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SECTION 489
Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award of prizes
General Municipal (GMU) CHAPTER 24, ARTICLE 14-H
§ 489. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award
of prizes. Except in the conduct of limited period bingo, not more than
five dollars shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room
or place in which any game or games of bingo are to be conducted under
any license issued under this article, which admission fee, upon payment
thereof, shall entitle the person paying the same to participate without
additional charge in all regular games of bingo to be played under such
license on such occasion. In the conduct of limited period bingo: (a) no
admission fee shall be charged, (b) not more than twenty-five cents
shall be charged for a single opportunity to participate in any one
game, which charge, upon payment thereof, shall entitle the person
paying the same to one card for participation in one such game, and (c)
no licensee shall sell more than five opportunities to each player
participating in any one game. 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 bingo.