No person, firm, association, corporation or organization other
than a licensee under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General
Municipal Law shall conduct such game or shall lease or otherwise
make available for conducting bingo a hall or other premises for any
consideration whatsoever, direct or indirect.
No bingo games shall be held, operated or conducted on or within
any leased premises if rental under such lease is to be paid wholly
or partly on the basis of a percentage of the receipts or net profits
derived from the operation of such game.
No authorized organization licensed under the provisions of
Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law shall purchase or receive
any supplies or equipment specifically designed or adopted for use
in the conduct of bingo games from other than a supplier licensed
under the Bingo Control Law or from another authorized organization.
The entire net proceeds of any game of bingo and of any rental
shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organizations
permitted to conduct the same.
No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250 in any single
game of bingo.
No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in
the management or operation of any game of bingo.
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation
of any provision of this chapter shall constitute and be punishable
as a misdemeanor.