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New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 2 - REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION › Section 13:47-2.7 - Special door prize raffle

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Qualified organizations desiring to conduct a special door prize raffle for which no license from the municipality is required shall, before conducting the same, register with the Control Commission and secure an identification number.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 2 - REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION › Section 13:47-2.8 - Duplicate registration certificate

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Upon loss of its original registration certificate a registered organization shall obtain a duplicate registration certificate by filing a written request with the Control Commission which is signed by an elected officer of the registered organization. The request shall state the following:
1. The reason the request is being made;
2. The approximate date upon which the original certificate was lost;
3. The name and address of last person known to have possession of the original certificate;
4. The name and address of the person to whom the duplicate registration form is to be sent; and
5. The name, address, signature of and office held by the officer making the request on behalf of the organization.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 2 - REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION › Section 13:47-2.9 - License to conduct games of chance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No registered organization shall conduct bingo, any type of raffle, or other forms of games of chance, except a special door prize raffle, without having first obtained a license to conduct the same from the municipality in which the game or games are to be held, operated or conducted.
(b) No registered organization shall conduct any unauthorized bingo, raffle or other game of chance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 2 - REGISTRATION AND IDENTIFICATION › Section 13:47-2.10 - Suspension; revocation; penalties; other sanctions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any registered organization that violates any provision of the Legalized Games of Chance Commission Law, 5:8-1 et seq., the Bingo Licensing Law, 5:8-24 et seq., the Raffles Licensing Law, 5:8-50 et seq., or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Control Commission shall be subject to suspension or revocation of the identification number or other sanction in the same manner as established under N.J.A.C. 13:47-10.
(b) Only the Control Commission shall conduct proceedings to suspend or to revoke an organization's identification number.
(c) Any person violating any provision of any law or regulation administered by the Control Commission shall in addition to any other sanctions provided in section 7 of P.L. 1954, c.6 (5:8-30 ) or section 8 of P.L. 1954 c.5 (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.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.1 - Bingo license application form; certificate for rented premises

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Applications for bingo licenses shall be made on Form 2B-A, which is hereby adopted. Where premises are to be rented, a certificate of the landlord shall be obtained from the landlord and attached to the application, such certificate to be on Form 10-A which is hereby adopted.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.2 - Raffles license application form; certificate for leased equipment

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Applications for raffles licenses shall be made on Form 2R-A, which is hereby adopted. Where raffles equipment is to be leased, a certificate of the lessor shall be obtained from the raffle equipment supplier and attached to the application, such certificate to be Form 13 which is hereby adopted.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.3 - Filing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
License applications shall be filed in quadruplicate with the municipal clerk. One copy shall be retained by the municipal clerk, the second copy shall be returned to the applicant after a license has been granted or denied by the issuing authority. The third copy shall be forwarded to the Control Commission by the municipal clerk and the fourth copy shall be delivered to the law enforcement agency in the municipality.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.4 - Exhibits required for filing application for municipal license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No application shall be accepted unless the applicant at the time of filing the application exhibits a valid registration certificate issued to it by the Control Commission bearing its identification number which shall be entered on the application.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.5 - Assignment of number

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Upon receiving a license application by the municipality, the municipal clerk shall assign a number thereto and endorse it on all copies of the application. The number shall be composed of the prefix BA for bingo application or the prefix RA for a raffles application and a consecutive serial number. Thus, the number BA:110 will indicate that the application was filed for Bingo, and that it was the 110th application for a license to conduct games of chance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.6 - Bingo and raffle; separate application and license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An application and license to conduct bingo may include up to 72 occasions, provided the application does not include:
1. More than six occasions in any one calendar month;
2. Dates of occasions for a period of more than one year; or
3. A date of an occasion beyond the date upon which the applicant's registration with the Control Commission expires.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.7 - Register of applications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The municipal clerk shall keep a register or list of all applications filed, containing the following:
1. Date of filing;
2. Name of applicant;
3. Identification number;
4. The designation BA if the application is for bingo, or RA if it is for raffles;
5. The consecutive serial number;
6. Date of issuance of license;
7. Amount of fee paid;
8. Date of denial of license;
9. Date of suspension or revocation of license.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.8 - Reinstatement of license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When a license has been suspended or revoked, and the suspension or revocation is set aside, or the license is reinstated, the original license shall not be reissued. In such case the applicant shall file a new application, which shall be given a new number, as shall the license issued, as though there had been no prior license, but the number shall be followed by the suffix "X." The licensee shall receive credit for any license fee paid that has not been refunded.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.9 - Denial of license set aside

