The short title of this part 6 is the “Bingo and Raffles Law”. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-232), ch. 233, p. 908, § 2, effective May 23. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 12-9-101 as it existed prior to 2017.
As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires: “Bingo” means a game of chance played, with or without the aid of an electronic device, for prizes using cards or sheets containing five rows of five squares bearing numbers, except for the center square which is a free space. Traditional bingo also requires […]
A bingo-raffle licensee, landlord licensee, supplier licensee, manufacturer licensee, or any member or agent thereof engaged in any charitable gaming activity shall not, directly or indirectly: Employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud or deceive; Intentionally make any untrue or misleading statement of fact; or Engage in any act, practice, or course of conduct […]
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that prize promotions involving the conduct of free product giveaways through the use of free chances for purposes of commercial advertisement, the creation of goodwill, the promotion of new products or services, or the collection of names should not be subject to regulation under this part 6. The […]
The secretary of state is hereby designated as the “licensing authority” of this part 6. As licensing authority, the secretary of state’s powers and duties are as follows: To grant or refuse to grant bingo-raffle licenses under this part 6 and to grant or refuse to grant licenses to landlords, manufacturers, manufacturers’ agents, suppliers, and […]
All fees collected by the licensing authority pursuant to this part 6 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit them to the department of state cash fund created in section 24-21-104 (3)(b), also referred to in this section as the “fund”. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by […]
A bona fide chartered branch, lodge, or chapter of a national or state organization or any bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational, voluntary firefighters’, or veterans’ organization or any association, successor, or combination of association and successor of any of these organizations that operates without profit to its members, has been in existence continuously […]
A person other than a landlord licensee shall not rent or offer to rent to any bingo-raffle licensee any premises to be used to conduct games of chance. A lease of the premises for a bingo occasion must be for a period of at least five consecutive hours unless the landlord licensee and bingo-raffle licensee […]
Each applicant for a bingo-raffle license to be issued under this section shall file with the licensing authority a written application in the form prescribed by the licensing authority, duly executed and verified, and in which shall be stated: The name and address of the applicant; Sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization to […]
The licensing authority shall issue a games manager certification to any qualified applicant who has demonstrated sufficient knowledge of this part 6, as determined by the licensing authority, and who has paid the fee established in accordance with section 24-21-606 (2). A games manager certification shall be valid for a time period to be determined […]
Each applicant for a landlord license shall file with the licensing authority a written application, duly executed and verified, in the form presented by the licensing authority, which application shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: The name and address of the landlord and, if such commercial landlord is a corporation, partnership, […]
Each application for a manufacturer license must include, but not be limited to, the following information: The name and address of the applicant; The name and address of the manufacturer and, if the manufacturer is a corporation, the name and address of each officer, director, and shareholder holding an ownership interest of ten percent or […]
Each application for a supplier license must include, but not be limited to, the following information: The name and address of the applicant; The name and address of the supplier and, if the supplier is a corporation, the name and address of each officer, director, and shareholder holding an ownership interest of ten percent or […]
Each application for a manufacturer’s agent license or supplier’s agent license must include, but not be limited to, the following information: The name and address of the applicant; The name and address of the supplier or manufacturer represented by the applicant; A statement by the applicant that he or she has read, understands, and will […]
A person, firm, or organization within this state shall not conduct a game of chance without a bingo-raffle license issued by the licensing authority. Only an active member of the organization to which the bingo-raffle license is issued may hold, operate, or conduct games of chance under a license issued under this part 6, and […]
Each landlord license must contain a statement of the name and address of the licensee and the location of the premises. Each license issued shall be conspicuously displayed at the premises for which the license has been issued. A landlord license shall be issued to qualified applicants by the licensing authority upon payment of a […]
A licensee shall not hold, operate, or conduct a game of bingo or lotto more often than as specified by the licensing authority by rule, after consultation with the board. A person or licensee shall not permit any person under eighteen years of age to purchase the opportunity to participate in any game of chance […]
In the playing of bingo, only persons who are physically present on the premises where the game is actually conducted may participate as players in the game. A person shall not act as a caller or assistant to the caller in the conduct of any game of bingo unless the person has been a member […]
A licensee shall not sell, offer for sale, or put into play any pull tab ticket except at the location of and during its licensed bingo occasions or upon premises that are: Owned, leased, or rented by the bingo-raffle licensee, used as its principal place of business, and controlled so that admittance to the premises […]
The licensing authority shall not require an exempt organization to use raffle tickets in any particular form or displaying any particular information that would cause undue expense to the exempt organization and therefore interfere with the charitable fund-raising drive of the organization. A bingo-raffle licensee may offer a progressive raffle in which a jackpot may […]
