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AK Stat § 05.15.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.130. Department may impose additional requirements.

The department may supplement the definitions of qualified organizations and activities by regulations adopted under this chapter adding to the definitions additional requirements that the department considers necessary for the best interests of the public or for the proper administration of this chapter.
AK Stat § 05.15.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.140. Proof necessary to qualify for permit.

(a) The department may not issue or renew a permit except upon satisfactory proof that the applicant is a municipality or qualified organization, the activity may be permitted under this chapter, and the issuance of a permit is not detrimental to the best interests of the public. Upon request of the department, the applicant shall prove conclusively each of these requirements before a permit may be issued or renewed. (b) In an application for a permit, a municipality or qualified organization shall disclose the name and address of each person responsible for the operation of the activity and whether any person named (1) has been convicted of a violation of a law of this state that is, or a law or ordinance of another state that would be if committed in this state, an unclassified felony described in AS 11, a Class A felony, extortion, or a violation of a law or ordinance of this state or another jurisdiction that is a crime involving theft or dishonesty or a violation of gambling laws; or (2) has a prohibited financial interest, as defined in regulations adopted by the department, in the operation of the activity. (c) [Repealed, § 37 ch 70 SLA 1993.]  (d) Application forms for permits must contain a notice that a false statement in the application is punishable by law.
AK Stat § 05.15.145 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.145. Multiple-beneficiary permits.

(a) Two to six municipalities or qualified organizations, or a combination of two to six municipalities and qualified organizations, may jointly apply for a multiple-beneficiary permit under AS 05.15.100(d). The commissioner may not issue or renew a permit except upon satisfactory proof that each joint applicant is a municipality or qualified organization, the activity may be permitted under this chapter, and the issuance of a permit is not detrimental to the best interests of the public. Upon request of the commissioner, the joint applicants shall prove conclusively each of these requirements before a permit may be issued or renewed. (b) The provisions of AS 05.15.140(b) - (d) apply to multiple-beneficiary permits and applications for them. (c) A municipality or qualified organization that is among the holders of a multiple-beneficiary permit may withdraw from the permit by giving written notice of intent to withdraw to the department and to the other holders of the permit. The effective date of the withdrawal is 30 days after the department receives written notice of intent. A municipality or qualified organization that withdraws from a multiple-beneficiary permit may apply for a permit under AS 05.15.100(a), but its share of the prizes awarded under the multiple-beneficiary permit and the prizes it awards under its own permit are subject to the maximums established in AS 05.15.180(g). (d) The holders of a multiple-beneficiary permit shall jointly file reports with the department that comply with the reporting requirements imposed on operators under AS 05.15.083.
AK Stat § 05.15.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.150. Limitation on use of proceeds.

(a) The authority to conduct the activity authorized by this chapter is contingent upon the dedication of the net proceeds of the charitable gaming activity to the awarding of prizes to contestants or participants and to political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses in the state. In this subsection, “political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses” means uses benefiting persons either by bringing them under the influence of education or religion or relieving them from disease, suffering, or constraint, or by assisting them in establishing themselves in life, or by providing for the promotion of the welfare and well-being of the membership of the organization within their own community, or through aiding candidates for public office or groups that support candidates for public office, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or lessening the burden on government, but does not include (1) the direct or indirect payment of any portion of the net proceeds of a bingo or pull-tab game to a lobbyist registered under AS 24.45; (2) the erection, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or repair of real, personal, or mixed property unless it is used exclusively for one or more of the permitted uses; or (3) the direct or indirect payment of any portion of the net proceeds of a charitable gaming activity, except the proceeds of a raffle and lottery, (A) to aid candidates for public office or groups that support or oppose candidates for public office; (B) to a political party or to an organization affiliated with a political party; or (C) to a group, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400, or a political group, as that term is defined in AS 15.80, that seeks to influence the outcome of an election. (b) The net proceeds derived from the activity must be devoted within one year to one or more of the uses stated in (a) of this section. A municipality or qualified organization desiring to hold the net proceeds for a period longer than one year must apply to the department for special permission and upon good cause shown the department may grant the request.
AK Stat § 05.15.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.160. Authorized expenses.

