Bill Text: MN SF2642 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Lawful gambling clarifying, technical, and conforming modifications; participation modification; online and play at pump prohibition
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-05-30 - Governor's action Veto Chapter 303 [SF2642 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2642-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Lawful gambling clarifying, technical, and conforming modifications; participation modification; online and play at pump prohibition
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-05-30 - Governor's action Veto Chapter 303 [SF2642 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2642-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
1.5subdivisions; 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, is amended by adding a
1.14subdivision to read:
1.15 Subd. 8a. Continuation raffle. "Continuation raffle" means the selection of winning
1.16entries from previously selected winning entries until a final selection of winning entries is
1.17determined and no additional consideration is required beyond the initial consideration
1.18to enter the raffle. A continuation raffle may be conducted over a period of time but
1.19cannot exceed 12 months.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.21 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
1.22equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
1.23 (a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
1.24 (1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
1.25 (2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
1.26 (3) jar tickets;
2.1 (4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
2.2 (5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;and
2.3 (6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
2.4(7) raffle boards; and
2.5 (8) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
2.6and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
2.7a single game of bingo.
2.8 (b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
2.9 (1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.10 (2) electronic bingo devices;
2.11 (3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.12 (4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.13 (5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.14and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.15 (6) paddle wheels; and
2.16 (7) paddle wheel tables.
2.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.18to read:
2.19 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.20awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.21matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.22to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.23bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.24prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.25 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.26to read:
2.27 Subd. 33a. Raffle board. "Raffle board" means a placard with up to 200 squares
2.28whereby a participant in the raffle writes their name to indicate entry.
2.29 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.30to read:
2.31 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
2.32join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
3.1lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
3.2existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
3.3 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.4to read:
3.5 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
3.6for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
3.7marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
3.8gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
3.9does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
3.10materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
3.11purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
3.12 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.13to read:
3.14 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.15used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.16on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.17inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.18letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.19 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.20to read:
3.21 Subd. 8a. Raffle board standards. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or cause to be
3.22shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any raffle board that does not
3.23have affixed to or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required
3.24by the commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2. A person other
3.25than a manufacturer may not manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a raffle
3.26board as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
3.27 (b) The raffle boards sold by a manufacturer for use or resale in Minnesota must
3.28have imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high and one inch wide consisting of
3.29an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the
3.30outline and must have the serial number of the board imprinted on the bar code at the
3.31bottom of the board in numerals at least one-half inch high.
3.32 (c) A raffle board may not contain more than 200 squares.
4.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.2 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
4.3bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
4.4of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
4.5representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
4.6(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
4.7of bingo;
4.8(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
4.9in a distributor;
4.10(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
4.11organization;
4.12(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
4.13from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section349.163 ;
4.14(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
4.15gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
4.16(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
4.17premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
4.18(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
4.19where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
4.20or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
4.21total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
4.22per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
4.23promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
4.24a premises in the lessor's business.
4.25(b) (c) Employees of the board and the Division of Alcohol and Gambling
4.26Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
4.27licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
4.28linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
4.29actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.30 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.31 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
4.32licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
4.33bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
4.34game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
4.35In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
5.1the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
5.2recording system approved by the board.
5.3(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
5.4that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
5.5fiscal year.
5.6(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
5.7must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one havingfive not more
5.8than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
5.9than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
5.10have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets mayalso have
5.11numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
5.12 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.13 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
5.14may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
5.15same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
5.16Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
5.17selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
5.18bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
5.19described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
5.20requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
5.21may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
5.22game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
5.23sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
5.24 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
5.25 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
5.26addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
5.27apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
5.28(a) The permitted premises must be:
5.29(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
5.30malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
5.31beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
5.32(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
5.33capacity of at least 100.
5.34(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
6.1(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.2(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
6.3(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
6.4primary business.
6.5Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.6(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
6.7participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
6.8prescribed by the board.
6.9(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
6.10and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address and date of
6.11birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
6.12is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
6.13identification card.
6.14(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
6.15in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
6.16organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
6.17 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.18 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
6.19tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
6.20or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
6.21The placard serves as the game flare.
6.22(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
6.23conceals conceal the winning number numbers or symbol symbols. When a tipboard ticket
6.24is purchased and opened from a game containing more than32 100 tickets, each player
6.25having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
6.26placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
6.27 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.28 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
6.29have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,the
6.30 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
6.31predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
6.32opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
6.33on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
6.34contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
7.1by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
7.2determined by the use of the seal.
7.3 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.4 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
7.5pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section349.12 ,
7.6subdivision 12b.
7.7(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
7.8that is:
7.9(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
7.10malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
7.11beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
7.12(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
7.13capacity of at least 100; and
7.14(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
7.15(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
7.16(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
7.17(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
7.18or more; and
7.19(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
7.20business is bingo.
