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NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.10 - Necessity of compliance with statutory provisions and rules and regulations

5:8-49.10. Necessity of compliance with statutory provisions and rules and regulations  No agreements or arrangements for the rental or use of premises shall be valid and no moneys paid by licensed organizations for such rental or use or services shall be allowable expenditures or be taken into account in determining net proceeds unless made in accordance with the provisions of this act and of the rules and regulations adopted by the commission pursuant thereto. L.1957, c. 57, p. 107, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-49.11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-49.11 - Violations; disorderly persons

5:8-49.11. Violations; disorderly persons  Any person who, without complying with the provisions of this act, directly or indirectly, receives, collects or accepts money or other valuable thing for renting, furnishing or supplying premises to an organization for the purpose of holding, operating or conducting games of chance under the Bingo Licensing Law is a disorderly person. L.1957, c. 57, p. 107, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-50 - Short title

5:8-50. Short title  This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "Raffles Licensing Law." L.1954, c. 5, p. 17, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-51.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-51.1 - Senior citizen club exemption

5:8-51.1. Senior citizen club exemption  The governing body of any municipality shall issue a special license to any senior citizen association or club desiring to hold, operate and conduct games of chance solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation of its members. The special license shall be valid only for those games of chance held, operated and conducted where no player or other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to participate; the prizes awarded or to be awarded are nominal; no person other than a bona fide active member of the organization participates in the conduct of the games; and no person is paid for conducting or assisting in the conduct of the game or games. The special license shall be issued under this act without fee and shall be effective for a period of two years.  L. 1985, c. 299, s. 6, eff. Aug. 23, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-51.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-51.2 - Amusement and recreation licenses; exemption from raffles licensing law

5:8-51.2. Amusement and recreation licenses; exemption from raffles licensing law  Senior citizen associations or clubs holding, operating and conducting games of chance solely for the amusement and recreation of its members under a special license shall not be subject to the provisions of P.L. 1954, c. 5 (C. 5:8-50 et seq.).  L. 1985, c. 299, s. 7, eff. Aug. 23, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-51.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-51.3 - Conduct of raffles by student loan funds, permitted

5:8-51.3. Conduct of raffles by student loan funds, permitted  1. A nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this State for the sole purpose of making loans to students from a single New Jersey school district to defray the costs of post-secondary education shall be deemed to be a bona fide educational organization which is eligible to conduct raffles and the net proceeds of such raffles shall be deemed to be devoted to educational uses. L.1996,c.159,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-51.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-51.4 - Use of net proceeds for capital improvements by certain entities from raffles.

5:8-51.4 Use of net proceeds for capital improvements by certain entities from raffles.  2. a. A bona fide organization or association of veterans of any war in which the United States has been engaged, church or religious congregation or religious organization, charitable, educational or fraternal organization, civic or service club, officially recognized volunteer fire company, or officially recognized volunteer first aid or rescue squad licensed to hold and operate the specific kind of game of chance commonly known as raffle or raffles may use the net proceeds of such game for capital improvements to a facility owned by the licensee only if: (1) the facility is devoted full-time to educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited uses; or (2) a portion of the facility is devoted full-time to educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited uses, in which case the net proceeds may be used for capital improvements to that portion of the facility so devoted; or (3) all or a portion of the facility is devoted part-time to educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited uses, in which case a percentage of the net proceeds may be used for capital improvements to the facility or to that portion of a facility so devoted. The percentage shall be equal to the percentage that represents the number of days of the preceding calendar year during which the facility or portion thereof was devoted to an educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited use. b. In determining the amount of net proceeds a licensee may use for capital improvements pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a reasonable amount of facility space used full-time for administrative or operational activities of the licensee, as determined by the commission by regulation, shall be considered devoted to an educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited use provided the space is located in a facility at least half of which was devoted for at least 70 days in the previous calendar year to an educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited use. c. The commission shall by regulation determine how many hours of educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited use in a day in a facility or portion thereof is sufficient to claim that for that day a facility or portion thereof was devoted to an educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited use. L.2002,c.115,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-51.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-51.5 - "Punch-board" games authorized; rules, regulations.

5:8-51.5 "Punch-board" games authorized; rules, regulations.  1. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall adopt regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), authorizing licensees to hold and conduct punch-board games.  A "punch-board" means a board with a number of openings of uniform size in which the manufacturer placed, at random, slips of paper or other substances or punches imprinted with numbers or symbols; where a flare or face sheet covers the openings and sets out the winning numbers or symbols and which prizes a player may win; and the punches have specific serial numbers assigned and printed on them.  A punch-board game shall allow a player, after buying a punch, to select and remove the punch from the opening of the punch-board, and, if the number on the selected punch matches the flare, to win and be awarded the specified prize. The control commission's regulations shall allow the punch-board games to be conducted under the same license issued for the conduct of pull-tab raffle games, and only one license shall be required for the conduct of pull-tab, punch-board, or both types of games. The control commission may specify any other requirements applicable to the conduct of punch-board games which the commission may deem necessary. L.2017, c.380, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-53 - Issuance of licenses to conduct games of chance; fees

