New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter II - Division of Charitable Gaming › Subchapter B - Authorized Games Of Chance, Games Of Chance Currency, Conduct Of Games And Supplies And Equipment › Part 4620 - Authorized Games Of Chance › Section 4620.23 - Search for the Queen of Hearts

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The
					 play.
(1) The licensed authorized
					 organization shall offer a series of two-part, sequentially raffle tickets for
					 sale at a price determined by the licensee. Each player shall write such
					 player's name and telephone number on the licensee's part of the ticket, which
					 shall be deposited into a raffle ticket drum or receptacle. The purchasing
					 player shall retain the other part of the ticket as a receipt for verification
					 purposes. All monies collected from the sale of raffle tickets shall be
					 designated the grand prize pool.
(2) The deck of facedown playing cards shall
					 be thoroughly shuffled by a licensed organization's member in charge or
					 assistant to the member in charge and, without revealing any of the faces,
					 placed facedown, side-by-side, onto the game commission. The transparent game
					 commission cover shall be closed and locked to secure the cards in
					 place.
(3) One raffle ticket shall
					 be drawn each week from among all of the tickets sold for each drawing, except
					 for the first week and the 26th week (if necessary), when three drawings shall
					 be held.
(4) The participant(s)
					 holding the winning ticket stub(s) shall be declared the winner(s) of each
					 drawing and shall be entitled to "Search for the Queen of Hearts."
(5) All remaining tickets in the raffle drum
					 or receptacle shall be defaced and discarded.
(6) The transparent, locking cover securing
					 the cards shall be opened by a licensed organization's member in charge or
					 assistant to the member in charge at the time of each drawing.
(7) Each winner shall select one of the
					 facedown playing cards, which shall be turned face up by a licensed
					 organization's member in charge or assistant to the member in charge. If that
					 playing card is the queen of hearts the holder of the winning raffle ticket
					 selecting that card shall be awarded 60 percent of the grand prize
					 pool.
(8) If the card selected is
					 not the queen of hearts, that card shall be defaced by drawing a diagonal line
					 across its face in ink; the card shall be returned to the game commission
					 face-up; the transparent, locking cover securing the cards shall be locked by a
					 licensed organization's member in charge or assistant to the member in charge;
					 and that player shall be immediately awarded a case prize valued according to
					 the following schedule:
Card Drawn Payout Odds Any 2, 3, 4, or 5 At least 4 - 1
						Any 6, 7, 8, or 9 At least 6 - 1 Any 10, jack, or king At least 8 - 1 Any ace
						At least 10 - 1 Any joker At least 15 - 1 Any queen other than hearts At least
						20 -1
(9) The weekly
					 raffle drawings shall continue until a winner selects the queen or
					 hearts.
(10) When the queen of
					 hearts is selected, the winning player shall be awarded the grand prize
					 consisting of 60 percent of the grand prize pool.
(11) The licensee shall retain the remaining
					 40 percent of the grand prize pool as raffle profit and shall secure those
					 funds for deposit into the special games of chance or raffle checking account
					 (if applicable), or other bank account.