Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

349.151 GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Board created. The Gambling Control Board is created with the powers and duties established by subdivision 4. § Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The board consists of seven members, as follows: (1) five members appointed by the governor; (2)…

349.152 DIRECTOR. § Subdivision 1.Appointed. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, a director from a list of one or more persons submitted by the board. The director serves in the unclassified service at the pleasure of the governor. § Subd. 2.Dut…

349.153 CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) A person may not serve on the board, be the director, or be an employee of the board who has an interest in any corporation, association, limited liability company, or partnership that is licensed by the board as a distributor, manufacturer, or l…

349.154 EXPENDITURES; STANDARDS. § Subdivision 1.Standards for certain organizations. The board shall by rule prescribe standards that must be met annually by any licensed organization that is a 501(c)(3) or festival organization. The standards must provide: (1) operating standar…

349.155 LICENSES; LICENSE ACTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Forms. All applications for a license must be on a form prescribed by the board. In the case of applications by an organization the board may require the organization to submit a copy of its articles of incorporation and other do…

349.16 ORGANIZATION LICENSES. § Subdivision 1.License required. An organization may conduct lawful gambling if it has a license to conduct lawful gambling and complies with this chapter. § Subd. 1a. MS 1988 [Repealed by amendment, 1990 c 590 art 1 s 17] § Subd. 2.Issuance of gamb…

349.161 DISTRIBUTOR LICENSES. § Subdivision 1.Prohibited acts; licenses required. (a) No person may: (1) sell, offer for sale, or furnish gambling equipment for use within the state other than for lawful gambling exempt or excluded from licensing, except to an organization licens…

349.162 EQUIPMENT REGISTERED. § Subdivision 1.Registration required. A distributor may not sell, transfer, furnish, or otherwise provide to a person, and no person may purchase, borrow, accept, or acquire from a distributor gambling equipment for use within the state unless the e…

349.163 LICENSING OF MANUFACTURERS. § Subdivision 1.License required. No manufacturer of gambling equipment may sell any gambling equipment to any person for use or resale within the state, unless the manufacturer has a current and valid license issued by the board under this sec…

349.1635 LINKED BINGO GAME PROVIDER LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.License required. No person may do any of the following without having first obtained a license from the board: (1) provide the means to link prizes in a linked bingo game; (2) provide linked bingo game prize management…

349.1641 LICENSES; SUMMARY SUSPENSION. (a) The board may (1) summarily suspend the license of an organization that is more than 45 days late in filing a monthly report required to be submitted to the board under this chapter or board rule or a tax return or in paying a tax requir…

349.165 PREMISES PERMITS. § Subdivision 1.Premises permit required; application. A licensed organization may not conduct lawful gambling at any site unless it has first obtained from the board a premises permit for the site. The board shall prescribe a form for permit application…

349.166 EXCLUSIONS; EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Exclusions. (a) Bingo, with the exception of linked bingo games, may be conducted without a license and without complying with sections 349.168, subdivisions 1 and 2; 349.17, subdivisions 4 and 5; 349.18, subdivision 1; and 349.19, …

349.167 GAMBLING MANAGERS. § Subdivision 1.Gambling manager required. (a) All lawful gambling conducted by a licensed organization must be under the supervision of a gambling manager. A gambling manager designated by an organization to supervise lawful gambling is responsible for…

349.168 GAMBLING EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.Registration of employees. A person may not receive compensation for participating in the conduct of lawful gambling as an employee of a licensed organization unless the person has first registered with the licensed organization on a Un…

349.169 FILING OF INVENTORY AND DISCOUNTS. § Subdivision 1.Filing required. Manufacturers, distributors, and linked bingo game providers must file, by the 20th of each month, with the director a list of all gambling equipment that the manufacturer, distributor, or linked bingo ga…

349.17 CONDUCT OF BINGO. § Subdivision 1. MS 2004 [Repealed, 2005 c 166 art 1 s 38] § Subd. 2.Bingo. During any bingo occasion conducted by an organization, the organization is directly responsible for the: (1) staffing of the bingo occasion; (2) conducting of lawful gambling dur…

349.1711 CONDUCT OF TIPBOARDS. § Subdivision 1.Sale of tickets. (a) Tipboard games must be played using only tipboard tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows, or (2) separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game i…

349.172 PULL-TABS; INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE POSTED. § Subdivision 1.Board may require certain posting. The board may issue an order requiring an organization selling pull-tabs to post major pull-tab prizes and the names of major prize winners if the board has reasonable grounds…

349.1721 CONDUCT OF PULL-TABS. § Subdivision 1.Cumulative or carryover games. The board shall by rule permit pull-tab games with multiple seals. The board shall also adopt rules for pull-tab games with cumulative or carryover prizes. The rules shall also apply to electronic pull-…

349.173 CONDUCT OF RAFFLES. (a) Raffle tickets or certificates of participation at a minimum must list the three most expensive prizes to be awarded and include the location, date, and time of the selection of the winning entries. If additional prizes will be awarded, a complete …

349.18 PREMISES USED FOR GAMBLING. § Subdivision 1.Lease or ownership required; rent limitations. (a) An organization may conduct lawful gambling only on premises it owns or leases. Leases must be on a form prescribed by the board. The term of the lease is concurrent with the pre…

349.181 RESTRICTIONS ON WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN LAWFUL GAMBLING. § Subdivision 1.Minimum age. (a) A person under age 18 may not participate: (1) as a player in games of pull-tabs, tipboards, paddlewheel, or raffles; (2) as a player in a bingo game other than: (i) a bingo game exem…

