STATE OF NEW YORK
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3415
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2023
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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 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:
1 Section 1. Section 195-d of the general municipal law, as amended by
2 section 13 of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, subdivision 3
3 as amended by chapter 464 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 § 195-d. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes;
6 award of prizes. 1. A fee may be charged by any licensee for admission
7 to any game or games of chance conducted under any license issued under
8 this article. The clerk or department may in its discretion fix a mini-
9 mum fee.
10 2. With the exception of bell jars, coin boards, seal cards, merchan-
11 dise boards and raffles, every winner shall be determined and every
12 prize shall be awarded and delivered within the same calendar day as
13 that upon which the game was played. [No alcoholic beverage shall be
14 offered or given as a prize in any game of chance.]
15 3. A player may purchase a chance with cash or, if the authorized
16 organization wishes, with a personal check, credit card or debit card.
17 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 190-a of the general municipal law, as
18 added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
19 3. No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted to play,
20 operate or assist in any raffle conducted pursuant to this section.
21 Where any such raffle awards a prize containing alcohol, no person under
22 the age of twenty-one shall be permitted to play, operate or assist in
23 such raffle conducted pursuant to this section.
24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08240-01-3
