N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 5014.14 - Notification of and payment of prizewinners
(a)
Notification. A licensee
shall notify a courier customer on whose behalf such licensee has purchased a
winning draw game ticket of the amount of the prize within one hour of the
commission 's publication of the winning numbers and prize amounts. Such
notification shall be made electronically through the network , secure
electronic mail or other method approved by the commission . If the prize is
$600 or more, the licensee shall also notify the commission promptly of the
identity of the prizewinner, the prize amount, the type of game , the date of
the drawing and, for a draw game conducted more than once per day, the time of
the drawing .
(b)
Draw game
prizes below threshold. For a draw game prize of less than $600, a
courier service shall validate the winning ticket and redeem the prize on
behalf of the courier customer . Such prize amount shall be disbursed to the
courier customer by crediting the courier customer 's account, direct deposit to
the courier customer 's bank account, redeemed for cash or by other means
approved by the commission .
(c)
Draw game prizes at or above threshold.
(1) For a draw game prize of $600 or more, a
courier service shall deliver the physical winning ticket to the courier
customer .
(2) A courier service
shall provide electronically a courier customer who is a draw game prizewinner
with a digitally completed prize claim form, tax withholding form and any other
documentation required to redeem such prize, which the courier customer may use
to claim the prize.
(3) A courier
service shall provide the commission with all information the commission may
request in regard to a prize of $600 or more.
(4) In all respects, payment of such draw
game prize shall be in accordance with Part 5002 of this Title.
(5) The commission shall not be responsible
for any acts , omissions or errors a courier service may make that cause a draw
game bet ticket to fail to meet the validation requirements set forth in
section 5003.2 of this Title. The
commission shall not pay any prize on a draw game bet ticket that does not meet
the validation requirements set forth in section
5003.2 of this
Title.
(d)
Printing prizewinner name on ticket . Within a reasonable time
after notifying a courier customer of winning a draw game prize of $600 or
more, a courier service shall print the prizewinner's full name, as set forth
in such prizewinner's account, on the back of the draw game ticket .
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(a) Notification. A licensee shall notify a courier customer on whose behalf such licensee has purchased a winning draw game ticket of the amount of the prize within one hour of the commission's publication of the winning numbers and prize amounts. Such notification shall be made electronically through the network, secure electronic mail or other method approved by the commission. If the prize is $600 or more, the licensee shall also notify the commission promptly of the identity of the prizewinner, the prize amount, the type of game, the date of the drawing and, for a draw game conducted more than once per day, the time of the drawing.
(b) Draw game prizes below threshold. For a draw game prize of less than $600, a courier service shall validate the winning ticket and redeem the prize on behalf of the courier customer. Such prize amount shall be disbursed to the courier customer by crediting the courier customer's account, direct deposit to the courier customer's bank account, redeemed for cash or by other means approved by the commission.
(c) Draw game prizes at or above threshold.
(1) For a draw game prize of $600 or more, a courier service shall deliver the physical winning ticket to the courier customer.
(2) A courier service shall provide electronically a courier customer who is a draw game prizewinner with a digitally completed prize claim form, tax withholding form and any other documentation required to redeem such prize, which the courier customer may use to claim the prize.
(3) A courier service shall provide the commission with all information the commission may request in regard to a prize of $600 or more.
(4) In all respects, payment of such draw game prize shall be in accordance with Part 5002 of this Title.
(5) The commission shall not be responsible for any acts, omissions or errors a courier service may make that cause a draw game bet ticket to fail to meet the validation requirements set forth in section 5003.2 of this Title. The commission shall not pay any prize on a draw game bet ticket that does not meet the validation requirements set forth in section 5003.2 of this Title.
(d) Printing prizewinner name on ticket. Within a reasonable time after notifying a courier customer of winning a draw game prize of $600 or more, a courier service shall print the prizewinner's full name, as set forth in such prizewinner's account, on the back of the draw game ticket.