Senate Bill sb1820

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1820

    By Senator Silver





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to bingo; amending s. 849.0931,

  3         F.S.; defining the terms "instant bingo" and

  4         "package"; providing rules for the operation of

  5         instant bingo games; providing an effective

  6         date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsections (1), (5), (6), and (7) of

11  section 849.0931, Florida Statutes, are amended, and

12  subsection (13) is added to that section, to read:

13         849.0931  Bingo authorized; conditions for conduct;

14  permitted uses of proceeds; limitations.--

15         (1)  As used in this section:

16         (a)  "Bingo game" means and refers to the activity,

17  commonly known as "bingo," in which participants pay a sum of

18  money for the use of one or more bingo cards.  When the game

19  commences, numbers are drawn by chance, one by one, and

20  announced. The players cover or mark those numbers on the

21  bingo cards which they have purchased until a player receives

22  a given order of numbers in sequence that has been

23  preannounced for that particular game.  This player calls out

24  "bingo" and is declared the winner of a predetermined prize.

25  More than one game may be played upon a bingo card, and

26  numbers called for one game may be used for a succeeding game

27  or games.

28         (b)  "Bingo card" means and refers to the flat piece of

29  paper or thin pasteboard employed by players engaged in the

30  game of bingo.  The bingo card shall have not fewer than 24

31  playing numbers printed on it.  These playing numbers shall

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  1  range from 1 through 75, inclusive.  More than one set of

  2  bingo numbers may be printed on any single piece of paper.

  3         (c)  "Charitable, nonprofit, or veterans' organization"

  4  means an organization which has qualified for exemption from

  5  federal income tax as an exempt organization under the

  6  provisions of s. 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954

  7  or s. 528 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;

  8  which is engaged in charitable, civic, community, benevolent,

  9  religious, or scholastic works or other similar activities;

10  and which has been in existence and active for a period of 3

11  years or more.

12         (d)  "Instant bingo" means a game that is played using

13  tickets by which a player wins a prize by opening and removing

14  a cover from the ticket to reveal a set of numbers, letters,

15  objects, or patterns, some of which have been predesignated in

16  advance as prize winners.

17         (e)(d)  "Objects" means a set of 75 balls or other

18  precision shapes that are imprinted with letters and numbers

19  in such a way that numbers 1 through 15 are marked with the

20  letter "B," numbers 16 through 30 are marked with the letter

21  "I," numbers 31 through 45 are marked with the letter "N,"

22  numbers 46 through 60 are marked with the letter "G," and

23  numbers 61 through 75 are marked with the letter "O."

24         (f)  "Package" means a separate set of not more than

25  4,000 instant bingo tickets in which the predetermined minimum

26  prize payout is at least 65 percent of the total receipts from

27  the sale of the entire package.

28         (g)(e)  "Rack" means the container in which the objects

29  are placed after being drawn and announced.

30         (h)(f)  "Receptacle" means the container from which the

31  objects are drawn or ejected.

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  1         (i)(g)  "Session" means a designated set of games

  2  played in a day or part of a day.

  3         (5)  Except for instant bingo prizes, which are limited

  4  to those displayed on the ticket, no jackpot may shall exceed

  5  the value of $250 in actual money or its equivalent, and there

  6  shall be no more than three jackpots in any one session of

  7  bingo.

  8         (6)  Except for instant bingo, which is not limited by

  9  this subsection, the number of days per week during which

10  organizations authorized hereunder may conduct bingo may not

11  exceed two.

12         (7)  Except for instant bingo prizes, which are limited

13  to those displayed on the ticket, there shall be no more than

14  three jackpots on any one day of play.  All other game prizes

15  may shall not exceed $50.

16         (13)(a)  Instant bingo tickets must be sold at the

17  price printed on the ticket, not to exceed $1. Discounts may

18  not be given for purchases of multiple tickets, nor may

19  tickets be given away free of charge.

20         (b)  The sets of numbers, letters, objects, or patterns

21  that have been predesignated as winning combinations for a

22  package of bingo tickets must be posted before the sale of any

23  tickets from that package.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

28    Provides rules for the operation of instant bingo games.
      (See bill for details.)
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