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When a license has been denied, and the denial is set aside, the applicant shall again submit the application which was returned to him, and the clerk shall endorse a new application number thereon, and on the clerk's copy, and make entry thereof in the register, as though a new application had been filed. The municipal clerk shall immediately notify the Control Commission of the new application number assigned together with the number which it replaces. The license issued thereon shall carry the new number, but the number shall carry the suffix "Y".
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 3 - APPLICATIONS › Section 13:47-3.10 - Docket

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The municipal clerk shall also keep and maintain a docket, with a separate sheet for each licensee, on which he shall enter the following:
1. The serial number of all licenses issued to each licensee;
2. The date of issue;
3. The dates for which the license permits games of chance to be played;
4. The retail value of prizes to be awarded by raffles as to raffles subject to an annual limit; and
5. The date when the report is filed.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.1 - Findings and determination

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Upon reviewing and determining whether to approve or deny a license application or an amendment to a license, the issuing authority shall record its findings and determination as to each of the conditions established by law.
(b) Upon investigating and passing upon a suspension or revocation of license, the governing body shall record its findings and determination as to each of the conditions established by law.
(c) Such record shall be made in duplicate, on Form 5-A, which is hereby adopted, Form 5-A shall be signed by a member of the governing body or the municipal clerk.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.2 - Transmittal of copies of findings and determination

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Upon making its findings and determination, the issuing authority shall within three days transmit a copy of its findings and determination to the Control Commission. The findings and determination together with the third copy of the application as provided in 13:47-3.3 shall be received by the Control Commission prior to the holding of the first game authorized.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.3 - Duties of municipal clerk; computation of fees; notice of denial; license issuance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Upon receiving the finding and determination of the issuing authority, the municipal clerk shall, if the license is granted, compute the fee payable by law, collect any fee due the municipality or the State from the applicant organization and forward any fee due the State together with the application to the Control Commission.
(b) If the Control Commission has not taken action on the application within 14 calendar days after the municipality has mailed the application and licensing fee to the Control Commission, the application is deemed approved.
(c) If the license is denied, the municipal clerk shall forward a copy of the application marked denied, together with a copy of the findings and determinations of the issuing authority to the Control Commission and notify the applicant by regular mail. The notification to the Control Commission and the applicant shall be made within three days of the issuing authority's decision to deny the license.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.4 - Form for license issuance

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Bingo licenses and Raffles licenses shall be issued on Form 6B/R which is hereby adopted.
(b) In the case of Raffles licenses, the license must show the specific type and number of raffle games or allotment of prizes by chance to be conducted under the license.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.5 - Endorsement of license number

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Upon the issuance of a license, the municipal clerk shall endorse a license number, which shall be the same as the application number, except that the prefix shall be BL for bingo licenses and RL for raffles licenses.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.6 - Copies of license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The municipal clerk shall prepare licenses in triplicate, retaining one copy, issuing the original to the licensee and forwarding the second copy to the law enforcement agency of the municipality.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.7 - Duration of license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No licenses for the holding, operating and conducting of any game of chance shall be effective for a period of more than one year or for a date beyond the date upon which the organization's registration with the Control Commission expires.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.8 - Joint license

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No joint license for the holding, operating and conducting of any game of chance shall be issued to two or more organizations.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 4 - LICENSE ISSUANCE › Section 13:47-4.10 - Licensing fees payable to the licensing municipality

