New York regulations
Title 9 Part 5012
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9 NYCRR 5012.1 - Definitions
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9 NYCRR 5012.2 - Payment of prizes
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(a)Prizes for all games shall be calculated as follows:
(1)The prize money allocated from the winning pool to the first prize category shall be divided equally by the number of game panels qualifying for a first prize. For any Take Five drawing in which there is no game panel qualifying for a first prize, the money allocated to the first prize category shall be added to the money allocated to the second prize category.
(2)The prize money allocated from the winning pool to the second prize category shall be divided equally by the number of game panels qualifying for a second prize. For any Take Five drawing in which there is no game panel qualifying for a second prize, the money allocated to the second prize category shall be added to the money allocated to the third prize category.
(3)The prize money allocated from the winning pool to the third prize category shall be divided equally by the number of game panels qualifying for a third prize.
(4)No prize money will be allocated from the winning pool to the fourth prize category. The fourth prize shall be a free play in a future drawing of the Take Five game to be awarded to each game panel that qualifies for a fourth prize.
(5)For the purpose of calculating any cash prize to be paid, the calculation shall be rounded down so that prize can be paid in multiples of 50 cents.
(6)The holder of a winning ticket may win only one prize per game panel in connection with the winning numbers drawn for a particular Take Five game, but shall be entitled to the highest prize won by those numbers.
9 NYCRR 5012.3 - Ticket sales
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(a)No person shall sell a Take Five ticket at a price greater than that fixed by this Part.
(b)The minimum number of game panels that must be played for the Take Five game is one for $1 and increments of one game panel thereafter. Two, three, four or five panels may be played for $2, $3, $4 or $5 respectively.
9 NYCRR 5012.4 - Prize funds
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(a)Fifty percent of gross sales for each Take Five game draw date shall be paid into the New York Lottery prize account for allocation of prize winnings.
(b)Not less than 50 percent of gross sales for a particular Take Five drawing shall be the amount allocated to the winning pool for that particular game, and not less than such amount shall form the basis upon which the payment of prizes for the particular game shall be computed.
(c)In the event of termination of the Take Five game for whatever cause, any prize monies remaining undistributed in the New York State Lottery prize account will be disbursed for the sole benefit of winners of other Lottery games at the total discretion of the commission.
9 NYCRR 5012.5 - Miscellaneous
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(a)All number selections or other information appearing on a Take Five bet ticket shall be deemed to be made or given exclusively by the player. Where one person submits a ticket as agent or nominee for another person or persons, the Lottery shall not be deemed to have any knowledge of such transaction, and all dealings of the commission will be conducted with the bearer of the ticket.
(b)Take Five bet tickets may be canceled, once issued, by the issuing computer terminal within the time permitted by the commission.
9 NYCRR 5012.6 - Determination of prizes
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For each Take Five game, five winning numbers shall be randomly selected at a public drawing from a field of 39 numbers from one to and including 39.
Any game panel on the bet ticket having the following shall be deemed to be a winning game panel: The following shall be the prize categories: The following shall be the percentage of the winning pool allocated to prize categories:
All five winning First prize 20%
Any four winning Second prize 30%
Any three winning Third prize 50%
Any two winning Fourth prize 0%
9 NYCRR 5012.7 - Chances of winning
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(a)First prize.
Five winning numbers in one game panel. Chances of winning: 1 in 575,757.
(b)Second prize.
Any four winning numbers in one game panel. Chances of winning: 1 in 3,387.
(c)Third prize.
Any three winning numbers in one game panel. Chances of winning: 1 in 103.
(d)Fourth prize.
Any two winning numbers in one game panel. Chances of winning: 1 in 9.6. Overall chances of winning a prize for a $1 bet: 1 in 8.77.