N.Y. General Municipal Law § 489: Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award of prizes

§ 489. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award

of prizes. Except in the conduct of limited period bingo, not more than

five dollars shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room

or place in which any game or games of bingo are to be conducted under

any license issued under this article, which admission fee, upon payment

thereof, shall entitle the person paying the same to participate without

additional charge in all regular games of bingo to be played under such

license on such occasion. In the conduct of limited period bingo: (a) no

admission fee shall be charged, (b) not more than twenty-five cents

shall be charged for a single opportunity to participate in any one

game, which charge, upon payment thereof, shall entitle the person

paying the same to one card for participation in one such game, and (c)

no licensee shall sell more than five opportunities to each player

participating in any one game. Every winner shall be determined and

every prize shall be awarded and delivered within the same calendar day

as that upon which the game was played. No alcoholic beverage shall be

offered or given as a prize in any game of bingo.