Oyster Bay, NY Gambling & Gaming: Charitable Bingo and Raffles (2026)

The Town of Oyster Bay locally adopted its own bingo and games-of-chance licensing scheme rather than leaving it entirely to the state. Under § 126-2, the Town Clerk is delegated all of the authority granted to the Town Board by the Bingo Licensing Law in relation to the issuance, amendment and cancellation of licenses, the conduct of investigations and hearings, the supervision of the operation of the games and the collection and transmission of fees. Only an authorized organization licensed under the Bingo Licensing Law may conduct bingo in the Town (§ 126-3), and § 126-4 caps use of any premises for bingo at three occasions in any one week.

Bingo on Sundays is allowed, but § 126-5 forbids it on Easter Sunday, Christmas Day or New Year's Eve. Article II, adopted 11-2-1976 as the 'Town of Oyster Bay Games of Chance Licensing Law' (§ 126-7), similarly delegates Town Board authority under Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law to the Town Clerk (§ 126-10), and only permits games of chance on Sundays when the license specifically provides for it, again barring Easter, Christmas and New Year's Eve (§ 126-11). Where state Article 9-A conditions conflict with the local article, the state provisions control (§ 126-8B). 3).