Bill Text: MN HF2829 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Lawful gambling clarifying, conforming, and technical changes made; and games, prizes, and regulatory provisions modified.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-29 - HF indefinitely postponed [HF2829 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2829-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to gambling; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes
1.3relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and regulatory provisions;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12, subdivision 18, by adding a
1.5subdivision; 349.16, by adding a subdivision; 349.163, by adding subdivisions;
1.6349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions 5, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1,
1.72; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181, subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision
1.811; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding a subdivision; 349.2127,
1.9subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement,
1.10section 349.19, subdivisions 2, 10; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.11349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9.
1.12BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.13 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.14 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
1.15equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
1.16(a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
1.17(1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
1.18(2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
1.19(3) jar tickets;
1.20(4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
1.21(5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;and
1.22(6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
1.23(7) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
1.24and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
1.25a single game of bingo.
1.26(b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
1.27(1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.1(2) electronic bingo devices;
2.2(3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.3(4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.4(5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.5and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.6(6) paddle wheels; and
2.7(7) paddle wheel tables.
2.8 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.9to read:
2.10 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.11awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.12matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.13to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.14bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.15prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.17to read:
2.18 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
2.19join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
2.20lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
2.21existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
2.22 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.23to read:
2.24 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
2.25for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
2.26marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
2.27gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
2.28does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
2.29materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
2.30purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
2.31 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.32to read:
3.1 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.2used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.3on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.4inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.5letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.6 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.7 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
3.8bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
3.9of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
3.10representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
3.11(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
3.12of bingo;
3.13(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
3.14in a distributor;
3.15(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
3.16organization;
3.17(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
3.18from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section349.163 ;
3.19(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
3.20gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
3.21(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
3.22premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
3.23(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
3.24where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
3.25or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
3.26total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
3.27per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
3.28promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
3.29a premises in the lessor's business.
3.30(b) (c) Employees of the board and the Division of Alcohol and Gambling
3.31Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
3.32licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
3.33linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
3.34actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.1 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.2 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
4.3licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
4.4bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
4.5game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
4.6In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
4.7the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
4.8recording system approved by the board.
4.9(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
4.10that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
4.11fiscal year.
4.12(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
4.13must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one havingfive not more
4.14than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
4.15than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
4.16have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets mayalso have
4.17numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
4.18 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
4.19 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
4.20may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
4.21same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
4.22Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
4.23selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
4.24bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
4.25described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
4.26requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
4.27may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
4.28game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
4.29sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
4.30 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
4.31 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
4.32addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
4.33apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
4.34(a) The permitted premises must be:
5.1(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
5.2malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
5.3beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
5.4(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
5.5capacity of at least 100.
5.6(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
5.7(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
5.8(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
5.9(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
5.10primary business.
5.11Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
5.12(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
5.13participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
5.14prescribed by the board.
5.15(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
5.16and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address and date of
5.17birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
5.18is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
5.19identification card.
5.20(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
5.21in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
5.22organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
5.23 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.24 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
5.25tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
5.26or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
5.27The placard serves as the game flare.
5.28(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
5.29conceals conceal the winning number numbers or symbol symbols. When a tipboard ticket
5.30is purchased and opened from a game containing more than32 100 tickets, each player
5.31having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
5.32placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
5.33 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.1 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
6.2have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,the
6.3 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
6.4predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
6.5opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
6.6on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
6.7contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
6.8by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
6.9determined by the use of the seal.
6.10 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.11 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
6.12pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section349.12 ,
6.13subdivision 12b.
6.14(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
6.15that is:
6.16(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
6.17malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
6.18beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
6.19(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
6.20capacity of at least 100; and
6.21(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
6.22(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
6.23(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.24(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
6.25or more; and
6.26(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
6.27business is bingo.
6.28Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.29(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
6.30(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
6.31and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
6.32(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
6.33any other location by the licensed organization.
6.34(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
6.35family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
7.1of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
7.2must have a unique serial number.
7.3(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
7.4in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
7.5organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
7.6(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
7.7presentand register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address
7.8and date of birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10,
7.9an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
7.10player's picture identification card.
