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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-23 - Notice of change in organization status

Current through July 10, 2024
No permittee shall sell sealed tickets after any substantial
				change has come about in its status which is at variance with the facts
				contained in the original application for a sealed ticket permit until an
				application to amend is filed with the commissioner. After an investigation,
				the department may, if the facts so warrant, revoke such organization's sealed
				ticket permit in accordance with Section
				7-169h-26
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-24 - Notice of change in personal status

Current through July 10, 2024
No individual shall sell, offer for sale or distribute a sealed
				ticket when any substantial change has come about in said individual's personal
				status which is at variance with the facts contained in the original
				application for a sealed ticket sales permit and permit number until an
				application to amend has been filed with the commissioner. After an
				investigation, the department may, if the facts so warrant, revoke such sealed
				ticket sales permit and permit number in accordance with Section
				7-169h-26
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-25 - Monthly return to be filed

Current through July 10, 2024
Any permittee, and its member in charge, shall furnish to the
				department a monthly return, the form of which shall be prepared by the
				commissioner, including, but not limited to, the following:
1. The amount of the gross receipts derived
			 from sealed ticket sales which shall include income from the sale of tickets or
			 rights in any manner connected with participation in each such game or the
			 right to participate therein.
2.
			 Each item of expense incurred or paid, and each item of expenditure made or to
			 be made, the name 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
			 services rendered therefor.
3. The
			 net profit derived from sealed ticket sales, and the uses to which the net
			 profit has been or is to be applied.
Such monthly return shall be furnished by the tenth of the next
				succeeding month.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-25a - Qualifications for registration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If the
			 department finds that the financial responsibility, experience, character and
			 general fitness of the applicant are such that the participation of such person
			 is consistent with the public interest, convenience or necessity and with the
			 best interest of charitable gaming, in conformity with the purposes of chapter
			 98 of the Connecticut General Statutes, it shall thereupon grant a
			 registration. If the department finds that the applicant fails to meet any of
			 such conditions, it shall not grant such registration and it shall notify the
			 applicant of the denial.
(b) The
			 commissioner may defer a decision of whether to grant or deny a registration if
			 criminal charges are pending against the applicant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-25d - Sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each applicant for registration as a
			 sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer shall apply to the
			 commissioner on such forms as the commissioner prescribes. A manufacturer's
			 application shall be accompanied by an annual fee of one thousand two hundred
			 fifty dollars, payable to the State Treasurer. Each applicant for an initial
			 sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer registration shall
			 submit to state and national criminal history records checks conducted in
			 accordance with section
			 29-17a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes before such registration is
			 issued.
(b) No sealed ticket
			 dispensing machine equipment manufacturer shall sell any type of sealed ticket
			 dispensing machine that has not been approved by the commissioner. A sealed
			 ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer shall submit to the
			 commissioner for approval each sealed ticket dispensing machine to be
			 manufactured for distribution and sale in this state.
(c) A sealed ticket dispensing machine
			 equipment manufacturer shall not sell or lease a sealed ticket dispensing
			 machine to any person in this state except a sealed ticket dispensing machine
			 equipment dealer or a permittee.
(d) A sealed ticket dispensing machine
			 equipment manufacturer shall submit a sealed ticket dispensing machine
			 placement sheet to the commissioner for each sealed ticket machine sold,
			 distributed, or leased to any permittee.
(e) Sealed ticket game product sales shall
			 not be conducted under conditions other than as stated in the original
			 application for a sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer
			 registration unless an application to amend, prescribed by the commissioner, is
			 filed with the commissioner and if the subject matter of the proposed amendment
			 could lawfully and properly have been included in the original application and
			 registration. After an investigation of the facts, the department may approve
			 or disapprove the application to amend based upon the information provided in
			 the application to amend.
(f) No
			 sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer shall sell sealed
			 ticket dispensing machine equipment to a sealed ticket dispensing machine
			 equip- ment dealer after any substantial change has come about in its status
			 which is at variance with the facts contained in the original application for a
			 sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer registration until an
			 application to amend is filed with the commissioner. After an investigation,
			 the department may, if the facts so warrant, revoke such manufacturer's
			 registration in accordance with the provisions of section
			 7-169h-26
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-25e - Sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment dealer

