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No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or games of chance conducted pursuant to any license issued under this subchapter. No person under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to conduct or assist in the conduct of any game of chance conducted pursuant to any license issued under this subchapter.
No game or games of chance shall be conducted under any license issued under this subchapter more often than twelve times in any calendar year. Games shall be conducted only between the hours of noon and midnight on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday; and between the hours of noon on Friday and two a.m. Saturday; and between the hours of noon on Saturday and two a.m. Sunday. The two a.m. closing period shall also apply to a legal holiday. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section no games of chance shall be conducted on Easter Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and the days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The restrictions in this section shall not apply when only the game of chance known as raffle is conducted, provided that authorized organizations licensed under this subchapter may conduct raffles during professional and collegiate sporting competitions at sports venues only from two hours before the beginning of play until the end of play.
(Am. L.L. 2023/060, 5/25/2023, eff. 5/25/2023)
1. No person shall operate any games of chance under any license issued under this subchapter except a bona fide member of the authorized organization to which the license is issued, or a bona fide member of an organization or association which is an auxiliary to the licensee or a bona fide member of an organization or association of which such licensee is an auxiliary or a bona fide member of an organization or association which is affiliated with the licensee by being, with it, auxiliary to another organization or association. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit the number of games of chance licensees for whom such persons may operate games of chance nor to prevent non-members from assisting the licensee in any activity other than managing or operating games.
2. No game of chance shall be conducted with any equipment except such as shall be owned or leased by the authorized organization so licensed or used without payment of any compensation therefore by the licensee. An authorized organization affiliated with a sports venue may utilize equipment supplied by a third-party provided that any equipment specifically designed or adapted for use in the conduct of games of chance come from a supplier licensed by the board or another authorized organization.
3. Except for raffles conducted during professional and collegiate sporting competitions at sports venues, at least two officers, directors, trustees or clergy of the authorized organization shall upon request certify, under oath, that the persons assisting in holding, operating or conducting any game of chance are bona fide members of such authorized organization, auxiliary or affiliated organization. Upon request by the department, any such person involved in such games of chance shall certify that he or she has no criminal record.
4. No items of expense shall be incurred or paid in connection with the conducting of any game of chance pursuant to any license issued under this subchapter except those that are reasonable and are necessarily expended for games of chance supplies and equipment, prizes, security personnel, stated rental if any, bookkeeping or accounting services according to a schedule of compensation prescribed by the board, janitorial services and utility supplies if any, license fees, and the cost of bus transportation, if authorized by such department.
(Am. L.L. 2023/060, 5/25/2023, eff. 5/25/2023)
Except for raffles conducted during professional and collegiate sporting competitions at sports venues, no more than two dollars shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room or place in which any game or games of chance are to be conducted under any license issued under this subchapter. The department may in its discretion fix a minimum fee. Except for raffles conducted during professional and collegiate sporting competitions at sports venues, every winner shall be determined and every prize shall be awarded and delivered within the same calendar day as that upon which the game was played. The winner of any single prize in a raffle conducted during professional and collegiate sporting competitions at sports venues shall not be required to be present at the time such raffle is conducted. No alcoholic beverage shall be offered or given as a prize in any game of chance.