7.21Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
7.22(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
7.23(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
7.24and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
7.25(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
7.26any other location by the licensed organization.
7.27(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
7.28family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
7.29of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
7.30must have a unique serial number.
7.31(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
7.32in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
7.33organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
7.34(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
7.35presentand register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address
8.1and date of birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10,
8.2an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
8.3player's picture identification card.
8.4(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
8.5 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
8.6349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
8.7 (a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three most
8.8expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the selection
8.9of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of additional
8.10prizes must be publicly posted or visibly on display at the event and copies of the complete
8.11prize list made available upon request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section
8.12349.166
may use tickets that contain only the sequential number of the raffle ticket and no
8.13other information if the organization makes a list of prizes, or visibly displays the prizes
8.14at the event, and a statement of other relevant information required by rule available to
8.15persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event and on the date when
8.16the tickets are drawn.
8.17 (b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
8.18 (1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
8.19 (2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
8.20certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
8.21 (3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
8.22 (4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
8.23event not under the control of the organization;
8.24 (5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
8.25 (6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
8.26 (c) Methods of selecting winning entries from a raffle other than prescribed in rule
8.27may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
8.28 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.29 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
8.30this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
8.31who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
8.32(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
8.33includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
8.34paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
9.1(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
9.2bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
9.3selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
9.4(d) An employeeor volunteer who is involved in the conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards,
9.5or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly or indirectly as a
9.6player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises. This restriction
9.7is in effect until six weeks after the employeeor volunteer is no longer involved in the
9.8conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
9.9(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel
9.10game limited to 32 chances or less per game may not participate as a player in a pull-tab,
9.11tipboard, or paddlewheel game at the same premises on the same business day that the
9.12volunteer was involved in the conduct of the game.
9.13(e) (f) An employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of any lawful
9.14gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
9.15any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
9.16 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
9.17amended to read:
9.18 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
9.19must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
9.20separate gambling bank account.
9.21(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
9.22made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
9.23by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
9.24in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
9.25of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
9.26related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
9.27(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
9.28and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
9.29must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
9.30information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
9.31(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
9.32the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
9.33deal, or game from which they are received.
10.1(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
10.2the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.3scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
10.4(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
10.5uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.6scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
10.7(e) Gambling receipts fromall electronic pull-tab games and all linked electronic
10.8bingo games gambling must be recorded on a daily basis and deposited into the gambling
10.9bank accountwithin four business days when the total net receipts from all electronic
10.10games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
10.11immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
10.12occurs first.
10.13(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
10.14each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
10.15(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
10.16same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
10.17 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
10.18amended to read:
10.19 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
10.20organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
10.21identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
10.22identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
10.23winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
10.24or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
10.25 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
10.26pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
10.27driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
10.28sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
10.29retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
10.30 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
10.31pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
10.32organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
10.33sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
10.34(c) (d) The board shall:
11.1 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
11.2by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
11.3the standards; and
11.4 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
11.5from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
11.6registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
11.7pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
11.8 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
11.9 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
11.10organization which receives a copy ofa written audit under subdivision 9, or an audit
11.11or compliance reportprepared by an agency of the state, must place the audit report or
11.12compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
11.13receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
11.14of the organization upon request.
11.15 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.16 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
11.17single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
11.18which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
11.19bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
11.20exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
11.21$3,800 $4,800. A prize may be determined based on the value of the bingo packet sold to
11.22the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
11.23cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
11.24even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game
11.25 and a cover-none game is one in which a player does not cover any numbered spaces to win.
11.26 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
11.27 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
11.28as follows:
11.29(1)for linked bingo games played without electronic bingo devices, an organization
11.30may not contribute to a linked bingo game prize pool more than $300 per linked bingo
11.31game per site;
12.1(2) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, an
12.2organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
12.3premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
12.4(3) (2) no organization may award more than $200 for a linked bingo game
12.5consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
12.6prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
12.7has been won;
12.8(4) (3) for a progressive linked bingo game, if no player declares a valid bingo for
12.9a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
12.10portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
12.11progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
12.12to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
12.13a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
12.14(5) (4) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices,
12.15linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
12.16the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
12.17will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
12.18 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
12.19to read:
12.20 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
12.21hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
12.22 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.23 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
12.24up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
12.25The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
12.26$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
12.27prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
12.28which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
12.29 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
12.30 Subd. 7. Checks for gambling purchases. An organization may not accept checks
12.31or debit cards in payment for the purchase of any gambling equipment or for the chance to
12.32participate in any form of lawful gambling except a raffle. If an organization accepts a
12.33check or debit card, the payment of which is subsequently dishonored, the organization
13.1shall reimburse its gambling account for the amount of the dishonored payment within
13.230 days of receiving notice of the dishonor. This subdivision does not apply to gaming
13.3activities conducted pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, United States Code,
13.4title 25, section 2701 et seq.
