Minnesota Legislature
SF 2642
Conference Committee Report - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 05/15/2014 11:14pm
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 2642
1.3relating to gambling; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes
1.4relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and regulatory provisions;
1.5prohibiting sale of lottery tickets online and at play at the pump devices;
1.6amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12, subdivision 18, by adding
1.7subdivisions; 349.16, by adding a subdivision; 349.163, by adding subdivisions;
1.8349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions 5, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1,
1.92; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181, subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision
1.1011; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding a subdivision; 349A.13; Minnesota
1.11Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivisions 2, 10; repealing
1.12Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9.
1.13May 15, 2014
1.14The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
1.15President of the Senate
1.16The Honorable Paul Thissen
1.17Speaker of the House of Representatives
1.18We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 2642 report that we have agreed upon
1.19the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
1.20That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 2642 be further
1.21amended as follows:
1.22Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.23 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a
1.24subdivision to read:
1.25 Subd. 8a. Continuation raffle. "Continuation raffle" means the selection of winning
1.26entries from previously selected winning entries until a final selection of winning entries is
1.27determined and no additional consideration is required beyond the initial consideration
1.28to enter the raffle. A continuation raffle may be conducted over a period of time but
1.29cannot exceed 12 months.
1.30 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
2.1 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
2.2equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
2.3 (a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
2.4 (1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
2.5 (2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
2.6 (3) jar tickets;
2.7 (4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
2.8 (5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;and
2.9 (6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
2.10(7) raffle boards; and
2.11 (8) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
2.12and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
2.13a single game of bingo.
2.14 (b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
2.15 (1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.16 (2) electronic bingo devices;
2.17 (3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.18 (4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.19 (5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.20and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.21 (6) paddle wheels; and
2.22 (7) paddle wheel tables.
2.23 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.24to read:
2.25 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.26awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.27matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.28to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.29bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.30prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.31 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.32to read:
2.33 Subd. 33a. Raffle board. "Raffle board" means a placard with up to 200 squares
2.34whereby participants in the raffle write their names to indicate entry.
3.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.2to read:
3.3 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
3.4join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
3.5lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
3.6existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
3.7 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.8to read:
3.9 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
3.10for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
3.11marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
3.12gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
3.13does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
3.14materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
3.15purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
3.16 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.17to read:
3.18 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.19used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.20on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.21inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.22letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.23 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.24to read:
3.25 Subd. 8a. Raffle board standards. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or cause to be
3.26shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any raffle board that does not
3.27have affixed to or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required
3.28by the commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2. A person other
3.29than a manufacturer may not manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a raffle
3.30board as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
3.31 (b) A raffle board sold by a manufacturer for use or resale in Minnesota must have
3.32imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high and one inch wide consisting of an
3.33outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the outline
4.1and must have the serial number of the board imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of
4.2the board in numerals at least one-half inch high.
4.3 (c) A raffle board may not contain more than 200 squares.
4.4 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.5 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
4.6bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
4.7of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
4.8representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
4.9(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
4.10of bingo;
4.11(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
4.12in a distributor;
4.13(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
4.14organization;
4.15(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
4.16from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section349.163 ;
4.17(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
4.18gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
4.19(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
4.20premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
4.21(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
4.22where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
4.23or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
4.24total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
4.25per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
4.26promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
4.27a premises in the lessor's business.
4.28(b) (c) Employees of the board and the Division of Alcohol and Gambling
4.29Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
4.30licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
4.31linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
4.32actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.33 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
5.1 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
5.2licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
5.3bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
5.4game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
5.5In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
5.6the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
5.7recording system approved by the board.
5.8(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
5.9that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
5.10fiscal year.
5.11(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
5.12must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one havingfive not more
5.13than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
5.14than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
5.15have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets mayalso have
5.16numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
5.17 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.18 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
5.19may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
5.20same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
5.21Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
5.22selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
5.23bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
5.24described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
5.25requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
5.26may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
5.27game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
5.28sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
5.29 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
5.30 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
5.31addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
5.32apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
5.33(a) The permitted premises must be:
6.1(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
6.2malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
6.3beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
6.4(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
6.5capacity of at least 100.
6.6(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
6.7(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.8(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
6.9(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
6.10primary business.
6.11Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.12(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
6.13participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
6.14prescribed by the board.
6.15(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
6.16and register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address and date of
6.17birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
6.18is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
6.19identification card.
6.20(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
6.21in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
6.22organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
6.23 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.24 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
6.25tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
6.26or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
6.27The placard serves as the game flare.
