Regulation of bingo and pull tab game events.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0431
Introduced
1.3

SENATE FILE

NO.

SF0104

Regulation of bingo and pull tab game events.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Burns, Christensen and Driskill

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to bingo and pull tab game events; establishing the pari-mutuel commission as the regulating body for bingo games and pull tab game events; amending definitions; providing for rulemaking; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 11
‑
25
‑
114 is created to read:

11
‑
25
‑
114
.

Pari
‑
mutuel regulation of
bingo games and
pull tab game
event
s.

(a)

The commission shall authorize by permits and supervise the conduct of all
bingo games and
pull tab game
event
s
in this state

ensuring

at a minimum
that:

(
i
)

Bingo games and p
ull tab game
event
s shall only be conducted by charitable
or
nonprofit organizations
that
have been in existence in this state for at least three (3) years
and have been permitted by the commission pursuant to this act
;

(ii)

Bingo cards and tickets and p
ull tab
game
s are sold only on the premises owned or occupied by the charitable
or
nonprofit organization;

(
i
ii
)

In conducting
bingo games and
pull tab game
event
s
a charitable
or
nonprofit
organization shall use only volunteers who are bona fide members of the organization or employees or contractors who are paid by the organization to assist in the operation of the
games and
event
s
;

(
i
v
)

Players
of

bingo and
pull tab games shall be eighteen (18) years or older
;

(
v
)

At least sixty
‑
five percent (65%) of all gross sales shall be redeemed as winnings each month. The net proceeds after payment of winnings shall be restricted as follows:

(
A
)

No more than forty percent (40%) of net proceeds shall be paid to distributors or manufacturers of supplies or equipme
nt necessary to conduct the event
; and

(B)

T
he organization shall donate annually
at least
seventy
‑
five percent (75%) of the net proceeds remaining after payment for all costs and supplies to a bona fide charitable or benevolent purpose.

(
v
i
)

The charitable
or nonprofit

organization conducting the
bingo game or
pull tab game may purchase supplies or equipment necessary to conduct the game from a distributor or manufacturer at a price based on a
per card
or
per pull tab basis subject to the limitations provided in
sub
paragraph
(
v
)(
A
) of this
sub
section
.

Section 2
.

W.S. 6
‑
7
‑
101(
a)(iii)(D)(intro),
11
‑
25
‑
102(a)(viii) and by creating a new paragraph (xv), 11
‑
25
‑
104(a), (d) through (f) and by creating a new subsection (n) are amended to read:

6
‑
7
‑
101
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this article:

(iii)

"Gambling" means risking any property for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device or the happening or outcome of an event, including a sporting event, over which the person taking a risk has no control, but does not include any of the following:

(D)

Bingo games
conducted, or pull tabs sold, by charitable or nonprofit organizations where the tickets for the bingo are sold only in this state and the
pull tabs are sold only on the premises owned or occupied by the charitable or nonprofit organization provided that:

and pull tab game events authorized by the pari-mutuel commission pursuant to W.S. 11
‑
25
‑
101 through 11
‑
25
‑
114.

11
‑
25
‑
102
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(viii)

"This act" means W.S. 11
‑
25
‑
101 through
11
‑
25
‑
113

11
‑
25
‑
114
;

(xv)

"Pull tab game
event
" means

a
n event at which
a player purchases

a
pull tab
gam
e
piece
that is
made
o
f paper or paper products with concealed numbers or symbols that
the player
must expose
, often by tearing off a covering tab,
to determine wins or losses.
"
Pull

tab
game"
include
s

charitable gaming tickets, break opens, banded

tickets, jar tickets, tip tickets, pickle cards, instant bingo

tickets and other names

designated
by manufacturers, distributors or players
.

11
‑
25
‑
104
.

Pari
‑
mutuel commission; officers; director; meetings; quorum; records; licenses generally; effect of financial interest in events.

(a)

The commission shall annually elect from its membership a president and vice
‑
president, and may employ a director who has a working knowledge of pari
‑
mutuel betting
,

and
horse racing
, bingo
games
and pull tab game events
or an executive secretary, or both. The director may be retained on a yearly basis or for the racing season only as determined by the commission. Salary for the director or executive secretary shall be determined by the commission with the consent of the personnel division. The commission may also employ other personnel required to carry out this act.

(d)

Any member of the commission who owns or has any interest, or whose spouse or member of his immediate family has any interest, in an animal participating in a pari
‑
mutuel event

or
who conducts, manufactures, distributes or supplies
bingo games and

pull tab game
events
shall disclose that interest and shall not
participate in any commission decision involving a protest occurring at that pari
‑
mutuel
, bingo
or pull tab game

event.

(e)

The commission shall authorize by permits and supervise the conduct of all events provided for and regulated by this act, and shall make reasonable rules and regulations for the control, supervision and direction of applicants and permittees, including regulations providing for resolving scheduling conflicts and settling disputes between permittees and the supervising, disciplining, suspending, fining and barring from pari
‑
mutuel
, bingo
or pull tab game
events of all persons required to be licensed by this act, and for the holding, conducting and operating of all pari
‑
mutuel
, bingo
or pull tab game

events conducted pursuant to this act. The commission may require that license applicants be fingerprinted for identification purposes as a condition of licensing. The commission shall announce the place, time and duration of pari
‑
mutuel
, bingo
or pull tab game
events for which license or permit fees shall be required and establish reasonable fees for all licenses and permits provided for by this act. The fees
shall be established to ensure that the costs of administering this act are recovered through the total revenues received under this act. The commission shall establish security access safeguards for licensees to use for advance deposit pari
‑
mutuel wagering. The commission shall prohibit advance deposit pari
‑
mutuel advertising that it determines to be deceptive to the public.

(f)

Each permittee, participant and employee of a permittee or participant who is directly involved in the horse racing or pari
‑
mutuel wagering activities
, the bingo games
or the pull tab game
event
s
of the permittee or participant, as defined in commission rule and regulation, shall be licensed by the commission and shall comply with all rules and regulations and all orders issued by the commission. No person shall hold any event with pari
‑
mutuel wagering
, bingo games
or pull tab games
without obtaining a permit.

(n)

In addition to subsection (e) of this section, t
he commission shall adopt rules governing
bingo games and

pull tab game
event
s
in a manner that ensures fair and
equitable involvement
and rules of play for
all affected parties
, record keeping and reporting and
bingo and
pull tab game standards consistent with
guidance from
the North America
n Gaming Regulators Association
.

Section 3.
W.S. 6
‑
7
‑
101(
a)(iii)(D)(I) through (V) is repealed.

Section
4.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

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