7.11(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
7.12 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
7.13349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
7.14(a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three
7.15most expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the
7.16selection of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of
7.17additional prizes must be publicly posted or the additional prizes must be prominently
7.18displayed at the eventand. Copies of the complete prize list must be made available upon
7.19request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section349.166 may use tickets that
7.20contain only the sequential number of the raffle ticket and no other information if the
7.21organization makes a list of prizes and a statement of other relevant information required
7.22by rule available to persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event
7.23and on the date when the tickets are drawn.
7.24(b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
7.25(1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
7.26(2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
7.27certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
7.28(3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
7.29(4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
7.30event not under the control of the organization;
7.31(5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
7.32(6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
7.33(c) Methods of selecting winning entries from a raffle other than prescribed in rule
7.34may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
8.1 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.2 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
8.3this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
8.4who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
8.5(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
8.6includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
8.7paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
8.8(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
8.9bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
8.10selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
8.11(d) An employeeor volunteer who is involved in the conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards,
8.12or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly or indirectly as a
8.13player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises. This restriction
8.14is in effect until six weeks after the employeeor volunteer is no longer involved in the
8.15conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
8.16(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel
8.17game limited to 32 chances or less per game may not participate as a player in a pull-tab,
8.18tipboard, or paddlewheel game at the same premises on the same business day that the
8.19volunteer was involved in the conduct of the game.
8.20(e) (f) An employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of any lawful
8.21gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
8.22any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
8.23 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
8.24amended to read:
8.25 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
8.26must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
8.27separate gambling bank account.
8.28(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
8.29made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
8.30by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
8.31in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
8.32of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
8.33related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
8.34(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
8.35and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
9.1must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
9.2information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
9.3(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
9.4the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
9.5deal, or game from which they are received.
9.6(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
9.7the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
9.8scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
9.9(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
9.10uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
9.11scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
9.12(e) Gambling receipts fromall electronic pull-tab games and all linked electronic
9.13bingo games gambling must be recorded on a daily basis and deposited into the gambling
9.14bank accountwithin four business days when the total net receipts from all electronic
9.15games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
9.16immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
9.17occurs first.
9.18(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
9.19each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
9.20(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
9.21same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
9.22 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
9.23amended to read:
9.24 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
9.25organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
9.26identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
9.27identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
9.28winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
9.29or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
9.30 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
9.31pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
9.32driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
9.33sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
9.34retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
10.1 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
10.2pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
10.3organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
10.4sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
10.5(c) (d) The board shall:
10.6 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
10.7by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
10.8the standards; and
10.9 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
10.10from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
10.11registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
10.12pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
10.13 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
10.14 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
10.15organization which receives a copy ofa written audit under subdivision 9, or an audit
10.16or compliance reportprepared by an agency of the state, must place the audit report or
10.17compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
10.18receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
10.19of the organization upon request.
10.20 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.21 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
10.22single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
10.23which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
10.24bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
10.25exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
10.26$3,800 $4,800. A prize may be determined based on the value of the bingo packet sold to
10.27the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
10.28cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
10.29even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game.
10.30 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
10.31 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
10.32as follows:
11.1(1)for linked bingo games played without electronic bingo devices, an organization
11.2may not contribute to a linked bingo game prize pool more than $300 per linked bingo
11.3game per site;
11.4(2) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, an
11.5organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
11.6premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
11.7(3) (2) no organization may award more than $200 for a linked bingo game
11.8consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
11.9prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
11.10has been won;
11.11(4) (3) for a progressive linked bingo game, if no player declares a valid bingo for
11.12a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
11.13portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
11.14progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
11.15to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
11.16a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
11.17(5) (4) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices,
11.18linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
11.19the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
11.20will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
11.21 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
11.22to read:
11.23 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
11.24hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
11.25 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.26 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
11.27up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
11.28The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
11.29$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
11.30prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
11.31which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
11.32 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
12.1 Subd. 7. Checks for gambling purchases. An organization may not accept checks
12.2or debit cards in payment for the purchase of any gambling equipment or for the chance to
12.3participate in any form of lawful gambling except a raffle. If an organization accepts a
12.4check or debit card, the payment of which is subsequently dishonored, the organization
12.5shall reimburse its gambling account for the amount of the dishonored payment within
12.630 days of receiving notice of the dishonor. This subdivision does not apply to gaming
12.7activities conducted pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, United States Code,
12.8title 25, section 2701 et seq.
