[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Dobbs Ferry 2-16-1971.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 191.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved
at referendum 3-16-1971.
Any authorized organization, upon obtaining
a license therefor as provided in the Bingo Licensing Law, Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, may conduct
the game of bingo within the Village of Dobbs Ferry, subject, however,
to the provisions of this chapter, of said Bingo Licensing Law and
of the New York State Lottery Control Law, §§ 430 to
439 of the Executive Law of the State of New York.
A.
The conduct of bingo games authorized by this chapter
shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1)
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than a licensee under the provisions of the Bingo Licensing
Law of the State of New York 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.
(2)
No bingo game 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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250 in
any single game of bingo.
(6)
No series of prizes on any bingo occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
(7)
No persons except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
(8)
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any game of bingo.
(9)
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful
violation of any provision of this chapter or of the Bingo Licensing
Law of the State of New York shall constitute and be punishable as
a misdemeanor.
(10)
Any and all other restrictions, regulations
and limitations imposed by the Bingo Licensing Law of the State of
New York or any other applicable laws, ordinances or regulations with
respect to the licensing, conduct and supervision of bingo games,
the fees and statements due in connection therewith, and the provisions
of this chapter shall remain in full force and effect.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
- AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION
- Includes only bona fide religious, charitable or nonprofit organizations of veterans, volunteer firemen and similar nonprofit organizations.
- BINGO or GAME
- A specific game of chance, commonly known as "bingo" or "lotto," in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random.
