N.Y. General Municipal Law § 479: Restrictions upon conduct of bingo games

§ 479. Restrictions upon conduct of bingo games. The conduct of bingo

games authorized by local law or ordinance shall be subject to the

following restrictions irrespective of whether the restrictions are

contained in such local law or ordinance; but nothing herein shall be

construed to prevent the inclusion within such local law or ordinance of

other provisions imposing additional restrictions upon the conduct of

bingo games:

1. No person, firm, association, corporation or organization, other

than a licensee under the provisions of this article, shall conduct such

game or shall lease or otherwise make available for conducting bingo a

hall or other premises for any consideration whatsoever, direct or

indirect.

2. No bingo games shall be held, operated or conducted on or within

any leased premises if rental under such lease is to be paid, wholly or

partly, on the basis of a percentage of the receipts or net profits

derived from the operation of such game.

3. No authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this

article shall purchase, lease, or receive any supplies or equipment

specifically designed or adapted for use in the conduct of bingo games

from other than a supplier licensed under the bingo control law or from

another authorized organization.

4. The entire net proceeds of any game of bingo and of any rental

shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization

permitted to conduct the same.

5. No prize shall exceed the sum or value of five thousand dollars in

any single game of bingo.

6. No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate more

than fifteen thousand dollars.

7. No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall

participate in the management or operation of such game.

8. No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the

management or operation of any game of bingo.

9. The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any wilful violation

of any provision of any local law or ordinance shall constitute and be

punishable as a misdemeanor.

9-a. No person licensed to sell bingo supplies or equipment, or their

agents, shall conduct, participate in, or assist in the conduct of

bingo. Nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed distributor from

selling, offering for sale, or explaining a product to an authorized

organization, or installing, or servicing bingo equipment, upon the

premises of a bingo game licensee.

10. Limited period bingo shall be conducted in accordance with the

provisions of this article and the rules and regulations of the

commission.