Illinois Administrative Code
Title 86 - REVENUE
Part 430 - BINGO LICENSE AND TAX ACT
Section 430.160 - Restrictions and Limitations on the Conducting of Bingo
Universal Citation: 86 IL Admin Code ยง 430.160
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
The following restrictions and limitations on the conducting of bingo apply to any bingo session conducted by any licensed organization.
a) License
1) No organization may conduct bingo without
having in its possession a valid license issued by the Department. No
organization may continue to conduct bingo after the expiration date shown on
its license unless the Department has received a substantially complete renewal
application and the information required by subsections (b)(1)(A) and (B) of
Section
430.110.
An organization which violates the restriction in the preceding sentence, but
which submits a substantially complete renewal application within 30 days after
the expiration of its license, shall be penalized as provided in Section
430.l90(c)(2). If the Department has received a substantially complete renewal
application and accompanying information prior to the expiration of a regular
license, but has not issued the renewed license as of the expiration date, the
organization may continue to conduct bingo, and the organization's expired
license shall continue in effect until the Department notifies the organization
of the decision on the renewal application. If the Department approves the
renewal application, the date of issuance of the renewed license shall be the
date following the expiration date of the expired license. If the Department
denies the renewal application, and the organization protests the Department's
denial as provided in Section
430.190,
the expired license shall continue in effect until the Department issues a
final administrative decision on the protest, or until the protest is otherwise
resolved.
2) Every organization
shall display its license in a prominent place in the area where it is to
conduct bingo. [230 ILCS
25/1(4)] A bingo session may be
conducted in two or more separate areas on the premises for which the license
is issued. In such case the license shall be displayed in the area in which the
person calling the numbers is located.
3) No license will be issued for any bingo
session beginning less than two hours after the conclusion of a prior session
conducted on the same premises. However, this restriction shall not apply to
special permits or limited licenses to conduct bingo at the State Fair
conducted by the Illinois Department of Agriculture pursuant to Section 5 of
the State Fair Act [20 ILCS
210/5] or at any county fair as that term is defined
in Section 2 of the Agricultural Fair Act [30 ILCS
120/2] .
b) Games. A bingo "game" consists of the calling of numbers from one to seventy-five, one at a time without replacement, until one or more winners are determined by the completion of one or more predetermined patterns of numbers on a bingo card.
1) An organization may not conduct more than
25 games during a bingo session, except organizations holding a special
operator's permit or a limited license may, as one of the occasions allowed by
such license or permit, conduct bingo for a maximum of 2 consecutive days,
during each day of which the number of games may exceed 25. Further, the 25
game restriction shall not apply to bingo conducted at the Illinois State Fair
or any county fair held in Illinois. The statutory monetary limit on the prizes
is always applicable. A maximum of five games may be designated "special
games". Special games are distinguished from regular games only by the maximum
price that may be charged for the bingo cards used. The five special games
limit shall not apply to Bingo conducted at the Illinois State Fair or any
county fair held in Illinois.
2)
Regular game cards may be sold for a maximum of one dollar apiece, and each
regular card must be valid for all regular games in a bingo session. However an
organization holding a special operator's permit or a limited license may, on
one of the occasions allowed by such license or permit, sell regular game cards
which need not be valid for all regular games. Special game cards may be sold
for a maximum of 50 cents each.
3)
To be "valid" for a game, a card must be eligible for the same prize as any
other card used in that game, except that cards sold for different prices may
be eligible for different prizes, provided that the ratios of the prices and
prizes are equal. (Example: An organization sells regular cards for either one
dollar or 50 cents. The prize for a bingo on a one dollar card may be twice as
large as the prize for a bingo on a 50 cent card. Note: This restriction does
not apply in cases where the difference in the price of cards is due to a
volume discount, e.g. one card for a dollar or six cards for five
dollars.)
c) Prizes
1) The aggregate retail value of all prizes
or merchandise awarded in any bingo session may not exceed $2,250, except that
in any adjoining counties having 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants each, and in
counties which are adjacent to either of such adjoining counties and are
adjacent to a total of not more than 2 counties in this State, and in any
municipality having 2,500 or more inhabitants and within one mile of such
adjoining and adjacent counties having less than 25,000 inhabitants, 2
additional bingo games may be conductedafter the $2,250 limit has been reached.
(Currently, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties, and the city of Red Bud,
qualify for additional games.) The prize awarded for any one game, including
any game conducted after reaching the $2,250 limit, maynot exceed $500 cash or
its equivalent. [230 ILCS
25/2(4)]
2) An organization holding a special
operator's permit or a limited license may, as one of the two annual occasions
allowed by such permit or license, award only noncash prizes for which there is
no monetary retail value limit imposed, provided that the retail value of
noncash prizes for any single game shall not exceed $150. There is no minimum
prize requirement.