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Where no specific ordinance setting fees due the licensing municipality exists, the licensing municipality shall charge a fee in an amount equal to the amount charged by the Control Commission.
(b) Each licensing municipality may set by ordinance a licensing fee in an amount necessary to defray all proper expenses incurred by the municipality in the administration of the Bingo Licensing Law, the Raffles Licensing Law and the regulations governing the conduct of any game or games held, operated or conducted under any license issued by it. No municipal licensing fee shall be set at an amount in excess of the amount charged by the Control Commission.
(c) A municipality may by ordinance exempt all qualified organizations from the payment of any municipal licensing fee.
(d) No municipal ordinance shall exempt any organization from payment of any fee due the Control Commission.
(e) Each licensing municipality shall forward a copy of any such ordinance to the Control Commission immediately upon adoption.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5 - LICENSE AMENDMENT › Section 13:47-5.1 - Application form

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Application to amend a license shall be made by an officer of the licensee on Form 7-A, hereby adopted. The application shall have annexed such proofs, signatures and verifications as would have been necessary if the changes were in the original application.
(b) No licensee who has applied for an amended license shall operate a game in any manner other than that which has been licensed until an amended license certificate has been issued.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5 - LICENSE AMENDMENT › Section 13:47-5.2 - Copies of application

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The same number of copies of an application to amend a license shall be required as for an application for a license, and the application shall be processed and disposed of in the same manner.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5 - LICENSE AMENDMENT › Section 13:47-5.3 - Approval

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When the issuing authority approves an amendment of a license, the original license shall be returned by the license holder and exchanged for the amended license, upon payment of any additional fee required.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5 - LICENSE AMENDMENT › Section 13:47-5.4 - New date

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
If a game of chance cannot be held on the date stated in the license because of emergency weather conditions or because of other emergency conditions determined by the Control Commission, the organization may within 48 hours fix a new date for the game, which date shall be within seven days of the original date. Within such 48-hour period, and in any case before the postponed game is held, written notification of the new date shall be filed in duplicate with the municipal clerk of the municipality in which the Game of Chance is to be held. The municipal clerk shall immediately forward the duplicate copy of the notification to the Control Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5A - CERTIFICATION OF PERMISSIBILITY: ELECTRONIC GAMES OF CHANCE SYSTEMS › Section 13:47-5A.2 - Requirements for electronic games of chance systems

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) An electronic games of chance system shall have dial-up capability, so that the Control Commission may remotely verify the operation, compliance and internal accounting systems at any time. The manufacturer shall provide to the Control Commission all current protocols, passwords, and any other required information needed to access the system. Any and all reports maintained or generated by the electronic games of chance system shall be capable of being downloaded or otherwise accessed via the modem. A check sum number or digital signature shall be obtained for the proprietary software submitted for testing to be used to verify proprietary software compliance at playing locations.
(b) Except for the release of the information to the Control Commission in accordance with (a) above, the manufacturer shall secure all protocols, passwords, and any other required information needed to access its system and such information shall not be accessible so that it is not able to be altered.
(c) If an electronic games of chance system includes player tracking software, records generated by the use of the player tracking software are subject to review by the Control Commission. The records shall be maintained by the registered organization for a period of not less than 12 months. Player tracking records shall at all times be the property of the registered organization and neither the manufacturer nor the distributor shall utilize or make available to any person, other than the Control Commission or as otherwise authorized by law, the information contained within the player tracking software without the express written permission of the registered organization.
(d) An electronic games of chance system shall permit the games of chance to be played in accordance with the rules established by the Control Commission.
(e) An electronic games of chance system shall be designed with sufficient security safeguards so as to permit verification that all proprietary software components are authentic copies of the approved software components and all functioning components of the electronic games of chance system are operating with identical copies of approved software programs. The system shall also have sufficient security safeguards so that any restrictions or requirements authorized by the Control Commission or any approved proprietary software are protected from alteration by unauthorized personnel.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5A - CERTIFICATION OF PERMISSIBILITY: ELECTRONIC GAMES OF CHANCE SYSTEMS › Section 13:47-5A.3 - Right to restrict specific terms of certification

