Bill Text: MN SF2642 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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 regulated industries; making clarifying, conforming, and technical
1.3changes relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and other
1.4provisions regulating the conduct of lawful gambling; prohibiting director of
1.5state lottery from offering casino-style games; suspending the sale of certain
1.6tickets of the state lottery through a Web site or self-service devices; clarifying
1.7a legislative enactment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12,
1.8subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 349.16, by adding a subdivision;
1.9349.163, by adding subdivisions; 349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions
1.105, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1, 2; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181,
1.11subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision 11; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding
1.12a subdivision; 349A.13; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19,
1.13subdivisions 2, 10; Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26; repealing Minnesota
1.14Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9.
1.15BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.16 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a
1.17subdivision to read:
1.18 Subd. 8a. Continuation raffle. "Continuation raffle" means the selection of winning
1.19entries from previously selected winning entries until a final selection of winning entries is
1.20determined and no additional consideration is required beyond the initial consideration
1.21to enter the raffle. A continuation raffle may be conducted over a period of time but
1.22cannot exceed 12 months.
1.23 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.24 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
1.25equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
1.26 (a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
1.27 (1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
2.1 (2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
2.2 (3) jar tickets;
2.3 (4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
2.4 (5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;and
2.5 (6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
2.6(7) raffle boards; and
2.7 (8) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
2.8and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
2.9a single game of bingo.
2.10 (b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
2.11 (1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.12 (2) electronic bingo devices;
2.13 (3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.14 (4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.15 (5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.16and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.17 (6) paddle wheels; and
2.18 (7) paddle wheel tables.
2.19 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.20to read:
2.21 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.22awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.23matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.24to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.25bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.26prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.27 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.28to read:
2.29 Subd. 33a. Raffle board. "Raffle board" means a placard with up to 200 squares
2.30whereby participants in the raffle write their names to indicate entry.
2.31 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.32to read:
3.1 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
3.2join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
3.3lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
3.4existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
3.5 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.6to read:
3.7 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
3.8for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
3.9marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
3.10gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
3.11does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
3.12materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
3.13purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
3.14 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.15to read:
3.16 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.17used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.18on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.19inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.20letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.21 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.22to read:
3.23 Subd. 8a. Raffle board standards. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or cause to be
3.24shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any raffle board that does not
3.25have affixed to or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required
3.26by the commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2. A person other
3.27than a manufacturer may not manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a raffle
3.28board as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
3.29 (b) A raffle board sold by a manufacturer for use or resale in Minnesota must have
3.30imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high and one inch wide consisting of an
3.31outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the outline
3.32and must have the serial number of the board imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of
3.33the board in numerals at least one-half inch high.
4.1 (c) A raffle board may not contain more than 200 squares.
4.2 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.3 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
4.4bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
4.5of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
4.6representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
4.7(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
4.8of bingo;
4.9(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
4.10in a distributor;
4.11(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
4.12organization;
4.13(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
4.14from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section349.163 ;
4.15(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
4.16gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
4.17(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
4.18premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
4.19(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
4.20where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
4.21or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
4.22total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
4.23per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
4.24promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
4.25a premises in the lessor's business.
4.26(b) (c) Employees of the board and the Division of Alcohol and Gambling
4.27Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
4.28licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
4.29linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
4.30actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.31 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.32 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
4.33licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
4.34bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
5.1game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
5.2In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
5.3the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
5.4recording system approved by the board.
5.5(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
5.6that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
5.7fiscal year.
5.8(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
5.9must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one havingfive not more
5.10than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
5.11than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
5.12have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets mayalso have
5.13numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
5.14 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.15 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
5.16may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
5.17same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
5.18Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
5.19selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
5.20bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
5.21described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
5.22requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
5.23may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
5.24game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
5.25sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
5.26 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
5.27 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
5.28addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
5.29apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
5.30(a) The permitted premises must be:
5.31(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
5.32malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
5.33beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
6.1(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
6.2capacity of at least 100.
6.3(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
6.4(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.5(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
6.6(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
6.7primary business.
6.8Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.9(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
6.10participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
6.11prescribed by the board.
6.12(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
6.13and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address and date of
6.14birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
6.15is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
6.16identification card.
6.17(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
6.18in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
6.19organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
6.20 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.21 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
6.22tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
6.23or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
6.24The placard serves as the game flare.
