(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the authority to conduct the activity authorized by this chapter is contingent upon the dedication of the net proceeds of the charitable gaming activity to the awarding of prizes to contestants or participants and to political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses in the state. In this subsection, “political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses” means uses benefiting persons either by bringing them under the influence of education or religion or relieving them from disease, suffering, or constraint, or by assisting them in establishing themselves in life, or by providing for the promotion of the welfare and well-being of the membership of the organization within their own community, or through aiding candidates for public office or groups that support candidates for public office, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or lessening the burden on government, but does not include

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 05.15.150

  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) the direct or indirect payment of any portion of the net proceeds of a bingo or pull-tab game to a lobbyist registered under Alaska Stat. Chapter 24.45;
(2) the erection, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or repair of real, personal, or mixed property unless it is used exclusively for one or more of the permitted uses; or
(3) the direct or indirect payment of any portion of the net proceeds of a charitable gaming activity, except the proceeds of a raffle and lottery that are not derived from online ticket sales under Alaska Stat. § 05.15.640 (d),

(A) to aid candidates for public office or groups that support or oppose candidates for public office;
(B) to a political party or to an organization affiliated with a political party; or
(C) to a group, as that term is defined in Alaska Stat. § 15.13.400, or a political group, as that term is defined in Alaska Stat. Chapter 15.80, that seeks to influence the outcome of an election.
(b) The net proceeds derived from the activity must be devoted within one year to one or more of the uses stated in (a) or (c) of this section. A municipality or qualified organization desiring to hold the net proceeds for a period longer than one year must apply to the department for special permission and upon good cause shown the department may grant the request.
(c)[Repealed effective 7/1/2023] A permittee, operator, or holder of a multiple-beneficiary permit conducting a charitable gaming activity authorized by this chapter may use proceeds from the charitable gaming activity for use outside the state if the proceeds are used for humanitarian aid to benefit the people of a country that has been invaded by another country.
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