Town of Batavia, NY Chapter 83 Bingo

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Batavia 5-21-1958. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Games of chance — See Ch. 122.

§ 83-1 Conduct authorized; restrictions.

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 Batavia, 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 this chapter, 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 purpose of the organization permitted to conduct the game.

D. Not more than $1 shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room or place in which any game or games of chance are to be held, operated and conducted under any license issued under this chapter, which admission fee, upon payment thereof, shall entitle the person paying the same to a card entitling him to participate without additional charge in all regular games of chance to be played under such license on such occasion, and no charge in excess of $1 shall be made for a single opportunity to participate in all special games to be played under such license on such occasion.

E. No game of chance to be conducted under any license issued under this chapter shall be advertised as to its location, the time when it is to be or has been played, or the prizes awarded or to be awarded by means of newspapers, radio, television or sound trucks or by means of billboards, posters or handbills or by any other means addressed to the general public, except that one sign not exceeding 60 square feet in area may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises where the game will be played, and an additional sign may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises where the prize or prizes are displayed, and additional signs may be displayed upon any fire-fighting equipment belonging to any licensee which is a volunteer fire company or upon any first-aid or rescue squad equipment belonging to any licensee which is a first-aid or rescue squad, in and throughout the community or communities served by such volunteer fire company or such first-aid or rescue squad, as the case may be.

F. No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.

G. No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate more than $1,000.

H. No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall participate in the management or operation of such game.

I. No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the management or operation of such game.

J. The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation of any provisions of this chapter shall constitute and be punishable as a misdemeanor.

K. No games of bingo shall be conducted under any license issued by the Town of Batavia on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday.

§ 83-2 When effective.

This chapter is to be a part of the general ordinance of the Town of Batavia, Genesee County, New York, and shall take effect immediately upon adoption, publication and posting and after having been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the Town of Batavia, and it shall become effective the day following such approval by the electors.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved 6-10-1958.