12.9 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, is amended by adding a
12.10subdivision to read:
12.11 Subd. 8a. Debit cards permitted. An organization may accept a debit card in
12.12payment for the purchase of any gambling equipment or for the chance to participate
12.13in any form of lawful gambling.
12.14 Sec. 24. REPEALER.
12.15Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
1.3relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and regulatory provisions;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12, subdivision 18, by adding a
1.5subdivision; 349.16, by adding a subdivision; 349.163, by adding subdivisions;
1.6349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions 5, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1,
1.72; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181, subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision
1.811; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding a subdivision; 349.2127,
1.9subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement,
1.10section 349.19, subdivisions 2, 10; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.11349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9.
1.12BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.13 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.14 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
1.15equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
1.16(a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
1.17(1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
1.18(2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
1.19(3) jar tickets;
1.20(4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
1.21(5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;
1.22(6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
1.23(7) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
1.24and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
1.25a single game of bingo.
1.26(b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
1.27(1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.1(2) electronic bingo devices;
2.2(3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.3(4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.4(5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.5and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.6(6) paddle wheels; and
2.7(7) paddle wheel tables.
2.8 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.9to read:
2.10 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.11awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.12matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.13to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.14bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.15prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.17to read:
2.18 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
2.19join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
2.20lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
2.21existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
2.22 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.23to read:
2.24 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
2.25for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
2.26marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
2.27gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
2.28does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
2.29materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
2.30purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
2.31 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.32to read:
3.1 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.2used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.3on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.4inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.5letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.6 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
3.7 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
3.8bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
3.9of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
3.10representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
3.11(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
3.12of bingo;
3.13(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
3.14in a distributor;
3.15(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
3.16organization;
3.17(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
3.18from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section
3.19(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
3.20gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
3.21(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
3.22premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
3.23(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
3.24where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
3.25or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
3.26total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
3.27per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
3.28promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
3.29a premises in the lessor's business.
3.30
3.31Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
3.32licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
3.33linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
3.34actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.1 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.2 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
4.3licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
4.4bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
4.5game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
4.6In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
4.7the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
4.8recording system approved by the board.
4.9(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
4.10that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
4.11fiscal year.
4.12(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
4.13must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one having
4.14than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
4.15than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
4.16have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets may
4.17numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
4.18 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
4.19 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
4.20may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
4.21same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
4.22Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
4.23selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
4.24bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
4.25described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
4.26requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
4.27may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
4.28game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
4.29sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
4.30 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
4.31 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
4.32addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
4.33apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
4.34(a) The permitted premises must be:
5.1(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
5.2malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
5.3beverages under section
5.4(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
5.5capacity of at least 100.
5.6(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
5.7(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
5.8(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
5.9(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
5.10primary business.
5.11Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
5.12(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
5.13participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
5.14prescribed by the board.
5.15(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
5.16
5.17birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
5.18is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
5.19identification card.
5.20(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
5.21in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
5.22organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
5.23 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.24 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
5.25tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
5.26or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
5.27The placard serves as the game flare.
5.28(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
5.29
5.30is purchased and opened from a game containing more than
5.31having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
5.32placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
5.33 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.1 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
6.2have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,
6.3 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
6.4predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
6.5opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
6.6on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
6.7contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
6.8by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
6.9determined by the use of the seal.
6.10 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.11 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
6.12pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section
6.13subdivision 12b.
6.14(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
6.15that is:
6.16(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
6.17malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
6.18beverages under section
6.19(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
6.20capacity of at least 100; and
6.21(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
6.22(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
6.23(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.24(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
6.25or more; and
6.26(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
6.27business is bingo.
6.28Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.29(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
6.30(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
6.31and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
6.32(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
6.33any other location by the licensed organization.
