[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Caledonia 10-6-1981
by L.L. No. 2-1981 as Ch. 38 of the 1981 Code. (This legislation
was originally approved at referendum 5-20-1958.) Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 127.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization, other than
a licensee under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law,
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.
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.
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 listed under the Bingo Control Law[1] or from another authorized organization.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. 19-B of the Executive Law.
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.
No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250 in any single game of
bingo.
No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate more than
$1,000.
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall participate
in the management or operation of any such game.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the management
or operation of any game of bingo.
In addition to the several restrictions imposed by Chapter 854 of the
Laws of the State of New York of 1957, the following restrictions are hereby
imposed on the conduct of such games in the Village of Caledonia:
A.
No game of chance shall be conducted under any license
issued under this chapter on the first day of the week, commonly known and
designated as "Sunday."
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
and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250 or 15 days' imprisonment,
or both.