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Any certification of permissibility for an electronic games of chance system may restrict the number of places or the number of specific kinds of games that may be held, operated or conducted by any one licensee, directly or indirectly, and by the imposition of such other controls as the Control Commission shall deem suitable and proper.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5A - CERTIFICATION OF PERMISSIBILITY: ELECTRONIC GAMES OF CHANCE SYSTEMS › Section 13:47-5A.4 - Amendments of certifications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Certifications of permissibility for an electronic games of chance system may be granted by the Control Commission in terms applicable to more than one of certain named or described games, all of which are similar in specific kind, and such certifications may be amended from time to time to include additional games differently named or described, but similar in specific kind to those previously certified.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5A - CERTIFICATION OF PERMISSIBILITY: ELECTRONIC GAMES OF CHANCE SYSTEMS › Section 13:47-5A.5 - Numbering of certifications

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Each certification of permissibility granted by the Control Commission shall bear a serial number. That number shall be included in the description of the game to be licensed in the application for license and in the license certification when issued.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5A - CERTIFICATION OF PERMISSIBILITY: ELECTRONIC GAMES OF CHANCE SYSTEMS › Section 13:47-5A.6 - Cancellation of certification

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Any certification of permissibility may be cancelled and vacated or modified by the Control Commission in its sound discretion at any time, either specifically as to a particular license or licenses, or generally as to all licenses issued on the basis of the particular certification. Those licenses affected shall, 30 days after the cancellation and vacation, no longer authorize the holding, operation or conduct of the game which was the subject of the certification, or, in the case of the modification of a certification, shall authorize the holding, operating and conduct of the game only in the manner specified in the modified certification.
(b) Before any cancellation and vacation or modification of a certification shall occur, any licensee operating a game under such certification shall be given notice and afforded an opportunity to be heard by the Control Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5A - CERTIFICATION OF PERMISSIBILITY: ELECTRONIC GAMES OF CHANCE SYSTEMS › Section 13:47-5A.7 - Games authorized only in respect to particular certification

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Any license issued to authorize the holding, operation and conduct of any kind of game of chance shall be deemed to authorize such holding, operation and conduct only in the manner and to the extent certified as permissible by the certification of permissibility granted with respect to such game.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 5A - CERTIFICATION OF PERMISSIBILITY: ELECTRONIC GAMES OF CHANCE SYSTEMS › Section 13:47-5A.8 - Notification to Control Commission

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Within 48 hours after agreeing to provide electronic games of chance, whether or not a charge is made for the equipment, the equipment provider shall send to the Control Commission a written notification that includes the following:
1. The name, address, Control Commission identification number and bingo license number of the licensee to whom the equipment is to be supplied;
2. The address of the location where the equipment will be installed and used;
3. The date on which equipment is to be installed;
4. An exact description of all equipment to be supplied, including the certification of permissibility number of the electronic games of chance system;
5. The date and time when the equipment is to be used;
6. The name and telephone number of the licensee's contact person;
7. The name and telephone number of the equipment provider's contact person; and
8. The total amount of charge made, if any.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.1 - Member in charge of conduct of games

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The officers of a licensee shall designate a bona fide, active member to be in charge of, and primarily responsible for, the conduct of the game of chance on each occasion.
(b) The member in charge shall supervise all activities on the occasions for which he is in charge and shall be responsible for the making of the required report of operations thereof.
(c) The member in charge shall be familiar with the provisions of the Bingo Licensing Law or the Raffles Licensing Law as the case may be and the rules and regulations of this Chapter.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.2 - Member in charge of proceeds; separate bank account

