New York Laws
Article 9-A - Local Option for Conduct of Games of Chance by Certain Organizations
190-A - Raffles; License Not Required.

(b) 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 seventy-five percent of its activities to other
than conducting games of chance. No political party shall be deemed an
authorized organization.
3. No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted to play,
operate or assist in any raffle conducted pursuant to this section.
4. No raffle shall be conducted pursuant to this section except within
a municipality in which the authorized organization is domiciled that
has passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with
sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this
article approving the conduct of games of chance, and in municipalities
which have passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance
with sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of
this article approving the conduct of games of chance that are located
within the county or contiguous to the county in which the organization
is domiciled.

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