N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 4608.2

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

Section 4608.2 - Manufacturers of bell jar tickets: reports and records

(a) Manufacturers of bell jar tickets, coin boards, merchandise boards and seal cards who offer for sale or resale such tickets, coin boards, merchandise boards and seal cards or bell jar dispensing machines into New York State shall be licensed by the commission. Manufacturers of bell jar tickets, coin boards, merchandise board s and seal cards shall be considered suppliers of such and may only sell such tickets, coin boards, merchandise boards and seal cards to distributors licensed by the commission as suppliers.

(b) Penalties for any licensed manufacturer who sells bell jar tickets to other than a distributor licensed by the commission as a supplier are set forth in General Municipal Law section 195-n(1).

(c)Bar Codes:

(1) The manufacturer of bell jar tickets shall affix to the flare of each bell jar game, and to each coin board, merchandise board and seal card a bar code in a format approved by the commission.

(2) The manufacturer shall also affix to the outside of the container or wrapping containing a deal of bell jar tickets, or beneath such wrapping if such wrapping is clear, a bar code providing the same information as the bar code affixed to the flare.

(3) As required by General Municipal Law section 195-n(2), no person may alter the bar code that appears on the flare, on a coin board, on a merchandise board, on a seal card or on the outside of the container or wrapping or beneath clear wrapping containing a deal of bell jar tickets. Possession of a deal of bell jar tickets that has a bar code different from the serial number of the deal inside the container or wrapping as evidenced on the flare is prima facie evidence that the possessor has altered the bar code on the container or wrapping.

(d)Bell jar flares. In addition to the requirements set forth in General Municipal Law section 195-n(3):

(1) No person, other than a licensed manufacturer, shall manufacture, alter, modify or otherwise change a flare for a deal of bell jar tickets except as authorized by section 4620.19 of this Subchapter.

(2) Each number within the serial number shall be printed in digits and/or characters not less than one-half inch high.

(3) As required by General Municipal Law section 195-n(3)(d), the flare of each bell jar game shall have affixed a bar code that provides:

(i) Encrypted within the bar code:

(a) the serial number of the game;

(b) the name or identifier of the manufacturer; and

(c) the game code.

(ii) In human readable form located in the area of the bar code:

(a) the serial number of the game; and

(b) the number of tickets in the deal.

(4) The game ticket payout card shall be imprinted on or affixed to the reverse side of the flare.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 4608.2

Amended New York State Register July 20, 2022/Volume XLIV, Issue 29, eff. 7/20/2022