Section 489. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes; award of prizes  


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  • Except in the conduct of limited period bingo, not more than  five dollars shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any  room
      or  place  in which any game or games of bingo are to be conducted under
      any license issued under this article, which admission fee, upon payment
      thereof, shall entitle the person paying the same to participate without
      additional charge in all regular games of bingo to be played under  such
      license on such occasion. In the conduct of limited period bingo: (a) no
      admission  fee  shall  be  charged,  (b) not more than twenty-five cents
      shall be charged for a single opportunity  to  participate  in  any  one
      game,  which  charge,  upon  payment  thereof,  shall entitle the person
      paying the same to one card for participation in one such game, and  (c)
      no  licensee  shall  sell  more  than  five opportunities to each player
      participating in any one game. Every  winner  shall  be  determined  and
      every  prize shall be awarded and delivered within the same calendar day
      as that upon which the game was played. No alcoholic beverage  shall  be
      offered or given as a prize in any game of bingo.