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NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-60.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-60.3 - Certain regulations pertaining to raffles.

5:8-60.3 Certain regulations pertaining to raffles.  4. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall promulgate regulations allowing qualified organizations to:  a. offer as a raffle prize any personal or professional service, or a gift certificate for any personal or professional service, which is a lawful activity and which the commission determines to be an appropriate raffle prize, and the value of which is within the limits set by the commission for raffle prizes; b. offer as a raffle prize a gift certificate redeemable for live, edible seafood the value of which is within the limits set by the commission for raffle prizes; c. offer a discount to any person purchasing two or more tickets for a draw raffle; and d. use a big six wheel, a big eight wheel or other wheel to determine the winner of a non-draw raffle. L.1997,c.386,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-60.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-60.4 - Pamphlet describing rights, duties, responsibilities of conducting raffles.

5:8-60.4 Pamphlet describing rights, duties, responsibilities of conducting raffles.  5. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall prepare, publish and make available to any qualified organization, upon request, a pamphlet which describes in plain and simple language the rights, duties and responsibilities of organizations conducting raffles and the exact manner in which games of chance are to be conducted. L.1997,c.386,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-60.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-60.5 - Verbal or written warning prior to administrative action, charges.

5:8-60.5 Verbal or written warning prior to administrative action, charges.  6. Prior to initiating administrative action or bringing charges against an organization qualified to conduct raffles for a violation which relates to the conduct of games or the awarding of prizes, the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall first issue a verbal or written warning and offer the organization the opportunity to cease the conduct which constitutes the violation. L.1997,c.386,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-62 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-62 - Limitations on prizes

5:8-62. Limitations on prizes  13. No prize shall be offered and given in cash except as authorized by regulation promulgated by the control commission. a. The aggregate retail value of all prizes to be offered and given by raffles held, operated and conducted under any license issued under P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.) in any calendar year shall not exceed $500,000.00, but the limit so fixed shall not apply to any raffle with respect to which all tickets, shares or rights to participate are sold only to persons present, the winners determined, and the prizes awarded, on the same occasion or if the prizes are wholly donated. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, the maximum prize that may be offered and awarded in a golf hole-in-one contest shall not exceed $1,000,000. Any prizes above $25,000 shall be offered and awarded only when the entire amount is insured by a company licensed to conduct business in this State and approved by the control commission. The prize shall be paid as an annuity with a payout over a maximum period of 20 years. Ancillary prizes awarded shall have an aggregate retail value no greater than that provided by subsection a. of this section and shall also be subject to the provisions of subsection c. of this section. c. No prize having a retail value greater than that prescribed by regulation promulgated by the control commission shall be awarded in any raffle conducted by a drawing, or for each spin of the wheel or other allotment by chance.L.1954,c.5,s.13; amended 1955, c.161, s.7; 1969, c.15; 1982, c.109, s.1; 1982, s.110, s.2; 1986, c.154; 1994, c.63, s.19; 1996,c.36,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-63 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-63 - Advertising of games prohibited, exceptions

5:8-63. Advertising of games prohibited, exceptions  14. No game of chance to be conducted under any license issued under this act shall be advertised as to its location, the time when it is to be or has been played, or the prizes awarded or to be awarded, by means of newspapers, radio, television or sound truck, or by means of billboards, posters or handbills or any other means addressed to the general public in any municipality in which the majority of voters voting therein have not voted in favor of the adoption of the provisions of P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.) or in any municipality in which the majority of voters voting therein have voted in favor of rescinding the adoption of the provisions of this act.L.1954,c.5,s.14; amended 1955, c.161, s.8; 1996,c.36,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-63.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-63.1 - Regulations governing advertising of game of chance

5:8-63.1. Regulations governing advertising of game of chance  3. The Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission shall promulgate regulations to govern the advertising of any game of chance occurring in any municipality in which the majority of voters voting therein have voted in favor of the adoption of the "Raffles Licensing Law," P.L.1954, c.5 (C.5:8-50 et seq.) and in which the game of chance is held, operated or conducted under any license issued by the control commission pursuant to the provisions of that act. The regulations shall prohibit: a. any advertisement from containing any false, deceptive, misleading or fraudulent statement regarding the holding, operation or conduct of a game of chance; b. any advertisement from causing undue or unfair competition between organizations registered with the control commission that are holding competing games of chance; and c. the use, to an extent deemed excessive, of the proceeds derived from the conduct of any individual game of chance for advertising subsequent games of chance.L.1996,c.36,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-64 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-64 - Verified report filed, contents

5:8-64. Verified report filed, contents  15. No later than the 15th day of the calendar month immediately following a calendar month in which any such game of chance was held, operated or conducted, the organization, association, church, congregation, society, club, fire company, first-aid or rescue squad, or senior citizen association or club which held, operated or conducted the same and its member or members who were in charge thereof shall furnish to the control commission a duly verified statement showing the amount of the gross receipts derived from each such game of chance held, operated or conducted in the preceding month, which shall include receipts from the sale of shares, tickets or rights in any manner connected with participation in said game or the right to participate therein, each item of expense incurred or paid, and each item of expenditure made or to be made, name and address of each person to whom each such item has been or is to be paid, with a detailed description of the merchandise purchased or the services rendered therefor, the net profit derived from each such game of chance, and the uses to which such net profit has been or is to be applied and a list of prizes offered or given, with the respective values thereof and it shall be the duty of each licensee to maintain and keep such books and records as may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of each such report.  L.1954,c.5,s.15; amended 1955,c.161,s.9; 1985,c.299,s.4; 1994,c.63,s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-65 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-65 - Examination authority

