Senate Bill sb0182

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                   SB 182

    By Senator Silver





    38-310-02                                            See HB 23

  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 penalties;

  6         providing an effective 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, present

12  subsection (13) of that section is renumbered as subsection

13  (14), and a new subsection (13) is added to that section, to

14  read:

15         849.0931  Bingo authorized; conditions for conduct;

16  permitted uses of proceeds; limitations.--

17         (1)  As used in this section:

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

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

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

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

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

23  bingo cards which they have purchased until a player receives

24  a given order of numbers in sequence that has been

25  preannounced for that particular game.  This player calls out

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

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

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

29  or games.

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

31  paper or thin pasteboard employed by players engaged in the

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

  2  playing numbers printed on it.  These playing numbers shall

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

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

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

  6  means an organization which has qualified for exemption from

  7  federal income tax as an exempt organization under the

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

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

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

11  religious, or scholastic works or other similar activities;

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

13  years or more.

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

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

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

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

18  advance as prize winners.

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

20  precision shapes that are imprinted with letters and numbers

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

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

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

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

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

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

27  4,000 instant bingo tickets in which the predetermined minimum

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

29  the sale of the entire package.

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

31  are placed after being drawn and announced.

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

  2  objects are drawn or ejected.

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

  4  played in a day or part of a day.

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

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

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

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

  9  bingo.

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

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

12  organizations authorized hereunder may conduct bingo may not

13  exceed two.

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

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

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

17  may shall not exceed $50.

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

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

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

21  tickets be given away free of charge.

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

23  that have been predesignated as winning combinations for a

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

25  tickets from that package.

26         (14)(13)  Any organization or other person who

27  willfully and knowingly violates any provision of this section

28  is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as

29  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.  For a second or

30  subsequent offense, the organization or other person is guilty

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  1  of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.

  2  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  6                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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