N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 5118.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 5118.1 - General definitions, qualifications, restrictions, validations and regulations applying to video lottery gaming

(a) Within a time period specified by the commission following the issuance of a winning voucher to a player by a video lottery terminal, the player may redeem such voucher at the video lottery gaming facility where the winning voucher was issued; thereafter the winning voucher may be redeemed only at a customer service center operated by the commission.

(b) All prizes evidenced by a voucher must be claimed within one year of the issuance of a voucher.

(c) Voucher responsibility.

(1) Vouchers are bearer instruments.

(2) Neither the commission nor the video lottery gaming agent shall be liable for payment of:

(i) lost or stolen vouchers;

(ii) vouchers claimed by a player in error for a lower prize;

(iii) vouchers that are not intact;

(iv) vouchers that are mutilated, altered, reconstituted, counterfeit in whole or in part, or tampered with in any manner, or mis-cut; or

(v) vouchers that have not been issued in an authorized manner, or are mis-registered, defective, or printed or produced in error.

(d) To be valid, a voucher must pass all additional confidential and security validation tests of the commission.

(e) Any voucher that does not conform to the requirements of this section shall be considered null and void.

(f) No video lottery gaming ticket shall be sold to or purchased by, and no video lottery gaming prize shall be paid to, any of the following persons:

(1) any officer or employee of the commission; or

(2) any principal or key employee, except as may be permitted by the commission for good cause shown; or

(3) any video lottery gaming or non-gaming employee at the video lottery gaming facility that employs such person and at any other video lottery gaming facility controlled by that agent; or

(4) any licensee, registrant, contractor, subcontractor, or consultant, or officer or employee of a contractor, subcontractor, licensee, registrant or consultant, if such person is directly involved in the operation of video lottery gaming, the operation or observation of video lottery gaming or drawings, or the processing of video lottery gaming prize claims or payments; or

(4) any person subject to a contract with the commission if such contract contains a provision prohibiting such person from purchasing a video lottery gaming ticket or receiving a video lottery gaming prize; or

(6) any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any of the foregoing persons at the same video lottery facility or facilities where the foregoing person is prohibited from purchasing a video lottery gaming ticket or collecting a video lottery gaming prize. This section shall not be deemed to prohibit the sale of a video lottery gaming ticket or the payment of a video lottery gaming prize to an officer or employee of the commission or a video lottery gaming agent or to a contractor, subcontractor, or consultant or to an officer or employee of a contractor, subcontractor, or consultant if such sale or prize payment is not for the individual benefit of such person and is made in connection with an official investigation, audit, or other activity authorized by the commission;

(7) the restrictions of this subdivision shall not apply to an employee of a video lottery gaming agent that is not licensed by the commission;

(8) nothing in this section shall prohibit a video lottery gaming agent from establishing a policy that is stricter than the standards described in this subdivision.

(g) The commission may at any time, in the commission's sole discretion, announce a termination date for any game, subsequently recommence any game, or extend termination or closing dates for any game. When a game is terminated, no further video lottery gaming tickets shall be sold.

(h) In purchasing a video lottery gaming ticket, the video lottery gaming player agrees to comply with and abide by all laws, these regulations, policies and procedures, and final decisions of the commission, as well as procedures established by the commission for the conduct of any game.

(i) No video lottery gaming agent may extend credit or financial assistance to permit the purchase of video lottery gaming tickets.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5118.1