New York General Municipal Law Article 9-A - LOCAL OPTION FOR CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS

• 185 - Short Title; Purpose of Article.
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the games of chance licensing law. The legislature hereby declares that the raising of funds...
• 186 - Definitions.
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or village within this state....
• 187 - Local Option.
  Subject to the provisions of this article, and pursuant to the direction contained in subdivision two of section nine of article one of the constitution...
• 188 - Local Laws and Ordinances.
  1. The common council or other local legislative body of any municipality may, either by local law or ordinance, provide that it shall be lawful...
• 188-a - Powers and Duties of the Board.
  The board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to: 1. Supervise the administration of the games of chance licensing law and...
• 189 - Restrictions Upon Conduct of Games of Chance.
  The conduct of games of chance authorized by local law or ordinance shall be subject to the following restrictions irrespective of whether the restrictions are...
• 189-a - Authorized Supplier of Games of Chance Equipment.
  No person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization, shall sell or distribute supplies or equipment specifically designed or adapted for use in conduct of games of...
• 189-b - Declaration of State's Exemption From Operation of Provisions of 15 U. S. C. (1172).
  189-b. Declaration of state's exemption from operation of provisions of 15 U.S.C. (1172). Pursuant to section two of an Act of Congress of the United...
• 189-c - Legal Shipments of Gaming Devices Into New York State.
  All shipments into this state of gaming devices, excluding slot machines and coin operated gambling devices, as defined in subdivision seven-a of section 225.00 of...
• 190 - Application for License.
  1. To conduct games of chance. (a) Each applicant for a license shall, after obtaining an identification number from the board, file with the clerk...
• 190-a - Raffles; License Not Required.
  1. Notwithstanding the licensing requirements set forth in this article and their filing requirements set forth in subdivision four of section one hundred ninety of...
• 191 - Investigation; Matters to Be Determined; Issuance of License; Fees; Duration of License.
  1. The clerk or department shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of each application, with due expedition after...
• 192 - Hearing; Amendment of License.
  1. No application for the issuance of a license to conduct games of chance or lease premises to an authorized organization shall be denied by...
• 193 - Form and Contents of License; Display of License.
  1. Each license to conduct games of chance shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the...
• 194 - Control and Supervision; Suspension of Identification Numbers and Licenses; Inspection of Premises.
  1. The officer or department, shall have and exercise rigid control and close supervision over all games of chance conducted under such license, to the...
• 195 - Sunday; Conduct of Games On.
  Except as provided in section one hundred ninety-five-b of this article, no games of chance shall be conducted under any license issued under this article...
• 195-a - Participation by Persons Under Eighteen.
  No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or games of chance conducted pursuant to any license issued...
• 195-b - Frequency of Games.
  No game or games of chance, shall be conducted under any license issued under this article more often than twelve times in any calendar year....
• 195-c - Persons Operating Games; Equipment; Expenses; Compensation.
  195-c. 1. Persons operating games; equipment; expenses; compensation. No person shall operate any game of chance under any license issued under this article except a...
• 195-d - Charge for Admission and Participation; Amount of Prizes; Award of Prizes.
  1. A fee may be charged by any licensee for admission to any game or games of chance conducted under any license issued under this...
• 195-e - Advertising Games.
  A licensee may advertise the conduct of games of chance to the general public by means of newspaper, circular, handbill and poster, and by one...
• 195-f - Statement of Receipts, Expenses; Additional License Fees.
  1. Within seven days after the conclusion of any license period other than a license period for a raffle, or as otherwise prescribed by the...
• 195-g - Examination of Books and Records; Examination of Officers and Employees; Disclosure of Information.
  The clerk or department and the board shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of: 1. Any authorized...
• 195-h - Appeals From the Decision of an Officer, Clerk or Department to Board.
  Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this article aggrieved by any action of an officer, clerk or...
• 195-i - Exemption From Prosecution.
  No person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization lawfully conducting, or participating in the conduct of games of chance or permitting the conduct upon any premises...
• 195-j - Offenses; Forfeiture of License; Ineligibility to Apply for License.
  Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization who or which shall: (1) make any material false statement in any application for any license authorized to...
• 195-k - Unlawful Games of Chance.
  1. Any person, association, corporation or organization holding, operating, or conducting a game or games of chance is guilty of a misdemeanor, except when operating,...
• 195-l - Article Inoperative Until Adopted by Voters.
  Except as provided in section one hundred ninety-five-k of this article, the provisions of this article shall remain inoperative in any municipality unless and until...
• 195-m - Amendment and Repeal of Local Laws and Ordinances.
  Any such local law or ordinance may be amended, from time to time, or repealed by the common council or other local legislative body of...
• 195-n - Manufacturers of Bell Jars; Reports and Records.
  1. Distribution; manufacturers. For business conducted in this state, manufacturers licensed by the board to sell bell jar tickets shall sell only such tickets to...
• 195-o - Distributor of Bell Jars; Reports and Records.
  1. Distribution; distributors. Any distributor licensed in accordance with section one hundred eighty-nine-a of this article to distribute bell jar tickets shall purchase bell jar...
• 195-p - Transfer Restrictions.
  Not-for-profit, charitable or religious organizations authorized to sell bell jar tickets in accordance with this article shall purchase bell jar tickets only from distributors licensed...
• 195-q - Bell Jar Compliance and Enforcement.
  In the case of bell jars, the licensee, upon filing financial statements of bell jar operations, shall also tender to the board a sum in...
• 195-r - Severability.
  If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any municipality, person or circumstances shall be adjudged unconstitutional by any court of competent...

Last modified: February 3, 2019