Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4301:1 - Liquor Control Commission › Chapter 4301:1-1 - General Provisions › Section 4301:1-1-53 - Gambling, gambling devices and promotional contests

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction of any holder of any permit,
			 or of any agent or employee of a permit holder, or of any person, for keeping,
			 exhibiting for gain, or operating gambling devices, or conducting or permitting
			 on the liquor permit premises any gambling in violation of Chapter 2915. of the
			 Revised Code, shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of such
			 permit.
(B) No person authorized to
			 sell alcoholic beverages shall have, harbor, keep, exhibit, possess or employ,
			 or allow to be kept, exhibited, or used in, upon or about the premises of the
			 permit holder of any gambling device as defined in division (F) of section
			 2915.01 of the Revised Code
			 which is or has been used for any gambling in violation of Chapter 2915. of the
			 Revised Code.
(C) This rule does
			 not apply to the selling of lottery tickets authorized and issued by the Ohio
			 state lottery commission and as provided in section
			 4301.03 of the Revised
			 Code.
(D) This rule shall not be
			 construed to prohibit a game or contest sponsored and conducted in accordance
			 with division (D) of section
			 2915.02 of the Revised Code,
			 provided that such game or contest strictly complies with all of the provisions
			 of division (D) of section
			 2915.02 of the Revised Code and
			 shall not prohibit the conducting of games of chance by charitable
			 organizations as defined in division (H) of section
			 2915.01 of the Revised Code so
			 long as there is strict compliance with Chapter 2915. of the Revised
			 Code.
(E) This rule shall not be
			 construed to prohibit instant bingo, other than at a bingo session, that is
			 sponsored and conducted by charitable organizations as defined in division (H)
			 of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code and
			 where a license pursuant to section
			 2915.08 of the Revised Code has
			 been obtained, provided that such instant bingo is conducted in strict
			 compliance with Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code.
(F) The foregoing paragraphs do not prohibit
			 conduct by any person authorized to sell alcoholic beverages in the original
			 container or for consumption on the permit premises to the extent that the
			 permit holder may sponsor or conduct upon the permit premises promotional games
			 or contests which are neither games nor schemes of chance and which do not
			 constitute gambling or public gaming as prescribed in Chapter 2915. of the
			 Revised Code, provided that:
(1) The promotion
			 or contest does not require the participant to pay money or something of value
			 other than visiting the premises for the privilege or opportunity to
			 participate in such promotions or contests or for receiving the award or prize
			 therefrom; and
(2) Alcoholic
			 beverages are not an element of such a game or contest either directly or
			 indirectly; and
(3) The game or
			 contest is sponsored or designed and run by a permit holder who is licensed for
			 the sale of alcoholic beverages, a manufacturer whose main product line is not
			 alcoholic beverages or their advertising agent or representative.