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 5004 - Draw Games › Section 5004.9 - General definitions, qualifications, restrictions, validations and rules applying to lottery draw games

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
(1)
Bet ticket
means the
					 ticket generated by the computer terminal based on input received from the
					 player, whether by play card, quick pick option, manual entry or other means
					 approved by the commission. Bet tickets may be purchased only from lottery
					 sales agents as previously defined herein. The bet ticket is the only valid
					 receipt for a bet placed. Players should, while still at the point of purchase,
					 verify the game and number selections on the bet ticket.
(2)
Computer terminal
means
					 the device at the lottery sales agent location or site licensed by the
					 commission for purchasing lottery game tickets and performing other lottery
					 transactions.
(3)
Director
means the director of the Division of Lottery, or any
					 other person to whom such director's authority is lawfully delegated.
(4)
Draw date
means the date
					 designated by the commission on which the winning numbers are drawn for each
					 game.
(5)
Draw
					 game
refers to any game that may from time to time be implemented on a
					 computerized terminal system.
(6)
Drawing
means the formal process, determined by the
					 commission, by which the winning numbers are drawn.
(7)
Game panel
means the
					 area of the play card that contains a number of defined spaces from which a
					 player may select a subset of numbers to be played for a particular drawing.
					 Selections made by the player in the game panel are used to produce an
					 individual wager on the bet ticket.
(8)
Gross sales
means the
					 dollar value of lottery tickets produced for a game draw date.
(9)
Manual entry
means the
					 capability of the computer terminal operator to enter a player's selections
					 into the computer terminal in response to instruction from a player, or if a
					 play card is incorrectly marked.
(10)
Play card
means a card
					 that contains a number of game panels of defined spaces used by a player to
					 select the games the player desires to play, the number of game panels to be
					 played and the specific subset of numbers for each game selected. The play card
					 is the customary method of presenting a player's selections to a lottery sales
					 agent. However, the player's number selections may be manually entered into the
					 computer terminal by the terminal operator.
(11)
Quick pick
means a
					 method in which some or all character selections are determined at random by
					 the computer system at the time of purchase. If a player communicates some
					 character selections orally or by play slip, any remaining character selections
					 may be determined by quick pick.
(12)
Validation
means the
					 process of determining whether a bet ticket presented for prize redemption does
					 or does not represent a winning bet.