Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 13 - Gaming
Part 10 - CHARITABLE GAMING
Chapter 2 - LICENSING
Rule 13-10-2.3 - Application for a License to Conduct Charitable Bingo

(a) An application to conduct charitable bingo must be submitted to the Commission upon forms prescribed and provided by the Commission. No application will be deemed received if the information is incomplete or illegible. Any such document will be returned to the applicant.

(b) Any license issued pursuant to these rules may be issued for a period not to exceed three (3) years.

(c) The application shall include the name of the charitable organization, address, current officers, all members of the board of directors, partners or principals of the charitable organization, the bingo supervisors and alternate supervisors, federal tax identification number, federal tax exemption certificate, a copy of any rental or lease agreements or contracts where bingo is to be conducted, where applicable, all proposed contracts between the charitable organization and/or the bingo location and any other entity for whatever service, product(s), etc. and any other applicable information. A list of bingo employees shall be submitted to the Commission prior to operation. The application shall include details outlining the financial support that the applicant intends to provide for the purpose for which the charitable organization is created. The details shall include an in depth description of the program services as well as the percentage of the bingo net adjusted gross receipts allocated to each program. The application shall include all expenses it expects to incur with respect to the operation of bingo. Failure to make material progress in meeting, on an annual basis, the requirements of the bingo plans submitted may be grounds to deny, suspend and/or revoke the license of the charitable organization.

(d) The application is not complete unless it is dated and signed by the proposed bingo supervisor and the head of the charitable organization, who shall be the president, chairman of the board of directors, or the chief executive officer or other duly elected head of the charitable organization, certifying the information contained in the application is true and correct to the best of their knowledge. It is the intent of this section that the legally responsible official of the applicant charitable organization shall sign in their representative capacity and the application shall contain all information and statements required by the Commission.

(e) All bingo games conducted must comply with all the requirements of these rules and to the requirements of the Charitable Bingo Law and such other laws and rules as may be applicable.

(f) The Commission will not accept statements of purpose provided to the Secretary of State that are so general and/or vague that the Commission cannot interpret what programs the charitable organization seeks to perform. The charitable organization will either be required to more specifically define its purpose or attach specific program descriptions with budget information included.