Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq. and 5:8-50 et seq., bingo licenses
and raffle licenses may be issued to any organization or association of veterans
of any war in which the United States was engaged, any church or religious
congregations and religious organizations, charitable, educational and fraternal
organizations, civic and service clubs, officially organized volunteer fire
companies and officially recognized volunteer first aid or rescue squads,
to hold and operate games of chance of and restricted to bingo or raffles.
Senior citizen associations or clubs may be issued bingo licenses when
the entire net proceeds are to be devoted to support such organizations, in
accordance with P.L. 1973, c. 127, § 1, N.J.S.A. 5:8-25.
A. A special license may be issued to any senior citizen
association or club desiring to hold, operate and conduct games of chance,
solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation of its members, provided
that the following provisions are complied with:
(1) The games of chance shall be held, operated and conducted
where no player or other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity
to participate.
(2) The prizes to be awarded are nominal.
(3) No other person other than a bona fide active member
of the organization participates in the conduct of the games.
(4) No person is paid for conducting or assisting in the
conduct of the game or games.
B. The special license shall be issued without fee and shall
be effective for a period of two years.
Raffle licenses may be issued to organizations designated in §
64-1 of this chapter for the conduct of raffles, under any raffles licenses issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq. and 5:8-50 et seq., to be conducted on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as "Sunday."
Bingo licenses may be issued to organizations designated in §§
64-1 and
64-2 of this chapter for the conduct of bingo, under any bingo licenses issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 5:8-24 et seq. and 5:8-50 et seq., to be conducted on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as "Sunday."