§ 23-114-101. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act”.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act”.
As used in this chapter: (1) (A) “Authorized organization” means an organization eligible for a license to conduct games of bingo and raffles that is a nonprofit tax-exempt religious, educational, veterans, fraternal, service, civic, medical, volunteer rescue service, volunteer firefighters organization, or volunteer police organization that has been in continuing existence as a nonprofit tax-exempt […]
(a) The game of bingo or a raffle conducted by a licensed authorized organization shall not be a lottery prohibited by Arkansas Constitution, Article 19, § 14, if all net receipts over and above the actual cost of conducting the game of bingo or raffle are used only for charitable, religious, or philanthropic purposes. (b) […]
(a) (1) A violation of this chapter by a licensed authorized organization is a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000). (2) A second or subsequent offense is a violation punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000). (b) A person who conducts a game of bingo […]