{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-tax-law-1610","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Tax Law § 1610","heading":"Sales to certain persons prohibited","body":"§ 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.","path":["Tax Law","Article 34. New York State Lottery For Education"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/TAX/1610","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"79336441672e52acaff66fcf89389120fe72b0590de7069f27a56f4ff517c57f","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-tax-law-1609","next":"us-ny/n.y.-tax-law-1611"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}