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Assembly Bill A1868

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows alcoholic beverages as prizes in any game of chance

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2021-A1868 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§195-d & 190-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8623
2017-2018: A4568
2019-2020: A4605
2023-2024: A3415

2021-A1868 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing alcoholic beverages as prizes in any game of chance.

2021-A1868 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1868
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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 allowing alco-
   holic beverages as prizes in any game of chance
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 195-d of the general municipal law, as amended by
 section 13 of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017,  subdivision  3
 as  amended  by  chapter  464 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 195-d. Charge for admission and  participation;  amount  of  prizes;
 award  of  prizes. 1. A fee may be charged by any licensee for admission
 to any game or games of chance conducted under any license issued  under
 this  article. The clerk or department may in its discretion fix a mini-
 mum fee.
   2. With the exception of bell jars, coin boards, seal cards,  merchan-
 dise  boards  and  raffles,  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 game of chance.]
   3. A player may purchase a chance with  cash  or,  if  the  authorized
 organization wishes, with a personal check, credit card or debit card.
   §  2.  Subdivision 3 of section 190-a of the general municipal law, as
 added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   3. No person under the age of eighteen shall  be  permitted  to  play,
 operate  or  assist  in  any  raffle conducted pursuant to this section.
 WHERE ANY SUCH RAFFLE AWARDS A PRIZE CONTAINING ALCOHOL, NO PERSON UNDER
 THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PLAY, OPERATE OR  ASSIST  IN
 SUCH RAFFLE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06551-01-1

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