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47 Gambling 517.06 (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of cheating, a misdemeanor of the first degree, if the potential gain from cheating is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), or if the offender has not previously been convicted of any gambling offense or of any theft offense as defined in Section 545.01. (ORC 2915.05) 517.06 METHODS OF CONDUCTING A BINGO GAME; PROHIBITIONS. (a) A charitable organization that conducts a bingo game shall do all of the following: (1) Own all of the equipment used to conduct the bingo game or lease that equipment from a charitable organization that is licensed to conduct a bingo game for a rental rate that is not more than customary and reasonable for that equipment; (2) Use all of the gross receipts from the bingo game for paying prizes, for the charitable purposes listed in its bingo license application, for purchasing or leasing bingo cards and other equipment used in conducting the bingo game, hiring security personnel for the bingo game, or advertising the bingo game provided that the amount of the receipts so spent is not more than is customary and reasonable for a similar purchase, lease, hiring or advertising, and for renting premises in which to conduct the bingo game, except that if the building in which the game is conducted is owned by the charitable organization conducting the game, the charitable organization may deduct from the total amount of the gross receipts from ea:,h session a sum equal to the lesser of four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) or forty- five percent (45%) of the gross receipts from the session as consideration for the use of the premises; (3) Conduct the bingo game on premises that are owned by the charitable organization, on premises that are owned by another charitable organization and leased from that charitable organization for a rental rate not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per bingo session, on premises that are leased from a person other than a chari- table organization for a rental rate that is not more than is customary and reasonable for premises that are similar in location, size and quality but not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per bingo session, or on premises that are owned by a person other than a charitable organization that are leased from that person by another charitable organization, and that are subleased from that other charitable organization by the charitable organization for a rental rate not in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per bingo session. If the charitable organization leases from a person other than a charitable organization the premises on which it conducts bingo games, the lessor of the premises shall provide only the premises to the organization and shall not provide the organization with bingo game operators, security personnel, concessions or concession operators, bingo equipment or any other type of service or equipment. A charitable organization shall not lease or sublease premises that it owns or leases to more than one other charitable organization per calendar week for the purpose of conducting bingo games on the premises. A person that is not a charitable organization shall not lease premises that it owns, leases or otherwise is empowered to lease to more than one charitable organization per calendar week for conducting bingo games on the premises. In no case shall more than two bingo sessions be conducted on any premises in any calendar week; 1994 Replacement