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N.Y. General Municipal Law § 490: Advertising of bingo games

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  1. General Municipal Law
  2. Article 14-H. Local Option For Conduct of Bingo By Certain Organizations

§ 490. Advertising of bingo games. A licensee may advertise the

conduct of an occasion of bingo to the general public by means of

newspaper, radio, circular, handbill and poster, by one sign not

exceeding sixty square feet in area, which may be displayed on or

adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by a licensed authorized

organization, and through the internet or television as may be regulated

by the rules and regulations of the commission. When an organization is

licensed to conduct bingo occasions on the premises of another licensed

authorized organization or of a licensed commercial lessor, one

additional such sign may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises in

which the occasions are to be conducted. Additional signs may be

displayed upon any firefighting or ambulance equipment belonging to any

licensed authorized organization which is a volunteer fire company,

volunteer ambulance corps or upon any equipment of a first aid or rescue

squad in and throughout the community served by such volunteer fire

company, volunteer ambulance corps or such first aid or rescue squad, as

the case may be. All advertisements shall be limited to the description

of such event as "bingo", the name of the licensed authorized

organization conducting such bingo occasions, the license number of the

authorized organization as assigned by the clerk; the prizes offered and

the date, location and time of the bingo occasion.

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