{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-8-51.5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 5:8-51.5","heading":"\"Punch-board\" games authorized; rules, regulations.","body":"1.\tThe Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the \"Administrative Procedure Act,\" P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), authorizing licensees to hold and conduct punch-board games.\nA \"punch-board\" means a board with a number of openings of uniform size in which the manufacturer placed, at random, slips of paper or other substances or punches imprinted with numbers or symbols; where a flare or face sheet covers the openings and sets out the winning numbers or symbols and which prizes a player may win; and the punches have specific serial numbers assigned and printed on them.\nA punch-board game shall allow a player, after buying a punch, to select and remove the punch from the opening of the punch-board, and, if the number on the selected punch matches the flare, to win and be awarded the specified prize.\nThe control commission's regulations shall allow the punch-board games to be conducted under the same license issued for the conduct of pull-tab raffle games, and only one license shall be required for the conduct of pull-tab, punch-board, or both types of games. The control commission may specify any other requirements applicable to the conduct of punch-board games which the commission may deem necessary.\nL.2017, c.380, s.1.","path":["TITLE 5 AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"2a98ace6bdd477e4700d5965ca080ac6ca873bd5469d3d34693311190b753b8a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-8-51.4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-8-51.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}