As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes bingo, beano, any other form of lotto, or any other
activity defined as being beano or bingo by the applicable licensing
provision of the state for which the consent of the municipal officers
is required.
A person, firm, corporation, association or organization
that sells, markets or otherwise distributes sealed tickets, gambling
apparatus or any other implements of gambling that may be used in
the conduct of a game of chance.
Includes any game, contest, scheme, or device other than
beano where a person stakes or risks something of value and in which
the outcome depends in a material degree upon an element of chance,
notwithstanding that skill of the contestant or participant may be
a factor therein, or any game of chance, machine, raffle, or otherwise,
defined and licensed as such by the applicable licensing provision
of the state for which the consent of the municipal officers is required.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Applications submitted for operating beano/bingo or games of
chance shall be obtained from the State of Maine and follow requirements
under 17 M.R.S.A. §§ 311 to 329 and 1831 to 1846.
No inspection will be required by Code Enforcement or the Fire
& Rescue Department if the applicant is applying for a license
to operate a game of chance or beano at a location that already holds
an active business license through the City and where that same location
received and passed an inspection by inspecting officers within six
months prior to the application. The completed application, obtained
from the State of Maine, shall be signed by the City Clerk on behalf
of municipal officers following approval of such license by inspecting
officers, if required. Upon approval, the City Clerk shall issue a
blanket letter of approval to be submitted with the State of Maine
license application. The blanket letter of approval shall be valid
for one year for beano/bingo and six months for games of chance.
The municipal officers, in addition to other provisions of this code authorizing such action, may deny, suspend, or revoke a license upon stipulations set forth in § 205-8 as well as on the basis of a conviction of a gambling offense.
