20-77 Amend sections of General Off. to comply w/ state

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51 7.02 (;AMBI,ING. (a) No person shall: (1) Engage in bookma?ng, or knowingly engage in conduct that facilitates bookmaking; (2) Establish, promote or o[mrate, or knowingly engage in conduct that fael- .litates any scheme or game of chance conducted for profit; I (3) Knowingly procure, transmil, exchange or engage in conduct that facilitates the procurement, transmissi0n or exchange of,~ information for use in · establishing odds or deter.mining winners in connection with bookmaking or with any scheme or game of chance conducted for profit; (4) Engage ir betting or in playing any scheme or game of chance, except a charitable bingo game, as a substantial source of income pr livelihood; ' (5) With purpose to ~qolate subsection (a)(1), (2), (3) or (4) hereof, acquire, possess, control or operate any gambling device. (b) For purposes of subsection (a)(1) hereof, a person facilitateS bookmaking (if he in any way knowingly aids an (llegal bookmaking operation, including without limitation placing a bet with a person engaged in or facilitating illegal bookmaldng. For purposes of subsection (a)(2) hereof, a person facilitates a scheme or game of chance conducted for profit if he in m~y way knowingly aids in the cra.duct or operation of ~y such scheme ~'Or game~ including without limitation playing any such scheme or g~ne. .~ (c) Thio scc~l~,n dbes not pr-hibit conduct in connection wilh gambling exP'rcssly per- mittc4 by law; does not apply to schemes of chance conducted by a charitable organization that is tax exempt m~der subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revcnue Code, provided that all of the money or assets received from such scheme of chance after deduction only of prizes paid out during the conduct of the scheme of chance are used by, or given, donated or otherwise tra.nsfe~red to, any organization that is described ~n subsection 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) of the internal Revenue Code and is either a governmental unit or an organiz~ation that is tax exempt under subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; and do~,s not apply to g.-un~s of chance, except craps for money, roulette for money ~md slot machines, that are conducted by charitable organizations that are tax exempt under subsection 501(c)(3) of the internal Revenue Code, at thc organizations~ Iestivals, if the festivals are conducted for a period of four consecutive days or less and not more than twice a year. (d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of gambling, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if thc offender has not previously been convicted of a gambling offense. (ORC 2915· 02) Section 9. That Section 5].7.06 of the Genera]. Offenses Code of Ordinances of. the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: the Codified 517.06 SEIZURE AND DESTRUCTION OF GAMBLING DEVICES. Upon adjudication by the courts that any gambling device was'kept, used, maintained or intended for the purpose of gambling in violation of this chapter or of State law, the court may forthwith Order the destruction of all such property by the Division of Police. shall, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 517.06 METtIODS OF CONDUCTING A BINGO GAME; PROHIBITIONS. (a) A charitable organization that conducts a bingo game shall: (1) Own all of the equil)mc~nt used to conduct the bingo game or lease such equip- ment from a charitable organtzatiou that is lice. nscd to conduct a bingo game; (2) Use all of the gross receipts from the bingo game for paying prizes, for the I . charitable purposes listed in its bingo llcense application, for purchasing or leasiag bingo cards and other equipment used in conducting the bingo game, for hiring security personnel for the bingo game, for advertising the bingo game, and for renting premises in which to conduct the bingo game;