[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Clinton 7-29-1958.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 153.
[1]
Editor's Note: The provisions of this chapter were approved
at referendum 11-2-1976.
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 Clinton, subject to the
provisions of this chapter, Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law, and the following restrictions.
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.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be
exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted
to conduct the same.
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value
as set forth in General Municipal Law § 475.
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall
aggregate more than the amount set forth in General Municipal Law
§ 475.
No person except a bona fide member of any such
organization shall participate in the management or operation of such
game.
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 Violation C for each person operating and participating
in the bingo game.
