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MS Code § 97-33-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-55. License to conduct games; application; person or persons responsible; fee

  Any charitable organization desiring to conduct bingo games must obtain a license to do so from the Mississippi Gaming Commission.   Each applicant for such a license shall file with the commission a written application therefor in a form prescribed by the commission on which shall be stated:   The name and address of the applicant, together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization to enable the commission to determine whether or not the applicant is a bona fide organization;   The names and addresses of its officers;   The place or places where, and the date or dates and the time or times when, bingo games are intended to be conducted by the applicant, under the license applied for;   The items of expense intended to be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating and conducting of bingo games and the names and addresses of the persons to whom, and the purposes for which, they are to be paid;   The specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds of the bingo games are to be devoted and in what manner;   That, except as otherwise provided in Section 97-33-69, no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense will be paid to any person for holding, operating or conducting bingo games;   A description of all prizes to be offered and given in all bingo games to be held, operated and conducted under such license; and   Such other information as shall be prescribed by the commission by its rules and regulations.     In each application there shall be designated an active member or members of the organization under whom the bingo games are to be held, operated and conducted. The application shall include a statement executed by the applicant and by the member or members so designated, that he or they will be responsible for the holding, operation and conduct of the bingo games in accordance with the terms of the license and the provisions of the commission's rules and regulations governing bingo games and of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203, if such license is granted.   An original application shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). Such application fee shall be refunded by the commission to an organization deemed to be an exempt organization pursuant to Section 97-33-107.
MS Code § 97-33-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-59. Special licenses for emergency financial relief; special charitable limited license requirement

  The commission may issue a special license for the conducting of limited fund-raising bingo games for the benefit of a person, family or group of persons who, because of circumstances which cause a financial crisis of an emergency nature, are in need of immediate fund-raising relief. Bingo games conducted under this section shall consist of no more than two (2) bingo sessions annually by the same person, family or group of persons, at which the total amount of prizes which may be awarded on any calendar day under such a license shall not exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) in cash or other thing or things of value. Except as otherwise provided in this section or as may be otherwise provided by Section 97-33-69(10) or 97-33-107(k), all other provisions of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203 shall apply to the issuance of such special licenses.   The commission shall not authorize any organization to conduct limited bingo games as described in subsection (1) as provided herein unless that organization has first obtained a special charitable limited license from the commission.   All proceeds derived from bingo games conducted under a special charitable limited license shall go to the specific need for which the games are conducted, as outlined in the application for such license.   The fee for a special charitable limited license shall be limited to the actual administrative costs of issuing it.
MS Code § 97-33-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-61. Notice and hearing prerequisites to denial of license; judicial review

 No license shall be revoked by the commission until after a hearing is held on due notice. The commission may designate a hearing examiner to hear the case and render a decision. A licensee aggrieved by the decision of the hearing examiner may apply within fifteen (15) days after announcement of the decision in writing to the commission for review of the decision. Review is limited to the record of proceedings before the hearing examiner. The commission may sustain or reverse the hearing examiner's decision.   Any person aggrieved by the final decision of the commission may obtain a judicial review thereof in the circuit court of the county in which the bingo games are conducted. The judicial review must be instituted by filing a petition within ten (10) days after the decision is rendered.
MS Code § 97-33-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-63.

 The commission shall control all bingo games held, operated or conducted by a licensee to assure that they are fairly held, operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the license, the commission's rules and regulations, and the provisions of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203. The commission may suspend or revoke any license for violation of any such rule and regulation or provision. Its officers and agents may enter and inspect any premises where any bingo game is being held, operated and conducted or is intended to be held, operated and conducted, or where any equipment is being used or intended to be used in the conduct thereof.
MS Code § 97-33-71 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-71. Records and reports to Commission