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each applicant for registration as a
			 sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment dealer shall apply to the
			 commissioner on such forms as the commissioner prescribes. A dealer's
			 application shall be accompanied by an annual fee of six hundred twenty- five
			 dollars, payable to the State Treasurer. Each applicant for an initial sealed
			 ticket dispensing machine equipment dealer registration shall submit to state
			 and national criminal history records checks conducted in accordance with
			 section
			 29-17a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes before such registration is
			 issued.
(b) A sealed ticket
			 dispensing machine equipment dealer shall not purchase sealed ticket dispensing
			 machines for sale, lease, distribution, or use in this state from any person
			 except a sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment manufacturer.
(c) A sealed ticket dispensing machine
			 equipment dealer shall submit a sealed ticket dispensing machine placement
			 sheet to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by him, for each sealed ticket
			 dispensing machine sold or leased to any permittee.
(d) Sealed ticket dispensing machine sales
			 shall not be conducted under conditions other than as stated in the original
			 application for a sealed ticket dispensing machine equipment dealer
			 registration unless an application to amend, prescribed by the commissioner, is
			 filed with the commissioner, and if the subject matter of the proposed
			 amendment could lawfully and properly have been included in the original
			 application and registration. After an investigation of the facts, the
			 department may approve or disapprove the application to amend based upon the
			 information provided in the application to amend.
(e) No sealed ticket dispensing machine
			 equipment dealer shall sell sealed ticket dispensing machines after any
			 substantial change has come about in its status which is at variance with the
			 facts contained in the original application for a sealed ticket dispensing
			 machine equipment dealer registration until an application to amend is filed
			 with the commissioner. After an investigation, the department may, if the facts
			 so warrant, revoke such dealer's registration in accordance with the provisions
			 of Section
			 7-169h-26
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(f) The commissioner or the commissioner's
			 duly designated agent may investigate any matter arising from the sale of
			 sealed ticket dispensing machines to ensure the integrity of the
			 activity.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-27 - Forms, statements under oath

Current through July 10, 2024
All forms, including control forms, used in compliance with the
				Connecticut General Statutes and the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies
				governing the manufacture, distribution and sale of sealed tickets shall be
				furnished by the department, and when required, all statements therein shall be
				made under oath
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 169h - Manufacture, Distribution and Sale of Sealed Tickets › Section 7-169h-28 - Waiver

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner may waive any rule contained herein in his
				discretion, except any rule specified in the Connecticut General Statutes, upon
				his finding that such waiver is in the best interests of the state of
				Connecticut and the distribution and sale of sealed tickets.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-3b - Examination

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The chief of police or first selectman
			 issuing the permit to conduct a bazaar or raffle and his duly authorized
			 agents, and the executive director and his duly authorized agents may examine
			 the books and records of any sponsoring organization at any time during the
			 conduct of the bazaar or raffle and for a period of one year after the
			 termination thereof.
(b) The
			 premises where any bazaar or raffle is being held, operated or conducted, or
			 where it is intended that any bazaar or raffle shall be held, operated or
			 conducted, and the equipment that is used or intended to be used in the conduct
			 of any bazaar or raffle shall at all times be open to inspection by the chief
			 of police or first selectman issuing the permit and his agents, and to the
			 executive director and his agents.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-4b - Permits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each permit issued for the conduct of a
			 bazaar or raffle shall at all times be conspicuously displayed at the place
			 where the bazaar or raffle is being conducted during the conduct of the bazaar
			 or raffle.
(b) When a bazaar is
			 postponed for any reason, the postponement shall not be to a date more than ten
			 days subsequent to the original commencing date of the bazaar permit and in no
			 case shall there be a refund of fees.
(c) "Class No. 1" permits shall allow the
			 operation of a raffle which shall be consummated within three months of the
			 granting of a permit and the aggregate value of the prize or prizes offered
			 shall be not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
(d) "Class No. 2" permits shall allow the
			 operation of a raffle which shall be consummated within two months of the
			 granting of the permit and the aggregate value of the prize or prizes offered
			 shall be not more than two thousand dollars.
(e) "Class No. 3" permits shall permit the
			 operation of a bazaar for a period of not more than ten consecutive days,
			 excluding legal holidays and Holy Days on which the bazaar is not functioning.
			 Any bazaar held under the authority of any such permit shall be held within six
			 months of the granting of the permit.
(f) "Class No. 4" permits shall allow the
			 operation of a raffle which shall be consummated within one month of the
			 granting of the permit and the aggregate value of the prize or prizes offered
			 shall be not more than one hundred dollars.
(g) "Class No. 5" permits shall allow the
			 operation of a raffle which shall be consummated within six months of the
			 granting of the permit and the aggregate value of the prize or prizes offered
			 shall be not more than fifty thousand dollars.
(h) "Class No. 6" permits shall allow the
			 operation of a raffle which shall be consummated within nine months of the
			 granting of the permit and the aggregate value of the prize or prizes offered
			 shall be not more than one hundred thousand dollars.
(i) No more than one "Class No. 1" permit,
			 two "Class No. 3" permits, one "Class No. 4" permit, one "Class No. 5" permit,
			 one "Class No. 6" permit, or three "Class No. 2" permits shall be issued to any
			 qualifying organization within any one calendar year. The aggregate value of
			 prizes offered under any of the permits shall represent the amount paid by the
			 applicant for the prize or the retail value of the same if donated.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-5b - Investigation of applicant

