[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Lenox 7-14-1958. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 78.
[Amended 11-14-1994 by L.L. No. 2-1994]
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 Lenox, subject to the provisions
of this chapter, Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, 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.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively devoted
to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the
same.
C.
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
D.
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate more than
$1,000.
E.
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall
participate in the management or operation of such game.
F.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the
management or operation of any such game.
G.
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.