  Except as may be otherwise provided pursuant to Section 97-33-107(k), the organization which held, operated or conducted the bingo game, and its bingo supervisor or supervisors who were in charge thereof, shall furnish to the commission the following information not less than quarterly:   A verified statement showing the amount of the gross receipts derived from each bingo game, which shall include receipts from the sale of shares, tickets or rights in any manner connected with participation in said game;   Each item of expense incurred or paid, and each item of expenditure made or to be made;   The name and address of each person to whom each such item has been paid or is to be paid, with a detailed description of the merchandise purchased or the service rendered therefor;   The net profit derived from each such bingo game and the uses to which such net profit has been or is to be applied;   A list of prizes offered or given, with the respective values thereof;   The number of participants in each game.     Each licensee shall maintain and keep such books and records as may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of each such report.   All licensees shall maintain records and submit reports as provided by rules of the commission. Such rules may require that all income of a licensee derived from charitable bingo games be recorded to the extent necessary to disclose gross and net income.
MS Code § 97-33-73 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-73. Gaming and Tax Commissions may examine books and records

  The Mississippi Gaming Commission shall have power to examine or to cause to be examined the books and records of any organization to which such license is issued so far as they may relate to any transactions connected with the holding and conducting of bingo and to examine any manager, officer, director, agent, member or employee thereof under oath in relation to the conduct of any such game, but any information so received shall not be disclosed except so far as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203.   The State Tax Commission shall have the power to examine or to cause to be examined the books and records of any organization to which a license is issued for the purpose of determining compliance with the Charitable Bingo Law and any other laws and regulations and to conduct in-depth audits and investigation of the licensee.
MS Code § 97-33-75 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-75. Violations; sanctions

  Any person, association or corporation violating any provision of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203 or any rule or regulation of the commission shall be subject to a fine imposed by the commission and to suspension or revocation of its license.   Any person who commits any of the following acts, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned for one (1) year, or both:   Making any false statement in any application for a license under Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203, or in any official report to the commission;   Holding, operating or conducting any bingo game without a license;   Knowingly falsifying or making any false entry in any books or records, with respect to any transaction connected with the holding, operating or conducting of any bingo game;   Refusing to allow the commission access to any premises where a game of chance is being conducted or to any book, record or document relating to such conduct;   Intentionally causing, aiding, abetting or conspiring with another to cause any person to violate any provision of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203;   Possessing, displaying, selling or otherwise furnishing to any person any pull-tabs, except as provided for in Section 97-33-77.     Any person who violates any other provision of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203 that is not listed in this section may be imprisoned for not more than six (6) months or fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or both.   Any conviction of any person pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall constitute cause for revocation of the license of such person or the organization with which such person is affiliated.
MS Code § 97-33-77 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-77. Regulation of pull-tabs

  No organization, distributor, manufacturer, or any representative thereof, either with knowledge or in circumstances whereunder he reasonably should have known, shall possess, display, put out for play, sell or otherwise furnish to any person any pull-tabs:   In which the winning pull-tabs have not been completely and randomly distributed and mixed among all other pull-tabs in the deal;   In which the location or approximate location of any of the winning pull-tabs can be determined in advance of opening the pull-tabs in any manner or by any device, including but not limited to any pattern in the manufacture, assembly, or packaging of pull-tabs by the manufacturer, by any markings on the pull-tabs or container, or by the hue of a light; or   Which does not conform in any respect to these requirements as to manufacturer, assembly or packaging.     A distributor shall not purchase or be furnished any pull-tabs from a manufacturer of pull-tabs unless all of the following conditions are met:   The manufacturer's label or trademark has been registered with the Mississippi Gaming Commission.   Each individual pull-tab manufactured has conspicuously set forth on it the name of the manufacturer or a label or trademark which identifies its manufacturer.   The pull-tab is of a type approved by the commission for use in Mississippi.
MS Code § 97-33-79 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-79. Regulation of manufacturers of supplies and equipment; license required; sale of supplies only to licensees; gifts, etc.; records and reports