6.25(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
6.26conceals conceal the winning number numbers or symbol symbols. When a tipboard ticket
6.27is purchased and opened from a game containing more than32 100 tickets, each player
6.28having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
6.29placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
6.30 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.31 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
6.32have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,the
6.33 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
6.34predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
7.1opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
7.2on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
7.3contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
7.4by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
7.5determined by the use of the seal.
7.6 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.7 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
7.8pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section349.12 ,
7.9subdivision 12b.
7.10(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
7.11that is:
7.12(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
7.13malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
7.14beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
7.15(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
7.16capacity of at least 100; and
7.17(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
7.18(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
7.19(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
7.20(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
7.21or more; and
7.22(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
7.23business is bingo.
7.24Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
7.25(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
7.26(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
7.27and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
7.28(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
7.29any other location by the licensed organization.
7.30(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
7.31family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
7.32of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
7.33must have a unique serial number.
8.1(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
8.2in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
8.3organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
8.4(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
8.5presentand register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address
8.6and date of birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10,
8.7an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
8.8player's picture identification card.
8.9(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
8.10 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
8.11349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
8.12(a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three most
8.13expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the selection
8.14of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of additional
8.15prizes must be publicly posted or visibly on display at the event and copies of the complete
8.16prize list made available upon request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section
8.17349.166
may use tickets that contain only the sequential number of the raffle ticket and no
8.18other information if the organization makes a list of prizes, or visibly displays the prizes
8.19at the event, and a statement of other relevant information required by rule available to
8.20persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event and on the date when
8.21the tickets are drawn.
8.22(b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
8.23(1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
8.24(2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
8.25certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
8.26(3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
8.27(4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
8.28event not under the control of the organization;
8.29(5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
8.30(6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
8.31(c) An organization that is permitted under this section and authorized by the
8.32Gambling Control Board to conduct raffles, may conduct a raffle in conjunction with a wild
8.33game or fish taking event. The wild game or fish must be legally taken under chapters 97A
8.34to 97C, and rules adopted pursuant to those chapters. The organization may sell a combined
8.35ticket for a single price for the event and raffle, provided that the combined ticket states
9.1the amount of the price that applies to the wild game or fish event, and the amount that
9.2applies to the raffle. All other provisions of sections 349.11 to 349.23 apply to the raffle.
9.3(c) (d) Methods of selecting winning entries from a raffle other than prescribed in
9.4rule may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
9.5 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.6 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
9.7this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
9.8who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
9.9(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
9.10includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
9.11paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
9.12(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
9.13bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
9.14selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
9.15(d) An organization or lessor employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of
9.16pull-tabs, tipboards, or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly
9.17or indirectly as a player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises.
9.18This restriction is in effect until six weeks after the employee or volunteer is no longer
9.19involved in the conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
9.20(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a tipboard or paddlewheel game that
9.21has no more than 32 chances per game may participate as a player in pull-tab, tipboard,
9.22or paddlewheel games at the same premises, except on the same business day that the
9.23volunteer was involved in the conduct of the games.
9.24(e) (f) An employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of any lawful
9.25gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
9.26any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
9.27 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
9.28amended to read:
9.29 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
9.30must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
9.31separate gambling bank account.
9.32(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
9.33made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
9.34by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
10.1in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
10.2of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
10.3related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
10.4(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
10.5and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
10.6must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
10.7information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
10.8(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
10.9the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
10.10deal, or game from which they are received.
10.11(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
10.12the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.13scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
10.14(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
10.15uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.16scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
10.17(e) Gambling receipts fromall electronic pull-tab games and all linked electronic
10.18bingo games gambling must be recorded on a daily basis and deposited into the gambling
10.19bank accountwithin four business days when the total net receipts from all electronic
10.20games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
10.21immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
10.22occurs first.
10.23(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
10.24each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
10.25(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
10.26same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
10.27 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
10.28amended to read:
10.29 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
10.30organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
10.31identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
10.32identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
10.33winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
10.34or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
11.1 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
11.2pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
11.3driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
11.4sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
11.5retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
11.6 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
11.7pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
11.8organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
11.9sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
11.10(c) (d) The board shall:
11.11 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
11.12by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
11.13the standards; and
11.14 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
11.15from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
11.16registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
11.17pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
11.18 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
11.19 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
11.20organization which receives a copy ofa written audit under subdivision 9, or an audit
11.21or compliance reportprepared by an agency of the state, must place the audit report or
11.22compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
11.23receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
11.24of the organization upon request.
11.25 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.26 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
11.27single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
11.28which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
11.29bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
11.30exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
11.31$3,800 $4,800. A prize may be determined based on the value of the bingo packet sold to
11.32the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
11.33cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
12.1even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game
12.2 and a cover-none game is one in which a player does not cover any numbered spaces to win.
