Section 349.16 — Organization Licenses.
349.16 ORGANIZATION LICENSES. Subdivision 1. License required. An organization may conduct lawful gambling if it has a license to conduct lawful gambling and complies with this chapter. Subd. 1a. [Repealed by amendment, 1990 c 590 art 1 s 17] Subd. 2. Issuance of gambling licenses. (a) Licenses authorizing organizations to conduct lawful gambling may be […]
Section 349.161 — Distributor Licenses.
349.161 DISTRIBUTOR LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Prohibited acts; licenses required. (a) No person may: (1) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state other than for lawful gambling exempt or excluded from licensing, except to an organization licensed for lawful gambling; (2) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for […]
Section 349.162 — Equipment Registered.
349.162 EQUIPMENT REGISTERED. Subdivision 1. Registration required. A distributor may not sell, transfer, furnish, or otherwise provide to a person, and no person may purchase, borrow, accept, or acquire from a distributor gambling equipment for use within the state unless the equipment has been registered with the board or the Department of Revenue in a […]
Section 349.163 — Licensing Of Manufacturers.
349.163 LICENSING OF MANUFACTURERS. Subdivision 1. License required. No manufacturer of gambling equipment may sell any gambling equipment to any person for use or resale within the state, unless the manufacturer has a current and valid license issued by the board under this section and has satisfied other criteria prescribed by the board by rule. […]
Section 349.1635 — Linked Bingo Game Provider License.
349.1635 LINKED BINGO GAME PROVIDER LICENSE. Subdivision 1. License required. No person may do any of the following without having first obtained a license from the board: (1) provide the means to link prizes in a linked bingo game; (2) provide linked bingo game prize management; (3) provide the linked bingo system; or (4) provide […]
Section 349.1641 — Licenses; Summary Suspension.
349.1641 LICENSES; SUMMARY SUSPENSION. (a) The board may (1) summarily suspend the license of an organization that is more than 45 days late in filing a monthly report required to be submitted to the board under this chapter or board rule or a tax return or in paying a tax required under chapter 297E and […]
Section 349.165 — Premises Permits.
349.165 PREMISES PERMITS. Subdivision 1. Premises permit required; application. A licensed organization may not conduct lawful gambling at any site unless it has first obtained from the board a premises permit for the site. The board shall prescribe a form for permit applications, and each application for a permit must be submitted on a separate […]
Section 349.166 — Exclusions; Exemptions.
349.166 EXCLUSIONS; EXEMPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Exclusions. (a) Bingo, with the exception of linked bingo games, may be conducted without a license and without complying with sections 349.168, subdivisions 1 and 2; 349.17, subdivisions 4 and 5; 349.18, subdivision 1; and 349.19, if it is conducted: (1) by an organization in connection with a county fair, […]
Section 349.12 — Definitions.
349.12 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 349.11 to 349.23 the terms in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Active member. “Active member” means a member: (1) who has paid all dues to the organization; (2) who is 18 years of age or older; (3) who has equal voting rights […]
Section 349.13 — Lawful Gambling.
349.13 LAWFUL GAMBLING. Lawful gambling is not a lottery or gambling within the meaning of sections 609.75 to 609.76 if it is conducted under this chapter. A pull-tab dispensing device, electronic bingo device, and electronic pull-tab device permitted under this chapter and by board rule is not a gambling device within the meaning of sections […]