6.28(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
6.29conceals conceal the winning number numbers or symbol symbols. When a tipboard ticket
6.30is purchased and opened from a game containing more than32 100 tickets, each player
6.31having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
6.32placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
6.33 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.1 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
7.2have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,the
7.3 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
7.4predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
7.5opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
7.6on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
7.7contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
7.8by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
7.9determined by the use of the seal.
7.10 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.11 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
7.12pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section349.12 ,
7.13subdivision 12b.
7.14(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
7.15that is:
7.16(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
7.17malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
7.18beverages under section340A.405, subdivision 1 ; or
7.19(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
7.20capacity of at least 100; and
7.21(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
7.22(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
7.23(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
7.24(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
7.25or more; and
7.26(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
7.27business is bingo.
7.28Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
7.29(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
7.30(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
7.31and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
7.32(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
7.33any other location by the licensed organization.
7.34(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
7.35family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
8.1of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
8.2must have a unique serial number.
8.3(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
8.4in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
8.5organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
8.6(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
8.7presentand register a valid picture identification card that includes the player's address
8.8and date of birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10,
8.9an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
8.10player's picture identification card.
8.11(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
8.12 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
8.13349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
8.14(a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three most
8.15expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the selection
8.16of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of additional
8.17prizes must be publicly posted or visibly on display at the event and copies of the complete
8.18prize list made available upon request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section
8.19349.166
may use tickets that contain only the sequential number of the raffle ticket and no
8.20other information if the organization makes a list of prizes, or visibly displays the prizes
8.21at the event, and a statement of other relevant information required by rule available to
8.22persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event and on the date when
8.23the tickets are drawn.
8.24(b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
8.25(1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
8.26(2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
8.27certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
8.28(3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
8.29(4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
8.30event not under the control of the organization;
8.31(5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
8.32(6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
8.33(c) An organization that is permitted under this section and authorized by the
8.34Gambling Control Board to conduct raffles, may conduct a raffle in conjunction with a wild
8.35game or fish taking event. The wild game or fish must be legally taken under chapters 97A
9.1to 97C, and rules adopted pursuant to those chapters. The organization may sell a combined
9.2ticket for a single price for the event and raffle, provided that the combined ticket states
9.3the amount of the price that applies to the wild game or fish event, and the amount that
9.4applies to the raffle. All other provisions of sections 349.11 to 349.23 apply to the raffle.
9.5(c) (d) Methods of selecting winning entries from a raffle other than prescribed in
9.6rule may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
9.7 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.8 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
9.9this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
9.10who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
9.11(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
9.12includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
9.13paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
9.14(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
9.15bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
9.16selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
9.17(d) An organization or lessor employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of
9.18pull-tabs, tipboards, or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly
9.19or indirectly as a player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises.
9.20This restriction is in effect until six weeks after the employee or volunteer is no longer
9.21involved in the conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
9.22(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a tipboard or paddlewheel game that
9.23has no more than 32 chances per game may participate as a player in pull-tab, tipboard,
9.24or paddlewheel games at the same premises, except on the same business day that the
9.25volunteer was involved in the conduct of the games.
9.26(e) (f) An employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of any lawful
9.27gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
9.28any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
9.29 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
9.30amended to read:
9.31 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
9.32must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
9.33separate gambling bank account.
10.1(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
10.2made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
10.3by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
10.4in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
10.5of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
10.6related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
10.7(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
10.8and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
10.9must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
10.10information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
10.11(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
10.12the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
10.13deal, or game from which they are received.
10.14(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
10.15the deal is sold 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 pull-tabs.
10.17(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
10.18uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.19scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
10.20(e) Gambling receipts fromall electronic pull-tab games and all linked electronic
10.21bingo games gambling must be recorded on a daily basis and deposited into the gambling
10.22bank accountwithin four business days when the total net receipts from all electronic
10.23games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
10.24immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
10.25occurs first.
10.26(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
10.27each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
10.28(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
10.29same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
10.30 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
10.31amended to read:
10.32 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
10.33organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
10.34identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
10.35identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
11.1winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
11.2or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
11.3 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
11.4pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
11.5driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
11.6sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
11.7retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
11.8 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
11.9pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
11.10organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
11.11sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
11.12(c) (d) The board shall:
11.13 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
11.14by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
11.15the standards; and
11.16 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
11.17from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
11.18registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
11.19pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
11.20 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
11.21 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
11.22organization which receives a copy ofa written audit under subdivision 9, or an audit
11.23or compliance reportprepared by an agency of the state, must place the audit report or
11.24compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
11.25receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
11.26of the organization upon request.
