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An Act To Allow Nonprofit Organizations To Operate Certain Games of Chance without a License
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §331, sub-§10  is enacted to read:
 
10.  Certain games operated by nonprofits.     Notwithstanding subsection 1, a license to hold, conduct or operate a game of chance is not required of a bona fide nonprofit charitable, educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic or religious organization or an auxiliary of any of these organizations if all of the prizes awarded in that game of chance are nonmonetary with a value of under $10 and a chance costs $1 or less.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that a license to hold, conduct or operate a game of chance is not required of a bona fide nonprofit charitable, educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic or religious organization or an auxiliary of any of these organizations if all of the prizes awarded in that game of chance are nonmonetary with a value of under $10 and a chance costs $1 or less.