3) The aggregate
retail value of all merchandise, cash, or bingo cards awarded in any bingo
session as door or attendance prizes may not exceed $500, and shall be
considered part of the applicable maximum limit in prizes or merchandise that
may be awarded in any bingo session. In games conducted pursuant to a special
operator's permit or a limited license, and awarding only noncash prizes, the
prize awarded for any one game may not exceed a retail value of $150. There is
no minimum prize requirement.
d) Management and Operation of Bingo
1) For periods through August 8, 2001, only a
bona fide member of the licensed organization or a bona fide member of an
auxiliary organization (substantially all of whose members are spouses of
members of the sponsoring organization) may participate in the management or
operation of the bingo session, either as an operator or a worker.
Participation in the management or operation of the bingo session includes
selling cards, calling numbers, confirming and paying winners, and handling or
counting the proceeds from the sale of cards while the session is in progress.
A) Operators are the persons directly
responsible for managing the game and who have signed the application for
license or amended statement thereto. No bingo session may be conducted unless
an operator is present.
B) Workers
are any persons participating in the operation of a bingo session. Their names
must appear on the list of workers, or any amendments thereto, accompanying the
organization's application, as provided in Section
430.110(b)(1)(B)
and (b)(2)(B) and Section
430.120(b).
2) No person may receive any
remuneration or profit for participating in the management or operation
ofthegameexcept that if an organization licensed undertheAct is associated with
a school or other educational institution, that school or institution may
reduce tuition or fees for a designated pupil based on participation in the
management or operation of the game by any member of the organization.
"Associated with" includes organizations which are organized and operated to
promote the welfare of the school or educational institution (e.g., PTA or
qualifying booster clubs). The extent to which tuition and fees are reduced
shall relate proportionately to the amount of time volunteered by the member,
as determined by the school or other educational institution. [230 ILCS
25/2(3)] Meals provided to operators
or workers on the day they participate in the management or operation of a
bingo game and an annual banquet or party for them do not constitute
"remuneration or profit", provided that the per capita value of such meals or
parties is not so great as to constitute a significant inducement to
participate in the management or operation of the organization's bingo
game.
3) No person may participate
in the management or operation of the bingo sessions of more than two licensed
organizations.
e) Illegal Gambling and Raffles
1) Unlicensed
raffles or other forms of gambling prohibited by law shall not be conducted on
the premises where bingo is being conducted. Illegal gambling includes, but is
not limited to, gambling among those in attendance at the bingo
session.
2) Bona fide raffles,
including the selling of chances and the determining of winners, licensed
pursuant to the Raffles Act [230 ILCS 15 ] may be conducted at bingo sessions.
(Note that raffle licenses are issued by the governing bodies of counties and
municipalities; the Department does not license raffles.) A "bona fide" raffle
is defined as one in which, if the raffle is conducted entirely during a bingo
session, the gross receipts from the sale of chances approximates the retail
value of the prizes awarded, and the receipt or purchase of raffle chances or
the determination of the raffle winners are in no way conditioned upon
participation in the bingo session of any licensed organization, either as a
player or as a worker.
3) Pull tabs
and jar games conducted under the Illinois Pull Tabs and Jar Games Act [230
ILCS 20 ] may be conducted. Prizes awarded in these games shall not be included
in the bingo prize limitation.
f) Miscellaneous Provisions
1) The entire net proceeds from bingo must be
exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the licensed organization.
[230 ILCS
25/2(1)]
2) All advertising by a licensed organization
regarding the conducting of its bingo sessions shall contain the name and bingo
license number of the organization. Licensed organizations may not participate
in joint advertising with other licensed organizations.
3) No admission fee may be charged for
entrance onto premises on which bingo is to be conducted, nor may any minimum
requirement be imposed as to the purchase of bingo cards.
4) No person under the age of 18 years may
play or participate in the conducting of bingo. Any person under the age of 18
years may be within the area where bingo is being played only when accompanied
by his or her parent or guardian. [230 ILCS
25/2(9)]
5) No licensed organization shall purchase or
lease any bingo supplies or equipment other than from a person or organization
licensed under the Act.
6) No
licensee under the Act, while a bingo session is being conducted, shall
knowingly permit the entry into any part of the premises by any person who has
been convicted of a felony or a violation of Article 28 of the Criminal Code of
1961 [720 ILCS 5 /Art. 28]. [230 ILCS 25/4]
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