Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 10 - CHARITABLE GAMING › Chapter 5 - BINGO REQUIREMENTS › Rule 13-10-5.5 - Authorized Expenditures

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) All net
				proceeds derived from a bingo game authorized by the Charitable Bingo Law shall
				be expended only for the purposes for which the charitable organization is
				created. The use of bingo proceeds for any other purpose to include start-up
				costs, attorney fees, appellate costs or any other cost not routinely incurred
				by the charitable organization must be preapproved by the Commission in
				writing. Approvals are not necessarily prohibited but the Commission must
				determine if they are necessary, reasonable, and specifically described in the
				charitable organization's statement of purpose. No attorney fees will be
				approved to defend any individual in an administrative, civil or criminal
				matter.
(b) None of the proceeds of
				a bingo game shall be used to purchase, construct or improve a building, hall
				or other facility solely for the purpose of conducting or operating a bingo
				game.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§
										97-33-52(3).
(c) The total amount of prizes
				which may be awarded in any one (1) session by a bingo location shall not
				exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) in cash or other items
				of value offered as a prize or Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) if only one
				(1) session is held in any one week. The total prize limit does not include
				paybacks for pull-tabs or electronic representations.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§
										97-33-67(2).
(d) The total amount of prizes
				which may be awarded in any one day under a charitable limited license shall
				not exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00).
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§
										97-33-59(1).
(e) No commission, salary,
				compensation, reward or recompense, including but not limited to bonuses,
				incentive pay, loans, granting or use of bingo cards without charge or at a
				reduced charge, shall be paid or given to any person holding, operating,
				conducting or assisting in holding or operating any licensed bingo game, either
				directly or indirectly by the charitable organization except as authorized by
				Section
				97-33-69(3)
				and these rules.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§
										97-33-69(2).
(f) The charitable organization is
				prohibited from compensating any member or other person who, acting on behalf
				of the charitable organization, organizes, arranges, directs, oversees,
				consults, confers or in any manner participates in the holding of a bingo game
				other than the exception as authorized by statute and described in this section
				and in 13 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 12, R. 5.4. Violation of this provision by the
				charitable organization could result in suspension and/or revocation of the
				license issued to the charitable organization. The burden of proof shall be
				upon the licensed charitable organization to prove this provision is not
				violated. The financial records of the charitable organization, aside from the
				required bingo records, must be made available to the Commission upon request
				for verification.
(g) A bingo
				location may compensate any person involved in holding, operating, or
				conducting any licensed game or games, provided that the total amount paid as
				such compensation shall not exceed Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) for any one
				(1) six-hour session, and that no such employee shall be paid for more than one
				job function.
1. Individuals to whom such
				compensation may be paid include the bingo supervisor, alternate supervisors,
				callers, runners, cashiers, etc. The bingo supervisor and alternate
				supervisors, if compensated, must have a written contract on a per session
				basis.
2. However, neither the
				bingo supervisor, nor any alternate supervisor, nor any person related to any
				supervisor or alternate by blood, marriage, or business relationship, while
				being compensated as a bingo supervisor, shall receive any other compensation
				directly or indirectly from the charitable organization.
Source:
Miss. Code Ann.
§
											97-33-69(3).