Current through July 10, 2024
Such chief of police or first selectman, as the case may be,
				shall make or cause to be made an investigation of the qualifications of the
				applicant and the facts stated in the application and, if he determines that
				the applicant is qualified to hold, operate and conduct a bazaar or raffle
				under the provisions of sections
				7-170
				to
				7-186, inclusive, of the
				general statutes, that the members of the applicant designated in the
				application to hold, operate or conduct the bazaar or raffle are electors of
				the municipality, bona fide active members of the applicant and persons of good
				moral character and have never been convicted of a felony and that the bazaar
				or raffle is to be held, operated and conducted in accordance with the
				provisions of said sections, he shall, with the approval of the executive
				director, issue a permit to the applicant. Upon issuing the permit, the chief
				of police or first selectman shall forward to the executive director the
				original of the application, together with the state's share of the application
				fee, if any.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-6b - Permit fees

Current through July 10, 2024
The fees to be charged for permits shall be as follows: A
				"Class No. 1" permit, fifty dollars, twenty-five dollars to be retained by the
				municipality and twenty-five dollars to be remitted to the state; a "Class No.
				2" permit, twenty dollars, ten dollars to be retained by the municipality and
				ten dollars to be remitted to the state; a "Class No. 3" permit, twenty dollars
				for each day of the bazaar, ten dollars to be retained by the municipality and
				ten dollars to be remitted to the state; a "Class No. 4" permit, five dollars,
				to be retained by the municipality; a "Class No. 5" permit, eighty dollars,
				forty dollars to be retained by the municipality and forty dollars to be
				remitted to the state, and a "Class No. 6" permit, one hundred dollars, fifty
				dollars to be retained by the municipality and fifty dollars to be remitted to
				the state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-7b - Advertising restrictions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No bazaar or
			 raffle to be conducted under any permit issued shall be advertised as to its
			 location, the time when it is to be or has been held or the prizes awarded or
			 to be awarded, by means of television or sound truck or by means of billboards,
			 provided one sign, not exceeding twelve square feet, may be displayed on the
			 premises where the drawing or allotment of prizes is to be held and also where
			 the prizes are or will be exhibited.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of
			 subsection (a) of this section, an announcement of a sponsoring organization's
			 raffle on a public access cable television station's rolling billboard or talk
			 show, which informs the community about upcoming events, is deemed to be news,
			 and not advertising. Such announcements may be made or conducted by a
			 sponsoring organization.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-8b - Tickets and stubs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All stubs or
			 counterparts of the tickets sold, and no others, shall be placed in the
			 container before each drawing.
(b)
			 Tickets already drawn shall not again be placed in the container.
(c) An active designated member, and no other
			 person, shall place the stubs into the container from which the drawing is to
			 be made, and the active designated member shall inspect each stub before
			 depositing the same to guard against the inclusion of stubs or counterparts
			 which are counterfeit or illegitimate.
(d) Only stubs or counterparts bearing the
			 names and addresses of ticket holders shall be placed in the
			 container.
(e) Each raffle ticket
			 shall have printed thereon the name of the sponsoring organization and the
			 time, date and place where the drawing is to be held, the price of the ticket,
			 the three most valuable prizes to be awarded and the total number of prizes to
			 be awarded. Each raffle ticket shall be numbered and shall have a
			 correspondingly numbered stub or counterpart with a designated space for the
			 name and address of the holder.
(f)
			 Tickets without a designated space on the stub or counterpart, or without a
			 stub or counterpart, may be sold and used, with proper permit, when such
			 tickets are not sold in advance but are sold only to persons present at a
			 single gathering or session at the place and on the occasion of a drawing, at
			 which time the winners are determined and the prizes awarded in plain view of
			 purchasers present.
(g) No raffle
			 ticket shall contain any advertising matter, and specimen tickets or printers'
			 proofs thereof shall be submitted with both copies of an application for a
			 permit to conduct a raffle.
(h) All
			 tickets or other forms of shares or rights to participate in a raffle shall be
			 sold at a uniform unit price for each ticket, share or right, without any
			 discount or allowance for the purchase of more than one such ticket, share or
			 right.
(i) No applicant may print,
			 distribute or sell raffle tickets prior to the approval of such raffle tickets
			 by the executive director, and the issuance of a permit authorizing the conduct
			 of a raffle.
(j) All unsold raffle
			 tickets shall be preserved and available for inspection for a period of one
			 year from the date of the termination of a raffle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-9b - Prizes

