N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 5003.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024

Section 5003.2 - Validation conditions

In order to be deemed a valid and winning draw game 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 an authorized 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.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5003.2