Whenever the following terms appear in this Chapter, they shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section:
ACTIVE MEMBER: A member of the organization, eighteen (18) years of age or older, requesting a license whose dues are paid for the current membership period and who has been a member for at least six (6) months.
BINGO: A game where each player has a card or a board for which a consideration has been paid, containing five (5) horizontal rows of spaces, with each row except the central one containing five (5) figures. The central row has four (4) figures with the word "Free" marked in the center space thereof. A player wins a game of bingo by completing any pre-announced combination of spaces or, in the absence of a pre-announcement of a combination of spaces, any combination of five (5) spaces in a row, either vertical, horizontal or diagonal.
BINGO OCCASION: A single gathering or session at which a series of one or more successive bingo games is played.
CHECKER: A person who records the number of bingo hard cards purchased and played during each game and records the prizes awarded to the recorded hard cards, but does not collect the payment for the hard cards.
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION: Any fraternal, religious, veterans, or other nonprofit organization which has been in existence for at least three (3) years and has at least thirty (30) active members.
PROFIT: The gross receipts collected from one or more bingo occasions less reasonable sums necessarily and actually expended for bingo supplies and equipment, prizes, rent, and utilities used during the bingo occasions, bingo license fees, and compensation to persons lawfully hired to conduct or assist in conducting a bingo occasion. (Ord. 165, 12-8-1980; 1996 Code)