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All prizes given at any bazaar or raffle
			 shall be merchandise, tangible personal property or a ticket, coupon or gift
			 certificate, which shall not be refundable or transferable, entitling the
			 winner to merchandise, tangible personal property, services, transportation on
			 a common carrier by land, water or air and to any tour facilities provided in
			 connection therewith, or to participation in a lottery conducted under chapter
			 226 of the general statutes. Cash prizes, except those authorized pursuant to
			 section
			 7-185a
			 of the statutes, or prizes consisting of alcoholic liquor shall not be given
			 nor shall any prize be redeemed or redeemable for cash, except tickets for a
			 lottery conducted under chapter 226 of the general statutes. For the purposes
			 of this section, coins whose trading value exceeds their face value and coins
			 not commonly in circulation shall not be deemed a cash prize.
(b) No permittee shall offer, distribute or
			 award as prizes real estate or an interest therein, bonds, shares of stock,
			 securities or evidences of indebtedness, tickets or other forms of shares or
			 rights to participate in any bazaar or raffle, or any merchandise or article
			 refundable in any of the foregoing, or in money or cash, or redeemable or
			 convertible into cash, directly or indirectly.
(c) Extra and cumulative prizes or a share in
			 a prize shall not be permitted.
(d)
			 The winner's choice of merchandise may be offered as a prize in a raffle,
			 provided the choice shall be limited to not more than one of two specific items
			 of merchandise of equal value, with a description of each printed on the raffle
			 ticket.
(e) When a prize is
			 unclaimed, or when because of illegible writing, or otherwise, the winner's
			 identity cannot be determined, the prize shall be preserved in good condition
			 for a period of one year, or funds sufficient to purchase a prize similar in
			 nature and value shall be set aside by the sponsoring organization for the same
			 period, and the prize or substitute prize awarded within said period to the
			 winner upon proper proof thereof.
(f) All reasonable means shall be employed by
			 the sponsoring organization to locate the winner of a prize.
(g) All prizes shall be awarded within a
			 reasonable period of time after the conclusion of a raffle.
(h) All articles to be awarded as prizes in a
			 bazaar shall be conspicuously displayed in the building, structure, booth; tent
			 or place in which the bazaar is being conducted, and no article not so
			 displayed shall be awarded.
(i) No
			 item of merchandise not to be offered, distributed or awarded as a prize at a
			 bazaar shall be displayed with items of merchandise that are to be awarded,
			 distributed or offered as a prize at a bazaar in any building, structure,
			 booth, tent or place in which the bazaar is conducted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-10b - Permissible games of chance

