NYC Administrative Code

§ 20-445 — Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award of prizes.

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This section regulates the charges for admission to games of chance, stipulating a maximum fee of two dollars, and mandates that prizes be awarded on the same day as the game. The statute also prohibits the offering of alcoholic beverages as prizes. Applies to licensees conducting games of chance.

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§ 20-445 Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award of prizes.

AC § 20-445

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)

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