[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Wolcott 5-6-1958. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Bingo
Licensing Ordinance."
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Includes only bona fide religious, charitable or nonprofit
organizations of veterans, volunteer firemen and similar nonprofit
organizations.
Includes a specific game of chance, commonly known as "bingo"
or "lotto," in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated
numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected
at random.
The State Lottery Control Commission.
A license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
The Village of Wolcott, New York.
A.Â
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.Â
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively devoted
to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the
same.
C.Â
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
D.Â
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate more than
$1,000.
E.Â
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall
participate in the management or operation of such game.
F.Â
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the
management or operation of any such game.
G.Â
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation
of any provision of any such local law or ordinance shall constitute
and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
All provisions of §§ 480 through 495, inclusive,
of Article 10-G of the General Municipal Law, entitled "Local Option
for Conduct of Certain Games of Chance by Certain Organizations,"
are hereby made a part of this chapter as if fully set forth herein.
The provisions of this chapter remain inoperative until a proposition
therefor submitted at a general or special election shall be approved
by a vote of the majority of the electors voting thereon.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was approved by a majority
of the qualified electors at the election held 5-27-1958.
