S 2611: Permits participation in games of bingo by minors who are accompanied by an adult.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2611 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager- ing AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to participation in games of bingo by minors The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 486 of the general municipal law, as amended by 2 section 6 of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 § 486. Participation by persons under the age of eighteen. No person 5 under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or 6 games of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this arti- 7 cle unless accompanied by an adult. No person under the age of eighteen 8 years shall be permitted to conduct, operate or assist in the conduct of 9 any game of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued pursuant to 10 this article. Nothing in this section shall prevent a person sixteen 11 years of age or older from performing ancillary non-gaming activities 12 conducted in conjunction with any game of bingo conducted pursuant to 13 any license pursuant to this article. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06663-01-5