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. A game of cards may not consist of more than 60 players at any one time.
summary
This bill increases the fee that an organization can charge for games of cards from $5 to $10 and it limits the number of players to 60 players at any one time.