349.19 ACCOUNTS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Required record of receipts. (a) A licensed organization must keep a record of each occasion on which it conducts gambling, including each bingo occasion and each day on which other forms of lawful gambling are conducted. The…

349.191 SALES ON CREDIT. § Subdivision 1.Credit restriction. A manufacturer may not offer or extend to a distributor or linked bingo game provider, and a linked bingo game provider or a distributor may not offer or extend to an organization, credit for a period of more than 30 da…

349.211 PRIZE LIMITS. § Subdivision 1.Bingo. Except as provided in subdivisions 1a, 1b, and 2, prizes for a single bingo game may not exceed $500 except prizes for a cover-all or cover-none game, which may exceed $500 if the aggregate value of all cover-all or cover-none prizes i…

349.2113 PRIZE PAYOUT LIMIT. On or after January 1, 2004, a licensed organization may not put into play a pull-tab or tipboard game that provides for a prize payout of greater than 85 percent of the ideal gross of the game. History: 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 100; 2008 c 260 s 23

349.2123 CERTIFIED PHYSICAL INVENTORY. The board may, upon request, require a distributor to furnish a certified physical inventory of all gambling equipment in stock. The inventory must contain the information required by the board. History: 1987 c 268 art 15 s 12; 1988 c 719 ar…

349.2124 SALES TO INDIAN TRIBES. A distributor may set aside that part of the distributor's stock necessary for the conduct of business in making sales to the established governing body of any Indian tribe recognized by the United States Department of Interior. A distributor shal…

349.2125 CONTRABAND. § Subdivision 1.Contraband defined. The following are contraband: (1) all pull-tab or tipboard deals, paddle ticket cards, or raffle boards not bar coded in accordance with this chapter or chapter 297E; (2) all pull-tab or tipboard deals or raffle boards in t…

349.2127 PROHIBITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Counterfeiting. A person is guilty of a felony who, with intent to defraud the state, makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits any license or stamp provided for in this chapter, or has in possession any forged, spurious, or altered stamps, wit…

349.213 LOCAL AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Local regulation. (a) A statutory or home rule city or county has the authority to adopt more stringent regulation of lawful gambling within its jurisdiction, including the prohibition of lawful gambling. (b) A statutory or home rule city …

349.22 PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Penalty. (a) A person who violates any provision of sections 349.11 to 349.23 for which another penalty is not provided is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A person who violates any provision of sections 349.11 to 349.23 for which another penalty is no…

349.23 VALIDITY OF PRIOR AGREEMENTS. Nothing in sections 349.11 to 349.22 shall be construed to affect the validity of any agreement or contract between an organization and any financial or lending institution, entered into prior to August 1, 1976. History: 1976 c 261 s 13

349.30 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 349.30 to 349.39, unless a different meaning is indicated by the context, the words, terms, and phrases defined in this section shall have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Gambling device. "Gambling device"…

349.31 GAMBLING DEVICE; POSSESSION OF. § Subdivision 1.Intentional possession; willful keeping. The intentional possession or willful keeping of a gambling device on a licensed premises is cause for the suspension or revocation of any license under which the licensed business is …

349.32 ISSUING AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND OR REVOKE. The proceedings for suspension or revocation are held before the issuing authority, which has the power to suspend or revoke the license or licenses involved, as hereinafter provided. History: 1947 c 586 s 3; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 40

349.33 PEACE OFFICERS TO OBSERVE AND INSPECT PREMISES. Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, and peace officer shall observe and inspect the premises where occupations are carried on under license and ascertain whether gambling devices are present thereon and immediately…

349.34 PROCEEDINGS BEFORE ISSUING AUTHORITY; ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. If an issuing authority, on receipt of information from a peace officer described in section 349.33, is of the opinion that cause exists for the suspension or revocation of a license, the authority shall issue an o…

349.35 REVOCATION OF LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Suspension; revocation; stay; appeal. If, upon the hearing of the order to show cause, it appears that the licensee intentionally possessed or willfully kept upon the licensed premises any gambling device, then the license or licenses…

349.36 DUTIES OF COUNTY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY GENERAL. The county attorney of the county in which the hearing is held, the city attorney if the issuing authority is the city, or the attorney general shall attend the hearing, interrogate the witnesses, advise the issuing authority,…

349.37 WITNESSES. The issuing authority may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses at any hearing. Witnesses duly subpoenaed and attending any such hearing shall be paid fees and mileage by the issuing authority equal to the fees and mileage paid witnesses in the …

349.38 PROPERTY OWNERS LIABILITY. When a license is suspended or revoked under the provisions of sections 349.30 to 349.39, the owner of the premises upon which any licensed business has been operated shall not be penalized by reason thereof unless it is established that the owne…

349.39 APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT; STAY; CONTINUANCE UNDER BOND; HEARING UPON ONE YEAR LIMITATION ON PREMISES. Any licensee, or any owner of licensed premises, aggrieved by an order of an issuing authority suspending or revoking any license may appeal from that order to the distric…

349.61 REPEAL; TERMINATION OF LICENSES. § Subdivision 1.Repeal. Section 299L.03, subdivision 9, and sections 349.50; 349.501; 349.502; 349.51; 349.52; 349.53; 349.54; 349.55; 349.56; 349.57; 349.58; 349.59; and 349.60 are repealed January 1, 1992. All licenses issued under sectio…