  No person or other entity shall fabricate, concoct or manufacture any supplies or equipment for use in the conducting of any bingo game authorized under Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203, including but not limited to bingo equipment, pull-tabs, or electronic representations, within this state or for use within this state without having obtained a manufacturer's license from the commission.   No person or other entity shall sell, offer for sale, or otherwise furnish any other person any supplies or equipment of use in the conduct of any bingo game authorized under Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203, including but not limited to bingo equipment and pull-tabs without having obtained a distributor's or operator's license from the commission.   No person licensed as a manufacturer, distributor or operator shall sell or otherwise make available any such gaming supplies or equipment to any individual unless he has first determined that the individual is a licensed distributor or is acting as an agent of an organization which has a valid license issued by the commission.   No manufacturer, distributor or operator of gaming supplies or equipment shall directly or indirectly give gifts, trips, prizes, premiums or other such gratuities to any charitable gaming organization, its employees, or commercial lessors.   Each manufacturer, distributor or operator of gaming supplies or equipment shall maintain records and submit reports as required by rules of the commission. The rules may require maintenance of purchase and sale invoices of all gaming supplies and equipment manufactured or distributed, whether by sale, lease, rental, loan or donation, to any charitable gaming organization.
MS Code § 97-33-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-81. Overlap of financial interest between organizations conducting games and manufacturers, distributors, or lessors

  No organization which conducts charitable bingo games shall be a manufacturer, distributor or operator of supplies or equipment for such games.   No officer, director or manager of an organization which conducts charitable bingo games shall:   Have a direct or indirect financial interest in any entity which manufactures or distributes supplies or equipment for charitable bingo games;   Serve as an officer, director, shareholder, proprietor or employee of an entity which manufactures or distributes supplies or equipment for charitable bingo games; or   Serve as an officer, director, shareholder, proprietor or employee of a commercial lessor who leases buildings, structures or premises to organizations licensed under the provisions of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203.     No entity which manufactures or distributes supplies or equipment for charitable bingo games of chance; no officer, director, shareholder, proprietor or employee of such entity; and no person having a direct or indirect financial interest in such an entity shall lease premises, directly or indirectly, to an organization for purposes of conducting charitable bingo games of chance.   No entity or person described in subsections (1), (2) or (3) of this section shall serve as a commercial lessor.
MS Code § 97-33-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-101. Funding of expenses of Charitable Bingo Law; deposit of user charges and fees authorized under this section into State General Fund

 From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of the Charitable Bingo Law shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized under this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer.
MS Code § 97-33-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-103. Annual report by Commission

  The commission shall annually prepare and submit a comprehensive report on the scope and nature of charitable bingo game activities in this state and impact of the commission on such activities. The report shall be submitted to the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.   The commission shall furnish a copy of its rules and regulations, including any amendments thereto as they are adopted, pursuant to the Charitable Bingo Law, to the Chairman and Counsel of the House Ways and Means Committee and the Chairman and Counsel of the Senate Finance Committee. Further, upon a written request from any member of the Legislature, the commission shall furnish such rules and regulations to the member, by return United States Mail.
MS Code § 97-33-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-105. Commission personnel not to have interest in organization conducting bingo or manufacturing or distributing supplies or equipment

 Neither the director nor any employee of the commission shall be an officer, director or manager of any organization licensed by the state to conduct charitable bingo games or have a direct or indirect financial interest in any entity manufacturing or distributing supplies or equipment used in such games.
MS Code § 97-33-111 through 97-33-199 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-111 through 97-33-199.

