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 Rochester, 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:
A. No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of Article
14-H shall be permitted to conduct such games.
B. 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.
C. The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the
same.
D. No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
E. No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
F. No person except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
G. No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any such game.
H. 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.