Chapter 5.28
BINGO AND LOTTO

5.28.010 Permitted when.
5.28.020 Violation-Penalty.

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5.28.010 Permitted when.
Charitable, fraternal and religious organizations which are located within the city and which comply with the provisions of Subsection 2 of Section 2 of D-Eng. HB 2341 may engage in bingo or lotto when no person other than the organization or a player profits in any manner from the operation of the lottery. Bingo or lotto means a game played with cards bearing lines of numbers, in which a player covers or uncovers a number selected from a container, and which is won by a player who is present during the game and who first covers or uncovers the selected numbers in a designated combination, sequence or pattern. As used in this section, "charitable, fraternal or religious organization" means any person organized and existing for charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, humane, patriotic, religious, philanthropic, recreational, social, educational, civic, fraternal or other nonprofit purposes, and who is also exempt from payment of federal income taxes because of its charitable, fraternal or religious purposes. The fact that contributions to an organization profiting from the contest do not qualify for charitable deductions for tax purposes or that the organization is not otherwise exempt from payment of federal income taxes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, constitutes prima facie evidence that the organization is not a bona fide charitable, fraternal or religious organization. (Ord. 11-77 § 1 (part), 1977.)