12.3 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
12.4 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
12.5as follows:
12.6(1)for linked bingo games played without electronic bingo devices, an organization
12.7may not contribute to a linked bingo game prize pool more than $300 per linked bingo
12.8game per site;
12.9(2) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, an
12.10organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
12.11premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
12.12(3) (2) no organization may award more than $200 for a linked bingo game
12.13consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
12.14prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
12.15has been won;
12.16(4) (3) for a progressive linked bingo game, if no player declares a valid bingo for
12.17a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
12.18portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
12.19progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
12.20to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
12.21a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
12.22(5) (4) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices,
12.23linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
12.24the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
12.25will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
12.26 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
12.27to read:
12.28 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
12.29hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
12.30 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.31 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
12.32up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
12.33The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
13.1$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
13.2prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
13.3which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
13.4 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349A.13, is amended to read:
13.5349A.13 RESTRICTIONS.
13.6Nothing in this chapter:
13.7(1) authorizes the director to conduct a lottery game or contest the winner or winners
13.8of which are determined by the result of a sporting event other than a horse race conducted
13.9under chapter 240;
13.10(2) authorizes the director to install or operate a lottery device operated by coin or
13.11currency which when operated determines the winner of a game;and
13.12(3) authorizes the director to sell pull-tabs as defined under section349.12,
13.13subdivision 32 .; and
13.14(4) authorizes the director to offer the play of, on an electronic terminal, through a
13.15Web site, or by any other means or device, casino-style games, including but not limited
13.16to blackjack, craps, keno, dice games, roulette, or poker.
13.17 Sec. 26. Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26, is amended to read:
13.18 Sec. 26. REPEALER.
13.19Laws 2012, chapter 235, section 11, is repealed.
13.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
13.21 Sec. 27. STATE LOTTERY; SELF-SERVICE DEVICE AND ONLINE SALES.
13.22(a) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.23lottery tickets through: (1) a self-service device that is part of, shares a display with, or
13.24is adjacent to a retail petroleum dispenser under Minnesota Statutes, section 239.751,
13.25including all contracts related to this activity; and (2) a self-service device that is part of,
13.26shares a display with, or is adjacent to an electronic financial terminal under Minnesota
13.27Statutes, section 47.61, subdivision 3, including all contracts related to this activity. The
13.28suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
13.29(b) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.30instant win lottery tickets through a Web site, including all contracts related to this activity.
13.31The suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
13.32The suspension under this paragraph does not apply to the sale of tickets of a joint lottery
14.1within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 349A.02, subdivision 3, or games
14.2that rely on a drawing to select a winner.
14.3 Sec. 28. REPEALER.
14.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
14.5 Sec. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE.
14.6Sections 1 to 28 are effective the day following final enactment.
1.3changes relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and other
1.4provisions regulating the conduct of lawful gambling; prohibiting director of
1.5state lottery from offering casino-style games; suspending the sale of certain
1.6tickets of the state lottery through a Web site or self-service devices; clarifying
1.7a legislative enactment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12,
1.8subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 349.16, by adding a subdivision;
1.9349.163, by adding subdivisions; 349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions
1.105, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1, 2; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181,
1.11subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision 11; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding
1.12a subdivision; 349A.13; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19,
1.13subdivisions 2, 10; Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26; repealing Minnesota
1.14Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9.
1.15BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.16 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a
1.17subdivision to read:
1.18 Subd. 8a. Continuation raffle. "Continuation raffle" means the selection of winning
1.19entries from previously selected winning entries until a final selection of winning entries is
1.20determined and no additional consideration is required beyond the initial consideration
1.21to enter the raffle. A continuation raffle may be conducted over a period of time but
1.22cannot exceed 12 months.
1.23 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
1.24 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
1.25equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
1.26 (a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
1.27 (1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
2.1 (2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
2.2 (3) jar tickets;
2.3 (4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
2.4 (5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;
2.5 (6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
2.6(7) raffle boards; and
2.7 (8) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
2.8and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
2.9a single game of bingo.
2.10 (b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
2.11 (1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.12 (2) electronic bingo devices;
2.13 (3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.14 (4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.15 (5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.16and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.17 (6) paddle wheels; and
2.18 (7) paddle wheel tables.
2.19 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.20to read:
2.21 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.22awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.23matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.24to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.25bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.26prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.27 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.28to read:
2.29 Subd. 33a. Raffle board. "Raffle board" means a placard with up to 200 squares
2.30whereby participants in the raffle write their names to indicate entry.
