1. What do I need to obtain a Bingo license?
2. Will I need to complete a Bingo application each time our organization would like to conduct bingo?
3. How long does it take for approval of a Bingo application?
4. Are children allowed to play or be present where Bingo is being conducted?
5. What do you consider a qualified organization?
6. What are the regulations for conducting a raffle?
7. What games are permissible for Charitable Gambling?
8. What are wagering limits?

Question: What do I need to obtain a Bingo license?

Answer: The applicant must submit a completed application, a tax-exempt letter from the IRS, list of prizes and value, a letter from the facility at which Bingo will be conducted and the amount of $15.00.

Question: Will I need to complete a Bingo application each time our organization would like to conduct bingo?

Answer: No. Your organization will need to complete and submit a "supplemental application for bingo license" once you were issued a license number.

Question: How long does it take for approval of a Bingo application?

Answer: Bingo approval is a two-month process.

Question: Are children allowed to play or be present where Bingo is being conducted?

Answer: No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted in any bingo game, the prize for which is money, or participate in any instant bingo game. No person under the age of sixteen shall participate in any game of bingo nor shall such person conduct or assist in the conduct of the playing of any game of bingo, except that persons no younger than fourteen may act as waiters and waitresses in the handling of food or drinks at an occasion on which a licensee conducts bingo. No children are permitted to sit while parent participates in the game of bingo.

Question: What do you consider a qualified organization?

Answer: A volunteer fire company, veterans organization, religious or charitable organization, or fraternal society that is operated in a manner so as to come within the provisions of Section 170 of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

Question: What are the regulations for conducting a raffle?

Answer: A raffle license is required when the value of the prize or prizes to be awarded is $5,000 or more, or in which the ticket price is $5.00 or more for a single drawing for prizes, or $15.00 or more for a series of drawings for prizes occurring on a periodic schedule exceeding one month.

Question: What games are permissible for Charitable Gambling?

Answer: Card games such as draw poker, stud poker, or blackjack devices, such as big six wheels or similar devices, dice games other than craps, horse racing games, Nevada cards or pull tabs or any other activity similar to these mentioned games approved by the Board.

Question: What are wagering limits?

Answer: The maximum wager permitted on any game at any function must be $1.00, except that a $5.00 wager must be permitted in the game of blackjack with doubling allowed and in other card games such as draw poker or stud poker, the maximum ante must be $1.00 and the maximum wager on any card for any draw shall be $1.00 with three raises.