N.Y. General Municipal Law § 188-a: Powers and duties of the board

§ 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 to adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations governing the

issuance and amendment of licenses thereunder and the conducting of

games under such licenses, which rules and regulations shall have the

force and effect of law and shall be binding upon all municipalities

issuing licenses, and upon licensees of the board, to the end that such

licenses shall be issued to qualified licensees only, and that said

games shall be fairly and properly conducted for the purposes and in the

manner of the said games of chance licensing law prescribed and to

prevent the games of chance thereby authorized to be conducted from

being conducted for commercial purposes or purposes other than those

therein authorized, participated in by criminal or other undesirable

elements and the funds derived from the games being diverted from the

purposes authorized, and to provide uniformity in the administration of

said law throughout the state, the board shall prescribe forms of

application for licenses, licensees, amendment of licenses, reports of

the conduct of games and other matters incident to the administration of

such law.

2. Conduct, anywhere in the state, investigations of the

administration, enforcement and potential or actual violations of the

games of chance licensing law and of the rules and regulations of the

board.

3. Reveiw all determinations and actions of the clerk or department in

issuing an initial license and it may review the issuance of subsequent

licenses and, after hearing, revoke those licenses which do not in all

respects meet the requirements of this article and the rules and

regulations of the board.

4. Suspend or revoke a license, after hearing, for any violation of

the provisions of this article or the rules and regulations of the

board.

5. Hear appeals from the determinations and action of the clerk,

department or officer in connection with the refusing to issue licenses,

the suspension and revocation of licenses and the imposition of fines in

the manner prescribed by law and the action and determination of the

board upon any such appeal shall be binding upon the clerk, department

or officer and all parties thereto.

6. Carry on continuous study of the operation of the games of chance

licensing law to ascertain from time to time defects therein

jeopardizing or threatening to jeopardize the purposes of this article,

and to formulate and recommend changes in such law and in other laws of

the state which the board may determine to be necessary for the

realization of such purposes, and to the same end to make a continuous

study of the operation and administration of similar laws which may be

in effect in other states of the United States.

7. Supervise the disposition of all funds derived from the conduct of

games of chance by authorized organizations not currently licensed to

conduct such games.

8. Issue an identification number to an applicant authorized

organization if it shall determine that the applicant satisfies the

requirements of the games of chance licensing law and the rules and

regulations of the board.

* 9. The board shall have the power to approve and establish a

standard set of games of chance equipment and shall by its rules and

regulations prescribe the manner in which such equipment is to be

reproduced and distributed to licensed authorized organizations. The

sale or distribution to a licensed authorized organization of any

equipment other than that contained in the standard set of games of

chance equipment shall constitute a violation of this section.

* NB Effective until December 19, 2026

* 9. (a) The commission shall have the power to approve and establish

a standard set of games of chance equipment and shall by its rules and

regulations prescribe the manner in which such equipment is to be

reproduced and distributed to licensed authorized organizations. The

sale or distribution to a licensed authorized organization of any

equipment other than that contained in the standard set of games of

chance equipment shall constitute a violation of this section.

(b) No electronic bell jar vending machine shall be sold, leased,

distributed, installed, or operated by any manufacturer, distributor, or

charitable organization until such machine has been approved by the

commission. No electronic bell jar vending machine shall be approved by

the commission unless the operation of the game demonstrates that there

is a finite probability basis of having a predetermined quantity of

chances among which there is a predetermined quantity of winners that

pay a fixed and predetermined value of prizes, regardless of the symbols

that are used or how those symbols are displayed on pre-printed bell jar

tickets.

(c) The commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as the

commission deems necessary for the approval and implementation of

electronic bell jar vending machine gaming. The commission may revoke,

suspend, or condition approval of an electronic bell jar vending

machine. If the commission denies such request for approval, it shall

provide the reasons for such determination.

* NB Effective December 19, 2026