Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 563 > Subchapter I – General Provisions and Definitions
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- 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. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Bingo occasion: means a single gathering or session at which a series of successive bingo games is played. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- 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. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Calendar: means a table or register of days covering not less than one nor more than 12 calendar months that entitles the purchaser to one entry in each drawing in a calendar raffle. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Calendar raffle: means a raffle for which a drawing is held and a prize awarded on each date specified in a calendar. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Department: means the department of administration. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Division of gaming: means the division of gaming in the department. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Drawing: means any of the following methods for determining a winner of a game of chance:
(a) Random selection of a ticket portion or calendar portion from a container housing portions of all tickets or calendars purchased for the selection. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller. Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01 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. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03 Licensed organization: means an organization licensed under this chapter to conduct bingo. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03 Person: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01 Raffle: means a game of chance for which tickets or calendars are sold and one or more drawings for prizes are held, but does not include a savings promotion program under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03 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. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03 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. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03 Special bingo game: means any bingo game which is not a regular bingo game and which is played with special bingo cards. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03 State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01 Ticket: means an instrument that entitles the purchaser to one entry in a raffle other than a calendar raffle. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03 Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01