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9 NYCRR 5003.1 - Applicability

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
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The provisions of this Part shall apply to all lottery draw games. In all events, the determination of prize winners shall be subject to the ticket validation requirements as set forth in this Part.

9 NYCRR 5003.2 - Validation conditions

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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In order to be deemed a valid and winning bet ticket all of the following conditions must be met, as determined by the commission:

(a)the validation data must be present in its entirety and must correspond, using the computer validation file, to number selections printed on the ticket for drawing date(s) printed on the ticket;

(b)the ticket must be intact;

(c)the ticket must not be mutilated, altered, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner;

(d)the ticket must not be counterfeit or an exact duplicate of another winning ticket;

(e)the ticket must have been issued by a lottery sales agent on official paper stock of the commission or other method deemed valid by the commission;

(f)the commission must not have actual knowledge that the ticket was stolen;

(g)the ticket must be submitted for payment in accordance with the commission’s procedures for claiming and payment of a prize;

(h)the ticket must have been recorded on the commission’s central computer system prior to the drawing and the ticket data must match this computer record in every respect. In the event of a contradiction between information as printed on the ticket and as accepted by the commission’s central computer system, the wager accepted by the commission’s central computer system shall be the valid wager;

(i)the player or computer number selections, validation data and the drawing date(s) of an apparent winning ticket must appear on the official file of winning tickets, and a ticket with that exact data must not have been previously paid;

(j)the ticket must not be mis-registered, defectively printed, or produced in error to an extent that it cannot be processed by the commission; and

(k)in submitting a ticket for validation, the claimant agrees to abide by applicable laws, all rules and regulations, instructions, conditions and final decisions of the commission.

9 NYCRR 5003.3 - Void ticket

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
Activity status: No later Register activity identified in this check.
Source snapshot: Jun 6, 2026

A ticket submitted for validation that fails any of the preceding validation conditions shall be considered void, subject to the following determinations:

(a)the commission may, at the commission’s option, replace an invalid ticket with a ticket of equivalent sales price; or

(b)in the event a defective ticket is purchased or in the event the commission determines to adjust an error, the sole and exclusive remedy shall be the replacement of such defective or erroneous ticket(s) with a ticket or coupon of equivalent sales price; or

(c)in the event a ticket is not paid by the commission and a dispute occurs as to whether the ticket is a winning ticket, the commission may, at the commission’s option, replace the ticket as provided in this section. This shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the claimant.

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