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 Brookhaven
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 11. Bingo

  § 11-2. Restrictions.

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  • A. 
    No person, firm, association, corporation or organization, other than a licensee under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, shall conduct such game or shall lease or otherwise make available for conducting bingo a hall or other premises for any consideration whatsoever, direct or indirect.
    B. 
    No bingo games shall be held, operated or conducted on or within any leased premises if rental under such lease is to be paid wholly or partly on the basis of a percentage of the receipts or net profits derived from the operation of such game.
    C. 
    No authorized organization licensed under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law shall purchase or receive any supplies or equipment specifically designed or adapted for use in the conduct of bingo games from other than a supplier licensed under the Bingo Control Law or from another authorized organization.
    Editor's Note: See Executive Law § 430 et seq.
    D. 
    The entire net proceeds of any game of bingo and of any rental shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the same.
    E. 
    No prize in any single game of bingo shall exceed the amount as authorized pursuant to the provisions of § 479 of the General Municipal Law.
    [Amended 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000, effective 1-24-2000]
    F. 
    No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall exceed the aggregate amount as authorized pursuant to the provisions of § 479 of the General Municipal Law.
    [Amended 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000, effective 1-24-2000]
    G. 
    No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
    H. 
    No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the management or operation of any game of bingo.
    I. 
    The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
    J. 
    Limited period bingo shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the Commission.
    K. 
    The Town Clerk may issue a license to allow the game of bingo to be conducted on any day of the week, including Sunday.
    [Added 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000, effective 1-24-2000]