[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Greece 4-21-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 123.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization
as defined in § 476 of Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law, upon obtaining the required license, to conduct the game of bingo
within the territorial limits of the Town of Greece, subject to the
provisions of this chapter, Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law and any amendments thereto,
and the following restrictions:
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization,
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions
of this chapter, shall be permitted to conduct such games.
B.
Every licensed authorized organization shall so supervise,
regulate and conduct games of bingo, in accordance with the Bingo
Licensing Law[1] and the applicable sections of 9 NYCRR Subtitle T, Chapter
V, so as to afford and ensure all players an equal opportunity to
win and to eliminate any influence which has or may have as its purpose
the predetermination or selection of any winner or winners.
[Added 8-17-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010[2]]
C.
No bingo
game shall be held, operated or conducted on or within any leased
premises if the 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.
D.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct
the same.
E.
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $1,000.
F.
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate
more than $3,000.
G.
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
H.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any such game.
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.
[Added 8-17-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010]
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part
of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been
rendered.
[Added 8-17-2010 by L.L. No. 4-2010]
This chapter shall take effect immediately
