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517.10 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE SOH (e) The owner or lessor of a location that enters into a contract pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall pay up front for the cost of the deal of instant bingo tickets and the gross profits that would be earned by the owner or lessor if all of the instant bingo tickets are sold. The owner or lessor may retain the money that the owner or lessor receives for selling the instant bingo tickets up to the amount that it paid to the charitable instant bingo organization. If the owner or lessor of the location earns any more money than the owner or lessor paid out in prizes or paid up front, the owner or lessor of the location shall pay that money to the charitable instant bingo organization. (f) A charitable instant bingo organization shall provide the Attorney General with all of the following information: (1) That the charitable instant bingo organization has terminated a contract entered into pursuant to subsection (c) of this section with an owner or lessor of a location; (2) That the charitable instant .bingo organization has entered into a written contract pursuant to subsection (c) of this section with a new owner or lessor of a location; (3) That the charitable instant bingo organization is aware of conduct by the owner or lessor of a location at which instant bingo is conducted that is in violation of Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915. (g) Subsection (d) of this section does not apply to a volunteer firefighter's organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, that conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session on the premises where the organization conducts firefighter training, that has conducted instant bingo continuously for at least five years prior to the effective date of this amendment, and that, during each of those five years, had gross receipts of at least one million five hundred thousand dollars. (ORC 2915.093) 517.10 LOCATION OF INSTANT BINGO. (a) No owner or lessor of a location shall assist a charitable instant bingo organization in the conduct of instant bingo other than at a bingo session at that location unless the owner or lessor has entered into a written contract, as described in Section 517.09(c), with the charitable instant bingo organization to assist in the conduct of instant bingo other than at a bingo session. (b) The location of the lessor or owner shall be designated as a location where the charitable instant bingo organization conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session. (c) No owner or lessor of a location that enters into a written contract as prescribed in subsection (a) of this section shall violate any provision of Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915, or permit, aid, or abet any other person in violating any provision of Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915. (d) No owner or lessor of a location that enters into a written contract as prescribed in subsection .(a) of this section shall violate the terms of the contract. 2003 Replacement