13.5 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, is amended by adding a
13.6subdivision to read:
13.7 Subd. 8a. Debit cards permitted. An organization may accept a debit card in
13.8payment for the purchase of any gambling equipment or for the chance to participate
13.9in any form of lawful gambling.
13.10 Sec. 27. REPEALER.
13.11Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
13.12 Sec. 28. EFFECTIVE DATE.
13.13Sections 1 to 27 are effective the day following final enactment.
1.3relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and regulatory provisions;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12, subdivision 18, by adding
1.5subdivisions; 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, is amended by adding a
1.14subdivision to read:
1.15 Subd. 8a. Continuation raffle. "Continuation raffle" means the selection of winning
1.16entries from previously selected winning entries until a final selection of winning entries is
1.17determined and no additional consideration is required beyond the initial consideration
1.18to enter the raffle. A continuation raffle may be conducted over a period of time but
1.19cannot exceed 12 months.
1.20 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.21 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
1.22equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
1.23 (a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
1.24 (1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
1.25 (2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
1.26 (3) jar tickets;
2.1 (4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
2.2 (5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;
2.3 (6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
2.4(7) raffle boards; and
2.5 (8) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
2.6and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
2.7a single game of bingo.
2.8 (b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
2.9 (1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.10 (2) electronic bingo devices;
2.11 (3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.12 (4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.13 (5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.14and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.15 (6) paddle wheels; and
2.16 (7) paddle wheel tables.
2.17 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.18to read:
2.19 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.20awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.21matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.22to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.23bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.24prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.25 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.26to read:
2.27 Subd. 33a. Raffle board. "Raffle board" means a placard with up to 200 squares
2.28whereby a participant in the raffle writes their name to indicate entry.
2.29 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.30to read:
2.31 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
2.32join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
3.1lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
3.2existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
3.3 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.4to read:
3.5 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
3.6for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
3.7marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
3.8gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
3.9does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
3.10materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
3.11purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
3.12 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.13to read:
3.14 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.15used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.16on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.17inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.18letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.19 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.20to read:
3.21 Subd. 8a. Raffle board standards. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or cause to be
3.22shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any raffle board that does not
3.23have affixed to or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required
3.24by the commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2. A person other
3.25than a manufacturer may not manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a raffle
3.26board as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
3.27 (b) The raffle boards sold by a manufacturer for use or resale in Minnesota must
3.28have imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high and one inch wide consisting of
3.29an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the
3.30outline and must have the serial number of the board imprinted on the bar code at the
3.31bottom of the board in numerals at least one-half inch high.
3.32 (c) A raffle board may not contain more than 200 squares.
4.1 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.2 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
4.3bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
4.4of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
4.5representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
4.6(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
4.7of bingo;
4.8(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
4.9in a distributor;
4.10(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
4.11organization;
4.12(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
4.13from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section
4.14(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
4.15gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
4.16(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
4.17premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
4.18(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
4.19where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
4.20or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
4.21total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
4.22per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
4.23promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
4.24a premises in the lessor's business.
4.25
4.26Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
4.27licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
4.28linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
4.29actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.30 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.31 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
4.32licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
4.33bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
4.34game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
4.35In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
5.1the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
5.2recording system approved by the board.
5.3(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
5.4that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
5.5fiscal year.
5.6(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
5.7must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one having
5.8than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
5.9than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
5.10have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets may
5.11numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
5.12 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.13 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
5.14may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
5.15same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
5.16Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
5.17selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
5.18bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
5.19described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
5.20requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
5.21may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
5.22game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
5.23sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
5.24 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
5.25 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
5.26addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
5.27apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
5.28(a) The permitted premises must be:
5.29(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
5.30malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
5.31beverages under section
5.32(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
5.33capacity of at least 100.
5.34(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
6.1(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.2(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
6.3(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
6.4primary business.
6.5Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.6(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
6.7participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
6.8prescribed by the board.
6.9(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
6.10
6.11birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
6.12is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
6.13identification card.
6.14(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
6.15in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
6.16organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
6.17 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.18 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
6.19tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
6.20or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
6.21The placard serves as the game flare.
6.22(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
6.23
6.24is purchased and opened from a game containing more than
6.25having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
6.26placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
6.27 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.28 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
6.29have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,
6.30 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
6.31predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
6.32opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
6.33on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
6.34contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
7.1by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
7.2determined by the use of the seal.