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The officers of a licensee shall designate an officer or member to be in full charge of, and responsible for, the proper utilization of the entire net proceeds of the games of chance in accordance with the law and the rules and regulations of this Chapter.
(b) Each registered organization shall establish, keep and maintain a bank account in a State or Federal chartered banking institution in which only the proceeds derived from the conduct of games of chance shall be deposited and from which only payments for authorized expenses and utilization of net proceeds for authorized purposes shall be made.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.3 - Use of proceeds; capital improvements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The entire net proceeds of the games of chance must be devoted to authorized purposes.
(b) A qualified organization shall not provide all or any portion of the net proceeds from a game of chance directly to an individual. A qualified organization may use net proceeds to pay expenses on the behalf of an individual for authorized purposes.
(c) A bona fide 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 games of chance may use the net proceeds of games of chance for capital improvements to a facility owned by the licensee only if:
1. The facility is devoted full-time to an authorized purpose;
2. A portion of the facility is devoted full-time to an authorized purpose, in which case all of 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 an authorized purpose, 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 of the net proceeds which may be used for capital improvements under this paragraph 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 authorized purpose.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.4 - Conduct by active members and compensated non-members

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No person shall assist in the holding, operating or conducting of a game of chance except:
1. Active members of the registered organization, active members of its parent organization, active members of an auxiliary organization, active members of an organization of which the registered organization is an auxiliary or active members of an organization having a common parent organization, provided that the assisting organization is registered with the Control Commission; and
2. A person who is not a member of the registered organization, an auxiliary or affiliated organization as described in this subsection, and who has been approved by the Control Commission in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:47-6A and who will be compensated for holding, operating or conducting or assisting in the holding, operating or conducting of the game.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.5 - Compensation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense may be paid to any member of the licensed organization or a member of an organization which is auxiliary to or affiliated with the licensed organization for holding, operating or conducting, or assisting in the holding, operating or conducting of a game of chance, except for bookkeepers or accountants who assist by rendering their professional services for an amount within the schedule of fees fixed by these rules, or a person approved by the Control Commission as a game operator who is not a member of the licensed organization or a member of an organization which is auxiliary to or affiliated with the licensed organization.
(b) No person holding, operating or conducting, or assisting in the holding, operating or conducting of a game of chance may receive or accept any reward, compensation, gratuity or recompense, directly or indirectly, from any patron or participant in such game of chance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.6 - Display of license; other notice

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each license issued for the conduct of a game of chance shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where the game of chance is being conducted at all times during the conduct of the game.
(b) Whenever an organization shall conduct a game of chance it shall display, adjacent to the wheel or the place of the allotment of prize(s) by chance, a sign as follows: "Is gambling a problem for you or someone in your family? Dial 1-800-GAMBLER." The sign shall be provided by the Control Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.7 - Inspection

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The premises where any game of chance is being held, operated or conducted, or where it is intended that any game of chance shall be held, operated or conducted, or where it is intended that any equipment be used, shall at all times be open to inspection by the officers and agents of the municipality in which the premises are situated and to the Control Commission and its agents and employees.
(b) If, in the course of such inspection, a violation of the rules and regulations of this Chapter or the Bingo Licensing Law or the Raffles Licensing Law shall be observed, said officers and agents of the municipality in which the premises are situated or said agents and employees of the Control Commission shall have the right to suspend the continued operation of any and all games of chance being held, operated or conducted on the premises until such time as said violation is corrected and all games of chance are held, operated and conducted in accord with the license therefor, the Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Control Commission and the Bingo or Raffles Licensing Law.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.8 - Authorization by municipality for games on Sunday

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No municipality may authorize the holding, operating or conducting of a game of chance on Sunday, unless specifically so authorized by an ordinance duly adopted by the municipality.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.9 - Provision in license for games on Sunday

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
No game of chance shall be conducted under any license on Sunday, unless the license specifically so provides.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.10 - Player age limitation

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate as a player in any game of bingo.
(b) No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to participate in any draw raffle or in any non-draw raffle offering and awarding cash or money as a prize.
(c) Except for the serving or selling of food and beverages, no person under the age of 18 years shall hold, operate or conduct or assist in the holding, operating or conducting of any game of chance held, operated or conducted under any license issued pursuant to the Bingo Licensing Law, 5:8-24 et seq. or the Raffles Licensing Law, 5:8-50 et seq., and the rules set forth in this chapter.
(d) Whenever an organization shall conduct any draw raffle, or non-draw raffle which offers cash or money as a prize, it shall cause a sign to be displayed adjacent to the place of the allotment of prize(s) by chance as follows: "Persons under the age of 18 years are not permitted to participate in this game of chance (5:8-59 )." The sign shall not be smaller than 288 square inches and shall be posted in such a location as to be in view of all persons who shall desire to participate.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.11 - Frequency and location of games