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
			 are permissible games of chance which may be operated by a sponsoring
			 organization during the conduct of a bazaar in the state:
(1) "Money-wheel" games as authorized
			 pursuant to subsection (c) of section
			 7-185a
			 of the general statutes
(2)
			 Merchandise prize wheel games
(3)
			 Knock-a-block games
(4) Dime
			 pitches onto a flat surface
(5) Jar
			 ticket games
(6) Straw
			 games
(7) Lollipop games
(8) Duck pond games
(9) "Fifty-fifty" coupon games as authorized
			 pursuant to subsection (d) of section
			 7-185a
			 of the general statutes
(10)
			 "Teacup raffles" as authorized pursuant to subsection (f) of section
			 7-185a
			 of the general statutes
(11) Such
			 other games of chance as may be approved by the division in conjunction with a
			 sponsoring organization's application for a permit or application to amend
			 form, or upon the written request of a bazaar or raffle equipment dealer
			 registered with the division.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-11b - Cow-chip raffles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any sponsoring
			 organization qualified to conduct a bazaar or raffle may operate a cow-chip
			 raffle as authorized pursuant to subsection (e) of section
			 7-185a
			 of the general statutes once a calendar year and, pursuant to a "Class No. 1",
			 "Class No. 2" or "Class No. 4" permit, may award cash prizes in connection with
			 participation in such a raffle, in addition to those prizes authorized pursuant
			 to section
			 7-177 of the general
			 statutes and section
			 7-185-9b of these
			 administrative regulations governing the operation of bazaars and raffles. Such
			 raffles shall conform to the provisions of sections
			 7-170
			 to
			 7-186, inclusive, of the
			 general statutes, and these administrative regulations governing the operation
			 of bazaars and raffles.
(b) A
			 cow-chip raffle shall allow for the sale of consecutively numbered tickets with
			 correspondingly numbered stubs, entitling the holders of such tickets to the
			 temporary possession of a plot of land for purposes of the conduct of the
			 cow-chip raffle.
(c) Each
			 organization intending to sponsor or conduct a cow-chip raffle shall furnish
			 with its application for a permit, a cow-chip raffle plot plan displaying the
			 land area to be utilized for such raffle and the numbered plots, each
			 corresponding to a numbered cow-chip raffle ticket.
(d) Each organization conducting a cow-chip
			 raffle shall provide for a suitable land area on which the cow-chip raffle
			 activity is to be conducted. The area shall be sufficiently enclosed so as to
			 confine any animal utilized in the conduct of a cow-chip raffle during the
			 period in which the animal is so utilized. The area shall be adequately marked
			 so as to display the number of plots to be utilized, which shall correspond to
			 the number of cow-chip raffle tickets to be sold.
(e) The manner in which winners in a cow-chip
			 raffle are determined shall be clearly stated prior to the commencement of a
			 cow-chip raffle drawing and each sponsoring organization shall conspicuously
			 post an information board, prescribed by the executive director, which shall
			 display the consecutively numbered plots of the cow-chip raffle
			 event.
(f) A cow-chip raffle
			 drawing shall commence at a designated time and shall continue until all
			 winners of authorized prizes have been determined.
(g) No person may feed, lead or handle any
			 animal utilized in a cow-chip raffle once the animal has entered into the
			 enclosed area from which winners will be determined.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-13b - Reports, records receipts and disbursements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 Designated active members of a sponsoring organization shall be responsible,
			 individually and collectively, for forwarding to the permit issuing authority a
			 duly verified statement, in duplicate, concerning the operation of a bazaar or
			 raffle on forms prescribed and furnished by the executive director. The
			 verified statement shall be furnished during the next succeeding
			 month.
(b) Within five business
			 days of receipt of such a statement, a permit issuing authority shall forward
			 the original of same to the executive director.
(c) Each sponsoring organization which holds,
			 operates or conducts any bazaar or raffle shall keep accurate records of
			 receipts and disbursements that may be necessary to substantiate the
			 particulars of the bazaar or raffle, which books and records shall be preserved
			 for at least one year from the date of the verified statement required pursuant
			 to section
			 7-182
			 of the general statutes and subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Each sponsoring organization which holds,
			 operates or conducts a cow-chip raffle shall establish and maintain a special
			 checking account which shall be subject to audit by the division of special
			 revenue. All proceeds derived from the conduct of a cow-chip raffle shall be
			 deposited into this special checking account, and any expense incidental to the
			 conduct of a cow-chip raffle shall be paid only by checks drawn from the
			 special checking account. All cash prizes awarded shall be paid from the
			 special checking account.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 185 - Operation of Bazaars and Raffles › Section 7-185-14b - Equipment, goods, wares and merchandise