(a) The only expenses that may be incurred or paid in connection with the operation of an activity under a permit issued under this chapter are bona fide expenses reasonably necessary for (1) goods, wares, and merchandise necessary for the operation of the activity; (2) personal services involved with the operation of the activity, including those performed by (A) an employee of the permittee; or (B) an operator hired by the permittee to conduct the activity if the compensation is not related to the receipts from the activity. (b) Municipalities, qualified organizations, and operators may pay their employees a reasonable amount in wages or other compensation for personal services rendered by their employees while the employees are engaged in activities subject to this chapter. A reasonable amount of compensation is an amount approximating the amount ordinarily paid by similar businesses for similar work performed under similar circumstances. (c) The total amount of authorized expenses that may be incurred under (a) of this section in connection with a pull-tab activity may not exceed 70 percent of the adjusted gross income from that pull-tab activity. (d) The total amount of authorized expenses that may be incurred under (a) of this section in connection with any gaming activity other than pull-tabs or Calcutta pools may not exceed 90 percent of the adjusted gross income from that gaming activity. (e) The total amount of expenses that may be incurred and prizes that may be awarded under (a) of this section in connection with a Calcutta pool may not exceed 50 percent of the pool of wagers.
AK Stat § 05.15.165 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.165. Operators.

(a) An operator shall pay net proceeds to the authorizing permittee by check. (b) If the department finds that an operator has incurred expenses that are not authorized under AS 05.15.160, the department shall order the operator to refund to the authorizing permittee the amount of the unauthorized expenses. The operator shall pay the authorizing permittee interest on the amount ordered to be paid at the rate of 1.5 percent a month for each month or fraction of a month between the date of the activity and the date the refund is made. (c) The operator shall post in a public place on the premises where the activities are conducted the operator's license and a copy of the permit of each authorizing permittee with whom the operator has a contract to conduct activities at the location. (d) An operator shall obtain liability insurance covering each location where the licensee conducts an activity subject to this chapter. The operator shall provide upon request proof of insurance for each location to the department. The operator and the insurer shall inform the department of changes in the coverage of the insurance or of cancellation of the insurance. Cancellation of the insurance immediately suspends the rights of the operator to conduct activities under this chapter at the location covered by the insurance until subsequent insurance is obtained. (e) An operator shall have its financial records reviewed annually by a certified public accountant. The operator shall submit the results of the review to the department by February 28 of the year following the year for which the review is conducted. (f) An operator may not (1) charge losses resulting from bad checks or uncollectable debts against the net proceeds due to the authorizing permittee; (2) extend credit to players; (3) employ house players; (4) allow the operator's employees to play a game conducted by the operator at the location where the employee works for the operator.
AK Stat § 05.15.167 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.167. Operator's bond.

(a) The bond or security filed under AS 05.15.122(b) must be made payable to the department and must be conditioned upon payment of the amounts due to the department and payment of net proceeds due to the authorizing permittee. If the operator fails to make the required payments, the operator forfeits the bond or security to the department. (b) The amount forfeited under (a) of this section shall be first used to satisfy delinquent fees, interest, and penalties due the department under this chapter. If the bond or security is not exhausted by payment of delinquent fees, interest, and penalties, the department may use the remaining amount to pay net proceeds due an authorizing permittee. The total amount available for payment of net proceeds shall be prorated among the permittees to whom proceeds are due from that operator. (c) The operator and the surety shall inform the department if the bond is cancelled or the security is impaired.
AK Stat § 05.15.170 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.170. Suspension or revocation of permit, license, or vendor registration.

