CHAPTER 113: BINGO
Section
   113.01   Definition
   113.02   Who may conduct
   113.03   Wages
   113.04   Injunction
   113.05   No minors
   113.06   Place
   113.07   Public
   113.08   Operation
   113.09   Financial interest
   113.10   Special fund
   113.11   Proceeds
   113.12   License fees
   113.13   Participants
   113.14   Prizes
   113.99   Penalty
Statutory reference:
   Bingo, see Cal. Penal Code § 326.5
§ 113.01 DEFINITION.
   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   BINGO. A game of chance in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card that conform to numbers or symbols selected at random. Notwithstanding Cal. Penal Code § 330c, as used in this section, the game of bingo includes cards having numbers or symbols that are concealed or preprinted in a manner providing for distribution of prizes. The winning cards shall not be known prior to the game by any person participating in the playing or operation of the bingo game. All preprinted cards shall bear the legend "for sale or use only in a bingo game authorized under California law and pursuant to local ordinance." It is the intention of the Legislature that bingo as defined in this section applies exclusively to this chapter and shall not be applied in the construction or enforcement of any other provision of law.
('81 Code, § 5.12.010) (Ord. 676, passed - -77; Am. Ord. 1019, passed 1-20-98)
§ 113.02 WHO MAY CONDUCT.
   Only organizations exempted from the payment of the bank and corporation tax by Sections 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g and 23701l of the Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code, mobilehome park associations and senior citizens organizations may conduct bingo games; and only if the receipts of those games are used for charitable purposes.
(Ord. 1019, passed 1-20-98)
§ 113.03 WAGES.
   It is a misdemeanor for any person to receive or pay a profit, wage, or salary from any bingo game authorized by Section 19 of Article IV of the State Constitution. Security personnel employed by the organization conducting the bingo game may be paid from the revenues of bingo games, as provided in Cal. Penal Code § 326.5 (j) and (k).
(Ord. 1019, passed 1-20-98)
§ 113.04 INJUNCTION.
   The city may bring an action to enjoin a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 1019, passed 1-20-98)
§ 113.05 NO MINORS.
   No minors shall be allowed to participate in any bingo game.
(Ord. 1019, passed 1-20-98)
§ 113.06 PLACE.
   An organization authorized to conduct bingo games pursuant to § 113.02 shall conduct a bingo game only on property owned or leased by it, or property whose use is donated to the organization, and which property is used by that organization for an office or for performance of the purposes for which the organization is organized. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require that the property owned or leased by, or whose use is donated to, the organization be used or leased exclusively by, or donated exclusively to, that organization.
(Ord. 1019, passed 1-20-98)
§ 113.07 PUBLIC.
   All bingo games shall be open to the public, not just to members of the authorized organization.
(Ord. 1019, passed 1-20-98)
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