An Act To Allow Eligible Nonprofit Organizations To Hold Two Card Games Per Month

Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §1836, first ¶,  as enacted by PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2, is amended to read:

The Chief of the State Police may issue a license to conduct a tournament game as provided in this section to an organization eligible to conduct beano games under chapter 13-A and games of chance under this chapter. For purposes of this section, "tournament game" means a game of chance played using a deck of cards with rules similar to poker or other card games. The Chief of the State Police may not issue a tournament game license to an organization more than once twice per month.

summary

Under current law the Chief of the State Police may issue one license a month to conduct a tournament game, including a Texas Hold 'em game, to an eligible nonprofit organization. This bill allows the Chief of the State Police to issue 2 licenses a month.