# Criminal Law (GCR)

## Title 13. Gaming -- Local Provisions

### Subtitle 24. Washington County

#### Section 13-2404

(a) A volunteer rescue company shall be treated as a volunteer fire company for purposes of Subtitle 2 of this title.

(b) A person may not operate a chance book, paddle wheel, tip jar, wheel of fortune, or other gaming device, other than a bingo game, on premises that are owned by, leased to, or used as a place of business by a person that conducts a bingo game for purposes of making a profit.

(c)

  (1) Subtitle 2 of this title does not apply to the operation of tip jars.

  (2) Tip jars are regulated under Part III of this subtitle.

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Md. Code Ann., Crim. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)