2.31 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.32to read:
3.1 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
3.2join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
3.3lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
3.4existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
3.5 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.6to read:
3.7 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
3.8for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
3.9marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
3.10gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
3.11does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
3.12materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
3.13purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
3.14 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.15to read:
3.16 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.17used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.18on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.19inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.20letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.21 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.22to read:
3.23 Subd. 8a. Raffle board standards. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or cause to be
3.24shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any raffle board that does not
3.25have affixed to or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required
3.26by the commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2. A person other
3.27than a manufacturer may not manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a raffle
3.28board as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
3.29 (b) A raffle board sold by a manufacturer for use or resale in Minnesota must have
3.30imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high and one inch wide consisting of an
3.31outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the outline
3.32and must have the serial number of the board imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of
3.33the board in numerals at least one-half inch high.
4.1 (c) A raffle board may not contain more than 200 squares.
4.2 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.3 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
4.4bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
4.5of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
4.6representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
4.7(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
4.8of bingo;
4.9(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
4.10in a distributor;
4.11(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
4.12organization;
4.13(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
4.14from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section
4.15(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
4.16gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
4.17(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
4.18premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
4.19(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
4.20where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
4.21or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
4.22total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
4.23per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
4.24promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
4.25a premises in the lessor's business.
4.26
4.27Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
4.28licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
4.29linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
4.30actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.31 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.32 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
4.33licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
4.34bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
5.1game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
5.2In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
5.3the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
5.4recording system approved by the board.
5.5(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
5.6that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
5.7fiscal year.
5.8(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
5.9must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one having
5.10than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
5.11than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
5.12have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets may
5.13numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
5.14 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.15 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
5.16may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
5.17same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
5.18Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
5.19selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
5.20bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
5.21described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
5.22requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
5.23may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
5.24game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
5.25sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
5.26 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
5.27 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
5.28addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
5.29apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
5.30(a) The permitted premises must be:
5.31(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
5.32malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
5.33beverages under section
6.1(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
6.2capacity of at least 100.
6.3(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
6.4(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.5(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
6.6(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
6.7primary business.
6.8Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.9(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
6.10participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
6.11prescribed by the board.
6.12(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
6.13
6.14birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
6.15is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
6.16identification card.
6.17(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
6.18in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
6.19organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
6.20 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.21 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
6.22tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
6.23or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
6.24The placard serves as the game flare.
6.25(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
6.26
6.27is purchased and opened from a game containing more than
6.28having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
6.29placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
6.30 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
6.31 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
6.32have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,
6.33 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
6.34predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
7.1opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
7.2on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
7.3contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
7.4by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
7.5determined by the use of the seal.
7.6 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.7 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
7.8pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section
7.9subdivision 12b.
7.10(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
7.11that is:
7.12(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
7.13malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
7.14beverages under section
7.15(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
7.16capacity of at least 100; and
7.17(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
7.18(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
7.19(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
7.20(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
7.21or more; and
7.22(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
7.23business is bingo.
7.24Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
7.25(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
7.26(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
7.27and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
7.28(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
7.29any other location by the licensed organization.
7.30(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
7.31family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
7.32of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
7.33must have a unique serial number.
8.1(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
8.2in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
8.3organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
8.4(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
8.5present
8.6
8.7an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
8.8player's picture identification card.
8.9(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
8.10 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
8.11349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
8.12(a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three most
8.13expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the selection
8.14of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of additional
8.15prizes must be publicly posted or visibly on display at the event and copies of the complete
8.16prize list made available upon request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section
8.18other information if the organization makes a list of prizes, or visibly displays the prizes
8.19at the event, and a statement of other relevant information required by rule available to
8.20persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event and on the date when
8.21the tickets are drawn.
8.22(b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
8.23(1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
8.24(2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
8.25certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
8.26(3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
8.27(4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
8.28event not under the control of the organization;
8.29(5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
8.30(6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
8.31(c) An organization that is permitted under this section and authorized by the
8.32Gambling Control Board to conduct raffles, may conduct a raffle in conjunction with a wild
8.33game or fish taking event. The wild game or fish must be legally taken under chapters 97A
8.34to 97C, and rules adopted pursuant to those chapters. The organization may sell a combined
8.35ticket for a single price for the event and raffle, provided that the combined ticket states
9.1the amount of the price that applies to the wild game or fish event, and the amount that
9.2applies to the raffle. All other provisions of sections 349.11 to 349.23 apply to the raffle.
