9 NYCRR Part 5006 - Executive Department

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9 NYCRR 5006.1 - New York instant lottery

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

There is hereby created a type of game known as an instant lottery game. This Part pertains to all instant games.

9 NYCRR 5006.2 - Method of play

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

Tickets of any instant lottery game shall be played by removing the rub-off coating from play spots. The specific method of play will be published for each game in a game brochure readily available to the public.

9 NYCRR 5006.3 - Price

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

Unless otherwise indicated on the face of the ticket, an instant lottery ticket shall sell for $1.

9 NYCRR 5006.4 - Definitions

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Mar 31, 2022
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

(a)Director means the director of the New York State Division of the Lottery or any other person to whom the director's authority is lawfully delegated.

(b)Play symbols, in those games using play symbols, means those symbols that appear under each of the play spots on the front of the ticket.

(c)Play symbol caption, in those games using play symbols, means the small printed material appearing below each play symbol that explains the play symbol. One and only one play symbol caption appears under each play symbol.

(d)Prize symbols means the dollar values associated with the prizes available in the game. Prize symbols appear on the face of the ticket in the play area and are generally covered with a rub-off coating.

(e)Prize symbol caption is the small printed material appearing below each prize symbol that explains the prize symbol. One and only one prize symbol caption appears under each prize symbol.

(f)Book-ticket number means the 11-digit numeric code that appears on the back of the ticket. The first seven digits are the book number, followed by a one-digit check number. The last three digits are the ticket number. A two-digit display printed game identification number shall be printed above the book-ticket number.

(g)Validation number means the unique eight-digit number found at the bottom of the rub-off-coating-covered play surface of the ticket.

(h)Agent validation code means the one-letter code that appears among the play symbols in varying locations on the main part of the ticket. The agent validation code is used by the lottery sales agent to verify winners and is covered by a rub-off coating.

9 NYCRR 5006.5 - Determination of prize winners

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

(a)The rub-off coating covering the play area on the ticket is to be rubbed off to determine winning or losing status as described in the appropriate game brochure.

(b)No portion of the display printing nor any extraneous matter whatsoever shall be usable or playable as a part of the instant game. The validation number is not a play symbol and may not be utilized as such.

(c)In all events, the determination of prize winners shall be subject to the ticket validation requirements set forth in this Part.

9 NYCRR 5006.6 - Ticket responsibility

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

(a)An instant lottery ticket is a bearer instrument.

(b)The commission shall not be responsible for lost or stolen instant lottery tickets.

(c)The commission shall not be responsible for tickets claimed by a player in error for a lower prize at a lottery sales agent location.

9 NYCRR 5006.7 - Claim period

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

All prizes must be claimed within one year of the announced end of the game.

9 NYCRR 5006.8 - Ticket validation requirements

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

To be a valid instant lottery winning ticket, the following requirements must be met:

(a)Exactly one symbol must appear under each of the rub-off spots on the play surface of the ticket.

(b)Each play symbol must have a play symbol caption thereunder that must agree with the play symbol.

(c)Each of the play symbols must be present in its entirety and be fully legible.

(d)Each of the play symbol captions must be present in its entirety and be fully legible.

(e)Exactly one prize symbol must appear under each of the rub-off spots on the play surface of the ticket.

(f)Each prize symbol must have a prize symbol caption thereunder that must agree with the prize symbol.

(g)Each prize symbol must be present in its entirety and be fully legible.

(h)Each prize symbol caption must be present in its entirety and be fully legible.

(i)The ticket must be intact.

(j)The book-ticket number, validation number, and agent validation code must be present in their entirety and must be fully legible. The validation number must correspond with the play symbols on the ticket in accordance with the official list of validation numbers on file at the offices of the commission.

(k)The ticket must not be mutilated, altered, unreadable, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner.

(l)The ticket must not be counterfeit in whole or in part.

(m)The ticket must have been issued by the commission in an authorized manner.

(n)The ticket must not be stolen nor appear on any list of omitted tickets on file with the commission.

(o)The play symbols, play symbol captions, prize symbols, prize symbol captions, validation number, validation code, and book-ticket number must be right-side-up and not reversed in any manner.

(p)The ticket must be complete, and not mis-cut, and have exactly one play symbol or prize symbol and exactly one play symbol caption or prize symbol caption under each of the rub-off spots on the front of the ticket; exactly one book-ticket number, exactly one agent validation code, and one validation number must appear on the ticket.

(q)The validation number of an apparent winning ticket shall appear on the division's official list of validation numbers of winning tickets; and a prize for a ticket with that validation number shall not have been paid previously.

(r)The ticket must not be blank or partially blank, mis-registered, defective, or printed or produced in error.

(s)The display printing must be regular in every respect and correspond precisely with the artwork on file at the commission.

(t)The ticket must pass all additional validation tests of the commission. Any ticket not passing all the validation requirements of this section is void and ineligible for any prize.

9 NYCRR 5006.9 - Disputes

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

In the event a dispute between the division and the ticket bearer occurs as to whether the ticket is a winning ticket, and if no prize is paid, the commission may, solely at the option of the commission, replace the disputed ticket with an unplayed ticket (or a ticket of equivalent sales price from any other current instant lottery game). This remedy shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the bearer of the ticket.

9 NYCRR 5006.10 - Lottery sales agent compensation

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Dates and status

NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

The commission shall allow a compensation rate of six percent for each ticket sold to a lottery sales agent. The commission shall allow such compensation by permitting a lottery sales agent to deduct such compensation rate from the face value otherwise payable by the lottery sales agent to the commission.

9 NYCRR 5006.11 - Termination of the game

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Dates and status

NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

The commission shall announce a termination date for each instant game.

9 NYCRR 5006.12 - Governing law

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NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

The ticket customer agrees to comply and abide by the provisions of the act and all rules and regulations of the commission and all procedures established by the commission for the conduct of the game.

9 NYCRR 5006.13 - Number and amount of prizes

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Dates and status

NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other rule or regulation, the number and amount of prizes to be paid for an instant lottery game shall be as determined by the commission for each game. Prize structures developed and approved by the commission shall be computed to provide for payment of the maximum amounts permissible by law.

9 NYCRR 5006.14 - Lottery sales agent conduct

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Dates and status

NYCRR title agency: Executive Department
Section status: Section source receipt
Source version current through: Sep 15, 2021
Related Register notice: SGC-17-18-00002-P · Proposed rule
Related notice published: Apr 25, 2018

(a)A lottery sales agent is prohibited from exchanging books of instant lottery tickets.

(b)A lottery sales agent is prohibited from playing instant lottery tickets using any method other than fair chance or any method that is contrary to the principle that every ticket has an equal and random chance of winning.

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