Regulation of bingo and pull tab games.

2018
STATE OF WYOMING
18LSO-0206
ENGROSSED
2.1

SENATE FILE

NO.
SF0004

Regulation of bingo and pull tab games.

Sponsored by:
Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to bingo and pull tab game events; providing for local control over bingo and pull tab game events as specified; authorizing fees; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section
1
.

W.S. 16
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13
‑
101
and
16
‑
13
‑
102 are created to read:

CHAPTER 13
BINGO AND PULL TAB GAME EVENTS

16
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13
‑
101
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this chapter:

(
i
)

"Charitable or nonprofit organization" means as defined in W.S. 6
‑
7
‑
101(a)(xi);

(
i
i)

"Governing body" means the board of county commissioners of a county or the governing body of a city or town;

(
i
ii)

"Ordinance" means an ordinance, resolution or other proceeding by which a governing body takes formal action and adopts legislative provisions and matters of some permanency;

(i
v
)

"Pull tab game event" means an event at which a player purchases a pull tab game piece that is made of 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" includes charitable gaming tickets, break opens, banded tickets, jar tickets, tip tickets, pickle cards, instant bingo tickets and other names designated by manufacturers, distributors, players or
ordinances of the governing body
.

16
‑
13
‑
102
.

Bingo and
pull tab
game events;

permits
; fees
.

(a)

No person shall conduct any bingo game or
pull tab
game event
within the boundaries of a governing body's jurisdiction
without first obtaining a permit
if required by the governing body
in accordance with
this section.

(b)

A governing body may
,

by ordinance,
authorize
the conduct of
bingo games and
pull tab
game events
within the boundaries of the governing body's jurisdiction
. The ordinance shall:

(
i
)

Specify the procedure and any requirements, including fees

not to exceed one percent (1%) of gross sales
, for applying for a permit
if required by the governing body
;

(ii)

Authorize only bingo games and
pull tab
game events conducted by a charitable or nonprofit organization that ha
s
been in existence in this state for at least three (3) years;

(i
ii
)

Require players of bingo and
pull tab
games to be eighteen (18) years
of age
or older;

(iv)

Require that bingo cards and tickets and
pull tab
games are sold only on the premises owned or occupied by the charitable or nonprofit organization;

(v)

Require a charitable or nonprofit organization, in conducting bingo games and
pull tab
game events, to 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 events;

(vi)

Require at least
forty-nine
percent (
49
%) of all gross sales of a bingo game or
pull tab
game event to 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 equipment necessary to conduct the event; and

(B)

The 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.

(vii)

Authorize the charitable or nonprofit organization conducting the bingo game or
pull tab
game to 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 subparagraph (vi)(A) of this subsection.

Section 2
.

W.S. 6
‑
7
‑
101(a)(iii)(
D)
(
intro)
is amended to read:

6
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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
W.S. 16
‑
13
‑
102.

Section 3
.

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

Section 4
.

This act is effective July 1, 2018.

(END)

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