2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE (§§ 24-1-101 — 24-116-102) › STATE OFFICERS (§§ 24-20-101 — 24-25-105) › Article 21 - SECRETARY OF STATE - DEPARTMENT OF STATE (§§ 24-21-101 — 24-21-632) › Part 6 - BINGO AND RAFFLES LAW (§§ 24-21-601 — 24-21-632) › Section 24-21-604 - Legislative declaration - consideration for tickets - conditions - rules

(1)
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that prize promotions involving the conduct of free product giveaways through the use of free chances for purposes of commercial advertisement, the creation of goodwill, the promotion of new products or services, or the collection of names should not be subject to regulation under this part 6. The giveaways described in this subsection (1) are exempt from regulation under this part 6 when all of the conditions set forth in this section are satisfied.
(2)
No award of prizes by chance for a purpose set forth in subsection (1) of this section is a lottery or game of chance, nor is any share, ticket, or right to participate in an award of prizes deemed to have been sold or charged for, notwithstanding that the award is made to persons who have paid a fee entitling them to general admission to the grounds or premises on which the award is made, if each share or ticket by means of which the award is made is given away free of charge and without any obligation on the part of the person receiving it.
(3)
(a)
(I)
A licensee may conduct a prize promotion on the licensed premises, whether the premises are rented or owned by the licensee. A licensee shall clearly disclose, in the rental agreement or otherwise, the promotion and its cost, if any, to the licensee, pursuant to rules adopted by the licensing authority.
(II)
A landlord licensee shall not require a bingo-raffle licensee to participate in or conduct a promotion under this section, nor may a games manager for any occasion assist in any promotion conducted during an occasion by a landlord licensee. Prizes offered as part of a promotion are not prizes subject to limitation under section
24-21-617 (5)
.
(b)
Before conducting a promotion under this section, the licensee shall provide evidence of ownership, free and clear, of the prizes to be offered unless all of the prizes are available for viewing on the premises on the day they are to be awarded. The licensee offering any promotional prize shall disclose, at the beginning of the promotion, full and complete information identifying the prizes to be awarded and the method by which the prizes may be won.
(c)
Within ten days after the award of any prize, the licensee shall file with the licensing authority a written report containing a description of the prize, the value of the prize, and such other information as the licensing authority may require by rule. Any prize offered pursuant to this section must be awarded by the end of the calendar quarter in which it was offered.
(d)
The licensing authority may establish by rule the maximum amount or value of a cash prize or a prize of a product or service that may be awarded; except that such maximum amount must be at least one thousand dollars.
(4)
[Repealed by 2024 Amendment.]
Amended by 2024 Ch. 420,§ 2, eff. 6/5/2024.
Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-9-102.5 and amended by 2017 Ch. 233, § 2, eff. 5/23/2017.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 100, § 2, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-232), ch. 233, p. 913, § 2, effective May 23.
This section is similar to former § 12-9-102.5 as it existed prior to 2017.