§ 1610 — Sales to certain persons prohibited

New York § 1610

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law TAX: Tax
• Art. 34: New York State Lottery For Education

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§ 1610. Sales to certain persons prohibited. a. No ticket shall be\nsold to any person under the age of eighteen years, but this shall not\nbe deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket for the purpose of making\na gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than\nthat age. Any licensee or the employee or agent of any licensee who\nsells or offers to sell a lottery ticket to any person under the age of\neighteen shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n b. No ticket shall be sold to and no prize shall be paid to any of the\nfollowing persons:\n (i) any member, officer or employee of the division; or\n (ii) any member, officer or employee of the department of taxation and\nfinance whose duties directly relate to the operation of the state\nlottery; or\n (iii) any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a\nmember of the same household in the principal place of abode of any of\nthe foregoing persons.\n