(Am. L.L. 2023/060, 5/25/2023, eff. 5/25/2023)
Except for raffles conducted during professional and collegiate sporting competitions at sports venues, no game of chance conducted or to be conducted in this city shall be advertised as to its location, the time when it is to be or has been played, or the prizes awarded or to be awarded, or transportation facilities to be provided to such game, by means of newspapers, radio, television or sound trucks or by means of billboards, posters or handbills or any other means addressed to the general public, except that one sign not exceeding sixty square feet in area may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by a licensed authorized organization, and when an organization is licensed to conduct games of chance on premises of an authorized games of chance lessor, one additional such sign may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises in which the games are to be conducted. Additional signs may be displayed upon any fire fighting equipment belonging to any licensee, which is a volunteer fire company, or upon any first-aid or rescue squad equipment belonging to any licensee, which is a first-aid or rescue squad, in and throughout the community or communities served by such volunteer fire company or such first-aid or rescue squad, as the case may be. When an organization is licensed or authorized to conduct games of chance on the premises of an authorized games of chance lessor, one additional sign may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises in which the games are to be conducted. A licensee conducting raffles during professional and collegiate sporting competitions at sports venues may advertise conduct of games of chance to the general public by means of newspaper, circular, handbill, poster, and through the internet or television as may be regulated by the rules and regulations of the board. All advertisements shall be limited to the description of such event as "Games of chance" or "Las Vegas Night", the name of the authorized organization conducting such games, the license number of the authorized organization as assigned by the department, the prizes offered and the date, location and time of the event.
(Am. L.L. 2023/060, 5/25/2023, eff. 5/25/2023)
1. Within seven days after the conclusion of any license period, the authorized organization which conducted the same, and its members who were in charge thereof, and when applicable the authorized organization which rented its premises therefor, shall each furnish to the department a statement subscribed by the member in charge and affirmed by him or her as true, under the penalties of perjury, showing the amount of the gross receipts derived therefrom and each item of expense incurred, or paid, and each item of expenditure made or to be made other than prizes, the name and address of each person to whom each such item of expense has been paid, or is to be paid, with a detailed description of the merchandise purchased or the services rendered therefor, the net proceeds derived from the conduct of the games of chance during such license period, and the use to which such proceeds have been or are to be applied and a list of prizes offered and given, with the respective values thereof, and it shall be the duty of each licensee to maintain and keep such books and records as may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of each such statement.
2. Upon the filing of such statement of receipts, the authorized organization furnishing the same shall pay to the department as and for an additional license fee a sum based upon the reported net proceeds, if any, for the license period covered by such statement and determined in accordance with such schedule as shall be established from time to time by the board to defray the actual cost to the city of administering the provisions of this subchapter, but such additional license fee shall not exceed five percent of the net proceeds for such occasion.
1. The department and the board shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of:
a. Any authorized organization which is or has been licensed to conduct games of chance, so far as they may relate to games of chance including the maintenance, control and disposition of net proceeds derived from games of chance or from the use of its premises for games of chance, and to examine any manager, officer, director, agent, member or employee thereof under oath in relation to the conduct of any such game under any such license, the use of its premises for games of chance, or the disposition of net proceeds derived from games of chance, as the case may be.
b. Any authorized games of chance lessor so far as they may relate to leasing premises for games of chance and to examine said lessor or any manager, officer, director, agent or employee thereof under oath in relation to such leasing.
2. Any information received pursuant to subdivision one shall not be disclosed except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this subchapter aggrieved by any action of the department may appeal to the board from the determination of said department by filing with such department a written notice of appeal within thirty days after the determination or action appealed from, and upon the hearing of such appeal, the evidence, if any, taken before such department and any additional evidence, may be produced and shall be considered in arriving at a determination of the matters in issue, and the action of the board upon said appeal shall be binding upon such department and all parties to said appeal.
Any person, association, corporation or organization who or which shall:
(1) make any material false statement in any application for any license authorized to be issued under this subchapter;
(2) pay or receive, for the use of any premises for conducting games of chance, a rental in excess of the amount specified as the permissible rent in the license provided for in subdivision two of section 20-440 of this subchapter;
(3) fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly record all transactions connected with the conducting of games of chance or the leasing of premises to be used for the conduct of games of chance;
(4) falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as they relate in any manner to the conduct of games of chance, to the disposition of the proceeds thereof and to the application of the rents received by any authorized organization;
(5) divert or pay any portion of the net proceeds of any game of chance to any person, association or corporation, except in furtherance of one or more of the lawful purposes defined in this subchapter; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license issued under this subchapter and be ineligible to apply for a license under this subchapter for at least one year thereafter.
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