11.27 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.28 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
11.29single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
11.30which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
11.31bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
11.32exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
11.33$3,800 $4,800. A prize may be determined based on the value of the bingo packet sold to
11.34the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
12.1cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
12.2even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game
12.3 and a cover-none game is one in which a player does not cover any numbered spaces to win.
12.4 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
12.5 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
12.6as follows:
12.7(1)for linked bingo games played without electronic bingo devices, an organization
12.8may not contribute to a linked bingo game prize pool more than $300 per linked bingo
12.9game per site;
12.10(2) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices, an
12.11organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
12.12premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
12.13(3) (2) no organization may award more than $200 for a linked bingo game
12.14consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
12.15prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
12.16has been won;
12.17(4) (3) for a progressive linked bingo game, if no player declares a valid bingo for
12.18a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
12.19portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
12.20progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
12.21to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
12.22a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
12.23(5) (4) for linked bingo games played exclusively with electronic bingo devices,
12.24linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
12.25the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
12.26will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
12.27 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
12.28to read:
12.29 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
12.30hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
12.31 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.32 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
12.33up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
13.1The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
13.2$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
13.3prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
13.4which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
13.5 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349A.13, is amended to read:
13.6349A.13 RESTRICTIONS.
13.7Nothing in this chapter:
13.8(1) authorizes the director to conduct a lottery game or contest the winner or winners
13.9of which are determined by the result of a sporting event other than a horse race conducted
13.10under chapter 240;
13.11(2) authorizes the director to install or operate a lottery device operated by coin or
13.12currency which when operated determines the winner of a game;and
13.13(3) authorizes the director to sell pull-tabs as defined under section349.12,
13.14subdivision 32 .; and
13.15(4) authorizes the director to offer the play of, on an electronic terminal, through a
13.16Web site, or by any other means or device, casino-style games, including but not limited
13.17to blackjack, craps, keno, dice games, roulette, or poker.
13.18 Sec. 26. Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26, is amended to read:
13.19 Sec. 26. REPEALER.
13.20Laws 2012, chapter 235, section 11, is repealed.
13.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
13.22 Sec. 27. STATE LOTTERY; SELF-SERVICE DEVICE AND ONLINE SALES.
13.23(a) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.24lottery tickets through: (1) a self-service device that is part of, shares a display with, or
13.25is adjacent to a retail petroleum dispenser under Minnesota Statutes, section 239.751,
13.26including all contracts related to this activity; and (2) a self-service device that is part of,
13.27shares a display with, or is adjacent to an electronic financial terminal under Minnesota
13.28Statutes, section 47.61, subdivision 3, including all contracts related to this activity. The
13.29suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
13.30(b) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.31instant win lottery tickets through a Web site, including all contracts related to this activity.
13.32The suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
14.1The suspension under this paragraph does not apply to the sale of tickets of a joint lottery
14.2within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 349A.02, subdivision 3, or games
14.3that rely on a drawing to select a winner.
14.4 Sec. 28. REPEALER.
14.5Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
14.6 Sec. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE.
14.7Sections 1 to 28 are effective the day following final enactment."
14.8Delete the title and insert:
14.10relating to regulated industries; making clarifying, conforming, and technical
14.11changes relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and other
14.12provisions regulating the conduct of lawful gambling; prohibiting director of
14.13state lottery from offering casino-style games; suspending the sale of certain
14.14tickets of the state lottery through a Web site or self-service devices; clarifying
14.15a legislative enactment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12,
14.16subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 349.16, by adding a subdivision;
14.17349.163, by adding subdivisions; 349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions
14.185, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1, 2; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181,
14.19subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision 11; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding
14.20a subdivision; 349A.13; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19,
14.21subdivisions 2, 10; Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26; repealing Minnesota
14.22Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9."
1.3relating to gambling; making clarifying, conforming, and technical changes
1.4relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and regulatory provisions;
1.5prohibiting sale of lottery tickets online and at play at the pump devices;
1.6amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12, subdivision 18, by adding
1.7subdivisions; 349.16, by adding a subdivision; 349.163, by adding subdivisions;
1.8349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions 5, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1,
1.92; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181, subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision
1.1011; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding a subdivision; 349A.13; Minnesota
1.11Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivisions 2, 10; repealing
1.12Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9.