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No registered organization shall conduct any game(s) of chance more often than as set forth in this section:
1. Bingo shall not be conducted more often than six days in any calendar month.
2. On-premises draw raffles awarding either cash or merchandise as prizes shall not be conducted more often than six days in any one week.
3. Off-premises draw raffles awarding merchandise prizes shall not be conducted more often than six days in any one week.
4. Non-draw raffles (wheels and games) shall not be conducted more often than six days in any one week.
5. Off-premises 50-50 cash draw raffles shall not be conducted more often than twice in any calendar month.
6. A Duck Race raffle shall not be conducted more often than once in any calendar month.
7. A calendar raffle shall not be conducted more often than twice in any calendar year.
8. No instant raffle game or punch-board game shall be held, operated, or conducted at any location or on any date within the licensing municipality unless the license indicates each location where, and each date when, the instant raffle games or punch-board games are to be held, operated, or conducted and conforms to the provisions at N.J.A.C. 13:47-6.9.
9. Armchair race events shall not be conducted more often than six times in any one week.
10. A casino night shall not be conducted more often than six times in any one week.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.12 - Expenses: payment requirements

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No item of expense shall be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of a game of chance, except such expenses as are bona fide items of reasonable amount for goods, wares and merchandise furnished or services rendered, which are reasonably necessary to be purchased or furnished for the holding, operating or conducting of the game of chance.
(b) No item of expense shall be incurred or paid for any goods, wares, merchandise, service, equipment or premises provided for use in or in connection with the holding, operating, or conducting of any game of chance that is not provided by a person approved by the Control Commission.
(c) No expense other than cash prizes, incurred in the holding, operating or conducting of any game of chance shall be paid from any source other than the account required by 13:47-6.2.
(d) Payment for prizes in a draw raffle shall be made prior to the date of the drawing.
(e) Payment for prizes in a non-draw raffle shall either be made prior to the date of the allotment of prizes or be available to the winner through the licensed organization which holds the prize on consignment basis through a contract agreement between the licensed organization and a person approved by the Control Commission.
(f) The registered organization shall pay for all services rendered and equipment used in or in connection with the holding, operating or conducting of a game licensed pursuant to the provisions of the Bingo Licensing Law, 5:8-24 et seq., or the Raffles Licensing Law, 5:8-50 et seq., and this chapter no later than 60 days from the date upon which the service is rendered or the equipment is delivered or provided to the registered organization except, when equipment is rented, leased or purchased on conditional sale or on any other installment purchase arrangement in accordance with a written agreement filed with the Control Commission.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.13 - Advertisement; bingo

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No bingo game shall be advertised by means of newspaper, radio, television, sound truck, or by means of billboards, posters or handbills, or any other means addressed to the general public; provided, however, that signs not exceeding 60 square feet, each, in area may be displayed as follows:
1. One sign on or adjacent to the premises where the game is to be held; and
2. One sign on or adjacent to the premises where the prize or prizes are exhibited; the prize may be exhibited only in the municipality in which the game of chance is to be held and in the municipality in which the licensee has its headquarters; except as provided in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this subsection; and
3. By a volunteer fire company holding the license for the game, on any fire-fighting equipment belonging to it, in and throughout any community which it serves; and
4. By a first-aid or rescue squad holding the license for the game, on any first-aid or rescue squad equipment belonging to it, in and throughout any community which it serves.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.14 - Advertisement of raffle; mandatory information