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Equipment and
			 goods, wares and merchandise used in bazaars or raffles or intended to be used
			 in bazaars or raffles shall not be purchased or sold at prices in excess of the
			 prevailing retail value thereof and, when purchased on conditional sale or on
			 another installment purchase arrangement, shall be purchased only at the
			 prevailing cash price with interest not to exceed the prevailing rates for
			 retail purchases per annum on the unpaid balance.
(b) No bazaar or raffle shall be conducted
			 with any equipment except such as is owned absolutely or used without payment
			 of any compensation therefor by the permittee or as is rented at a fixed fee,
			 and only from a dealer in such equipment who (1) has his principal place of
			 business in this state, and (2) is registered with the executive director in
			 such manner and on such form as he may prescribe, which form shall be
			 accompanied by an annual fee of three hundred dollars payable to the treasurer
			 of the state of Connecticut.
(c) No
			 equipment may be rented or leased by a bazaar and raffle equipment dealer to
			 any organization which has not obtained a permit to conduct a bazaar or raffle
			 in accordance with the provisions of sections
			 7-170
			 to
			 7-186, inclusive, of the
			 general statutes.
(d) No supplier
			 of goods, wares or merchandise used in the conduct of a bazaar or raffle
			 delivered to the applicant on consignment shall charge for handling or
			 depreciation an amount in excess of ten per cent of the value of such goods,
			 wares or merchandise.
(e) Within
			 ten days after renting bazaar or raffle equipment to a sponsoring organization
			 holding a bazaar or raffle permit, the bazaar or raffle equipment dealer shall
			 send to the executive director, on forms furnished by the executive director,
			 certification as to the following:
(1) the
			 name and address of the applicant to whom the equipment was rented;
(2) the address where the equipment was
			 installed or used;
(3) the exact
			 description of the equipment rented and the individual amount paid for each
			 piece of equipment;
(4) the date
			 upon which the equipment was used. In the case of a corporation, the
			 certification shall be signed by an authorized officer of said
			 corporation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-1 - Qualifications for sponsorship participation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any
			 nonprofit organization, association or corporation may promote and operate
			 games of chance to raise funds for the purposes of the organization,
			 association or corporation, provided the sponsoring organization shall have
			 been organized in good faith and actively functioning as a nonprofit
			 organization in this state for a period of not less than two years prior to its
			 application. If such organization is a charitable organization as defined in
			 section 21a-176 of the Connecticut General Statutes, other than a church or
			 religious organization, it shall be registered with the department of consumer
			 protection under the provisions of chapter 419d of the general
			 statutes.
(b) The promotion and
			 operation of games of chance shall be confined solely to the qualified members
			 of the sponsoring organization, except as provided in section 7-186c of the
			 general statutes and excluding any such qualified member who is a dealer in
			 gambling devices or equipment or an agent or employee of any dealer in such
			 devices or equipment.
(c) No
			 qualified member may receive remuneration in any form for time or effort
			 devoted to the promotion or operation of such games of chance.
(d) No person under the age of eighteen years
			 shall promote, conduct, operate or work at events featuring, or play, such
			 games nor shall any sponsoring organization permit any person under the age of
			 eighteen to so promote, conduct, operate or play such games of
			 chance.
(e) All funds derived from
			 any such games of chance shall be used exclusively for the purpose stated in
			 the application of the sponsoring organization.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-2 - Registration, identification number

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No organization
			 shall conduct games of chance until it has registered with, and secured an
			 identification number from the executive director of the division of special
			 revenue.
(b) Said executive
			 director shall provide the requesting organization with an identification
			 number within seven days after receipt of a request for such number. Any
			 refusal to provide such number shall be in writing, shall state the reason
			 therefor and be sent to such organization by prepaid first class mail within
			 such seven days.
(c) All
			 applications for permits, amendments of permits, reports, verified statements,
			 agreements between the sponsoring organization and the operator and any other
			 papers relating to games of chance shall bear the identification number of the
			 organization involved. Copies of such applications, reports, agreements and
			 other papers shall be forwarded to the executive director at least fifteen days
			 before the event at which such games of chance are to be played.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-3 - Permit and fee, prizes

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A permit under
			 the provisions of sections 7-186a to 7-186p, inclusive, of the general
			 statutes, shall allow the operation of games of chance by the sponsoring
			 organization on the date or dates specified in the permit. The fee for such
			 permit shall be twenty dollars.
(b)
			 Any prizes to be awarded for the playing of such games shall be merchandise or
			 goods. Cash prizes shall not be given nor shall any prize be redeemed or
			 redeemable for cash. Coupons or certificates for goods may be issued by the
			 sponsoring organization only. Such coupons or certificates shall contain a
			 notation that such coupons or certificates may not be redeemed for cash money
			 and that redemption of any such coupon or certificate for cash money by any
			 person or organization shall, pursuant to the provisions of section 7-186d of
			 the general statutes, constitute a class A misdemeanor. No person may be
			 awarded a coupon or gift certificate which is redeemable at any business or
			 mercantile establishment where such person is employed or affiliated. Any
			 person or organization who redeems coupons or certificates evidencing a right
			 to receive goods or merchandise issued by a games of chance sponsoring
			 organization for cash or consideration, other than goods or merchandise, shall,
			 pursuant to the provisions of section 7-186d of the general statutes, be guilty
			 of a class A misdemeanor.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-4 - Application for permit

