N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 5008.6 – Determination of prizes.

(a) For each Lotto game, seven numbers will be randomly selected at a public drawing from a field of 59 numbers from 1 to and including 59. The first six randomly chosen numbers will be the winning numbers. The seventh number will be the bonus number. Prize levels are determined as follows:

Any game panel on the bet ticket having the following shall be deemed a winning game panel:	The following shall be prize categories:
All six winning numbers	First prize
Any five winning numbers plus the bonus number	Second prize
Any five winning numbers	Third prize
Any four winning numbers	Fourth prize
Any three winning numbers	Fifth prize

(b) The allocation of percentages of the prize pool to various prize categories may be changed by the commission from time to time. Any such change will be publicly announced by the commission. Such announcement may be made in a news release, an advertisement, on the commission’s or the commission’s website, or in such other form as the director, in the director’s discretion, may prescribe to maximize public awareness. In addition to the prizes specified in this section, the commission may offer special prizes from time to time, in the form of either cash or other valuable consideration, if such additional special prizes are authorized by the commission in the commission’s discretion.