California Code of Regulations › Title 11 - Law › Division 3 - Gambling Control › Chapter 1 - The Bureau of Gambling Control › Article 8 - Major League Sports Raffle Program › Section 2096 - Registered Event; Ticket Sales

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) No more
				  than one raffle drawing shall be conducted during a registered event.
(b) Raffle ticket sales may take place only during
				  a home game.
(c) Raffle tickets shall
				  not be sold in any seating area designated as a family section.
(d) Raffle tickets shall be sold only in areas
				  where an event ticket is required for admission to view the game or sporting
				  event.
(e) Raffle tickets produced by an
				  electronic raffle system must be printed only when sold to a raffle player.
				  Preprinting electronic tickets is prohibited.
(f) Raffle tickets may not be sold in advance of
				  the registered event.
(g) An eligible
				  organization shall not change raffle ticket prices once sales of raffle tickets in a
				  registered event have commenced. An eligible organization may, at its discretion,
				  sell raffle tickets with price points allowing for the purchase of multiple raffle
				  tickets at a discounted rate. An accounting must be documented for each price point
				  at the point of sale for purposes of reporting.
(h) All raffle ticket draw numbers must be unique
				  and cannot be duplicated in the registered event.
(i) Each raffle ticket number purchased shall
				  represent one entry in the drawing for a winner. The equipment used to conduct
				  raffles and the method of play shall ensure that each and every raffle ticket sold
				  shall have an equal opportunity to be drawn as a winner.
(j) All counterfoils generated at a registered
				  event shall be placed in the pool of counterfoils from which only one counterfoil
				  must be drawn to determine the winner of the raffle prize.
(k) The sale of raffle tickets at a registered
				  event, whether an admission-style or electronically generated ticket or the use of a
				  manned kiosk, must be conducted by an affiliated person.
(l) A raffle player may purchase one or more
				  raffle tickets at a registered event.
(m) United States currency or a valid credit or
				  debit card may be accepted by an eligible organization as payment for any raffle
				  ticket. An electronic benefit card or funds issued by the federal government, or any
				  state or local government, for the delivery of public assistance to a person shall
				  not be used or accepted for the purchase of any raffle ticket.
(n) A raffle ticket is not transferrable or
				  assignable from its purchaser to any other person.
(o) All sales of raffle tickets are final; no
				  refunds shall be made under any circumstance.
(p) No person employed by or affiliated with the
				  eligible organization, affiliated sports team or affiliated association holding the
				  registered event, or the eligible recipient organization benefitting from the
				  registered event, or the registered manufacturer and distributor of raffle-related
				  products or services whose products or services are used during the registered
				  event, may participate in any registered event as a raffle player or receive a
				  raffle prize.
(q) Every registered event
				  shall commence no earlier than when ticket holders for the live event are permitted
				  entrance to a home game and shall conclude with the announcement of the winning draw
				  number prior to completion of the home game registered event where the corresponding
				  raffle tickets are. If for some unforeseen reason (e.g., weather delay, power
				  outage, emergency, or other reasonably unforeseen event) the registered event is not
				  completed on the calendar day the registered event's raffles tickets are sold, the
				  selection of the winning raffle ticket from that registered event must be completed
				  the first business day when normal operations resume, and notice of the winning draw
				  number must be posted to the eligible organization's webpage.
(r) An eligible organization must have the
				  fiduciary of the organization as listed on its registration application to the
				  Bureau on site or designate one affiliated person within its organization to oversee
				  a registered event.
(s) An eligible
				  organization must have on site prior to, throughout, and to the conclusion of a
				  registered event, a sufficient number of trained affiliated persons to competently
				  fulfill the functions of raffle ticket sales, count and reconciliation, and raffle
				  system management. The number of supervisory or management staff must be sufficient
				  to support the direct raffle ticket sellers and they must have a level of expertise
				  and requisite training to operate the raffle sales unit and electronic raffle
				  system.
(t) Reconciliation of monetary
				  transactions and reconciliation of raffle ticket transactions must be conducted in a
				  secure location.
(u) No revenues
				  generated from the sale of raffle tickets may be used to defray costs incurred by
				  the eligible organization for the conduct of the raffle.
(v) The total prize amount of a raffle shall be
				  one-half or 50 percent of the gross proceeds collected from the sale of the raffle
				  tickets.
(w) All proceeds collected from
				  the sale of raffle tickets, that are not distributed as a prize, shall be used to
				  benefit the organization named on the Major League Sports Raffle Eligible
				  Organization Registered Event Registration Form submitted to the Bureau.
(x) Every eligible organization's raffle rules
				  must state when the manual draw will take place.
(y) Every eligible organization's raffle rules,
				  and each individual raffle ticket, must provide the name and phone number of the
				  individual in charge of the registered event. Each raffle ticket must provide a
				  raffle player a method for verifying whether the player is entitled to the
				  prize.
(z) Every eligible organization
				  must establish and publish the duration of time during which raffle tickets will be
				  sold for each registered event, and provide its affiliated persons sufficient time
				  to ensure that all sales reconciliation, eligible counterfoil verification, and
				  winning counterfoil and raffle ticket verification procedures can be conducted
				  following the manual draw.
(aa) Every
				  eligible organization shall ensure that direct sellers do not carry more than $1000
				  in cash from the sale of raffle tickets in areas where raffle tickets are authorized
				  to be sold by this article.
(ab) Prior
				  to the sale of any raffle tickets at a registered event, the eligible organization
				  shall ensure that there are security measures in place to protect the health,
				  safety, and welfare of all raffle players and affiliated persons. An eligible
				  organization shall ensure security of the following areas:
(1) where raffle ticket sales are
				  conducted;
(2) routes to and from the
				  raffle ticket sales area to the raffle ticket reconciliation room and the room where
				  raffle ticket sales moneys are accumulated;
(3) where electronic raffle system management
				  functions and distribution of raffle sales units to direct sellers occurs;
				  and
(4) the location where counterfoil
				  tickets are printed and deposited into the container for the manual
				  draw.