563.72 – Inspection for enforcement.
563.72 Inspection for enforcement. Any peace officer or district attorney, within their respective jurisdictions, or an authorized employee of the department, may, at all reasonable hours, enter the premises where a bingo occasion is being conducted and examine the books, papers and records of the licensed organization to determine if all proper taxes or fees […]
563.73 – Penalties.
563.73 Penalties. (1) Whoever violates s. 563.51 (1), (8) to (10), (12), (15) or (26) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 9 months or both. (2) Whoever violates any other provision of this chapter may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or […]
563.80 – Gross receipts tax.
563.80 Gross receipts tax. (1) An occupational tax is imposed on those gross receipts of any licensed organization which are derived from the conduct of bingo, in the following amounts: (a) One percent of the first $30,000 in gross receipts received by a licensed organization during a year. (b) Two percent of the gross receipts […]
563.63 – Bingo account.
563.63 Bingo account. (1) Each licensed organization shall maintain one account which shall be designated as the “bingo account” and which shall be a regular or interest-bearing checking, share draft or negotiable order of withdrawal account from which canceled checks, share drafts or negotiable orders of withdrawal, or microfilm copies of any of them, may […]
563.64 – Bookkeeping and accounts.
563.64 Bookkeeping and accounts. (1) Each licensed organization shall maintain a single entry or double entry bookkeeping system for the purpose of recording all receipts and expenditures in connection with the conduct of bingo and the disbursement of profits derived therefrom. Such bookkeeping system shall consist of a columnar book maintained on a calendar or […]
563.65 – Proper and legitimate expenditures; reimbursement and waiver.
563.65 Proper and legitimate expenditures; reimbursement and waiver. If a financial audit of a licensed organization shows that an expenditure of bingo funds was not a proper and legitimate expenditure and the department requests that the licensed organization reimburse the appropriate bingo account in an amount equal to the amount so expended, the licensed organization […]
563.66 – Financial report to membership.
563.66 Financial report to membership. (1) At least once a year, each licensed organization shall report the following information in writing to its membership regarding the bingo occasions which it has conducted: (a) The number of bingo occasions conducted. (b) The gross receipts. (c) The amount of prizes paid. (d) The net profit or loss. […]
563.68 – Expenditure of bingo funds after cessation of bingo.
563.68 Expenditure of bingo funds after cessation of bingo. A licensed organization which has ceased to conduct bingo for any reason and has unexpended bingo funds shall disburse such funds in any of the following ways: (1) As provided under s. 563.51 (8) within one year after the cessation of the conduct of bingo. (2) […]
563.53 – Special bingo games.
563.53 Special bingo games. In addition to provisions in this chapter relating to regular bingo games, the following provisions shall apply to special bingo games: (1) All special bingo cards shall be in a form approved by the department. (2) Each special bingo card shall be used for one game only and shall be indelibly […]
563.54 – Progressive jackpot bingo.
563.54 Progressive jackpot bingo. (1) A player wins progressive jackpot bingo by covering all the numbers on his or her bingo card within a specified number of calls. The number of calls for the first game shall be at least 48. The number of calls shall increase by one in each succeeding game until a […]