563.03(5m)

(5m) “Division of gaming” means the division of gaming in the department.

563.03(12e)

(12e) “Proper and legitimate expenditure” means an expenditure made by an organization for any of the following:

563.03(11)

(11) “Premises” means any room, hall, enclosure, tent or outdoor area in which bingo is being played.

563.03(5)

(5) “Department” means the department of administration.

563.03(6)

(6) “Extra regular card” means a nondisposable card which affords additional opportunities to play in a regular bingo game to be played at a bingo occasion.

563.03(9)

(9) “Licensed organization” means an organization licensed under this chapter to conduct bingo.

563.03(1)

(1) “Adult family home” has the meaning given in § 50.01 (1).

563.03(12e)(a)

(a) Any purpose for which the organization is organized.

563.03(12m)

(12m) “Raffle” means a game of chance in which tickets or calendars are sold and a drawing for prizes is held.

563.03

563.03 Definitions. In this chapter:

563.03(2)

(2) “Bingo occasion” means a single gathering or session at which a series of successive bingo games is played.

563.03(4m)

(4m) “Calendar raffle” means a raffle for which a drawing is held and a prize awarded on each date specified in a calendar.

563.03(1m)

(1m) “Bingo” means a game of chance in which players pay a consideration in order to participate, in which 75 numbered objects are available for selection, and those objects actually selected are selected on a random basis, and in which each player participates by means of cards sold, rented or used only at the time and place of the game, each card containing 5 rows of 5 spaces each, each space printed with a number from 1 to 75, except the central space, which is marked “FREE”. Winners are determined and prizes awarded on the basis of possessing a bingo card on which some combination of numbers are printed and conform to the numbered objects selected at random based on a predetermined winning arrangement. “Bingo” as used in this chapter shall not mean any game using free cards and donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by participants.

563.03(3)

(3) “Bingo supplies and equipment” means all cards, boards, sheets, markers, pads or other supplies, devices or equipment designed for use in the play of bingo.

563.03(4e)

(4e) “Calendar” means a tabular register of days covering not less than one nor more than 12 calendar months that is used or intended to be used for a calendar raffle.

563.03(4s)

(4s) “Community-based residential facility” has the meaning given in § 50.01 (1g).

563.03(6m)

(6m) “Gambling place” has the meaning designated in § 945.01 (4)(a).

563.03(7)

(7) “Gross receipts” means total receipts received from the conduct of bingo including, but not limited to, receipts from the sale, rental or use of regular bingo cards, extra regular cards, special bingo cards and bingo supplies.

563.03(10)

(10) “Limited period bingo” means the conduct of bingo for a period of not more than 4 out of 5 consecutive days in any one year at a festival, bazaar, picnic, carnival or similar special function conducted by a licensed organization.

563.03(12)

(12) “Profit” means the gross receipts collected from one or more bingo occasions, less reasonable sums necessarily and actually expended for bingo supplies and equipment, prizes, utilities, license fees and taxes.

563.03(12c)

(12c) “Progressive jackpot bingo” means a series of bingo games in which the prize is carried over to the succeeding game if no player wins a game within a specified number of calls.

563.03(12e)(b)

(b) The advancement, improvement or benefit of the organization, if the amount of the expenditure does not exceed the fair market value of the advancement, improvement or benefit.

563.03(13)

(13) “Regular bingo card” means a nondisposable card issued to a person upon payment of the admission fee which affords a person the opportunity to participate in all regular games played at a bingo occasion.

563.03(14)

(14) “Regular bingo game” means a bingo game in which a person, upon payment of an admission, is issued a regular bingo card and may purchase or rent extra regular cards.

563.03(14t)

(14t) “Senior citizen community center” means a public place in which recreational or social activities are made available primarily to individuals who are 55 years of age or older.

563.03(15)

(15) “Special bingo card” means a disposable, specially marked bingo card which affords a person the opportunity to participate in a special bingo game to be played at a bingo occasion.

563.03(16)

(16) “Special bingo game” means any bingo game which is not a regular bingo game and which is played with special bingo cards.