§ 1612. Disposition of revenues. a. The division shall pay into an\naccount, to be known as the lottery prize account, under the joint\ncustody of the comptroller and the commissioner, within one week after\ncollection of sales receipts from a lottery game, such moneys necessary\nfor the payment of lottery prizes but not to exceed the following\npercentages, plus interest earned thereon:\n (1) sixty percent of the total amount for which tickets have been sold\nfor a lawful lottery game introduced on or after the effective date of\nthis paragraph, subject to the following provisions:\n (A) such game shall be available only on premises occupied by licensed\nlottery sales agents, subject to the following provisions:\n (i) if the licensee does not hold a license issued pursuant to the\nalcoholic beverage control law to sell alcoholic beverages for\nconsumption on the premises, then the premises must have a minimum\nsquare footage greater than two thousand five hundred square feet;\n (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, television equipment\nthat automatically displays the results of such drawings may be\ninstalled and used without regard to the square footage if such premises\nare used as:\n (I) a commercial bowling establishment, or\n (II) a facility authorized under the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and\nbreeding law to accept pari-mutuel wagers;\n (B) the rules for the operation of such game shall be as prescribed by\nregulations promulgated and adopted by the division, provided however,\nthat such rules shall provide that no person under the age of twenty-one\nmay participate in such games on the premises of a licensee who holds a\nlicense issued pursuant to the alcoholic beverage control law to sell\nalcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises; and, provided,\nfurther, that such regulations may be revised on an emergency basis not\nlater than ninety days after the enactment of this paragraph in order to\nconform such regulations to the requirements of this paragraph; or\n (2) sixty-four and one-fourth percent of the total amount for which\ntickets have been sold for the "Instant Cash" game in which the\nparticipant purchases a preprinted ticket on which dollar amounts or\nsymbols are concealed on the face or the back of such ticket, provided\nhowever up to five new games may be offered during the fiscal year,\nseventy-four and one-fourth percent of the total amount for which\ntickets have been sold for such five games in which the participant\npurchases a preprinted ticket on which dollar amounts or symbols are\nconcealed on the face or the back of such ticket; or\n (3) fifty-five percent of the total amount for which tickets have been\nsold for any joint, multi-jurisdiction, and out-of-state lottery except\nas otherwise provided in paragraph one of subdivision b of this section\nfor any joint, multi-jurisdiction, out-of-state video lottery gaming; or\n (4) fifty percent of the total amount for which tickets have been sold\nfor games known as: (A) the "Daily Numbers Game" or "Win 4", discrete\ngames in which the participants select no more than three or four of\ntheir own numbers to match with three or four numbers drawn by the\ncommission for purposes of determining winners of such games, (B) "Pick\n10", offered no more than twice daily, in which participants select from\na specified field of numbers a subset of ten numbers to match against a\nsubset of numbers to be drawn by the commission from such field of\nnumbers for the purpose of determining winners of such game, (C) "Take\n5", offered no more than twice daily, in which participants select from\na specified field of numbers a subset of five numbers to match against a\nsubset of five numbers to be drawn by the commission from such field of\nnumbers for purposes of determining winners of such game; or\n (5) forty percent of the total amount for which tickets have been sold\nfor: (A) "Lotto", offered no more than twice daily, a discrete game i
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