1.13May 15, 2014
1.14The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
1.15President of the Senate
1.16The Honorable Paul Thissen
1.17Speaker of the House of Representatives
1.18We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 2642 report that we have agreed upon
1.19the items in dispute and recommend as follows:
1.20That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 2642 be further
1.21amended as follows:
1.22Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.23 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a
1.24subdivision to read:
1.25 Subd. 8a. Continuation raffle. "Continuation raffle" means the selection of winning
1.26entries from previously selected winning entries until a final selection of winning entries is
1.27determined and no additional consideration is required beyond the initial consideration
1.28to enter the raffle. A continuation raffle may be conducted over a period of time but
1.29cannot exceed 12 months.
1.30 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
2.1 Subd. 18. Gambling equipment. "Gambling equipment" means gambling
2.2equipment that is either disposable or permanent gambling equipment.
2.3 (a) Disposable gambling equipment includes the following:
2.4 (1) bingo hard cards or paper sheets, including linked bingo paper sheets;
2.5 (2) paper and electronic pull-tabs;
2.6 (3) jar tickets;
2.7 (4) paddle tickets and paddle ticket cards;
2.8 (5) tipboards and tipboard tickets;
2.9 (6) promotional tickets that mimic a pull-tab or tipboard;
2.10(7) raffle boards; and
2.11 (8) a disposable sealed placard, containing all 75 randomly placed bingo letter
2.12and number combinations, that, when opened, is used to select the bingo numbers in
2.13a single game of bingo.
2.14 (b) Permanent gambling equipment includes the following:
2.15 (1) devices for selecting bingo numbers;
2.16 (2) electronic bingo devices;
2.17 (3) electronic pull-tab devices;
2.18 (4) pull-tab dispensing devices;
2.19 (5) programmable electronic devices that have no effect on the outcome of a game
2.20and are used to provide a visual or auditory enhancement of a game;
2.21 (6) paddle wheels; and
2.22 (7) paddle wheel tables.
2.23 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.24to read:
2.25 Subd. 21a. Hot-ball bingo prize. "Hot-ball bingo prize" is an additional prize
2.26awarded to a winning bingo face for which the last bingo number called in the bingo game
2.27matches a previously designated bingo number announced to all players immediately prior
2.28to the beginning of the bingo game or the bingo occasion. All players participating in a
2.29bingo game that offers a hot-ball bingo prize must be eligible to win the hot-ball bingo
2.30prize at no additional cost to the player.
2.31 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.32to read:
2.33 Subd. 33a. Raffle board. "Raffle board" means a placard with up to 200 squares
2.34whereby participants in the raffle write their names to indicate entry.
3.1 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.16, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.2to read:
3.3 Subd. 2a. Merged organizations. If two or more organizations merge or otherwise
3.4join together to form a new organization and at least one of the organizations has an active
3.5lawful gambling license, the board shall consider the new organization to have been in
3.6existence for the most recent three years if all other requirements of subdivision 2 are met.
3.7 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.8to read:
3.9 Subd. 3a. Promotional materials. A manufacturer may provide to an organization
3.10for use at a premises where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization,
3.11marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful
3.12gambling, provided the total value of the items or materials provided to the organization
3.13does not exceed $250 per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and
3.14materials used for the promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally
3.15purchased by the lessor of a premises in the lessor's business.
3.16 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.17to read:
3.18 Subd. 5a. Disposable sealed placard requirements. A disposable sealed placard
3.19used for the selection of bingo numbers in a bingo game in this state must have imprinted
3.20on it a unique serial and form number and a symbol that is at least one inch high and one
3.21inch wide consisting of an outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the
3.22letters "MN" inside the outline.
3.23 Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.163, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.24to read:
3.25 Subd. 8a. Raffle board standards. (a) A manufacturer may not ship or cause to be
3.26shipped into this state or sell for use or resale in this state any raffle board that does not
3.27have affixed to or imprinted at the bottom a bar code that provides all information required
3.28by the commissioner of revenue under section 297E.04, subdivision 2. A person other
3.29than a manufacturer may not manufacture, alter, modify, or otherwise change a raffle
3.30board as allowed by this chapter or board rules.
3.31 (b) A raffle board sold by a manufacturer for use or resale in Minnesota must have
3.32imprinted on it a symbol that is at least one inch high and one inch wide consisting of an
3.33outline of the geographic boundaries of Minnesota with the letters "MN" inside the outline
4.1and must have the serial number of the board imprinted on the bar code at the bottom of
4.2the board in numerals at least one-half inch high.
4.3 (c) A raffle board may not contain more than 200 squares.
