NYC Administrative Code

§ 20-352 — Charge for admission and participation; charge for other opportunities; amount of prizes, award of prizes.

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This section regulates the fees charged for admission and participation in bingo games conducted under a specific license. It establishes minimum charges for various opportunities to participate and mandates that prizes be awarded on the same day as the game. Applies to licensees conducting bingo games.

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§ 20-352 Charge for admission and participation; charge for other opportunities; amount of prizes, award of prizes.

AC § 20-352

a. No amount other than one dollar, or such minimum fee as may be fixed by the board shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room or place in which any game or games of bingo are to be conducted under any license issued under this subchapter and article fourteen-H of the general municipal law, which admission fee, upon payment thereof, shall entitle the person paying the same to only two opportunities to participate without additional charge in all regular games of bingo to be played under such license on such occasion, and no charge in excess of one dollar, or such minimum fee as may be fixed by the board, shall be made for a single opportunity to participate in all special games to be played under such license on such occasion. b. Extra regular bingo cards. No less than twenty-five cents shall be charged by any licensee for two opportunities to participate in regular games of bingo to be played under such license on such occasion. If the licensee during any occasion conducts less than three special bingo games, no less than twenty-five cents shall be charged for each opportunity to participate in regular games of bingo to be played under such license on such occasion. All such charges for extra regular bingo cards shall be in addition to the two opportunities purchased as part of the admission provided in subdivision a of this section. c. Special game cards. No less than twenty-five cents shall be charged by any licensee for a single opportunity to participate in each of more than one special bingo game other than the jackpot game and no less than ten cents shall be charged for a single opportunity to participate in any one specified special bingo game, to be played under such license on such occasion. d. Jackpot cards. No less than fifty cents shall be charged by any licensee for three opportunities to participate in the jackpot game, and no less than twenty-five cents shall be charged for a single opportunity to participate in the jackpot game to be played under such license on such occasion. A card or cards permitting the player to participate in the jackpot game shall not be used to participate in any other game of bingo to be played under such license on such occasion. e. 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. No alcoholic beverage shall be offered or given as a prize in any such game.

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