An Act To Increase the Monetary Limit for Card Games
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §1834, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2, is amended to read:
4. Games of cards. The fee for a license issued to an organization to operate a game of cards, when the organization charges no more than a $5 $10 daily entry fee for participation in the games of cards and when no money or valuable thing other than the $5 $10 daily entry fee is gambled by any person in connection with the game of cards, is $30 for each calendar year or portion of a calendar year. For card games that are played by placing the maximum bet of $1 per hand or deal, the license fee is the same as provided in subsection 2.
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §1835, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 652, Pt. C, §3 and affected by §4, is further amended to read:
B. Licensed card games that award part or all of the entry fees paid to participate in the game as prize money and in which no money or thing of value is wagered except for the entry fee are limited to a $5 $10 daily entry fee and no more than 50 60 players at any one time at any one location.
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 126th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.