(a) The department may suspend, for a period of up to one year, or revoke a permit, license, or vendor registration, after giving notice to and an opportunity to be heard by the permittee or licensee if the permittee, licensee, or vendor (1) violates or fails to comply with a requirement of this chapter or of a regulation adopted under this chapter; (2) breaches a contractual agreement with a permittee, licensee, or registered vendor; (3) becomes disqualified to participate in charitable gaming as provided in AS 05.15.105; for the purposes of this paragraph, a permittee, licensee, or vendor that is not a natural person is considered convicted if an owner or manager of the permittee, licensee, or vendor is convicted; (4) knowingly submits false information to the department or, in the case of a registered vendor, to a permittee when the vendor knows that the false information will be submitted to the department as part of an application for registration; or (5) gives or acts upon any inside information on the status of the prizes awarded or to be awarded in a pull-tab game. (b) If the department revokes a license or vendor registration under this section, it may prohibit the licensee or vendor from reapplying for a license or vendor registration for a period of not more than five years. If the department revokes a permit under this section, it may prohibit the permittee from reapplying for a permit for a period of not more than one year.
AK Stat § 05.15.181 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.181. Pull-tab manufacturers.

(a) A person may not manufacture pull-tabs in the state, and may not sell or distribute a pull-tab that the person has manufactured outside of the state to persons in the state, unless the person has received a pull-tab manufacturer's license issued by the department. (b) The department may issue a pull-tab manufacturer's license to a person who pays an annual fee of $2,500. (c) Each series of pull-tabs manufactured in the state must be sealed and have a serial number label issued by the National Association of Fundraising Ticket Manufacturers or other serial number label approved by the department. (d) A pull-tab manufacturer may distribute pull-tabs only to a licensed pull-tab distributor unless the pull-tab manufacturer is also a licensed pull-tab distributor. (e) Each pull-tab manufacturer shall report to the department by the last business day of the month on each series of pull-tabs distributed during the preceding month, including the serial number of each series distributed and the name of the distributor to whom the series was distributed.
AK Stat § 05.15.183 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.183. Pull-tab distributors.

(a) A person may not distribute pull-tab games unless the person has received a pull-tab distributor's license issued by the department. (b) The department may issue a pull-tab distributor's license to a person who pays an annual fee of $1,000. (c) Pull-tabs may be distributed only from a location in the state. A person may not distribute pull-tabs directly to another person in the state from a location outside of this state. (d) A pull-tab distributor shall report to the department by the last business day of each month on each pull-tab series distributed in the preceding month. The report must include the name of the permittee to whom each series of pull-tabs is distributed and the serial number of each series. (e) A distributor may not (1) take an order for the purchase of a pull-tab series from a vendor; (2) sell a pull-tab series to a vendor; or (3) deliver a pull-tab series to a vendor.
AK Stat § 05.15.184 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.184. Pull-tab tax.

A pull-tab distributor shall collect a tax of three percent of an amount equal to the gross receipts less prizes awarded on each series of pull-tabs distributed. The pull-tab distributor shall pay to the department the tax collected in the preceding month at the time that the report under AS 05.15.183(d) is filed with the department.
AK Stat § 05.15.185 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.185. Distribution of pull-tab games.

Each series of pull-tabs distributed in the state must be sealed and have a serial number label issued by the National Association of Fundraising Ticket Manufacturers or other serial number label approved by the department and may be distributed only to (1) a municipality or a qualified organization that has obtained a permit issued under this chapter; (2) an operator on behalf of an authorizing permittee; or (3) a distributor licensed under this chapter.
AK Stat § 05.15.187 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 2. Licenses, Permits, and Registrations.|Sec. 05.15.187. Operation of pull-tab games.