4.4 Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.5 Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) Except for services associated exclusively with a linked
4.6bingo game, a linked bingo game provider may not participate or assist in the conduct
4.7of lawful gambling by an organization. No linked bingo game provider or employee,
4.8representative, agent, affiliate, or other employee of a linked bingo game provider may:
4.9(1) hold any financial or managerial interest in a premises leased for the conduct
4.10of bingo;
4.11(2) also be licensed as a distributor or hold any financial or managerial interest
4.12in a distributor;
4.13(3) sell or lease linked bingo game equipment to any person not licensed as an
4.14organization;
4.15(4) purchase gambling equipment to be used exclusively in a linked bingo game
4.16from any person not licensed as a manufacturer under section
4.17(5) provide a lessor of gambling premises or an appointed official any compensation,
4.18gift, gratuity, premium, or contribution; and
4.19(6) provide an employee or agent of the organization any compensation, gift, gratuity,
4.20premium, or other thing of value greater than $25 per organization in a calendar year.
4.21(b) A linked bingo provider may provide to an organization for use at a premises
4.22where lawful gambling is conducted by the licensed organization, marketing, promotional,
4.23or point-of-sale items or materials for the promotion of lawful gambling, provided the
4.24total value of the items or materials provided to the organization does not exceed $250
4.25per year. Any marketing, promotional, or point-of-sale items and materials used for the
4.26promotion of lawful gambling may not include items normally purchased by the lessor of
4.27a premises in the lessor's business.
4.28
4.29Enforcement may inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of a
4.30licensed linked bingo game provider without notice during the normal business hours of the
4.31linked bingo game provider. The board may charge a linked bingo game provider for the
4.32actual cost of conducting scheduled or unscheduled inspections of the licensee's facilities.
4.33 Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
5.1 Subd. 5. Bingo cards and sheets. (a) The board shall by rule require that all
5.2licensed organizations: (1) conduct bingo only using a bingo paper sheet or facsimile of a
5.3bingo face that bears an individual number recorded by the distributor or linked bingo
5.4game provider; and (2) use each bingo paper sheet for no more than one bingo occasion.
5.5In lieu of the requirements of clause (2), a licensed organization may electronically record
5.6the sale of each bingo hard card or paper sheet at each bingo occasion using an electronic
5.7recording system approved by the board.
5.8(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) shall only apply to a licensed organization
5.9that received gross receipts from bingo in excess of $150,000 in the organization's last
5.10fiscal year.
5.11(c) Each bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet
5.12must have five horizontal rows of spaces with each row except one having
5.13than two numbers in each space. The center row must have four spaces with not more
5.14than two numbers in each space and the center space marked "free." Each column must
5.15have one of the letters B-I-N-G-O in order at the top. Bingo paper sheets may
5.16numbers that are not preprinted but are filled in by players.
5.17 Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
5.18 Subd. 6. Conduct of bingo. The price of a face played on an electronic bingo device
5.19may not be less than the price of a face on a bingo paper sheet sold for the same game at the
5.20same occasion. A game of bingo begins with the first letter and number called or displayed.
5.21Each player must cover, mark, or activate the numbers when bingo numbers are randomly
5.22selected and announced or displayed to the players. The game is won when a player, using
5.23bingo paper, bingo hard card, or a facsimile of a bingo paper sheet, has completed, as
5.24described in the bingo program, a previously designated pattern or previously determined
5.25requirements of the game and declared bingo. A bingo pattern or bingo game requirement
5.26may not be completed with fewer than three bingo numbers having been drawn, unless the
5.27game being played is a cover-none game. The game is completed when a winning card,
5.28sheet, or facsimile is verified and a prize awarded pursuant to subdivision 3.
5.29 Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
5.30 Subd. 9. Linked bingo games played exclusively on electronic bingo devices. In
5.31addition to the requirements of subdivision 8, the following requirements and restrictions
5.32apply when linked bingo games are played exclusively on electronic bingo devices.
5.33(a) The permitted premises must be:
6.1(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
6.2malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
6.3beverages under section
6.4(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
6.5capacity of at least 100.
6.6(b) The number of electronic bingo devices is limited to:
6.7(1) no more than six devices in play for permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
6.8(2) no more than 12 devices in play for permitted premises with 201 seats or more; and
6.9(3) no more than 50 devices in play for permitted premises where bingo is the
6.10primary business.
6.11Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
6.12(c) Prior to a bingo occasion, the linked bingo game provider, on behalf of the
6.13participating organizations, must provide to the board a bingo program in a format
6.14prescribed by the board.
6.15(d) Before participating in the play of a linked bingo game, a player must present
6.16
6.17birth. Except for prize receipts required by section 349.19, subdivision 10, an organization
6.18is not required to register or retain any information contained on the player's picture
6.19identification card.
