Section 287-E:12 Bingo License for Private Campgrounds and Hotels.
Any private campground or hotel may apply to the commission for a special campground or hotel bingo license. Licenses may be granted under the following conditions:
I. The bingo license application fee shall be $25 per year and shall be nonrefundable.
II. The provisions of RSA 287-E:6, IV and RSA 287-E:7, IV and VI relating to bingo licenses and the operation of games for charitable organizations shall also apply to licenses issued under this section.
III. The price to be paid for a single card or play under the license shall be $.10.
IV. A license shall permit no more than 2 game dates of bingo in any one calendar week and shall be issued on an annual basis.
V. All revenues received from the sale of bingo cards in any game or series of games on any one calendar day shall be paid out to the players. The total value of all prizes, tokens or awards used, given, offered or awarded in connection with any game or series of games in any calendar day shall not exceed $500.
VI. Games shall be operated only by persons on the staff of the campground or hotel holding the license under this section. Such staff shall operate the games without compensation from the bingo revenues.
VII. The games of bingo shall be open only to persons 18 years of age or older who are bona fide guests at the campground or hotel.
VIII. Licenses shall be granted only to campgrounds or hotels in cities or towns which have approved bingo under RSA 287-E.
IX. No campground or hotel shall act as an agent for operating games of bingo when it is unlawful for such campground's or hotel's principal to operate bingo games.
X. The campground or hotel holding the license issued under this section shall keep records and submit a report as required for agricultural fairs under RSA 287-E:10, VIII, except that the report shall be submitted to the commission within 15 days of the expiration of the bingo license. The report shall include the names and addresses of persons from whom bingo equipment was rented or leased.
XI. The campground or hotel shall have been in existence for at least 2 years in the city or town in which the bingo games are to be conducted.
XII. The campground or hotel shall be in compliance at the time of application with all applicable state and local requirements for the operation of private campgrounds or hotels.
XIII. The campground or hotel shall maintain a current list of bona fide guests.
XIV. The campground or hotel shall not have been established solely for the purpose of operating bingo games.
Source. 1983, 417:1, eff. July 1, 1983.