5:8-53. Issuance of licenses to conduct games of chance; fees  4. The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of the application, with due expedition after the filing of the application, and if it shall determine that the applicant is duly qualified to be licensed under this act to hold, operate and conduct games of chance under the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations governing the holding, operation and conduct thereof in the municipality; that the member or members of the applicant designated in the application to hold, operate or conduct the game or games of chance which the license is applied for are bona fide active members of the applicant and persons of good moral character and have never been convicted of crime; that such game or games of chance are to be held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of this act and in accordance with the rules and regulations governing the holding, operation and conduct thereof and that the proceeds thereof are to be disposed of as provided by this act, and if the governing body is satisfied that no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense whatever will be paid or given to any person holding, operating or conducting or assisting in the holding, operation or conduct of any such game of chance except as in this act otherwise provided; that any rental to be paid for any equipment to be used in or in connection with the holding, operation and conduct of such game or games of chance conforms to the schedule of authorized rentals prescribed by rules of the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission and that such lessor or lessors have been approved as to good moral character and freedom from conviction of crime by said commission; that no prize will be offered or given in cash except as authorized by regulation promulgated by the control commission or of greater value than is provided in this act in any game or games of chance held, operated and conducted under the license, it shall issue a license to the applicant for the holding, operation and conduct of the specific kind, or one or more of the specific kinds, of games of chance applied for accordingly, upon the payment of a license fee as prescribed by regulation promulgated by the control commission.  L.1954,c.5,s.4; amended 1955,c.161,s.3; 1969,c.205; 1982,c.110,s.1; 1994,c.63,s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-54 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-54 - Duration of license; games within Bingo Licensing Law

5:8-54. Duration of license; games within Bingo Licensing Law  No license for the holding, operation or conduct of any game or games of chance shall be issued under this act which shall be effective for a period of more than 1 year and no license shall be issued under this act for the holding, operation and conduct of any game or games of chance which may be licensed under the Bingo Licensing Law. L.1954, c. 5, p. 21, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-55 - Hearing; amendment of license

5:8-55. Hearing; amendment of license  No application for the issuance of a license shall be refused by the governing body until after a hearing is held on due notice to the applicant, at which the applicant shall be entitled to be heard upon the qualifications of the applicant and the merits of the application. Any license issued under this act may be amended, upon application made to the governing body of the municipality which issued it, if the subject matter of the proposed amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the original license, and upon payment of such additional license fee, if any, as would have been payable, if it had been so included. L.1954, c. 5, p. 21, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-56 - Form and contents of license; display of license

5:8-56. Form and contents of license; display of license  Each license shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Control Commission and shall contain a description of the kind or kinds of game or games of chance authorized to be held, operated and conducted thereunder, a statement of the name and address of the licensee, of the names and addresses of the member or members of the applicant under whom such game or games of chance will be held, operated and conducted, of the number of times, or the hours during which, such game or games of chance are authorized to be conducted and the place or places where and the date or dates and time or times when, such game or games of chance are to be conducted and of the specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such game or games of chance are to be devoted, a statement of the value and character of the prizes authorized to be offered and given, and any other information which may be required, by said rules and regulations, to be contained therein, and each license issued for the conduct of any game of chance shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where any game is to be conducted thereunder at all times during the conduct thereof. L.1954, c. 5, p. 21, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-57 - Control and supervision over all games; violations, penalties

5:8-57. Control and supervision over all games; violations, penalties  8. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this act shall have and exercise control and supervision over all games of chance held, operated or conducted under such license, to the end that the same are fairly held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of such license, the rules and regulations promulgated by the control commission and the provisions of this act governing the holding, operation and conduct of the same, and such governing body and the control commission shall have power and authority to suspend any license issued by such governing body and to revoke the same, after hearing, for any violation of any such provision, and shall by their respective officers and agents have the right of entry at all times into any premises where any such game of chance is being held, operated and conducted or where it is intended that any such game of chance shall be held, operated and conducted, or where any equipment being used or intended to be used in the conduct thereof is found, for the purpose of inspecting the same.  In addition to or in lieu of revoking or suspending or refusing to renew any license or registration certificate issued by it or any municipality, the control commission may, after providing a licensee the opportunity to be heard:  a. issue a letter of warning, reprimand or censure with regard to any action, conduct or practice which, in the judgment of the control commission upon consideration of all relevant facts and circumstances, does not warrant the initiation of formal action;  b. assess civil penalties in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of P.L.1994, c.63 (C.5:8-57.2);  c. order any person found to have violated any provision of a law, rule or regulation administered by the control commission to desist from future violations thereof or to take such affirmative corrective action as may be necessary with regard to any action found to be unlawful by the control commission;  d. order any person found to have violated any provision of a law, rule or regulation administered by the control commission to restore to any person aggrieved by an unlawful act or practice, any monies or property, real or personal, acquired by means of such action or practice, except that the control commission shall not order restoration of a dollar amount greater than those monies received by a licensee or the agent of a licensee or any other person violating the law, rule or regulation administered by the control commission; and  e. order any person, as a condition for continued, reinstated or renewed licensure, to secure medical or other professional treatment as may be necessary to properly discharge licensee functions.  L.1954,c.5,s.8; amended 1955,c.161,s.4; 1994,c.63,s.13.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-57.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-57.1 - Violations, injunctions, proceedings, penalties

