The Legislature, in recognition of the recreational enjoyment the people of West Virginia receive from playing bingo and of the need charitable and public service organizations have for a practicable way of raising funds, declares its intent to grant the privilege of holding bingo games to those organizations which qualify for a license as provided […]
Except as otherwise provided in section twenty-two of this article, during the period of a license the average total prizes awarded by a licensee, or in the aggregate by two or more limited occasion licensees holding a joint bingo occasion, for any bingo occasion held pursuant to an annual or limited occasion license, may not […]
(a) Except as provided in sections thirteen and twenty-two of this article, the only persons, as defined in section two of this article, that may participate in any manner in the conduct of any bingo game or operate any concession in conjunction with a bingo occasion are either: (1) Residents of this state and who […]
Except as provided otherwise in sections twelve-a, thirteen and twenty-two of this article, no individual who participates in any manner in the conduct of a bingo occasion or the operation of a concession in conjunction with a bingo occasion may receive or accept any commission, wage, salary, reward, tip, donation, gratuity or other form of […]
(a) Within the guidelines set forth in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section, a licensee may pay a salary, the minimum of which is the federal minimum wage and the maximum of which is not more than one hundred and twenty percent of the state minimum wage to operators of bingo games who […]
A licensee may allow any individual, firm, partnership or corporation to operate concessions in conjunction with bingo occasions, and to be compensated for the operation, only if the individual, firm, partnership or corporation agrees to donate all net proceeds received from the sale of the concessions and all compensation received from the licensee organization to […]
(a) The reasonable, necessary and actual expenses incurred in connection with the conduct of bingo occasions, not to exceed 40 percent of the gross proceeds collected during a license period, may be paid out of the gross proceeds of the conduct of bingo, including, but not limited to: (1) Rent paid for the use of […]
Any licensee which holds a bingo occasion as provided by this article shall maintain a separate checking account and separate bookkeeping procedure for its bingo operations: Provided, That nothing in this article restricts a licensee from transferring moneys in the account from a bingo occasion to an account created under section sixteen, article twenty-one of […]
A licensee may advertise its bingo occasions in a manner reasonably necessary to promote the occasion: Provided, That a licensee may not hire any person, as defined in section two of this article, to develop or conduct an advertising campaign to promote any bingo occasion.
In addition to any other offense set forth in this code, any person who or licensee which knowingly conducts or participates in a fraudulently or deceptively conducted bingo game with intent to defraud is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than $10,000, or […]
In addition to any other offense set forth in this code, any individual, association, organization or corporation which knowingly obtains or assists another in obtaining a bingo license under false, deceptive or fraudulent pretenses is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than $10,000.
For purposes of this article, unless specified otherwise: (a) “Bingo” means the game wherein participants pay consideration for the use of one or more paper or virtual cards bearing several rows of numbers in which no two cards played in any one game contain the same sequence or pattern. When the game commences, numbers are […]
Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this article other than sections eighteen and nineteen is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than $1,000. Any individual who knowingly violates the provisions of this article other than sections eighteen and nineteen is guilty […]
The Legislature declares that the net proceeds of any bingo game which accrue to the West Virginia state fair are considered used for charitable or public service purposes as defined in section two of this article. Any proceeds allowed by the state fair board to be paid to or retained by persons who conduct bingo […]
The West Virginia state fair board may apply annually to the Tax Commissioner for a state fair bingo license to provide for the conduct of bingo occasions at the state fair. The license shall permit the state fair board to have one or more persons conduct bingo occasions at the state fair who have conducted […]
(a) The Tax Commissioner shall administer the provisions of this article in accordance with the provisions of this article and chapter twenty- nine-a of this code. (b) The commissioner shall deny an application for a license if he finds that the issuance thereof would be in violation of the provisions of this article. (c) The […]
Each licensee holding an annual license shall file with the Tax Commissioner a quarterly and an annual financial report summarizing its bingo operations for the time period covered by the report. Each quarterly report shall be filed within twenty days after the end of the quarter which it covers. The annual report shall be filed […]
Whenever a license is granted pursuant to this article, the commissioner shall cause a copy of the license to be filed and recorded with the clerk of the county commission of the county in which the bingo occasions are to be held. A copy of the application shall be made available for public inspection in […]
The county commission of any county is authorized to call a local option election for the purpose of determining the will of the voters as to whether the provisions of this article shall continue in effect in said county: Provided, That no local option election may be called to disapprove the playing of bingo games […]
Any individual, organization, association or corporation convicted of any felony, or a misdemeanor for a gambling offense, is prohibited from directly or indirectly obtaining a bingo license, conducting a bingo game, operating a concession, or leasing or providing to a licensee organization any premises where bingo occasions may be held within ten years from said […]
