[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Woodbury 9-21-1959, as amended through 4-8-1963. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 173.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476 of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining a license required by Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of Woodbury, subject to the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law.
Each applicant for a license shall file with the Clerk of the Town of Woodbury an application therefor, in accordance with the provisions of § 480 of the General Municipal Law, containing the information required by such section. The Town Board shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of the application as required by § 481 of the General Municipal Law, and it shall issue licenses as provided by said section upon payment of license fees of $10 for each occasion upon which any game of chance is to be conducted under such license.
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 adapted 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 organization permitted to conduct the same.
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No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250 in any single game of bingo.
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No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate more than $1,000.
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No person except a bona fide member of any authorized organization shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
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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.