N.Y. Tax Law § 1609 — Lottery tickets

§ 1609. Lottery tickets. a. Lottery tickets shall be in such form as\nthe division may prescribe. No ticket shall be sold at a price greater\nthan that fixed by the division nor shall a sale be made by any person\nother than a licensed lottery sales agent, and a violation of these\nprovisions shall be a misdemeanor, but this shall not be deemed to\nprevent any person from giving lottery tickets as premiums to customers,\nemployees or other dealing with him.\n b. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any other law,\nrule or regulation, any contract for the printing or purchase of tickets\nshall only be awarded after bids made on specifications compiled and\nadvertised in the manner provided by law for the advertisement of\ncontracts for the purchase of materials and supplies, by the\ncommissioner of general services and only to the lowest responsible\nbidder as that term is herein defined.\n 2. For purposes of this section the term "lowest responsible bidder"\nshall mean and only include a responsible bidder who\n (a) submits a bid which is lower than any other bid and whose\nproduction facilities for such tickets are located in this state; or\n (b) submits a bid which is the lowest of any bid submitted by a\nresponsible bidder whose production facilities for such tickets are\nlocated in this state and which bid does not exceed by more than ten\npercent the bid of any responsible bidder whose production facilities\nare located outside the state; or\n (c) has located his production facilities for tickets outside the\nstate and submits a bid of which one hundred ten percent of the amount\nthereof is lower than any bid submitted by any responsible bidder whose\nproduction facilities are located in this state and is lower than the\nbid of any other responsible bidder whose production facilities are not\nlocated in this state.\n