(A) Licensee qualifications.
(1) Raffle licenses and poker run licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans’ organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which have had during that entire five-year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objects or to a non-profit fundraising organization that the Mayor determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident, or disaster. The Mayor may waive the five-year requirement under this division (A) for a bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans’ organization that applies for a license to conduct a raffle or poker run if the organization is a local organization that is affiliated with and chartered by a national or state organization that meets the five-year requirement.
(2) The following are ineligible for any raffle or poker run license:
(a) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(b) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(c) Any person who is not of good moral character;
(d) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (A)(2)(a) through (A)(2)(c) above has a proprietary, equitable, or credit interest or in which such person is active or employed;
(e) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (A)(2)(a) through (A)(2)(c) above is an officer, director, or employee, whether compensated or not; and
(f) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (A)(2)(a) through (A)(2)(c) above is to participate in the management or operation of a poker run as defined herein.
(Prior Code, § 7-5-5)
(B) License issuance.
(1) The Mayor shall review all raffle license applications and all poker run license applications. The Mayor shall, within 30 days from the date of application, accept or reject a raffle or poker run license application. If an application is accepted, the Mayor shall forthwith issue a raffle or poker run license to the applicant.
(2) A raffle license or poker run license shall specify:
(a) The area or areas within the county in which raffle chances will be sold or issued or a poker run will be conducted;
(b) The time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued or a poker run will be conducted; and
(c) The time of determination of winning chances and the location or locations at which the winning chances will be determined.
(3) Any license issued under this subchapter shall be non-transferable.
(4) A license shall be valid for one raffle event or one poker run only, unless the Mayor specifically authorized a specified number of raffles or poker runs to be conducted during a specified period not to exceed one year.
(5) A raffle license or poker run license may be suspended or revoked for any misrepresentation on the application, any violation of this subchapter or state law, or when such raffle or poker run or portion thereof is conducted so as to constitute a public nuisance or to disturb the peace, health, safety, or welfare.
(6) Prominent display of license is required.
(a) A raffle license shall be prominently displayed at the time and location of the determination of the winning chances.
(b) A poker run license shall be prominently displayed at each location at which the poker run is conducted or operated.
(7) Any poker run license issued shall cover the entire poker run, including locations other than the key location. Each license issued shall include the name and address of each location at which the poker run will be conducted.
(Prior Code, § 7-5-6)