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any
			 organization desiring to operate games of chance at an event to be sponsored by
			 such organization shall make application in duplicate, duly executed and
			 verified, to the chief of police of the municipality in which the event is to
			 be held, if such municipality has a police department, or to the first
			 selectman of the town, if there is no police department. Such chief of police
			 or first selectman, as the case may be, shall, at least fifteen business days
			 prior to the date of such event, forward the original copy of such application
			 to the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue.
(b) Games of chance shall be conducted within
			 the town in which the sponsoring organization is located, provided a sponsoring
			 organization may apply to the executive director of the division to conduct
			 such games of chance in another town or municipality. The executive director
			 may approve such application upon satisfactory proof that the town or
			 municipality in which the organization is located lacks facilities adequate for
			 the suitable conduct of such games of chance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-5 - Investigation of applicants, limitations on permits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon
			 receiving an application, such chief of police or first selectman, as the case
			 may be, shall make or cause to be made an investigation of the qualifications
			 of the applicant and the facts stated in the application and, if he determines
			 that the applicant is qualified to operate and conduct games of chance, that
			 members of the applicant, one of whom shall be an officer of such applicant,
			 designated in the application to operate or conduct such games of chance are
			 bona fide active members of the applicant and have been such for a period of at
			 least one year prior to the date of the application and are persons of good
			 moral character and have never been convicted of a felony or of a violation of
			 sections
			 53-278b
			 to
			 53-278f,
			 inclusive, of the general statutes and that such games of chance are to be
			 operated and conducted in accordance with the provisions of sections 7-186a to
			 7-186l, inclusive, of the general statutes, he shall issue a permit to such
			 applicant.
(b) No more than four
			 permits shall be issued to the same applicant in any twelve month period and no
			 permit shall be issued to the same applicant within two months from the
			 issuance of a prior permit. No game of chance shall be conducted at the same
			 location more than twice within a period of three weeks.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-6 - Application, change in facts

Current through July 10, 2024
If there is any change in the facts set forth in the
				application for a permit subsequent to the making of such application, the
				applicant shall immediately notify the executive director of the Division of
				Special Revenue of such change, and the executive director may, if he deems
				such action advisable in the public interest, revoke such
				permit.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-7 - Operation for compensation

Current through July 10, 2024
No person, firm or organization shall contract to operate or
				conduct any games of chance for an organization for compensation unless it (1)
				has a principal place of business in the state; (2) is registered with the
				executive director of the division of special revenue in such manner and on
				such form as he may prescribe, which form shall be accompanied by an annual fee
				of three hundred dollars payable to the treasurer of the state of Connecticut;
				and (3) enters into a written agreement, certified under penalty of false
				statement, for each event with each organization with which it contracts. Such
				agreement shall set forth the anticipated expenses of the sponsoring
				organization and such agreement shall provide for a fixed fee for the operator
				which shall not be dependent on any percentage of the proceeds or profits from
				any games of chance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-8 - Listing of workers

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person, firm or organization which has contracted to
				operate or conduct any games of chance for an organization for compensation
				shall provide the executive director of the division of special revenue, on a
				form prescribed by the executive director, with a listing of workers employed
				by such person, firm or organization who will operate games of chance for an
				event for compensation. Such listing shall be submitted to the executive
				director at least ten days prior to each games of chance
				event.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-9 - Investigation of operators for compensation

