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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1504" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Harford County">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The sheriff may not issue to a single organization in 1 calendar year more than 52 bingo licenses.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, not more than one bingo license may be issued to a single organization in a single calendar week.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A license to conduct bingo is valid:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for 24 consecutive hours; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the license is issued for use in conjunction with and at a carnival, during carnival hours, and for the shorter of the duration of the carnival or 14 consecutive days.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A money prize for a bingo game may not exceed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$500; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$1,000 for a jackpot.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An instant bingo game may be sold and played only at the location listed on the license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A minor may not sell or play instant bingo.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A license to operate a paddle wheel shall also operate as a license to conduct bingo, if authorized by the sheriff on request.</text>
  </level>
</section>
