Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 42 - LOUISIANA GAMING › Part I - Charitable Bingo, Keno, Raffle › Subpart 1 - Bingo › Chapter 17 - Charitable Bingo, Keno and Raffle › Subchapter A - General Requirements › Section I-1703 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used throughout this Chapter, the following
						definitions apply
Act
-licensing law enacted as
						R.S.
						4:701 et seq., on regulation of charitable
						gaming including all amendments thereto that may hereafter be enacted.
Applicant
-the organization, its members,
						officers, agents, or employees who have applied for any license from the
						division.
Bona Fide, Active,
or
Volunteer
						Member
-a person accepted for membership in an organization eligible to
						be licensed under this Part upon application, with such action being recorded
						in the official minutes of a regular meeting or who has held full and regular
						membership status in the organization. The member functions shall not be
						limited to gaming-related activities.
Certain Related Offenses
-include the
						following offenses committed contrary to the laws of this state, local
						jurisdictions, other states, the federal government, or other countries:
a. any felony offense;
b. any offense directly or indirectly related to gambling
						or gaming laws;
c. the misdemeanor offense of any theft or related
						offense, any attempted theft or related offense, issuing worthless checks,
						illegal possession of stolen things, or false swearing or related
						offense.
Charitable Gaming
-the conducting or
						assisting in the conducting of any game of chance authorized by
						R.S.
						4:701 et seq.
Charitable Gaming Supplies
-any supplies
						(except raffle tickets), equipment, device, goods or wares intended for use in
						the conducting of any charitable gaming provided by law. It includes, but is
						not limited to, the receptacle and numbered objects to be drawn from it, the
						master board upon which the objects drawn are placed, the cards or sheets
						bearing numbers or other designations to be covered and the objects used to
						cover them, the boards or signs, however operated, used to announce or display
						the number or designation as they are drawn, and all other articles essential
						to the operation, conducting and playing of bingo, keno, pull-tabs or raffles.
						It also includes any computer system, software or cash register designed for
						the primary purpose of accounting for and reporting the transactions involved
						in the selling of share or shares to participate in charitable gaming. Bingo
						game sets commonly manufactured and sold as children's games for a retail price
						of $20 or less shall be presumed not to be bingo equipment for these purposes
						unless used by a licensee in the licensee's gaming activity.
Department
-the Louisiana Department of
						Revenue and shall include the Office of Charitable Gaming, Louisiana Department
						of Revenue.
Director
-the revenue tax director
						consistent with civil service regulations, designated by the secretary of the
						Louisiana Department of Revenue to head the office.
Expenses
-ordinary, necessary and
						reasonable costs incurred in preparation for or in the conduct of the gaming
						activity.
Ideal Net Proceeds
-the projected gross
						amount to be collected upon sale of all pull-tabs in a set or deal
						minus:
a. the actual cost of the pull-tabs to the organization;
						and
b. the projected total amount of prizes or winnings in
						the set or deal.
Immediate Family
-the subject
						individual's spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters, spouses of
						children, and spouses of brother and sisters.
Licensee
-any organization licensed to
						conduct charitable gaming activity pursuant to
						R.S.
						4:701 et seq., or licensed as a manufacturer
						or distributor of charitable gaming supplies, manufacturer or distributor of
						electronic video bingo machines, commercial lessors, or licensed as a private
						contractor for cable television bingo.
Non-Commercial Lessor
-a bona fide
						non-profit organization licensed by the division to conduct games of chance
						which leases any building or structure used for charitable gaming to other
						organizations licensed by the division.
Office
-the Office of Charitable Gaming,
						Louisiana Department of Revenue.
Patriotic
-in addition to any other
						commonly accepted meaning, an organization whose membership is composed of
						veterans of the United States of America Military to include without
						limitation, United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Marines,
						United States Navy, and United States Coast Guard, and said organization has
						acquired an appropriate nonprofit designation issued by the federal Internal
						Revenue Service with its registered office and/or place of domicile in the
						state of Louisiana, or an auxiliary organization to such a veterans'
						organization.
Private Contractor
-a firm or person
						possessing demonstrated skills in the conduct and administration of charitable
						games of chance, and licensed by the division to provide for the operation and
						management of cable television bingo and any employee or agent of such firm or
						person.
Promotional Game
-any game, contest, or
						arrangement used by any entity in order to stimulate sales or attendance, where
						absolutely no purchase or fee is necessary in order to participate in or win
						the game, contest or event.
Pull-Tab
or
Charity Game
						Ticket
-a single or a banded ticket or card with its face covered to
						conceal one or more numbers or symbols where one or more cards or tickets in
						each set has been designated in advance as a winner.
Pull-Tab Set
or
Deal
-any form, series or group of pull-tabs having the same
						serial number.
Raffle
- a type of lottery in which
						several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and
						then determine by chance which one of them shall become the sole possessor of
						it and any portion or share is retained by the person(s) conducting the
						raffle.
Reasonable Market Rental Rate
-that rate
						at which similar facilities or equipment available for similar purposes, in the
						community may be leased or rented.
Session
-represents authorized games of
						chance played within a time limit of 2 consecutive hours, within the same
						calendar day, with a minimum of 12 hours between sessions. The 4-hour session
						limit shall not apply to sessions held in conjunction with a bona fide fair or
						festival on property where no rent is paid for the session and payout of prizes
						is determined by the number of persons playing. Sessions are limited to not
						more than 1 session per day per licensee. In no instance, shall the total prize
						amounts exceed $4,500 per session without a special license. A session of keno
						or bingo, when the licensee possesses a special license is limited to 6
						consecutive hours.
Special License
-a license to conduct one
						bingo session where the total prize amount shall not exceed $25,000 in cash or
						things of equal value. No organization shall be issued more than two special
						licenses a year.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Adopted in accordance with
						R.S.
						4:701.