New Jersey § 5:8-102

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§ 5:8-102.

Each applicant for such a license shall file with the clerk of the municipality a

written application therefor in the form prescribed by the Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission , duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated the name and address of the

applicant, together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization

if the applicant be a corporation or organization; the specific kind of amusement

games intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant, and the place

or places where, the period, term, date or dates and the time or times when, such

amusement games are intended to be conducted by the applicant, under the license applied

for; and that no prize or prizes will be offered and given under said license except

of merchandise only and same shall be of a value not in excess of the sum or value

authorized to be offered and given by this act and such other information as shall

be prescribed by the commission . Every such municipal license so issued shall be inoperative unless the licensee named

therein shall also, within 90 days from the issuance thereof and prior to the conduct

or operation of amusement games thereunder, procure a State license authorizing the

licensee holding the municipal license to operate and conduct certain games according

to the terms of such municipal license. The said State license shall be issued by the State Legalized Games of Chance Control Commission , if the commission finds that all of the conditions, terms and requirements of this act and of said

rules and regulations have been fully met and complied with. As a condition of granting any such State license the applicant therefor shall pay

to the said commission an annual fee of $250.00. An applicant who is the owner of an arcade shall pay an additional annual fee of

$10.00 per machine for each machine over 50 machines. If any such municipal license authorizes the licensee to conduct and operate games

at more than one place or of more than one specific kind the applicant for the State

license shall pay the said annual fee of $250.00 for each such place and for each

such specific kind. For the purposes of this section, “ arcade ” means a place where a single player upon payment of a fee is permitted to play a

machine or device to obtain a prize, ticket or token redeemable for a prize, or attain

a score upon the basis of which a prize, ticket or token is awarded.

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