N.Y. General Municipal Law § 189-a: Authorized supplier of games of chance equipment

§ 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 chance without having first obtained a

license therefor upon written application made, verified and filed with

the board in the form prescribed by the rules and regulations of the

board. As a part of its determination concerning the applicant's

suitability for licensing as a games of chance supplier, the board shall

require the applicant to furnish to the board two sets of fingerprints.

Such fingerprints shall be submitted to the division of criminal justice

services for a state criminal history record check, as defined in

subdivision one of section three thousand thirty-five of the education

law, and may be submitted to the federal bureau of investigation for a

national criminal history record check. Manufacturers of bell jar

tickets shall be considered suppliers of such equipment. In each such

application for a license under this section shall be stated the name

and address of the applicant; the names and addresses of its officers,

directors, shareholders or partners; the amount of gross receipts

realized on the sale and rental of games of chance supplies and

equipment to duly licensed authorized organizations during the last

preceding calendar or fiscal year, and such other information as shall

be prescribed by such rules and regulations. The fee for such license

shall be a sum equal to twenty-five dollars plus an amount equal to two

per centum of the gross sales and rentals, if any, of games of chance

equipment and supplies to authorized organizations or authorized games

of chance lessors by the applicant during the preceding calendar year,

or fiscal year if the applicant maintains his accounts on a fiscal year

basis. No license granted pursuant to the provisions of this section

shall be effective for a period of more than one year.

* NB Effective until December 19, 2026

* 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 chance without having first

obtained a license therefor upon written application made, verified and

filed with the commission in the form prescribed by the rules and

regulations of the commission. As a part of its determination concerning

the applicant's suitability for licensing as a games of chance supplier,

the commission shall require the applicant to furnish to the commission

two sets of fingerprints. Such fingerprints shall be submitted to the

division of criminal justice services for a state criminal history

record check, as defined in subdivision one of section three thousand

thirty-five of the education law, and may be submitted to the federal

bureau of investigation for a national criminal history record check.

Manufacturers of bell jar tickets shall be considered suppliers of such

equipment. In each such application for a license under this section

shall be stated the name and address of the applicant; the names and

addresses of its officers, directors, shareholders or partners; the

amount of gross receipts realized on the sale and rental of games of

chance supplies and equipment to duly licensed authorized organizations

during the last preceding calendar or fiscal year, and such other

information as shall be prescribed by such rules and regulations. The

fee for such license shall be a sum equal to twenty-five dollars plus an

amount equal to two per centum of the gross sales and rentals, if any,

of games of chance equipment and supplies to authorized organizations or

authorized games of chance lessors by the applicant during the preceding

calendar year, or fiscal year if the applicant maintains their accounts

on a fiscal year basis; provided, however, that for manufacturers of

electronic bell jar vending machines, the fee for such license shall be

an additional one thousand dollars. No license granted pursuant to the

provisions of this section shall be effective for a period of more than

one year.

* NB Effective December 19, 2026

(a) The following shall be ineligible for such a license:

(1) a person convicted of a crime if there is a direct relationship

between one or more of the previous criminal offenses and the integrity

or safety of charitable gaming, considering the factors set forth in

article twenty-three-A of the correction law;

(2) a person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling

promoter or who for other reasons is not of good moral character;

(3) a public officer or employee;

(4) an authorized games of chance lessor;

(5) a firm or corporation in which a person defined in paragraph (1),

(2), (3) or (4) of this subdivision has greater than a ten percent

proprietary, equitable or credit interest or in which such a person is

active or employed.

(b) The board shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the

books and records of any applicant for a license, under this section.

Any information so received shall not be disclosed except so far as may

be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

article.

(c) Any solicitation of an organization licensed to conduct games of

chance, to purchase or induce the purchase of games of chance supplies

and equipment, other than by a person licensed or otherwise authorized

pursuant to this section shall constitute a violation of this section.

(d) Any person who willfully shall make any material false statement

in any application for a license authorized to be issued under this

section or who willfully shall violate any of the provisions of this

section or of any license issued hereunder shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor and, in addition to the penalties in such case made and

provided, shall forfeit any license issued to him or it under this

section and be ineligible to apply for a license under this section for

one year thereafter.

(e) At the end of such period specified in the license, a

recapitulation shall be made as between the licensee and the board in

respect of the gross sales and rentals actually recorded during that

period and the fee paid therefor, and any deficiency of fee thereby

shown to be due shall be paid by the licensee and any excess of fee

thereby shown to have been paid shall be credited to said licensee in

such manner as the board by the rules and regulations shall prescribe.