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f~i#~ of ~az#1~ U~lxnstr~ <br />~¢pttrtmeltt of ~t1fu <br />23821 IORAIN ROAD <br />NORTH OIMSTED, OHIO 44070 <br />MiCHAEI R. taAREAU <br />Director of Law <br />777-i 500 <br />February 20, 1987 <br />f9ONALf) P. At.BENZE <br />Prosacutirtq Attorney <br />777-5300 <br />JAMES M, DUBElKO <br />Assistant Director of t.aw <br />777-1500 <br />Mrs. Betsy Jack, Administrator <br />North Olmsted Senior Center <br />28114 Lorain Road <br />North Olmsted, Ohio 44070 <br />Re: Senior Center Bingo <br />Dear Mrs. Jack: <br />~~~~/V <br />~~ <br />Mq ~ ? 5 81 <br />This letter is in response-to our recent phone conversation and is to give <br />a background and the follow-up an the Senior Center Bingo. <br />In December, 1986, a letter was written by you to Mr. Gareau, the Law <br />Director, regarding Bingo and the Bingo license at the Senior Center. Mr. <br />Gareau, in turn, referred this matter to €~ on December 30, 19$6. <br />A review of statutes and the set-up of the Bingo game at the Senior Center <br />indicated that the participants in the Bingo game were paying a montary amount to <br />play each game and that the w.`taner of that particular gam would receive the full <br />proceeds of the amount paid for that individual game. <br />In checking the Ohio Revised Code 2915.12, titled Game For Amusement Only <br />Excepted, it was obvious that this did not fall within tie category o any ex- <br />ceptions to the need to have a Bingo license and therefore in order to continue <br />with the Bingo, as it existed, it would be necessary to obtain a Bingo license. <br />Some time after that, an application was made for a Bingo license to the Ohio <br />Attorney General and was rejected by reason of the fact that the organization did <br />not have a Internal Revenue Service letter of determination under the Federal Code <br />501 A. <br />I was contacted again and we determined that there would be an attempt made <br />to obtain an exempt status under 501 C 4, which is a social or civic association. <br />In attempting to complete the application for the exempt status, it was <br />obvious that the Senior Center as such, which falls in under the Division on <br />Aging within the city, would not qualify for an exemption under any category <br />because of its governmental relationship. <br />i <br />