N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 5014.3

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

Section 5014.3 - Conditions and requirements of licensure

(a)Conditions. A courier service shall, as a condition of licensure:

(1) display prominently on its platform a warning of the risk of being defrauded by lottery scams and information on playing responsibly, which information shall be substantially similar to the information displayed on the New York Lottery website or such other information approved by the commission;

(2) maintain a courier customer self-exclusion list and provide a mechanism for courier customers to register through the network to exclude themselves from using the network. Such list shall include any person who appears on a statewide exclusion list maintained by the commission. A courier service shall ensure to the satisfaction of the commission that any courier customer placed on the self-exclusion list is prevented from requesting tickets through the network;

(3) ensure the network includes the following features:

(i) a daily courier customer request limit of an amount approved by the commission, which may provide that prize amounts of less than $600 awarded to a courier customer and credited to the courier customer's account may be excluded from the daily request limit;

(ii) the ability for a courier customer to set a lower personal daily request limit; and

(iii) a waiting period, as determined by the commission, before a courier customer can raise a previously set personal daily request limit;

(4) maintain a courier customer and ticket management system that includes a secure database of all tickets requested through the network;

(5) maintain at a separate physical location a secure backup database;

(6) not use trademarks or other marks owned or controlled by the commission or any multi-state lottery consortium except with the express approval of the commission;

(7) offer for delivery only games approved by the commission for delivery by such licensee; and

(8) provide courier customer support, for purposes of responding to courier customer inquiries and disputes, in a manner approved by the commission.

(b)Approval of lottery games offered. No courier service may offer for sale or delivery any lottery game unless the commission has approved in writing the offering of such game by such licensee. The commission may consider, without limitation, technical requirements and multistate game requirements in determining whether to grant such approval. Any commission approval may establish a date before which the licensee may not offer the delivery of such lottery game tickets.

(c)Compliance audits. At the sole expense of the courier service, the network shall be audited and certified to be compliant with this Part at least annually by an independent party approved by the commission.

(d)Indemnification, release and hold harmless. As a condition to the issuance and acceptance of a courier service license, such licensee agrees to:

(1) indemnify and hold harmless the State, the commission and any of the employees of the State or the commission from any and all claims, damages, claims for damages, causes of action or suits that may arise or occur directly or indirectly as a result of

(i) any act or omission of such licensee that affects the State, the commission and any of the employees of the State or the commission; and

(ii) any purchase of courier services through the courier service's network or any operation carried on, under and pursuant to a courier service;

(2) release the State, the commission and any of the employees of the State or the commission from any and all claims, damages, claims for damages, causes of action or suits that shall accrue to the licensee, such licensee's employees, representative or agents that may arise or occur directly or indirectly as a result of any operation carried on, under or pursuant to such license; and

(3) defend, at such licensee's own expense, any and all causes of action or suits against the State that may be brought by any party, including any courier customer, that may arise or occur directly or indirectly out of any act or omission of such licensee or operation carried on pursuant to or in accordance with such license, the placement of requests for courier services through such licensee's network or the generation of, or failure to generate, lottery tickets to complete ticket purchases related to such requests for courier services.

(e)Insurance. Each courier service shall obtain insurance, which may include cyber liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance and such other insurance coverage as the commission may require, with limits and coverage requirements and minimum carrier ratings satisfactory to the commission.

(f)Independent third-party testing. As a condition to the issuance and acceptance of a courier license, a licensee shall implement, prior to offering a network, independent third-party testing required by the commission as provided in section 5014.9 of this Part.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5014.3

Adopted New York State Register April 10, 2019/Volume XLI, Issue 15, eff. 4/10/2019

Amended New York State Register February 10, 2021/Volume XLIII, Issue 06, eff. 2/10/2021

Amended New York State Register April 10, 2024/Volume XLVI, Issue 15, eff. 4/10/2024