6.20(e) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
6.21in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
6.22organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
6.23 Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.24 Subdivision 1. Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only
6.25tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows,
6.26or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play.
6.27The placard serves as the game flare.
6.28(b) Except for a sports-themed tipboard, the placard must contain a seal or seals that
6.29
6.30is purchased and opened from a game containing more than
6.31having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols must sign the
6.32placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.
6.33 Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
7.1 Subd. 2. Determination of winners. When the predesignated numbers or symbols
7.2have all been purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold,
7.3 a seal must be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the
7.4predesignated numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. The seal must be
7.5opened by an employee or volunteer of the organization, but if there is more than one seal
7.6on the placard, the eligible player may select which seal is opened. A tipboard may also
7.7contain consolation winners, or winning chances that are determined in whole or in part
7.8by the numerical outcome of one or more professional sporting events, that need not be
7.9determined by the use of the seal.
7.10 Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1721, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
7.11 Subd. 4. Electronic pull-tab device requirements and restrictions. The following
7.12pertain to the use of electronic pull-tab devices as defined under section
7.13subdivision 12b.
7.14(a) The use of any electronic pull-tab device may only be at a permitted premises
7.15that is:
7.16(1) a premises licensed for the on-sale or off-sale of intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent
7.17malt beverages, except for a general food store or drug store permitted to sell alcoholic
7.18beverages under section
7.19(2) a premises where bingo is conducted as the primary business and has a seating
7.20capacity of at least 100; and
7.21(3) where the licensed organization sells paper pull-tabs.
7.22(b) The number of electronic pull-tab devices is limited to:
7.23(1) no more than six devices in play at any permitted premises with 200 seats or less;
7.24(2) no more than 12 devices in play at any permitted premises with 201 seats
7.25or more; and
7.26(3) no more than 50 devices in play at any permitted premises where the primary
7.27business is bingo.
7.28Seating capacity is determined as specified under the local fire code.
7.29(c) The hours of operation for the devices are limited to 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m.
7.30(d) All electronic pull-tab games must be sold and played on the permitted premises
7.31and may not be linked to other permitted premises.
7.32(e) Electronic pull-tab games may not be transferred electronically or otherwise to
7.33any other location by the licensed organization.
7.34(f) Electronic pull-tab games may be commingled if the games are from the same
7.35family of games and manufacturer and contain the same game name, form number, type
8.1of game, ticket count, prize amounts, and prize denominations. Each commingled game
8.2must have a unique serial number.
8.3(g) An organization may remove from play a device that a player has not maintained
8.4in an activated mode for a specified period of time determined by the organization. The
8.5organization must provide the notice in its house rules.
8.6(h) Before participating in the play of an electronic pull-tab game, a player must
8.7present
8.8
8.9an organization is not required to register or retain any information contained on the
8.10player's picture identification card.
8.11(i) Each player is limited to the use of one device at a time.
8.12 Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.173, is amended to read:
8.13349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES.
8.14(a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three most
8.15expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the selection
8.16of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete list of additional
8.17prizes must be publicly posted or visibly on display at the event and copies of the complete
8.18prize list made available upon request. Raffles conducted under the exemptions in section
8.20other information if the organization makes a list of prizes, or visibly displays the prizes
8.21at the event, and a statement of other relevant information required by rule available to
8.22persons purchasing tickets and if tickets are only sold at the event and on the date when
8.23the tickets are drawn.
8.24(b) Raffles must be conducted in a manner that ensures:
8.25(1) all entries in the raffle have an equal chance of selection;
8.26(2) entry in the raffle is not conditioned upon any other purchase, except that a
8.27certificate of participation may be a button with a nominal value of less than $5;
8.28(3) the method of selection is conducted in a public forum;
8.29(4) the method of selection cannot be manipulated or based on the outcome of an
8.30event not under the control of the organization;
8.31(5) physical presence at the raffle is not a requirement to win; and
8.32(6) all sold and unsold tickets or certificates of participation are accounted for.
8.33(c) An organization that is permitted under this section and authorized by the
8.34Gambling Control Board to conduct raffles, may conduct a raffle in conjunction with a wild
8.35game or fish taking event. The wild game or fish must be legally taken under chapters 97A
9.1to 97C, and rules adopted pursuant to those chapters. The organization may sell a combined
9.2ticket for a single price for the event and raffle, provided that the combined ticket states
9.3the amount of the price that applies to the wild game or fish event, and the amount that
9.4applies to the raffle. All other provisions of sections 349.11 to 349.23 apply to the raffle.