    Any organization or person seeking licensure as a manufacturer, distributor or operator of bingo gaming supplies or equipment, shall submit an application to the commission on forms provided for such purposes. Such application shall contain such information as may be reasonably required by rules of the commission. The application shall be accompanied by a fee as established by the commission.   The commission shall investigate all applications for licensure and, in addition to the information required on the application, may require the applicant to furnish such additional information as it deems necessary.     The commission shall not issue a license under this section to:   Any person who has been convicted of certain related offenses as established by the commission or who presently has such a charge pending in any state or federal court;   Any person who has ever been convicted of a gambling-related offense in any state or federal court;   Any person who is or has ever been a professional gambler;   Any firm, organization or corporation in which any person as described in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this subsection is an officer or director, whether compensated or not, or in which such person has a direct or indirect financial interest;   Any person, firm, organization, entity or corporation which has a direct or indirect financial interest in a licensed charity.     The commission may deny an application for licensure, refuse to renew a license, or suspend or revoke a license for any reason consistent with the purposes of Sections 97-33-201 and 97-33-203 which it deems to be in the interest of the public. However, policies regarding such denial, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew shall be established by rule and regulation.   Any significant change in the information submitted on its application for licensure shall be filed by a licensee with the commission within ten (10) days of the change. A significant change shall include but not be limited to any change in the officers, directors, managers, proprietors or persons having a direct or indirect financial interest in any licensed organization or entity.
MS Code § 97-33-203 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-203. Commercial lessor's license; rental rates and other charges allowable; length and frequency of rentals; agreements with distributors

  No lease of any premises by a commercial lessor to any charitable organization for a charitable bingo game shall provide for payment in excess of the reasonable market rental rate for such premises. The commission shall determine whether a market rental rate for such premises is reasonable. No lease shall provide for rental for less than a five-hour session. No more than two (2) sessions shall be conducted within one (1) day and more often than eight (8) sessions in any one (1) week on the premises of a commercial lessor. Any licensee who holds no more than one (1) session per week shall be entitled to conduct one (1) six-hour session per week.   No commercial lessor shall require the payment of any other cost or fee from an organization licensed to hold, operate or conduct bingo games other than the rental amount provided for by the rental agreement or contract or charge admission fees to persons entering the premises to participate in the games.   No commercial lessor leasing premises for authorized charitable bingo game activities shall enter into any agreement with a distributor of gaming supplies for the use, purchase, promotion or sale of supplies to be used in such bingo games.
MS Code § 97-33-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Charitable Bingo Law|§ 97-33-65. Commission to control games; entry and inspection by agents; suspension or revocation of license for violations

 § 97-33-201. Licensure as manufacturer, distributor, or operator of supplies or equipment or as commercial lessor; application; fee; requirements; denial, refusal to renew, suspension or revocation; grounds.
MS Code § 97-33-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Fantasy Contest Act|§ 97-33-301. Short title

 Sections 97-33-301 through 97-33-317 shall be known as the "Fantasy Contest Act."
MS Code § 97-33-303 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries|Fantasy Contest Act|§ 97-33-303. Definitions

 As used in Sections 97-33-301 through 97-33-317, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed unless the context requires otherwise:   "Cash prize" means winnings in the form of cash or cash equivalents and includes credits to a player's account with an operator.   "Commission" means the Mississippi Gaming Commission created in Section 75-76-7.   "Confidential information" means information related to the play of a fantasy contest by fantasy contest players obtained as a result of or by virtue of a person's employment.   "Entry fee" means cash or a cash equivalent that is required to be paid to an operator to participate in a fantasy contest.   "Executive director" means the Executive Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission.   "Fantasy contest" or "contest " means a simulated game in which:   Winning outcomes are determined predominately by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individual athletes in actual sporting events; and   Winning outcomes are not based on the score, point spread, or any performance of any single actual sports team or combination of teams or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete in any single actual sporting event.   "Highly experienced player" means an individual who has:   Entered more than one thousand (1,000) contests offered by a particular operator; or   Won more than three (3) prizes which are each valued at One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, from a particular operator.   "Operator" or "fantasy contest operator" means a person or entity that offers fantasy contests, requires an entry fee, and offers a cash prize.   "Player" means a person who participates in a fantasy contest offered by an operator.   "Sporting event" means an athletic game or team competition in which an individual athlete's performance is used to accumulate statistical results.