5:8-101 - Authority of municipality to license owners and operators of amusement games
5:8-101. Authority of municipality to license owners and operators of amusement games
It shall be lawful for the governing body of any municipality, at any time after this act shall become operative and except when prohibited by this act, to license the owner and operator of any amusement game or games, whether of skill or chance, or both and whether said game be played and operated with or without numbers or figures, to hold and operate such amusement game or games, which term is defined as a game or games played for amusement or entertainment, in which the person or player actively participates and the outcome of which is not in the control of the operator, and which is so conducted that the sale of a right to participate, the event which determines whether a player wins or loses and the award of the prize, all occur as a continuous sequence at the time when and place where the player or players are all present, provided that the same are to be held and operated at a recognized amusement park or at a seashore or other resort in that part thereof customarily constituting an amusement or entertainment area according to the customary understanding of said terms in the community, and provided that the same shall be held, operated and conducted pursuant to this act and such license and the license issued by the State Amusement Games Control Commissioner, as hereinafter provided, and under such conditions and regulations for the supervision and conduct thereof as shall be prescribed by rules and regulations duly adopted from time to time by the Amusement Games Control Commissioner, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and for any person or persons to participate in and play such amusement games conducted under such licenses.
L.1959, c. 109, p. 507, s. 2.