9.5
9.6rule may be used with the prior written approval of the board.
9.7 Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.181, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.8 Subd. 3. Organization and lessor employees and volunteers. (a) For purposes of
9.9this section, "volunteer" means a person who is not compensated by an organization but
9.10who performs activities in the conduct of lawful gambling for that organization.
9.11(b) For purposes of this section, "conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels"
9.12includes selling tickets, redeeming tickets, auditing games, making deposits, spinning the
9.13paddlewheel, and conducting inventory.
9.14(c) For purposes of this section, "conduct of bingo" includes selling bingo hard cards,
9.15bingo paper sheets, or facsimiles of bingo paper sheets; completing bingo occasion records;
9.16selecting or announcing bingo numbers; making deposits; and conducting inventory.
9.17(d) An organization or lessor employee or volunteer who is involved in the conduct of
9.18pull-tabs, tipboards, or paddlewheels at a permitted premises may not participate directly
9.19or indirectly as a player in a pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel game at that same premises.
9.20This restriction is in effect until six weeks after the employee or volunteer is no longer
9.21involved in the conduct of pull-tab, tipboard, or paddlewheel games at that same premises.
9.22(e) A volunteer involved in the conduct of a tipboard or paddlewheel game that
9.23has no more than 32 chances per game may participate as a player in pull-tab, tipboard,
9.24or paddlewheel games at the same premises, except on the same business day that the
9.25volunteer was involved in the conduct of the games.
9.26
9.27gambling during a bingo occasion may not participate directly or indirectly as a player in
9.28any lawful gambling during that bingo occasion.
9.29 Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is
9.30amended to read:
9.31 Subd. 2. Accounts. (a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
9.32must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
9.33separate gambling bank account.
10.1(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
10.2made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
10.3by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
10.4in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
10.5of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
10.6related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
10.7(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
10.8and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
10.9must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
10.10information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
10.11(d) Except as provided in paragraph (e), gambling receipts must be deposited into
10.12the gambling bank account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion,
10.13deal, or game from which they are received.
10.14(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
10.15the deal is sold 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 pull-tabs.
10.17(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
10.18uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
10.19scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
10.20(e) Gambling receipts from
10.21
10.22bank account
10.23games at the premises reach the sum of $2,000 or on or before the first day of the month
10.24immediately following the month during which the receipts were generated, whichever
10.25occurs first.
10.26(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
10.27each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
10.28(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
10.29same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
10.30 Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is
10.31amended to read:
10.32 Subd. 10. Pull-tab records. (a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
10.33organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of $100 or more to present
10.34identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other
10.35identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the
11.1winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of $100
11.2or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
11.3 (b) A licensed organization must require each person cashing out an electronic
11.4pull-tab device with $600 or more in credits to present identification in the form of a
11.5driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or other identification the board deems
11.6sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of the winner. The organization must
11.7retain the identification of the winner for 3-1/2 years.
11.8 (c) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
11.9pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
11.10organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
11.11sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
11.12
11.13 (1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
11.14by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
11.15the standards; and
11.16 (2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
11.17from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
11.18registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
11.19pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
11.20 Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
11.21 Subd. 11. Information made part of organization minutes. A licensed
11.22organization which receives a copy of
11.23or compliance report
11.24compliance report in the minutes of the next meeting of the organization following
11.25receipt of the report. Copies of such minutes must be made available to all members
11.26of the organization upon request.
11.27 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.28 Subdivision 1. Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a
11.29single bingo game may not exceed $200 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game,
11.30which may exceed $200 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes in a
11.31bingo occasion does not exceed $1,000. Total prizes awarded at a bingo occasion may not
11.32exceed $2,800, unless a cover-all and cover-none game is played in which case the limit is
11.33
11.34the player. For purposes of this subdivision, a cover-all game is one in which a player must
12.1cover all spaces except a single free space to win and includes a game in which all odd or all
12.2even numbers are designated by the organization as covered prior to the start of the game
12.3 and a cover-none game is one in which a player does not cover any numbered spaces to win.
