change for the game is two new payouts. The Queen of Hearts is the full jackpot, the other three queens are 10 percent and the two jokers are 20 percent, just like the first game.

The ace of hearts will now pay out 50 percent of the jackpot and just having your name drawn and pulling a spot will get that person five percent of the jackpot, but that five percent is only paid out if a higher jackpot is not found.

The pub's news release said the pub "reserves the right to change any of the rules after any drawing but prior to selling tickets for the next drawing."

To play, patrons need to purchase tickets and write their name, what spot the queen of hearts is hiding underneath on the board and a phone number to be reached at by the pub.

A news release from the pub said if the winner of the Queen of Hearts is not present when his or her ticket, that person would take 50 percent of the jackpot. Then the pub would continue to pull tickets until the pot is full satisfied.