It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476
of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining the required license, to conduct
the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of West Bloomfield,
subject to the provisions of this chapter, Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law, Article 19-B of the Executive Law and the following restrictions:
A. No person, firm, association, corporation or organization,
other than a licensee under the provisions of this chapter, 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.
B. 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.
C. No authorized organization licensed under the provisions
of this article 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.
D. 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.
E. No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $1,000 in any
single game of bingo.
F. No series of prizes on any one bingo 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 game of bingo.
I. 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.