6.34(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
6.35family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
7.1of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
7.2must have a unique serial number.
7.3(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
7.4in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
7.5organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
7.6(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
7.7present
7.8
7.9an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
7.10player's picture identification card.
7.11(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
7.12 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
7.13349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
7.14(a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three
7.15most expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the
7.16selection of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of
7.17additional prizes must be publicly posted or the additional prizes must be prominently
7.18displayed at the event
7.19request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section
7.20contain only the sequential number of the raffle ticket and no other information if the
7.21organization makes a list of prizes and a statement of other relevant information required
7.22by rule available to persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event
7.23and on the date when the tickets are drawn.
7.24(b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
7.25(1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
7.26(2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
7.27certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
7.28(3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
7.29(4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
7.30event not under the control of the organization;
7.31(5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
7.32(6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
7.33(c) Methods of selecting winning entries from a raffle other than prescribed in rule
7.34may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
8.1 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.2 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
8.3this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
8.4who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
8.5(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
8.6includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
8.7paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
8.8(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
8.9bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
8.10selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
8.11(d) An employee
8.12or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly or indirectly as a
8.13player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises. This restriction
8.14is in effect until six weeks after the employee
8.15conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
8.16(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel
8.17game limited to 32 chances or less per game may not participate as a player in a pull-tab,
8.18tipboard, or paddlewheel game at the same premises on the same business day that the
8.19volunteer was involved in the conduct of the game.
8.20
8.21gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
8.22any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
8.23 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
8.24amended to read:
8.25 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
8.26must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
8.27separate gambling bank account.
8.28(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
8.29made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
8.30by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
8.31in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
8.32of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
8.33related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
8.34(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
8.35and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
9.1must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
9.2information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
9.3(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
9.4the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
9.5deal, or game from which they are received.
9.6(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
9.7the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
9.8scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
9.9(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
9.10uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
9.11scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
9.12(e) Gambling receipts from
9.13
9.14bank account
9.15games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
9.16immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
9.17occurs first.
9.18(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
9.19each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
9.20(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
9.21same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
9.22 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
9.23amended to read:
9.24 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
9.25organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
9.26identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
9.27identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
9.28winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
9.29or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
9.30 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
9.31pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
9.32driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
9.33sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
9.34retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
10.1 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
10.2pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
10.3organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
10.4sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
10.5
10.6 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
10.7by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
10.8the standards; and
10.9 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
10.10from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
10.11registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
10.12pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
10.13 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
10.14 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
10.15organization which receives a copy of
10.16or compliance report
10.17compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
10.18receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
10.19of the organization upon request.
10.20 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
10.21 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
10.22single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
10.23which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
10.24bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
10.25exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
10.26
10.27the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
10.28cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
10.29even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game.
10.30 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
10.31 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
10.32as follows:
11.1(1)
11.2
11.3
11.4
11.5organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
11.6premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
11.7
11.8consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
11.9prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
11.10has been won;
11.11
11.12a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
11.13portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
11.14progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
11.15to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
11.16a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
11.17
11.18linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
11.19the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
11.20will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
11.21 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
11.22to read:
11.23 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
11.24hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
11.25 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
11.26 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
11.27up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
11.28The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
11.29$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
11.30prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
11.31which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
11.32 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
12.1 Subd. 7. Checks for gambling purchases. An organization may not accept checks
12.2
12.3participate in any form of lawful gambling except a raffle. If an organization accepts a
12.4check or debit card, the payment of which is subsequently dishonored, the organization
12.5shall reimburse its gambling account for the amount of the dishonored payment within
12.630 days of receiving notice of the dishonor. This subdivision does not apply to gaming
12.7activities conducted pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, United States Code,
12.8title 25, section 2701 et seq.
12.9 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, is amended by adding a
12.10subdivision to read:
12.11 Subd. 8a. Debit cards permitted. An organization may accept a debit card in
12.12payment for the purchase of any gambling equipment or for the chance to participate
12.13in any form of lawful gambling.
12.14 Sec. 24. REPEALER.
12.15Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
