[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Dover 4-21-1958;
amended in its entirety 6-24-1963. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 85.
[Amended 2-11-1991 by L.L.
No. 2-1991]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, upon obtaining a
license therefor as provided by Article 14-G of the General Municipal Law,
to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of
Dover, subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law and the provisions of the Bingo Control
Law.
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 games 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 licensed under the Bingo Control Law or from
another authorized organization.
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 such game.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the management
or operation of any game of bingo.
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.
