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Senator · Senate District 42
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History
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to racing, gaming and wagering
Companion bill
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Relates to electronic bell jar games
In Assembly Committee · Racing And Wagering · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6961
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to electronic bell jar games
Summary of provisions
Amends the general municipal law to: (1) define an electronic bell jar device and a swipe card; (2) prohibit the sale, lease or distribution of an electronic bell jar device until it has been approved by the racing and wagering board; and (3) impose restrictions, reporting requirements and fees (three per cent of difference between tickets purchased and prizes awarded) upon manufacturers and authorized organizations that use electronic bell jar devices.
Justification
This bill seeks to provide a more entertaining form of a "bell jar" game that has been a popular fundraising device for charitable and fraternal organizations for over twenty-five years. The electronic form of this game will also inhibit the purchase of illegal bell jar tickets and the manipulation of the outcome of bell jar games and provide state-of-the-art accounting devices that will provide regulators with assurances that bell jar games are conducted in accordance with law.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Potential for enhanced revenues to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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