5:8-57.1. Violations, injunctions, proceedings, penalties  14. Whenever it shall appear to the control commission that a violation of a law, including the unlicensed conduct or practice of a regulated activity, or regulation administered by the control commission has occurred, is occurring, or will occur, the control commission in addition to any other proceeding authorized by law, may seek and obtain in a summary proceeding in Superior Court an injunction prohibiting such action, conduct or practice. In any such proceeding the court may assess a civil penalty in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of P.L.1994, c.63 (C.5:8-57.2), may order restoration to any person in interest of any monies or property, real or personal, acquired by means of an unlawful action, conduct or practice and may enter such orders as may be necessary to prevent the performance of an unlawful action, conduct or practice in the future and to remedy any past unlawful activity. In any action brought pursuant to this section, the court shall not suspend or revoke any license or registration certificate issued by the control commission.  L.1994,c.63,s.14.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-57.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-57.2 - Civil penalties

5:8-57.2. Civil penalties  15. Any person violating any provision of a law or regulation administered by the control commission shall, in addition to any other sanctions provided in section 8 of P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-57), be liable to a civil penalty of not more than $7,500 for the first offense and not more than $15,000 for the second and each subsequent offense. For the purpose of construing this section, each statutory violation shall constitute a separate offense, except that a second and subsequent offense shall not be deemed to exist unless an administrative or court order has been entered in a prior, separate and independent proceeding. In lieu of an administrative proceeding or an action in the Superior Court, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the control commission for the collection or enforcement of civil penalties for the violation of any provision of a law or regulation administered by the control commission. Such action may be brought in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) and the rules of court governing actions for the collection of civil penalties in the municipal court or Superior Court where the offense occurred. Process in such action may be a summons or warrant and in the event that the defendant in such action fails to answer such action, the court shall, upon finding an unlawful action, conduct or practice to have been committed by the defendant, issue a warrant for the defendant's arrest in order to bring such person before the court to satisfy the civil penalties imposed. In any action commenced pursuant to this section, the court may order restored to any person in interest any monies or property, real or personal, acquired by means of an unlawful action, conduct or practice. Any action alleging the unlicensed conduct or practice of an activity regulated by any law or regulation administered by the control commission shall be brought pursuant to this section, or where injunctive relief is sought, by an action commenced in Superior Court. In any action brought pursuant to P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, the control commission or the court may order the payment of costs to the State.  Organizations registered with the control commission, holding a valid identification number, and not suspended or revoked at the time of any such action, conduct or practice shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.  L.1994,c.63,s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-58 - Sunday; conduct of games on

5:8-58. Sunday; conduct of games on  No games of chance shall be conducted under any license issued under this act on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, unless it shall be otherwise provided in the license issued for the holding, operating and conducting thereof, pursuant to the provisions of an ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of the municipality issuing the license, authorizing the conduct of such games of chance under this act on said day. L.1954, c. 5, p. 23, s. 9.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-59 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-59 - Age limit, exceptions.

5:8-59 Age limit, exceptions.  10. a. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate in any manner in any game or games of chance not conducted by a drawing, except that a person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to play a game of chance not conducted by a drawing when the prize offered and awarded consists of merchandise only and does not include cash or money. b. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate in any manner in any game or games of chance conducted by a drawing, held, operated or conducted pursuant to any license issued under this act, except that a person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to play an on-premises draw raffle, including a Penny auction, when any prize offered and awarded consists of merchandise only. L.1954,c.5,s.10; amended 1955, c.161, s.5; 1994, c.63, s.16; 1997, c.386, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-60 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-60 - Limits on frequency of games

5:8-60. Limits on frequency of games  11. No game or games of chance shall be held, operated or conducted under any license issued under this act more often than authorized by regulation promulgated by the control commission.  L.1954,c.5,s.11; amended 1994,c.63,s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-60.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-60.1 - Findings, declarations relative to conduct of raffles.

5:8-60.1 Findings, declarations relative to conduct of raffles.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the purpose of this act to assist charitable, civic and service organizations, including volunteer fire companies, first-aid squads, church organizations, school groups, veterans' organizations and senior citizen clubs, in conducting raffles to raise funds for educational, charitable, patriotic, religious and public-spirited purposes. L.1997,c.386,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-60.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-60.2 - "Penny auction" defined.

5:8-60.2 "Penny auction" defined.  3. As used in P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, "Penny auction" means an event at which multiple items of merchandise, or gift certificates therefor, but not cash, are raffled by drawing the winning ticket from a container designated for each item into which players seeking to win that item have placed tickets, with all tickets having been sold for the same price or different prices and each ticket placed in a container having an equal chance of winning. L.1997,c.386,s.3.