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 5006 - New York Instant Lottery › Section 5006.8 - Ticket validation requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
To be a valid instant lottery winning ticket, the
						following requirements must be met:
(a) Exactly one symbol must appear under each
					 of the rub-off spots on the play surface of the ticket.
(b) Each play symbol must have a play symbol
					 caption thereunder that must agree with the play symbol.
(c) Each of the play symbols must be present
					 in its entirety and be fully legible.
(d) Each of the play symbol captions must be
					 present in its entirety and be fully legible.
(e) Exactly one prize symbol must appear
					 under each of the rub-off spots on the play surface of the ticket.
(f) Each prize symbol must have a prize
					 symbol caption thereunder that must agree with the prize symbol.
(g) Each prize symbol must be present in its
					 entirety and be fully legible.
(h)
					 Each prize symbol caption must be present in its entirety and be fully
					 legible.
(i) The ticket must be
					 intact.
(j) The book-ticket number,
					 validation number, and agent validation code must be present in their entirety
					 and must be fully legible. The validation number must correspond with the play
					 symbols on the ticket in accordance with the official list of validation
					 numbers on file at the offices of the commission.
(k) The ticket must not be mutilated,
					 altered, unreadable, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner.
(l) The ticket must not be counterfeit in
					 whole or in part.
(m) The ticket
					 must have been issued by the commission in an authorized manner.
(n) The ticket must not be stolen nor appear
					 on any list of omitted tickets on file with the commission.
(o) The play symbols, play symbol captions,
					 prize symbols, prize symbol captions, validation number, validation code, and
					 book-ticket number must be right-side-up and not reversed in any
					 manner.
(p) The ticket must be
					 complete, and not mis-cut, and have exactly one play symbol or prize symbol and
					 exactly one play symbol caption or prize symbol caption under each of the
					 rub-off spots on the front of the ticket; exactly one book-ticket number,
					 exactly one agent validation code, and one validation number must appear on the
					 ticket.
(q) The validation number
					 of an apparent winning ticket shall appear on the division's official list of
					 validation numbers of winning tickets; and a prize for a ticket with that
					 validation number shall not have been paid previously.
(r) The ticket must not be blank or partially
					 blank, mis-registered, defective, or printed or produced in error.
(s) The display printing must be regular in
					 every respect and correspond precisely with the artwork on file at the
					 commission.
(t) The ticket must
					 pass all additional validation tests of the commission. Any ticket not passing
					 all the validation requirements of this section is void and ineligible for any
					 prize.