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9 NYCRR 4601.1 - Application requirements

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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(a)Every authorized organization desiring to apply for a license to conduct or desiring to assist in conducting games of chance shall register with the commission and secure an identification number before making any such application or assisting in the conduct of games of chance. An application for an identification number shall be made on a form, as prescribed by the commission. Any organization that possesses an identification number but has not been licensed to conduct games of chance for a period of one year must file with the commission a new form prior to making application for a games of chance license.

(b)This application for registration and identification number must be signed as follows: if a religious organization, by the priest or pastor, or the president or chairman of the commission of directors of the congregation if a synagogue or temple; if a charitable organization, by the president; if an organization of veterans, by the commander; if an organization of volunteer firemen, by the president. The legally responsible principal official of the applicant organization shall sign in his or her representative capacity.

(c)Notwithstanding the registration requirements set forth in this Part, an authorized organization may conduct a raffle without complying with such registration requirements, provided, that such organization shall derive net proceeds from raffles in an amount less than $5,000 during the conduct of one raffle and shall derive net proceeds from raffles in an amount less than $20,000 during one calendar year. Such organization must first determine that such organization is in fact an "authorized organization" in order to qualify for such an exemption. For the purposes of this subdivision, authorized organization means and includes any bona fide religious or charitable organization or bona fide educational, fraternal or service organization or bona fide organization of veterans or volunteer firefighters that by its charter, certificate of incorporation, constitution, or act of the Legislature, shall have among its dominant purposes one or more of the lawful purposes as defined in this Chapter for a period of three years immediately prior to being granted the registration requirement exemption. No organization shall be deemed an authorized organization that is formed primarily for the purpose of conducting games of chance and that does not devote at least 75 percent of its activities to other than conducting games of chance. No political party shall be deemed an authorized organization.

9 NYCRR 4601.2 - Validity of identification number

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
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Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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The identification number shall be valid until suspended, revoked or surrendered. The commission may suspend the identification number of any registered organization that has not been licensed to conduct games of chance during 12 consecutive months and, should such suspension be imposed, the organization concerned shall request reinstatement prior to making application for a games of chance license.

9 NYCRR 4601.3 - Form for registration

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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After the furnishing of the required information and approval by the commission, registration shall be upon a form prescribed by the commission.

9 NYCRR 4601.4 - Registration as evidence of eligibility

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
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Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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Source snapshot: Jun 6, 2026

A municipality shall make its own investigation and determination of an applicant organization's eligibility for a license to conduct games of chance as required by the Games of Chance Licensing Law, notwithstanding the issuance of an identification number by the commission.

9 NYCRR 4601.5 - Use of identification number

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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All applications for licenses, amendment of licenses, reports and any other papers relating to games of chance shall bear the identification number of the organization.

9 NYCRR 4601.6 - Membership lists

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Compiling agency: Executive Department
Text status: Source receipt
Compiled text through: Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through: July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
Activity status: No later Register activity identified in this check.
Source snapshot: Jun 6, 2026

Every authorized organization must maintain a current membership list which shall be available for inspection at all reasonable times. The commission and the municipal governing body may require any organization registered with it to file such a membership list indicating thereon the current officers and directors and file supplementary lists of additions and deletions in order to keep the master list up to date.

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