5:8-65. Examination authority  The governing body of the municipality and the control commission shall have power to examine or to cause to be examined the books and records of any organization, association, church, congregation, society, fire company, first-aid or rescue squad or senior citizen association or club to which any such license is issued so far as they may relate to any transactions connected with the holding and conducting of any game of chance thereunder and to examine any manager, officer, director, agent, member or employee thereof under oath in relation to the conduct of any such game of chance under any such license but any information so received shall not be disclosed except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act.  L. 1954, c. 5, p. 25, s. 16. Amended by L. 1955, c. 161, p. 702, s. 10; L. 1985, c. 299, s. 5, eff. Aug. 23, 1985.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-66 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-66 - Appeal from governing body to control commission

5:8-66. Appeal from governing body to control commission  Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this act aggrieved by any action of the governing body of the municipality to which such application has been made or by which such license has been issued, may appeal to the control commission from the determination of said governing body by filing with the governing body a written notice of appeal within 30 days after the determination or action appealed from, and upon the hearing of such appeal the evidence, if any, taken before the governing body and any additional evidence may be produced and shall be considered in arriving at a determination of the matters in issue, and the action of the control commission upon said appeal shall be binding upon said governing body and all parties to said appeal. L.1954, c. 5, p. 26, s. 17. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 703, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-67 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-67 - Immunity from prosecution; exceptions

5:8-67. Immunity from prosecution; exceptions  No person, association or corporation (1) Possessing, selling or in any manner disposing of, in any municipality which has adopted the provisions of this act, any shares, tickets or rights to participate in any game or games of chance conducted or to be conducted under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this act. (2) Lawfully conducting or participating in the conduct of any such game of chance, or (3) Permitting the conduct of any such game of chance upon any premises owned by him or it, under any license lawfully issued pursuant to this act, shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of chapters 112 and 121 of Title 2A, or of section 2A:170-18 of the New Jersey Statutes, but this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of any game of chance under any license obtained by any false pretense or statement made in any application for such license or otherwise, or possessing, selling or disposing of shares, tickets or rights to participate in, or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned by him or it of, any game of chance conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false pretense or statement. L.1954, c. 5, p. 26, s. 18. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 703, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-68 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-68 - Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license

5:8-68. Offenses; violators as disorderly persons; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license  Any person, association or corporation who or which shall make any false statement in any application for a license under this act or in any statement annexed thereto or shall pay or receive any rental for the use of any equipment in or in connection with the holding, operating or conducting of any game of chance under any license issued under this act unless the amount thereof is stated in a statement annexed to the application for the license and conforms to the schedule of authorized rentals prescribed by rules of the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission and is paid to a person or persons or corporation approved as to good moral character and freedom from conviction of crime by said commission or shall fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly record all transactions connected with the holding, operating or conducting of games of chance under any such license or shall falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as they relate to any transaction connected with the holding, operating and conducting of any game of chance under any such license or shall violate any of the provisions of this act or of any term of such license, shall be a disorderly person and if convicted as such shall, in addition to suffering any other penalties which may be imposed, forfeit any license issued to it under this act and shall be ineligible to apply for a license under this act for 1 year thereafter. L.1954, c. 5, p. 27, s. 19. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 704, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-69 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-69 - Act inoperative until adopted by voters

5:8-69. Act inoperative until adopted by voters  The provisions of this act shall remain inoperative in any municipality unless and until the same shall be adopted by the legal voters of the municipality as herein provided. L.1954, c. 5, p. 27, s. 20.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-70 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-70 - Submission to voters; time; ballots; voting machines; count, return and canvass

5:8-70. Submission to voters; time; ballots; voting machines; count, return and canvass  The question of the adoption of the provisions of this act, in the form set forth in section 23 of this act, shall be submitted to the legal voters of every municipality in this State at a special election to be held therein at the same time as the primary election for the general election which will be held on the third Tuesday in April in the year 1954 in such manner that every voter qualified to vote at such special election upon said question may vote at said special election for or against such question separately and whether or not he is qualified to vote, or desires to vote, for any candidate on any party ballot to be voted at said primary election. In every election district in which paper ballots are used the clerk of the municipality shall provide a sufficient number of special ballots to be voted separately upon said question at said special election by the voters who are qualified to vote upon said question whether or not they are qualified to vote, or desire to vote, for any candidate on any party ballot to be used at said primary election. The special ballots shall be in such form as shall be determined by the clerk of the county in which the municipality is situated and shall so far as practicable correspond in form and detail to the provisions of Title 19, Elections, of the Revised Statutes but they shall not contain the names of any candidates to be voted upon at any such election. The special ballots when voted shall be deposited by the election officers in either of the ballot boxes used at such election. In election districts in which voting machines are used the officers charged with the duty of preparing and placing the ballots upon the machines shall cause the question to be so placed upon every machine used in such primary election that any voter qualified to vote upon said question may vote thereon separately in such special election whether or not he desires or is qualified to vote a party ballot at said primary election, and special voting authorities shall be provided for use in cases where they are required or are used in such form as shall be determined by the county board of elections of the county in which the respective municipalities are situate, which shall be furnished and paid for in the same manner as are other voting authorities used at said election. All of the ballots cast at said election on said question in each municipality shall be counted and the result thereof shall be returned and canvassed in the manner provided by law in the case of public questions submitted in the several municipalities of this State. L.1954, c. 5, p. 27, s. 21.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-71 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-71 - Resubmission if majority against question

