New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 2 - DIVISION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
Subchapter 23 - CONDUCT OF LICENSEES AND PERMITTEES AND USE OF LICENSED PREMISES
Section 13:2-23.7 - Prohibition against lottery and gambling; exceptions

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:2-23.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) No licensee shall engage in or allow, permit or suffer on or about the licensed premises:

1. The conduct of any lottery;

2. Any ticket or participation right in any lottery to be sold or offered for sale;

3. Any pool-selling, bookmaking or any unlawful game or gambling of any kind;

4. Any slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine or any other gambling device which may be used for the purpose of playing for money or other valuable thing;

5. Any gambling paraphernalia including, but not limited to, any slip, ticket, book, record, document, memorandum or other writing pertaining in any way to any lottery, pool-selling, bookmaking or unlawful game or gambling of any kind;

6. Any video device, which resembles a game of cards, dice, roulette, or any other game of chance or crane device, which device has not been approved by the Director. In approving a device, the Director must be satisfied that the specific device is an entertainment device and not a gambling device. In reaching this determination, the Director shall consider all factors relating to the operation of the device, including, but not limited to, whether the device can easily be used for or adapted to gambling. A licensee wishing to place such a device on a licensed premises shall request written confirmation from the Director, prior to placement, that the specific device has been previously approved or, if the specific device has not been previously approved, shall request that the Director make such a determination. The approval letter shall be kept on the licensed premises at all times or the device may be deemed to be unapproved; or

7. Any raffle, drawing, lottery or contest, etc., the prize for which is an alcoholic beverage, without the appropriate permit.

(b) This rule shall not apply to bingo, raffles or New Jersey State Lottery, or tickets or participation rights therein, being conducted pursuant to appropriate license under the Bingo Licensing Law (5:8-24 ), Raffles Licensing Law (5:8-50 ), State Lottery Law (5:9-11 ) or other activity authorized by State law. However, in any instance of bingo at licensed premises, no licensee, during the period between the commencement of the first and the conclusion of the last game, shall sell, serve, or deliver or allow, permit or suffer the sale, service, delivery or consumption of any alcoholic beverage in or upon any part of the licensed premises where the bingo or any part thereof is being conducted.

(c) All licensees which have approved video games on their licensed premises shall notify the Division within 48 hours of the placement thereof.

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