(a) A municipality or qualified organization may operate pull-tab games. Pull-tabs shall be obtained from a licensed distributor. (b) A pull-tab series may not be sold at more than one location during the same day. (c) Pull-tabs from different series may not be mixed or combined, unless 10 percent or less of a series remains unsold, in which case the remaining pull-tabs may be combined with a different series having an identical price and prize structure. (d) A pull-tab series may not be withdrawn from sale until all pull-tabs in the series are sold, except that a pull-tab series may be withdrawn from sale if a manufacturing defect exists in the series and the department is notified of the defect and of the withdrawal from sale within a period established by regulation by the department. (e) Pull-tabs may not be sold to a person under the age of 21 years. A person under the age of 21 years may not purchase a pull-tab. (f) Each permittee that had gross receipts exceeding $100,000 during the preceding year from activities conducted under this chapter or that is required to report under AS 05.15.080(a), that conducts a pull-tab game shall maintain records for two years of each prize of $50 or more, the first day and last day that each series was distributed, the serial number of each series, and the distributor from whom each series was purchased. In this section “permittee” includes municipalities and qualified organizations that jointly hold a multiple-beneficiary permit. (g) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, a pull-tab game that confers an additional right upon all or some of the purchasers of a pull-tab series to participate in a lottery for additional prizes may not be conducted in the state unless a surety bond in the amount of $250,000 conditioned upon payment of all prizes and awards when due is submitted to the department by the operator or authorizing permittee and approved by the attorney general. (h) An owner, manager, or employee of a person holding a permit or license under this chapter, or registered under this chapter as a vendor, may not purchase a pull-tab from a pull-tab series manufactured, distributed, or sold by the permittee, licensee, or registered vendor. (i) A permittee, operator, or registered vendor may not turn over a prize of $50 or more to a person with a pull-tab card entitling the person to that prize unless the person signs a receipt for the prize and returns the receipt to the permittee, operator, or vendor. The receipt must be in a form approved by the department.
AK Stat § 05.15.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 05.15.600. Cancellation of permits based on unlawful provision.

If any provision of this chapter, or regulation adopted under this chapter, is determined to be unlawful, then all permits issued in connection with the licensed activity to which the unlawful provision or regulation related are cancelled.
AK Stat § 05.15.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 05.15.610. Order prohibiting action in violation of chapter.

(a) If the commissioner determines that a person has engaged in an act or practice in violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter, the commissioner may, after giving reasonable notice to the person and an opportunity for the person to be heard, issue an order prohibiting the violation by the person. The order remains in effect until the person has submitted evidence acceptable to the commissioner showing that the violation has been corrected. (b) If the public interest requires, the commissioner may issue an emergency order prohibiting an act or practice in violation of this chapter or a regulation adopted under this chapter without notice to or an opportunity to be heard by the person affected by the order. The commissioner shall immediately serve the person with a copy of the emergency order. An emergency order expires 60 days after the date it is issued if the person affected by the order requests a hearing within 15 days of receipt of the order. If the person does not request a hearing within 15 days of receipt of the emergency order, the order becomes permanent. Following a hearing, the commissioner may rescind, modify, or make permanent the emergency order. (c) A party aggrieved by an order under this section may appeal to the superior court.
AK Stat § 05.15.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 5. Amusements and Sports|Chapter 15. Games of Chance and Contests of Skill|Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 05.15.620. Local prohibition of charitable gaming.

(a) The following question, appearing alone, may be placed before the voters of a municipality or an established village in accordance with AS 05.15.625: “Shall charitable gaming in ....... (name of municipality or village) be prohibited? (yes or no)”. (b) The following question, appearing alone, may be placed before the voters of a municipality or an established village in accordance with AS 05.15.625: “Shall pull-tab sales in ....... (name of municipality or village) be prohibited? (yes or no).” (c) If a majority of the voters vote “yes” on the question set out in (a) or (b) of this section, the department shall be notified immediately after certification of the results of the election and thereafter the department may not issue a license, permit, or vendor registration authorizing charitable gaming or pull-tab sales, as appropriate, within the boundaries of a municipality and in unincorporated areas within five miles of the boundaries of the municipality or within the perimeter of an established village. As necessary to implement the results of an election under (a) or (b) of this section, existing licenses, permits, and vendor registrations for charitable gaming or pull-tab sales within the boundaries of a municipality and in unincorporated areas within five miles of the boundaries of the municipality or within the perimeter of an established village are void 90 days after the results of the election are certified. A license or vendor registration that will expire during the 90 days after the results of a local option election under this section are certified is void as of the expiration date.