12.4 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
12.5 Subd. 1a. Linked bingo prizes. Prizes for a linked bingo game shall be limited
12.6as follows:
12.7(1)
12.8
12.9
12.10
12.11organization may not contribute more than 85 percent of the gross receipts per permitted
12.12premises to a linked bingo game prize pool;
12.13
12.14consolation prize. For purposes of this subdivision, a linked bingo game consolation
12.15prize is a prize awarded by an organization after a prize from the linked bingo prize pool
12.16has been won;
12.17
12.18a progressive prize or prizes based on a predetermined and posted win determination, a
12.19portion of the gross receipts may be carried over to another game until the accumulated
12.20progressive prize is won. The portion of the prize that is not carried over must be awarded
12.21to the first player or players who declares a valid bingo as additional numbers are called. If
12.22a valid bingo is declared, the entire prize pool for that game is awarded to the winner; and
12.23
12.24linked bingo prizes in excess of $599 shall be paid by the linked bingo game provider to
12.25the player within three business days. Winners of linked bingo prizes in excess of $599
12.26will be given a receipt or claim voucher as proof of a win.
12.27 Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, is amended by adding a subdivision
12.28to read:
12.29 Subd. 1b. Hot-ball bingo prizes. An organization may award up to $500 for a
12.30hot-ball bingo prize in a bingo occasion.
12.31 Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.32 Subd. 2. Progressive bingo games. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, a prize of
12.33up to $2,000 may be awarded for a progressive bingo game, including a cover-all game.
13.1The prize for a progressive bingo game may start at up to $500 and be increased by up to
13.2$100 for each occasion during which the progressive bingo game is played. A consolation
13.3prize of up to $200 for a progressive bingo game may be awarded in each occasion during
13.4which the progressive bingo game is played and the accumulated prize is not won.
13.5 Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349A.13, is amended to read:
13.6349A.13 RESTRICTIONS.
13.7Nothing in this chapter:
13.8(1) authorizes the director to conduct a lottery game or contest the winner or winners
13.9of which are determined by the result of a sporting event other than a horse race conducted
13.10under chapter 240;
13.11(2) authorizes the director to install or operate a lottery device operated by coin or
13.12currency which when operated determines the winner of a game;
13.13(3) authorizes the director to sell pull-tabs as defined under section
13.14subdivision 32
13.15(4) authorizes the director to offer the play of, on an electronic terminal, through a
13.16Web site, or by any other means or device, casino-style games, including but not limited
13.17to blackjack, craps, keno, dice games, roulette, or poker.
13.18 Sec. 26. Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26, is amended to read:
13.19 Sec. 26. REPEALER.
13.20Laws 2012, chapter 235, section 11, is repealed.
13.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
13.22 Sec. 27. STATE LOTTERY; SELF-SERVICE DEVICE AND ONLINE SALES.
13.23(a) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.24lottery tickets through: (1) a self-service device that is part of, shares a display with, or
13.25is adjacent to a retail petroleum dispenser under Minnesota Statutes, section 239.751,
13.26including all contracts related to this activity; and (2) a self-service device that is part of,
13.27shares a display with, or is adjacent to an electronic financial terminal under Minnesota
13.28Statutes, section 47.61, subdivision 3, including all contracts related to this activity. The
13.29suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
13.30(b) By October 30, 2014, the director of the State Lottery shall suspend the sale of
13.31instant win lottery tickets through a Web site, including all contracts related to this activity.
13.32The suspension under this paragraph remains in effect until repealed or amended by law.
14.1The suspension under this paragraph does not apply to the sale of tickets of a joint lottery
14.2within the meaning of Minnesota Statutes, section 349A.02, subdivision 3, or games
14.3that rely on a drawing to select a winner.
14.4 Sec. 28. REPEALER.
14.5Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; and 349.19, subdivision 9, are repealed.
14.6 Sec. 29. EFFECTIVE DATE.
14.7Sections 1 to 28 are effective the day following final enactment."
14.8Delete the title and insert:
14.10relating to regulated industries; making clarifying, conforming, and technical
14.11changes relating to lawful gambling; modifying games, prizes, and other
14.12provisions regulating the conduct of lawful gambling; prohibiting director of
14.13state lottery from offering casino-style games; suspending the sale of certain
14.14tickets of the state lottery through a Web site or self-service devices; clarifying
14.15a legislative enactment;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 349.12,
14.16subdivision 18, by adding subdivisions; 349.16, by adding a subdivision;
14.17349.163, by adding subdivisions; 349.1635, subdivision 4; 349.17, subdivisions
14.185, 6, 9; 349.1711, subdivisions 1, 2; 349.1721, subdivision 4; 349.173; 349.181,
14.19subdivision 3; 349.19, subdivision 11; 349.211, subdivisions 1, 1a, 2, by adding
14.20a subdivision; 349A.13; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 349.19,
14.21subdivisions 2, 10; Laws 2014, chapter 240, section 26; repealing Minnesota
14.22Statutes 2012, sections 349.169; 349.19, subdivision 9."