N.Y. Executive Law § 432: Definitions

§ 432. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall

have the following meanings:

1. "Control commission" or "commission" shall mean the New York state

gaming commission created pursuant to section one hundred two of the

racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.

2. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or village within this

state.

3. "Bingo" or "game" shall mean 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.

4. "Authorized organization" shall mean any bona fide religious or

charitable organization or bona fide educational, fraternal, civic or

service organization or bona fide organization of veterans, volunteer

firefighters, or volunteer ambulance workers, which by its charter,

certificate of incorporation, constitution, or act of the legislature,

shall have as its dominant purpose or purposes one or more of the lawful

purposes as defined in the bingo licensing law, provided that each shall

operate without profit to its members, and provided that each such

organization has engaged in serving one or more of the lawful purposes

as defined in the bingo licensing law, article fourteen-H of the general

municipal law, for a period of one year immediately prior to applying

for a license under the licensing law.

5. "Bingo licensing law" shall mean article fourteen-h of the general

municipal law.