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                                  7851

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 19, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee 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:

  Section  1. Subdivisions   3, 3-a, 3-d, 9 and 14 of section 186 of the
general municipal law, subdivision 3 as amended by section 5 of  part  B
of  chapter  383  of the laws of 2001, subdivisions 3-a and 9 as amended
and subdivision 3-d as added by chapter 337 of the  laws  of  1998,  and
subdivision  14  as  amended  by  chapter  637  of the laws of 1999, are
amended and a new subdivision 3-e is added to read as follows:
  3. "Games of chance" shall mean and include only the  games  known  as
"merchandise wheels", "coin boards", "merchandise boards", "seal cards",
"EVENT  GAMES", "raffles", and "bell jars" and such other specific games
as may be authorized by the board, in which prizes are  awarded  on  the
basis of a designated winning number or numbers, color or colors, symbol
or  symbols determined by chance, but not including games commonly known
as "bingo or lotto" which are controlled  under  article  fourteen-H  of
this  chapter  and  also  not including "bookmaking", "policy or numbers
games" and "lottery" as defined in section 225.00 of the penal  law.  No
game  of  chance  shall  involve wagering of money by one player against
another player.
  3-a. "Bell jars" shall mean and include those games in which a partic-
ipant shall draw a card from a jar, vending machine, or  other  suitable
device  or  container which contains numbers, colors or symbols that are
covered and which, when uncovered, may reveal  that  a  prize  shall  be
awarded  on the basis of a designated winning number, color or symbol or
combination of numbers, colors or symbols. Bell jars shall also  include
seal cards, coin boards, EVENT GAMES, and merchandise boards.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  3-d.  "Seal  cards"  shall mean a board or placard used in conjunction
with a deal of the  same  serial  number  which  contains  one  or  more
concealed  areas  that,  when  removed or opened, reveal a predesignated
winning number, letter, or symbol located on the  board  or  placard.  A
SEAL  CARD  USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN EVENT GAME SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
TO CONTAIN LINES FOR PROSPECTIVE SEAL WINNERS TO SIGN THEIR NAME.
  3-E. "EVENT GAME" SHALL MEAN A BELL JAR GAME IN WHICH CERTAIN  WINNERS
ARE DETERMINED BY THE RANDOM SELECTION OF ONE OR MORE BINGO NUMBERS, THE
USE OF A SEAL CARD OR BY ANOTHER METHOD APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
  9.  "Single  type  of  game"  shall  mean the games of chance known as
merchandise  wheels,  coin  boards,  merchandise  boards,  EVENT  GAMES,
raffles, and bell jars and each other specific game of chance authorized
by the board.
  14.  "One  occasion"  shall  mean the successive operations of any one
single type of game of chance which results in the awarding of a  series
of  prizes  amounting  to  five  hundred dollars or four hundred dollars
during any one license period, in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of
subdivision eight of section one hundred eighty-nine of this article, as
the  case may be. For purposes of the game of chance known as a merchan-
dise wheel or a raffle, "one occasion" shall mean the  successive  oper-
ations  of  any one such merchandise wheel or raffle for which the limit
on a series of prizes provided by subdivision six of section one hundred
eighty-nine of this article shall apply. For purposes  of  the  game  of
chance  known  as  a  bell jar, "one occasion" shall mean the successive
operation of any one such bell jar, seal card, EVENT GAME,  coin  board,
or merchandise board which results in the awarding of a series of prizes
amounting  to  three  thousand  dollars. For the purposes of the game of
chance known as raffle "one occasion" shall mean a calendar year  during
which successive operations of such game are conducted.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.