Current through July 10, 2024
The executive director of the division of special revenue shall
				have the authority to investigate the qualifications of any person, firm or
				organization which has contracted to operate or conduct games of chance or
				agreed to operate or conduct such games of chance for compensation. Said
				executive director may investigate the facts stated in the registration form
				submitted by such person, firm or organization. No person shall be permitted to
				operate games of chance at an event if such person has been convicted of a
				felony or of a violation of sections
				53-278b
				to
				53-278f,
				inclusive, of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-10 - Equipment, equipment dealer, registration, investigation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No game of chance shall be conducted with
			 any equipment except such as is owned absolutely or used without payment of any
			 compensation therefor by the permittee or as is rented at a fixed fee under a
			 written contract, certified under penalty of false statement, and only from a
			 dealer in such equipment who has his principal place of business in this state,
			 who has not been convicted of a felony or of a violation of sections
			 53-278b
			 to
			 53-278f,
			 inclusive, and who has registered with the division of special revenue in such
			 manner and on such form as the executive director of said division
			 prescribes.
(b) The executive
			 director shall have the authority to investigate the qualifications of such
			 dealer and the facts stated in the registration form.
(c) No equipment may be rented or leased by a
			 games of chance equipment dealer to any organization which has not obtained a
			 permit to conduct games of chance in accordance with the provisions of sections
			 7-186a to 7-186p, inclusive, of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-11 - Conduct of games

Current through July 10, 2024
At authorized games of chance, no individual bet or wager shall
				be made in money. No bet shall be made or accepted using any representation of
				money which exceeds twenty-five dollars. Only cash, checks or credit cards
				approved by the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue shall be
				used for the purchase of chips or any other representation of money to be used
				at an event and no other form of credit or representation of credit shall be
				extended to players at such event. All chips or representations of money to be
				used at an event shall be counted prior to the event and at the termination of
				such event with an accounting thereof certified to under penalty of false
				statement by the three persons designated in the permit application as being
				responsible for such games of chance. The three persons so designated shall be
				responsible for supervising those persons who sell or dispense chips or any
				other representation of money and those persons who redeem such chips or
				representations of money for prizes or merchandise or goods or for coupons or
				certificates for such merchandise or goods.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-12 - Financial transactions

Current through July 10, 2024
All financial transactions made by a sponsoring organization
				for an event shall be made by check. Such checks and records of such financial
				transactions shall be preserved for at least two years from the date of
				submission of the verified statement required under the provisions of section
				7-186i of the general statutes and section
				7-186k-17
				of these administrative regulations governing games of
				chance.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-14 - Advertising

Current through July 10, 2024
No games of chance to be conducted under any permit issued
				shall be advertised as to location, the time to be held or the prizes to be
				awarded, by means of television or sound truck or by means of billboards,
				provided one sign, not exceeding twelve square feet, may be displayed on the
				premises where the games of chance are to be conducted and also where the
				prizes are or will be exhibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-15 - Permissible games, equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The following
			 are permissible games of chance and games of chance equipment to be registered
			 in the state:
(1) Blackjack and blackjack
			 equipment
(2) Poker and poker
			 tables
(3) Dice and dice
			 tables
(4) Money-wheels
(5) Roulette and roulette wheels and
			 tables
(6) Baccarat
(7) Chuck-a-Luck and Chuck-a-Luck
			 tables
(8) Pan Game
(9) Over and Under
(10) Horse race game and equipment including
			 miniature horses and oval track
(11) Acey-Ducey and Acey-Ducey
			 tables
(12) Beat the
			 Dealer
(13) Bouncing Ball
(14) Such other games and equipment as may be
			 approved by the executive director of the division upon the written request of
			 a games of chance equipment dealer registered with the division
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 7 - Municipalities › 186k - Operation and Conduct of Games of Chance › Section 7-186k-16 - Verified statement, books and records

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any sponsoring
			 organization which holds, operates or conducts any games of chance, and its
			 members who were in charge thereof, shall furnish to the executive director and
			 to the chief of police of the municipality or to the first selectman, as the
			 case may be, a verified statement, showing (1) the amount of the gross receipts
			 derived from each event of such games of chance, (2) each item of expense
			 incurred or paid and each item of expenditure made or to be made and the name
			 and address of each person to whom each such item has been or is to be paid,
			 (3) the net profit derived from each event of such games of chance and the uses
			 to which the net profit has been or is to be applied and (4) a list of prizes
			 of a retail value of fifty dollars or more offered or given with the amount
			 paid for each prize purchased or the retail value for each prize donated and
			 the names and addresses of the persons to whom the prizes were given.
Such report shall be furnished during the next succeeding
				month.
(b) The sponsoring
			 organization shall maintain and keep any books and records that may be
			 necessary to substantiate the particulars of such report, which books and
			 records shall be preserved for at least two years from the date of such report
			 and shall be available for inspection by the executive director and the chief
			 of police of the municipality or first selectman, as the case may be, upon
			 request.
(c) Such report shall be
			 certified to under penalty of false statement by the three persons designated
			 in the permit application as being responsible for such games of
			 chance.