7.3 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.4 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
7.5pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section
7.6subdivision 12b.
7.7(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
7.8that is:
7.9(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
7.10malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
7.11beverages under section
7.12(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
7.13capacity of at least 100; and
7.14(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
7.15(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
7.16(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
7.17(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
7.18or more; and
7.19(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
7.20business is bingo.
7.21Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
7.22(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
7.23(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
7.24and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
7.25(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
7.26any other location by the licensed organization.
7.27(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
7.28family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
7.29of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
7.30must have a unique serial number.
7.31(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
7.32in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
7.33organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
7.34(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
7.35present
8.1
8.2an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
8.3player's picture identification card.
8.4(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
8.5 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
8.6349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
8.7 (a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three most
8.8expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the selection
8.9of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of additional
8.10prizes must be publicly posted or visibly on display at the event and copies of the complete
8.11prize list made available upon request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section
8.13other information if the organization makes a list of prizes, or visibly displays the prizes
8.14at the event, and a statement of other relevant information required by rule available to
8.15persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event and on the date when
8.16the tickets are drawn.
8.17 (b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
8.18 (1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
8.19 (2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
8.20certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
8.21 (3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
8.22 (4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
8.23event not under the control of the organization;
8.24 (5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
8.25 (6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
8.26 (c) Methods of selecting winning entries from a raffle other than prescribed in rule
8.27may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
8.28 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
8.29 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
8.30this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
8.31who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
8.32(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
8.33includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
8.34paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
9.1(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
9.2bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
9.3selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
9.4(d) An employee
9.5or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly or indirectly as a
9.6player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises. This restriction
9.7is in effect until six weeks after the employee
9.8conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
9.9(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel
9.10game limited to 32 chances or less per game may not participate as a player in a pull-tab,
9.11tipboard, or paddlewheel game at the same premises on the same business day that the
9.12volunteer was involved in the conduct of the game.
9.13
9.14gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
9.15any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
9.16 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
9.17amended to read:
9.18 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
9.19must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
9.20separate gambling bank account.
9.21(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
9.22made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
9.23by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
9.24in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
9.25of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
9.26related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
9.27(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
9.28and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
9.29must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
9.30information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
9.31(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
9.32the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
9.33deal, or game from which they are received.
10.1(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
10.2the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.3scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
10.4(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
10.5uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.6scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
10.7(e) Gambling receipts from
10.8
10.9bank account
10.10games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
10.11immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
10.12occurs first.
10.13(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
10.14each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
10.15(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
10.16same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
10.17 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
10.18amended to read:
10.19 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
10.20organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
10.21identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
10.22identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
10.23winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
10.24or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
10.25 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
10.26pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
10.27driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
10.28sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
10.29retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
10.30 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
10.31pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
10.32organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
10.33sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
10.34
11.1 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
11.2by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
11.3the standards; and
11.4 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
11.5from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
11.6registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
11.7pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
11.8 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
11.9 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
11.10organization which receives a copy of
11.11or compliance report
11.12compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
11.13receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
11.14of the organization upon request.
11.15 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.16 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
11.17single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
11.18which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
11.19bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
11.20exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
11.21
11.22the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
11.23cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
11.24even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game
11.25 and a cover-none game is one in which a player does not cover any numbered spaces to win.
11.26 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
11.27 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
11.28as follows:
11.29(1)
11.30
11.31
12.1
12.2organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
12.3premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
12.4
12.5consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
12.6prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
12.7has been won;
12.8
12.9a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
12.10portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
12.11progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
12.12to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
12.13a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
12.14
12.15linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
12.16the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
12.17will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
12.18 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
12.19to read:
12.20 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
12.21hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
12.22 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.23 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
12.24up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
12.25The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
12.26$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
12.27prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
12.28which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
12.29 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
12.30 Subd. 7. Checks for gambling purchases. An organization may not accept checks
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12.32participate in any form of lawful gambling except a raffle. If an organization accepts a
12.33check or debit card, the payment of which is subsequently dishonored, the organization
13.1shall reimburse its gambling account for the amount of the dishonored payment within
13.230 days of receiving notice of the dishonor. This subdivision does not apply to gaming
13.3activities conducted pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, United States Code,
13.4title 25, section 2701 et seq.
13.5 Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.2127, is amended by adding a
13.6subdivision to read:
13.7 Subd. 8a. Debit cards permitted. An organization may accept a debit card in
13.8payment for the purchase of any gambling equipment or for the chance to participate
13.9in any form of lawful gambling.
13.10 Sec. 27. REPEALER.
13.11Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
13.12 Sec. 28. EFFECTIVE DATE.
13.13Sections 1 to 27 are effective the day following final enactment.
