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(a) No person shall be a bingo game operator unless the person is 18 years of age or older.
(b) No person who has been convicted of a felony or a gambling offense in any jurisdiction shall be a bingo game operator.
(c) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2915.11)
(1) A. The participants do not pay any money or any other thing of value, including an admission fee or any fee, for bingo cards or sheets, objects to cover the spaces, or other devices used in playing bingo, for the privilege of participating in the bingo game, or to defray any costs of the game, or pay tips or make donations during or immediately before or after the bingo game.
B. All prizes awarded during the course of the game are non-monetary, and in the form of merchandise, goods, or entitlement to goods or services only, and the total value of all prizes awarded during the game is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
C. No commission, wages, salary, reward, tip, donation, gratuity, or other form of compensation, either directly or indirectly, and regardless of the source, is paid to any bingo game operator for work or labor performed at the site of the bingo game.
D. The bingo game is not conducted either during or within ten hours of any of the following:
1. A bingo session during which a charitable bingo game is conducted pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2915.07 through 2915.11 or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
2. A scheme or game of chance, or bingo described in division (2) of its definition in Ohio R.C. 2915.01.
E. The number of players participating in the bingo game does not exceed 50.
(2) A. The participants do not pay money or any other thing of value as an admission fee, and no participant is charged more than twenty-five cents ($0.25) to purchase a bingo card or sheet, objects to cover the spaces, or other devices used in playing bingo.
B. The total amount of money paid by all of the participants for bingo cards or sheets, objects to cover the spaces, or other devices used in playing bingo does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
C. All of the money paid for bingo cards or sheets, objects to cover spaces, or other devices used in playing bingo is used only to pay winners monetary and nonmonetary prizes and to provide refreshments.
D. The total value of all prizes awarded during the game does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
E. No commission, wages, salary, reward, tip, donation, gratuity, or other form of compensation, either directly or indirectly, and regardless of the source, is paid to any bingo game operator for work or labor performed at the site of the bingo game.
F. The bingo game is not conducted during or within ten hours of either of the following:
1. A bingo session during which a charitable bingo game is conducted pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2915.07 through 2915.11 or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance;
2. A scheme of chance or a game of chance, or bingo described in division (2) of its definition in Ohio R.C. 2915.01.
G. All of the participants reside at the premises where the bingo game is conducted.
H. The bingo games are conducted on different days of the week and not more than twice in a calendar week.
(b) The Attorney General or any local law enforcement agency may investigate the conduct of a bingo game that purportedly is conducted for purposes of amusement only if there is reason to believe that the purported amusement bingo game does not comply with the requirements of either division (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section. A local law enforcement agency may proceed by action in the proper court to enforce this section if the local law enforcement agency gives written notice to the Attorney General when commencing the action.
(ORC 2915.12)
(a) Bingo played pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio shall be permitted in any one location within the City no more than twice in one week. The sponsoring organization of any bingo game must submit to the Chief of Police, prior to holding a bingo game within the City, a copy of the license issued by the Attorney General of the State of Ohio permitting that sponsoring organization to, in fact, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Ohio, play bingo for charitable purposes. The owner and/or lessee of any structure used for the playing of bingo for charitable purposes and/or the sponsoring organization of the bingo game shall be responsible for compliance with this section.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 599.02.
(Ord. 223-1976. Passed 10-8-76.)
Upon adjudication by the Courts that any apparatus, books, tickets, tokens, tables, machines, instruments or devices were kept, used, maintained or intended for the purpose of gambling in violation of this chapter or of State law, the court may forthwith order the destruction of all such property by the Police Department.
(Ord. 232-1971. Passed 9-7-71.)
(a) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control or supervision, of premises, shall use or occupy such premises for sale, transfer or distribution, whether done manually or through any mechanical device, of "instant bingo" tickets or similar items in which, in exchange for some consideration, one receives a ticket or other item that can immediately reveal that the holder thereof has won a prize in cash or otherwise, unless done in conjunction with a bingo game conducted by a charitable organization that has obtained a bingo license pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2915.08, which can only be sold during those hours stated on the bingo license and cannot extend beyond. In addition, if the following requirements and restrictions are met, an approved charitable organization, or any other State-approved exempt charitable organization with a bingo license that allows the sale of instant bingo tickets may hold a separate instant ticket sales event at which the charitable organization may sell instant bingo tickets:
(1) The instant bingo ticket sales event is held on the property of the charitable organization;
(2) The instant ticket sales event is held no more than one time per week;
(3) The instant ticket sales event is be held for no more than six consecutive hours;
(4) The instant ticket sales event is held between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.; and
(5) There is a security officer on duty all times at the instant ticket sales event.
(b) This section additionally shall not apply to the sale, transfer or distribution of any such items by the Ohio Lottery Commission or its authorized agents.
(c) No person shall sell, transfer or distribute instant bingo tickets off the premises of a charitable organization, or not in conjunction with a bingo license, without first obtaining a permit from the Chief of Police, who may issue such permit after receiving a fee of five dollars ($5.00). Said permit shall contain the following information: The name, telephone number and address of the organization; the name and telephone number of the individual applying for the permit; the dates when instant bingo will be played; a description of the function, including the hours of instant bingo operation; the address where the event will be held; the name and telephone number of a contact person; a copy of the organization's charitable exemption papers or 501(c)(3) letter; and a copy of the contract with an outside company which is providing service at the function, if applicable.
(d) All instant bingo is subject to the same maintenance of records and inspection in the City as required by Section 517.07 and Ohio R.C. 2915.10.
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of operating an instant bingo parlor, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided the offender has not been convicted of a gambling offense. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 599.02.
(Ord. 72-1997. Passed 3-17-97; Eff. 4-17-97; Ord. 156-2005. Passed 10-3-05.)
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