Title 3 — District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.

(a) There is hereby created by the District of Columbia the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board. The 1st Board shall be appointed as hereinafter specified within 60 days of March 10, 1981. The Board shall consist o…

Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, each member of the Board shall take oath that he or she will faithfully execute the duties of office according to the laws of the District of Columbia. In addition thereto, each member of the Board shall take and subscri…

(a) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director and a Deputy Director in accordance with § 1-609.08, each of whom shall devote his or her full time and attention to the duties of their respective offices and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Executive Director shall…

The Board may, if it determines it necessary, require all or any of its employees to give bond in such amount as the Board may determine. Every such bond shall be filed in the Office of the District of Columbia Treasurer. The cost of any such bond so given shall be part of the ne…

No member of the Board, Chairperson of the Board, Executive Director, or employee of the Board during their tenure of appointment or employment shall: Hold any other elected or appointed position; or have, directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership, or a…

(a) The Board shall have the power to enforce provisions of this chapter and shall make all necessary rules and regulations for this purpose and for carrying out, enforcing, and preventing any violation of any provision of this chapter; for investigation of potential and existing…

The Board shall make an annual report in writing to the Mayor no later than December 31st of each year for the preceding fiscal year. This annual report shall include a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Board, a summary of its activities, and any additional infor…

The Board, or any subcommittee thereof authorized to conduct any inquiry, investigation, or hearing pursuant to this chapter, shall have the power to administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter of inquiry or investigation. At any hearing ordered by the B…

The Board shall provide books in which shall be kept a true, faithful, and correct record of all of its proceedings, which books shall be open and available to the public.

There shall be established within the Board a City Lottery and Numbers Game Division and a Charitable Games Division. Each Division shall have a Division Chief (hereinafter referred to as “Chief ”) who shall administer and coordinate operation of authorized activities in the resp…

The Board shall submit to the Mayor a consolidated budget covering all anticipated income, expenses (including all start-up costs), and capital outlays of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, which budget shall show the net amount for which it requ…

(a) A District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Fund (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund” ) shall be established and controlled by the Board to receive all funds and fees generated by the specific forms of gambling operated or licensed by the Board. All funds generated …

The Board shall operate and conduct a lottery and shall determine the number of times a lottery shall be held each year, the form and price of tickets, and the number and value of prizes to winning participants, determined in a manner and on a basis designated by the Board. The p…

The Board shall operate and conduct a daily numbers game. The proceeds of the sale of tickets shall be deposited in the Fund from which prizes shall be paid in the manner specified in § 3-1312. The Board shall authorize daily numbers games sales agents to distribute monies from t…

The Board may license, as agents to sell lottery and daily numbers games tickets, such persons and establishments as, in its judgment, possess the requisite qualifications, including, but not limited to: The financial responsibility of the person and his business or activity; the…

(a) The Board, in its discretion, may require lottery and daily numbers games sales agents to deposit in the Fund or a special escrow account, in the name of the Board, to the credit of the Board, which the Board is authorized to establish, in institutions designated by it which …

The Board may authorize compensation to such depositories in such manner and amounts and subject to such limitations as the Board may determine. The depositories referred to in § 3-1316 shall transfer the deposits made pursuant to § 3-1316 to the designated accounts of the Board,…

(a) An unclaimed prize for a winning ticket or share shall be retained by the Board for the person entitled to the prize for 180 days after the drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made for the prize within the 180-day period, the unclaimed prize funds shall be used…

The Auditor of the District of Columbia shall cause to be conducted a regular post audit of all accounts and transactions of the Board with respect to the operation of lottery and daily numbers games.

(a) No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to, any of the following persons: Any member or employee of the Board or any spouse, domestic partner, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of a…

The Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of lotteries and daily numbers games to insure the integrity of the conduct of lotteries and daily numbers games to protect the economic welfare and interests in fair and honest play of lotteries and daily numbers …

The Board may authorize the operation of bingo and raffles in the District of Columbia. Bingo means that form of gambling in which the winning chances are determined by a random drawing of a subset of numbered objects among a total set of 75 objects, consecutively numbered from 1…

(a) The Board may authorize the operation of Monte Carlo night parties in the District of Columbia. (b) A Monte Carlo night party means an event for raising funds for charitable purposes at which wagers are made, through the use of imitation money presented to a participant in ex…

(a) No person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation shall sponsor, conduct, or hold a bingo game, raffle, or Monte Carlo night party in the District of Columbia without a license issued by the Board. (b) The Board may issue a license under this section to …

The Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of bingo and raffles to insure the integrity of the conduct of bingo and raffles, to protect the economic welfare and interests in fair and honest play of bingo and raffles participants. Such rules and regulations …

Each person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation conducting bingo and raffles shall designate an individual as responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts in a manner not in violation of or contrary to the rules and regulations of the Board a…

(a) No person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation licensed by the Board to conduct bingo shall purchase or receive bingo equipment and supplies, as defined by the rules and regulations of the Board, except from a person, firm, partnership, association, o…

Each application for a suppliers’ license, or renewal thereof, shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the price list of the applicant’s bingo supplies and equipment, a fee, and a financial responsibility bond. Said fees and financial responsibility bonds shall be set by the …

(a) The Board, in its discretion, may determine the following persons not to be eligible to receive a suppliers’ license: A person convicted of a felony who either has not received a pardon or has not been released from parole or probation for at least 5 years; a person who is or…

No person shall sell or distribute bingo samples or equipment to any licensed organization without first having obtained a suppliers’ license, but an organization which is or has been, during the preceding 12 months, licensed to conduct bingo in the District of Columbia may sell …

A standard set of bingo cards shall consist of at least 3,000 cards numbered in sequence. Each card in a set differs from all others with respect to the distribution of playing numbers. Any number of cards may be supplied to a licensed organization and sold or rented to players a…

Any license granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the regulations set forth by the Board and shall be subject to suspension or revocation for good cause, after giving the licensee a reasonable opportunity for a hearing, at which he shall have the right …

No person shall aid or abet in the conduct of any bingo game, raffle, or Monte Carlo night party, except in accordance with a license duly issued and unsuspended or revoked by the Board. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,00…

No person shall: Forge or counterfeit any ticket made for the purposes of any lottery or daily numbers games; alter any number imprinted on such a ticket; offer for sale or sell any such forged, counterfeited, or altered ticket, knowing it to be such; or present any such forged, …

No person shall knowingly permit any person under the age of 18 to participate in a game of bingo or to wager in any gambling activity authorized under this chapter. No person shall knowingly permit a person under the age of 18 years, unless accompanied by an adult, to be present…

If a person entitled to a lottery prize is under 18 years of age and the prize is less than $5,000, the Board may require that payment of the prize be directed to an adult member of the minor’s family or to a guardian of the minor in a check or draft payable to the order of the m…

(a) No Board member, officer, or employee of the Board designated to enter into contracts for the operation of any of the forms of gambling authorized by this chapter shall have any material interest, either directly or indirectly, in any contract with a vendor for the purchase o…

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