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PROCEDURE FOR
OBTAINING RAFFLE LICENSE
1. Any Organization applying for a Raffle License must have an
identification number/registration certificate which is issued
by the State of New Jersey, Legalized Games of Chance Control
Commission (973) 648-2710.
2. Filing - License applications
shall be filed in quadruplicate
with the Municipal Clerk and the Registration Certificate must
be provided with each application.
The application must be filed at least seven (7) days prior to
the Governing Body of the municipality making its findings and
determination. (i.e. Borough Council meets on Monday evenings,
so the application must be filed with the Borough Clerk no later
than the Monday prior to the next regularly scheduled meeting.)
Following approval of Borough Council the Municipal Clerk files
the application with Legalized Games of Chance Control
Commission (LGCCC) within three days of its approval. The
Municipal Clerk may not issue the License for fourteen (14) days
after its approval by the Governing Body. This means that
organizations may not have tickets printed until at least 2
weeks after the approval of the Governing Body.
3. Contents of the Ticket: off-premise raffles (selling tickets
prior to the date of the raffle). Whenever a licensee shall
submit an application to the Municipal Clerk, two sample ticket
forms must accompany the application.
a. Name and
identification number of the qualified organization and number
of the license issued for the occasion
b. Place where the occasion
will be held and the date and time
c. A list of the prizes and
the retail value of each
d. The number of the ticket
e. Price of the ticket
f. The purpose to which the
entire net proceeds will be devoted
g. The statement: "No
substitution of the offered prize may be made and no cash will
be given in lieu of the prize."
h. The presence of the holder
of a ticket shall not be required in order to win unless the
ticket bears the statement "NOT VALID UNLESS HOLDER IS
PRESENT AT THE DRAWING."
i. The stub of each ticket
shall bear the name and address of the holder, the number of the
ticket, the raffle license number issued for the occasion and
the identification number of the organization.
4. Off-premise 50/50 cash raffle
Same as above, except for item c. shall read the statement:
"this is a 50/50 cash raffle and the winner will receive 50
percent of the amount received for all tickets or rights to
participate."
If the prize pool is to be divided among multiple winners, the
ticket must indicate the percentage of the prize pool that each
winner will receive.
5. Fees due to LGCC and Borough of Rumson
a. off-premise raffle: $10.00
for each $1,000. or part thereof of the retail value of the
prize. (i.e. a raffle with the total amount of the prizes being
$2,559. Would pay both the LGCCC and the Borough $30.00.) Fees
are due at the time the application is filed with the Municipal
Clerk.
b. Off-premise 50/50 raffles:
$10.00 fee shall be paid the LGCC and $10.00 to the Borough at
the time the application is filed. In the event that the awarded
prize exceeds $1,000, then an additional fee of $10.00 per
thousand or part thereof in value of the awarded prize shall be
forwarded to LGCCC together with the Report of Raffles
Operations.
c. On-premise raffles: (a
raffle conducted in which all tickets are sold only at the event
and not prior to the event) $10.00 to both LGCCC and the Borough
for each day a drawing is to be held.
Checks should be made payable to Legalized Games of Chance
Control Commission and the Borough of Rumson.
6. Prohibited Prizes
a. No licensee shall offer
any prize of real estate or an interest therein, bonds, stocks,
securities, weapons, live animals, personal or professional
services, alcoholic beverages, foreign or domestic coins, or any
merchandise refundable in any of the foregoing or in money or
cash.
b. No prize consisting
of cash or money may be offered or awarded except in the case of
a 50/50 raffle.
7. Report of Raffles Operations
The report of operations shall be on a form provided by the
LGCCC. The report shall contain the following information:
a. Gross receipts derived
from each game
b. Expenses incurred or paid,
to whom paid and a description of the merchandise purchased or
the services rendered therefore
c. Net profit from each game
and the uses to which the net profit has been or will be
applied;
d. A list of prizes offered
or given and their respective values
e. The licensee shall file
one copy of the report with the LGCCC no later than the 15th day
of the calendar month immediately following the calendar month
in which the licensed activity was held.
f. Off-premise raffle
licensees shall secure from the printer of tickets a certificate
showing:
- The number of tickets printed
- The first and last numbers used
- That the tickets were consecutively numbered
- A sample of the actual ticket
For any additional
information you may need, please contact the office of the
Borough Clerk 732-842-3300 or Legalized Games of Chance Control
Commission (973) 648-2710 or http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/lgccc.htm
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