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A raffle may be advertised by means of newspaper, radio, television, sound truck, or by means of billboards, posters or handbills, or any other means addressed to the general public in accordance with the provisions of (c) through (e) below only in a municipality in which the majority of the voters therein have voted in favor of the adoption of the Raffles Licensing Law, 5:8-50 et seq.
(b) No person shall make any false, deceptive, misleading or fraudulent statement as to any representation of the value or description of the prize offered, the time, date or place of the drawing or allotment of the prize(s), or the purpose to which the entire net proceeds of a raffle shall be devoted.
(c) No person shall make any comparison whatsoever, directly or indirectly, between a raffle being advertised and any other raffle licensed or unlicensed held, operated or conducted, or to be held, operated or conducted.
(d) Only reasonable costs for advertisement consistent with the size and scope of a raffle shall be authorized as an expense to be deducted from the gross receipts derived from the conduct of the raffle.
(e) In the event a raffle is held, operated or conducted in conjunction with another activity that is advertised together with the raffle, the cost of advertisement shall not be authorized as an expense deductible from the gross receipts derived from the conduct of the raffle.
(f) Any advertisement of a raffle, whether written or oral, shall contain at least the following information:
1. The name of the licensed organization;
2. The identification number issued to it by the Control Commission;
3. The raffle license number issued by the municipality in which the allotment of prizes will take place;
4. The date, time and place of the allotment of the prize(s);
5. An accurate description of the prize(s) to be awarded;
6. The current retail value of the prize(s) to be awarded;
7. The purpose to which the entire net proceeds of the raffle are to be devoted; and
8. The price of the ticket share or right to participate in the raffle.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.15 - Examination of licensee

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The governing body of a municipality where a game of chance is to be held and its duly authorized agents and employees, and the Control Commission and its duly authorized agents and employees, may examine the books and records of any licensee, so far as those books and records relate to any transaction connected with the holding, operating and conducting of a game of chance, and may examine any manager, officer, director, agent, member, employee or assistant of the licensee under oath in relation to the conduct of a game of chance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.16 - Value of merchandise prize

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
When any merchandise prize is awarded in a game of chance, its value for the purpose of the Bingo Licensing Law, the Raffles Licensing Law, and the rules and regulations of this chapter shall be its current retail price. No merchandise prize shall be redeemable or convertible into cash directly or indirectly.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.17 - Price of supplies; interest

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Equipment, prizes and supplies for games of chance shall not be purchased or sold at prices in excess of the usual cash price thereof and when purchased on conditional sale or on any other installment purchase arrangement shall be purchased only at the usual cash price with interest not to exceed six percent per annum on the unpaid balance.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.19 - Alcohol offered as a prize

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) A licensee may offer alcohol as a prize as part of a draw raffle provided all persons participating in the part of the draw raffle are at least 21 years old. Alcohol shall not be offered as a prize in any non-draw raffle.
(b) Alcohol offered as a prize in a draw raffle shall be in an unopened container.
New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 47 - RULES OF LEGALIZED GAMES OF CHANCE › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE › Section 13:47-6.20 - Prohibited prizes

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No licensee shall offer or award any prize consisting of real estate or any interest therein, bonds, shares of stock, securities or evidences of indebtedness, weapons, live animals (except a gift certificate redeemable for live, edible seafood), foreign or domestic coins (except collector pieces or sets that are marketed as such and are clearly not intended for use as legal tender), tobacco products, motor vehicle leases, or any merchandise refundable in any of the foregoing or as money or cash.
(b) A prize consisting of cash or money shall not be offered or awarded except in the case of:
1. A raffle conducted by drawing with the prize(s) equaling 50 percent of the amount received for all tickets or rights to participate;
2. A calendar raffle with the maximum prize amount not to exceed $ 25,000, held, operated, and conducted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:47-8;
3. An instant raffle game or punch-board game having a maximum prize amount of $ 1,500.00 for any one ticket or punch, held, operated, and conducted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:47-8;
4. Any bingo game(s) held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Bingo Licensing Law, 5:8-24 et seq.; or
5. Big six wheels and horse race wheels conducted in accordance with the provisions set forth in N.J.A.C. 13:47-8.