Assembly Bill A10411

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to restrictions upon the conduct of games of chance

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A10411 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7506
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §189, Gen Muni L

2011-A10411 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to restrictions upon the conduct of games of chance.

2011-A10411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10411

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, CORWIN, GABRYSZAK, KEARNS, CERETTO,
  WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wager-
  ing

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  restrictions
  upon games of chance

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 8 of section 189 of the general  munici-
pal law, subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 1998 and
subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2010, are amended
to read as follows:
  5.  No single prize awarded by games of chance other than raffle shall
exceed the sum or value  of  three  hundred  dollars,  except  that  for
merchandise wheels, no single prize shall exceed the sum or value of two
hundred  fifty  dollars.  No single prize awarded by raffle shall exceed
the sum or value of [fifty] ONE HUNDRED thousand dollars[,  except  that
an  authorized  organization may award by raffle a single prize having a
value of up to and including one hundred thousand dollars if its  appli-
cation  for  a  license  filed pursuant to section one hundred ninety of
this article includes a statement of its intent to award a prize  having
such  value].    No  single  wager shall exceed six dollars and for bell
jars, coin boards, or merchandise boards, no single prize  shall  exceed
five  hundred  dollars provided, however, that such limitation shall not
apply to the amount of money or value  paid  by  the  participant  in  a
raffle  in  return  for  a  ticket or other receipt. For coin boards and
merchandise boards, the value of a prize  shall  be  determined  by  its
costs  to  the  authorized  organization or, if donated, its fair market
value.
  8. Except for merchandise wheels and raffles, no series of  prizes  on
any one occasion shall aggregate more than four hundred dollars when the
licensed  authorized organization conducts five single types of games of
chance during any one license period.  Except  for  merchandise  wheels,
raffles  and  bell  jars,  no series of prizes on any one occasion shall
aggregate more than five hundred dollars when  the  licensed  authorized

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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