9.3
9.4rule may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
9.5 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.6 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
9.7this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
9.8who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
9.9(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
9.10includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
9.11paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
9.12(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
9.13bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
9.14selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
9.15(d) An organization or lessor employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of
9.16pull-tabs, tipboards, or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly
9.17or indirectly as a player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises.
9.18This restriction is in effect until six weeks after the employee or volunteer is no longer
9.19involved in the conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
9.20(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a tipboard or paddlewheel game that
9.21has no more than 32 chances per game may participate as a player in pull-tab, tipboard,
9.22or paddlewheel games at the same premises, except on the same business day that the
9.23volunteer was involved in the conduct of the games.
9.24
9.25gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
9.26any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
9.27 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
9.28amended to read:
9.29 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
9.30must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
9.31separate gambling bank account.
9.32(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
9.33made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
9.34by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
10.1in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
10.2of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
10.3related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
10.4(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
10.5and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
10.6must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
10.7information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
10.8(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
10.9the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
10.10deal, or game from which they are received.
10.11(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
10.12the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.13scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
10.14(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
10.15uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.16scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
10.17(e) Gambling receipts from
10.18
10.19bank account
10.20games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
10.21immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
10.22occurs first.
10.23(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
10.24each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
10.25(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
10.26same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
10.27 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
10.28amended to read:
10.29 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
10.30organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
10.31identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
10.32identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
10.33winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
10.34or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
11.1 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
11.2pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
11.3driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
11.4sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
11.5retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
11.6 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
11.7pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
11.8organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
11.9sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
11.10
11.11 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
11.12by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
11.13the standards; and
11.14 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
11.15from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
11.16registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
11.17pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
11.18 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
11.19 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
11.20organization which receives a copy of
11.21or compliance report
11.22compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
11.23receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
11.24of the organization upon request.
11.25 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.26 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
11.27single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
11.28which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
11.29bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
11.30exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
11.31
11.32the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
11.33cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
12.1even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game
12.2 and a cover-none game is one in which a player does not cover any numbered spaces to win.
12.3 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
12.4 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
12.5as follows:
12.6(1)
12.7
12.8
12.9
12.10organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
12.11premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
12.12
12.13consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
12.14prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
12.15has been won;
12.16
12.17a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
12.18portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
12.19progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
12.20to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
12.21a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
12.22
12.23linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
12.24the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
12.25will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
12.26 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
12.27to read:
12.28 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
12.29hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
12.30 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.31 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
12.32up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
12.33The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
13.1$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
13.2prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
13.3which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
13.4 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349A.13, is amended to read:
13.5349A.13 RESTRICTIONS.
13.6Nothing in this chapter:
13.7(1) authorizes the director to conduct a lottery game or contest the winner or winners
13.8of which are determined by the result of a sporting event other than a horse race conducted
13.9under chapter 240;
13.10(2) authorizes the director to install or operate a lottery device operated by coin or
13.11currency which when operated determines the winner of a game;
13.12(3) authorizes the director to sell pull-tabs as defined under section
13.13subdivision 32
13.14(4) authorizes the director to offer the play of, on an electronic terminal, through a
13.15Web site, or by any other means or device, casino-style games, including but not limited
13.16to blackjack, craps, keno, dice games, roulette, or poker.
13.17 Sec. 26. Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26, is amended to read:
13.18 Sec. 26. REPEALER.
13.19Laws 2012, chapter 235, section 11, is repealed.
13.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
13.21 Sec. 27. STATE LOTTERY; SELF-SERVICE DEVICE AND ONLINE SALES.
13.22(a) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.23lottery tickets through: (1) a self-service device that is part of, shares a display with, or
13.24is adjacent to a retail petroleum dispenser under Minnesota Statutes, section 239.751,
13.25including all contracts related to this activity; and (2) a self-service device that is part of,
13.26shares a display with, or is adjacent to an electronic financial terminal under Minnesota
13.27Statutes, section 47.61, subdivision 3, including all contracts related to this activity. The
13.28suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
13.29(b) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.30instant win lottery tickets through a Web site, including all contracts related to this activity.
13.31The suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
13.32The suspension under this paragraph does not apply to the sale of tickets of a joint lottery
14.1within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 349A.02, subdivision 3, or games
14.2that rely on a drawing to select a winner.
14.3 Sec. 28. REPEALER.
14.4Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
14.5 Sec. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE.
14.6Sections 1 to 28 are effective the day following final enactment.
