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