New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle T - New York State Gaming Commission › Chapter III - Division of Lottery › Subchapter A - State Lottery › Part 5007 - Multi-Jurisdictional Lottery Games › Section 5007.15 - Cash 4 Life

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
The following definitions apply to the Cash 4
					 Life game:
(1)
Annuity
					 option
means the manner in which the Cash 4 Life jackpot prize or
					 second-level prize level may be paid in annual installments.
(2)
Cash 4 Life play slip
means a computer-readable form, printed and issued by the commission, used in
					 purchasing a Cash 4 Life ticket, having up to five separate play areas. The
					 play slip shall also provide for multiple-drawing wagering up to a specified
					 number of draws.
(3)
Cash 4
					 Life ticket
means a game ticket, produced on official paper stock, by
					 a lottery sales agent in an authorized manner, bearing player- or
					 computer-selected numbers, game name, drawing date (or dates), amount of wager
					 and validation data.
(4)
Jackpot prize
means the prize awarded for selecting all the
					 winning numbers drawn from both fields for the Cash 4 Life. If more than one
					 player from all participating lottery states has selected all the winning
					 numbers drawn, the jackpot prize shall be divided among those players, as set
					 forth in subdivision (h) of this section.
(5)
Liability limit
means a
					 pre-established upper threshold, as determined and announced by the party
					 lotteries before sales commence for a drawing to which such threshold applies,
					 equal to a fixed percentage of the gross ticket sales receipts for a particular
					 drawing (or such fixed percentage plus an additional reserve amount), according
					 to the established procedures agreed to by the party lotteries.
(6)
Lump sum option
means the
					 manner in which particular Cash 4 Life prize levels may be paid in a single
					 payment, as set forth in this section.
(7)
Measuring life
means the
					 period over which a jackpot or second-level annuitized prize is paid out. For
					 each winning ticket, the measuring life shall be determined according to the
					 period in which payments shall be made pursuant to section
					 5002.13 of this Title. The
					 measuring life shall be determined at the time a jackpot or second-level prize
					 is claimed.
(8)
Party
					 lotteries
mean one or more of the State lotteries established and
					 operated pursuant to the laws of any state that becomes a signatory to the Cash
					 4 Life agreement.
(9)
Play
					 area
is the area on a Cash 4 Life play slip containing two separate
					 fields: one field of 60 one- or two-digit numbers (1 to 60 inclusive) and a
					 separate and distinct second field of four one-digit numbers (1 to 4 inclusive)
					 (which may be referred to as the Cash Ball number). This is the area from which
					 the player, or computer, if the player is using the quick pick option, selects
					 five numbers from the first field and one number from the second
					 field.
(10)
Prize
					 pool
means that portion of Cash 4 Life gross sales set aside for the
					 payment of prizes.
(11)
Purchaser
means a player of the Cash 4 Life game who purchases
					 a ticket within New York State in accordance with Cash 4 Life rules and New
					 York State governing laws and regulations.
(12)
Quick pick
has the
					 meaning set forth in section
					 5004.9(a)(11) of
					 this Title.
(13)
Winning
					 numbers
are five one- or two-digit numbers (1 to 60, inclusive) and
					 one Cash Ball number (1 to 4, inclusive), randomly selected at each Cash 4 Life
					 drawing, that shall be used to determine winning Cash 4 Life plays contained on
					 Cash 4 Life tickets.