New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Tax Law § 1610 (2026)

Sales to certain persons prohibited

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§ 1610. Sales to certain persons prohibited. a. No ticket shall be
sold to any person under the age of eighteen years, but this shall not
be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket for the purpose of making
a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than
that age. Any licensee or the employee or agent of any licensee who
sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket to any person under the age of
eighteen shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
  b. No ticket shall be sold to and no prize shall be paid to any of the
following persons:
  (i) any member, officer or employee of the division; or
  (ii) any member, officer or employee of the department of taxation and
finance whose duties directly relate to the operation of the state
lottery; or
  (iii) 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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1988–2010 · leading case: Duarte-Ceri v. Holder, 630 F.3d 83 (2d Cir. 2010).

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Duarte-Ceri v. Holder, 630 F.3d 83 (2d Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “[10] N.Y. Tax Law § 1610 (a) ("No [New York State Lottery] ticket shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen years.”

Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988). “N. Y. Tax Law § 1610 (McKinney 1987) N. C.”

Duarte v. Holder (2d Cir. 2010). “10 N.Y. Tax Law § 1610 (a) (“No [New York State Lottery] ticket shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen years .”

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