5:8-71. Resubmission if majority against question  In event that in any municipality a majority of all the votes cast both for and against the question shall be cast against the question at any election at which said question is submitted, said question may again be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality at a general election held not earlier than the date upon which the third general election, following the date of the election at which the question was submitted, is to be held, if there shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality not less than 45 days prior to such general election a petition requesting the submission of the same signed by at least 15% of the qualified legal voters of the municipality as evidenced by the total number of votes cast at the then next preceding general election held therein. L.1954, c. 5, p. 29, s. 22. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 705, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-72 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-72 - Contents of ballots; voting machines

5:8-72. Contents of ballots; voting machines  There shall be printed on each official ballot to be used at any election at which said question shall be submitted, the following:  If you favor the proposition printed below make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "No." Yes. Shall the "Raffles Licensing Law" (P.L.1954, No. c. ) be adopted within this municipality? The chapter number of this act shall be inserted in the appropriate blank in said question.  In any municipality in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid.  L.1954, c. 5, p. 29, s. 23.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-73 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-73 - Majority vote determines whether act operative

5:8-73. Majority vote determines whether act operative  If at any election at which such question is submitted as provided in this act the majority of all the votes cast, both for and against such question, shall be cast in favor of the question, the provisions of this act shall become operative in such municipality but if a majority of all such votes shall be cast against the question, the provisions of this act shall not become operative in such municipality unless the same shall be again submitted and this act shall be adopted as provided in this act. L.1954, c. 5, p. 30, s. 24.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-74 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-74 - Submission of question of rescinding adoption of act

5:8-74. Submission of question of rescinding adoption of act  If in any municipality in which the provisions of this act shall have become operative in the manner hereinbefore provided, there shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality a petition signed by at least 15% of the qualified legal voters of the municipality, as evidenced by the total number of votes cast at the then preceding general election in such municipality, requesting that there shall be submitted to the voters of the municipality the question of rescinding the adoption of the provisions of this act by the municipality, the said question shall be submitted to the legal voters of the municipality at the next general election succeeding the forty-fourth day following the date of the filing of said petition. L.1954, c. 5, p. 30, s. 25. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 705, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-75 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-75 - Ballots on question of rescinding adoption

5:8-75. Ballots on question of rescinding adoption  There shall be printed upon the official ballot to be used at such general election the following:  If you favor the proposition printed below, make a cross (X), plus (+) or check (/) in the square opposite the word "Yes." If you are opposed thereto, make a cross ( x ), plus (+) or check ( X ) in the square opposite the word "No."  Yes. Shall the adoption of the "Raffles Licensing Law" No. (P.L.1954, c. ) within the municipality be rescinded? The chapter number of this act shall be inserted in the appropriate blank in said question.  In any municipality in which voting machines are used, the question shall be placed upon the official ballots to be used upon the voting machines without the foregoing instructions to the voters and shall be voted upon by the use of such machines without marking as aforesaid.  L. 1954, c. 5, p. 30, s. 26.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-76 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-76 - Majority vote determines question of rescission; resubmission

5:8-76. Majority vote determines question of rescission; resubmission  If at such election a majority of all the votes cast, for and against the rescission of the adoption of this act, in said municipality shall be cast in favor of the rescission thereof, the said adoption of this act shall thereby be rescinded and thereupon this act shall cease to be operative within such municipality and no petition shall be received for the submission of the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act to the voters of said municipality, and no such question shall be submitted to them, at any election earlier than the general election to be held in the third calendar year following the date of such election. If at such election the majority of all the votes so cast shall be against the rescission of said adoption, no petition for such submission of the question of the rescission of such adoption shall be received and no such question shall be again submitted at any election earlier than the general election to be held in the third calendar year following the date of such election. L.1954, c. 5, p. 31, s. 27. Amended by L.1955, c. 161, p. 705, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 5:8-77 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 5 - Amusements, Public Exhibitions and Meetings|Section 5:8-77 - Severability

5:8-77. Severability  In case for any reason any provision of the act to which this act is a supplement shall be questioned in any court and shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect any other provision of said act except so far as the provision so declared unconstitutional or invalid shall be inseparable from such other provision. L.1955, c. 161, p. 706, s. 17.