Bill Text: NY A00934 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing the conducting of event games by organizations authorized to conduct games of chance

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to racing and wagering [A00934 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00934-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          934
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DelMONTE  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         GABRYSZAK, KOON, MAGEE, McENENY, REILLY -- read once and  referred  to
         the Committee on Racing and Wagering
       AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
         the conducting of event games by organizations authorized  to  conduct
         games of chance
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions  3, 3-a, 3-d, 9 and 14 of section 186  of  the
    2  general  municipal  law, subdivision 3 as amended by section 5 of part B
    3  of chapter 383 of the laws of 2001, subdivisions 3-a and  9  as  amended
    4  and  subdivision  3-d  as  added by chapter 337 of the laws of 1998, and
    5  subdivision 14 as amended by chapter  637  of  the  laws  of  1999,  are
    6  amended and a new subdivision 3-e is added to read as follows:
    7    3.  "Games  of  chance" shall mean and include only the games known as
    8  "merchandise wheels", "coin boards", "merchandise boards", "seal cards",
    9  "EVENT GAMES", "raffles", and "bell jars" and such other specific  games
   10  as  may  be  authorized by the board, in which prizes are awarded on the
   11  basis of a designated winning number or numbers, color or colors, symbol
   12  or symbols determined by chance, but not including games commonly  known
   13  as  "bingo  or  lotto"  which are controlled under article fourteen-H of
   14  this chapter and also not including  "bookmaking",  "policy  or  numbers
   15  games"  and  "lottery" as defined in section 225.00 of the penal law. No
   16  game of chance shall involve wagering of money  by  one  player  against
   17  another player.
   18    3-a. "Bell jars" shall mean and include those games in which a partic-
   19  ipant  shall  draw a card from a jar, vending machine, or other suitable
   20  device or container which contains numbers, colors or symbols  that  are
   21  covered  and  which,  when  uncovered,  may reveal that a prize shall be
   22  awarded on the basis of a designated winning number, color or symbol  or
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01212-01-9
       A. 934                              2
    1  combination  of numbers, colors or symbols. Bell jars shall also include
    2  seal cards, coin boards, EVENT GAMES, and merchandise boards.
    3    3-d.  "Seal  cards"  shall mean a board or placard used in conjunction
    4  with a deal of the  same  serial  number  which  contains  one  or  more
    5  concealed  areas  that,  when  removed or opened, reveal a predesignated
    6  winning number, letter, or symbol located on the  board  or  placard.  A
    7  SEAL  CARD  USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EVENT GAME SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
    8  TO CONTAIN LINES FOR PROSPECTIVE SEAL WINNERS TO SIGN THEIR NAME.
    9    3-E. "EVENT GAME" SHALL MEAN A BELL JAR GAME IN WHICH CERTAIN  WINNERS
   10  ARE DETERMINED BY THE RANDOM SELECTION OF ONE OR MORE BINGO NUMBERS, THE
   11  USE OF A SEAL CARD OR BY ANOTHER METHOD APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
   12    9.  "Single  type  of  game"  shall  mean the games of chance known as
   13  merchandise  wheels,  coin  boards,  merchandise  boards,  EVENT  GAMES,
   14  raffles, and bell jars and each other specific game of chance authorized
   15  by the board.
   16    14.  "One  occasion"  shall  mean the successive operations of any one
   17  single type of game of chance which results in the awarding of a  series
   18  of  prizes  amounting  to  five  hundred dollars or four hundred dollars
   19  during any one license period, in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
   20  subdivision eight of section one hundred eighty-nine of this article, as
   21  the  case may be. For purposes of the game of chance known as a merchan-
   22  dise wheel or a raffle, "one occasion" shall mean the  successive  oper-
   23  ations  of  any one such merchandise wheel or raffle for which the limit
   24  on a series of prizes provided by subdivision six of section one hundred
   25  eighty-nine of this article shall apply. For purposes  of  the  game  of
   26  chance  known  as  a  bell jar, "one occasion" shall mean the successive
   27  operation of any one such bell jar, seal card, EVENT GAME,  coin  board,
   28  or merchandise board which results in the awarding of a series of prizes
   29  amounting  to  three  thousand  dollars. For the purposes of the game of
   30  chance known as raffle "one occasion" shall mean a calendar year  during
   31  which successive operations of such game are conducted.
   32    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.