2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 19-B - (430 - 439-A) STATE BINGO CONTROL COMMISSION
432 - Definitions.

§ 432. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall
  have the following meanings:
    1.  "Control  commission"  or "commission" shall mean the state racing
  and wagering board.
    2. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town  or  village  within  this
  state.
    3.  "Bingo"  or  "game" shall mean a specific game of chance, commonly
  known as bingo or lotto, in which prizes are awarded  on  the  basis  of
  designated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols
  selected at random.
    4.  "Authorized  organization"  shall  mean any bona fide religious or
  charitable organization or bona fide educational,  fraternal,  civic  or
  service  organization  or  bona fide organization of veterans, volunteer
  firefighters, or volunteer ambulance  workers,  which  by  its  charter,
  certificate  of  incorporation, constitution, or act of the legislature,
  shall have as its dominant purpose or purposes one or more of the lawful
  purposes as defined in the bingo licensing law, provided that each shall
  operate without profit to its  members,  and  provided  that  each  such
  organization  has  engaged in serving one or more of the lawful purposes
  as defined in the bingo licensing law, article fourteen-H of the general
  municipal law, for a period of one year immediately  prior  to  applying
  for a license under the licensing law.
    5.  "Bingo licensing law" shall mean article fourteen-h of the general
  municipal law.