Chapter 9 — BINGO AND OTHER GAMBLING
556 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-424 License; application; contents; fee; duty to keep current.
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(1) Each applicant for a license to conduct a lottery or raffle shall file with the department an application on a form prescribed by the department. Each application shall include: (a) The name and address of the applicant and, if the applicant is an individual, his or her socia…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-425 Licenses; renewal; application; requirements; temporary license; fee.
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(1) All licenses to conduct a lottery or raffle and licenses issued to utilization-of-funds members shall expire as provided in this section and may be renewed biennially. An application for license renewal shall be submitted to the department at least thirty days prior to the st…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-426 Special permit to conduct raffle and lottery; fee.
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(1) A licensed organization may obtain from the department a special permit to conduct one raffle and one lottery. The cost of the special permit shall be ten dollars. The special permit shall exempt the licensed organization from subsection (2) of section 9-427 and from section …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-426.01 Race utilizing floating objects; requirements.
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(1) Pursuant to a special permit obtained in accordance with section 9-426, a licensed organization may conduct a lottery or raffle in which the winners are to be determined by a race utilizing inanimate, buoyant objects floated along a river, canal, or other waterway. The object…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-426.02 Lottery or raffle; progressive jackpot; multiple drawing dates; requirements; vending or dispensing device, authorized.
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(1) A licensed organization may conduct a lottery or raffle that includes a progressive jackpot and multiple drawing dates for a game such as, but not limited to, the Queen of Hearts. In order to conduct a lottery or raffle in the method described in this section, such licensee s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-427 Lottery or raffle; gross proceeds; use; restrictions.
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(1) The gross proceeds of any lottery or raffle shall be used solely for lawful purposes, awarding of prizes, and allowable expenses. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, not less than sixty-five percent of the gross proceeds of any lottery or raffle shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-428 Segregation of gross proceeds; records; requirements.
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The gross proceeds of any lottery or raffle shall be segregated from other revenue of any licensed organization conducting the lottery or raffle and placed in a separate account. Separate records shall be maintained by any licensed organization conducting a lottery or raffle. Eac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-429 Lottery or raffle; gross proceeds; tax; deficiencies.
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Any licensed organization or any other organization conducting a lottery or raffle activity required to be licensed pursuant to the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act shall pay to the department a tax of two percent of the gross proceeds of each lottery or raffle having gross procee…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-430 Participation; age limitation.
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(1) No person under eighteen years of age shall participate in any way in any lottery or raffle, except that a person under eighteen years of age may participate in a lottery or raffle conducted by a licensed organization pursuant to a permit issued under section 9-426. (2) No pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-431 Lottery or raffle ticket or stub; requirements.
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Each licensed organization conducting a lottery or raffle conducted pursuant to the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act shall have its name and identification number clearly printed on each lottery or raffle ticket or stub used in such lottery or raffle. No such ticket or stub shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-432 Tax Commissioner; power to seize contraband; effect.
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(1) The Tax Commissioner or his or her agents or employees, at the direction of the Tax Commissioner, or any peace officer of this state may seize, without a warrant, the following contraband goods found any place in this state: (a) Any lottery or raffle tickets or stubs that are…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-433 Lottery or raffle; local control; section, how construed.
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(1) Any county or incorporated municipality may, by resolution or ordinance, tax, regulate, control, or prohibit any lottery or raffle within the boundaries of such county or the corporate limits of such incorporated municipality. No county may impose a tax or otherwise regulate,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-434 Violations; penalties; enforcement; venue.
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(1) Except when another penalty is specifically provided, any person, licensee, or permittee, or employee or agent thereof, who violates any provision of the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, or who causes, aids, abets, or conspires with another to cause any person, licensee, or p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-435 Violations; standing to sue.
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Any person in this state, including any law enforcement official, who has cause to believe that (1) any licensed organization, (2) any employee or agent of such licensed organization, (3) any person acting in concert with such licensed organization, or (4) any person in connectio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-436 Civil action; relief permitted.
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In any civil action commenced pursuant to section 9-435, a court may allow: (1) A temporary restraining order or injunction, with or without a bond as the court may direct, prohibiting a party to the action from continuing or engaging in such conduct, aiding in such conduct, or d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-437 Civil procedure statutes; applicability.
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Proceedings under section 9-435 shall be subject to and governed by the district court civil procedure statutes. Issues properly raised shall be tried and determined as in other civil actions in equity. All orders, judgments, and decrees rendered may be reviewed as other orders, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-501 Act, how cited.
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Sections 9-501 to 9-513 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-502 Act, purpose.
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(1) The purpose of the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act is to allow qualifying nonprofit organizations to conduct lotteries and raffles with gross proceeds not greater than fifteen thousand dollars subject to minimal regulation. (2) The Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-503 Definitions, sections found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 9-504 to 9-509 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-504 Charitable or community betterment purposes, defined.
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(1) Charitable or community betterment purposes shall mean (a) benefiting persons by enhancing their opportunity for religious or educational advancement, by relieving or protecting them from disease, suffering, or distress, by contributing to their physical well-being, by assist…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-505 Expenses, defined.
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Expenses shall mean (1) all costs associated with the purchasing, printing, or manufacturing of any items to be used or distributed in the lottery or raffle, (2) all office or clerical expenses in connection with the lottery or raffle, (3) all promotional expenses, (4) all salari…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-506 Gross proceeds, defined.
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Gross proceeds shall mean the total aggregate receipts received from the conduct of any lottery or raffle conducted by any qualifying nonprofit organization without any reduction for prizes, discounts, or expenses and shall include receipts from admission cost, any consideration …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-507 Lottery, defined.
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(1) Lottery shall mean a gambling scheme in which (a) participants pay or agree to pay something of value for an opportunity to win, (b) winning opportunities are represented by tickets differentiated by sequential enumeration, (c) the winners are to be determined by a random dra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-508 Qualifying nonprofit organization, defined.
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Qualifying nonprofit organization shall mean any nonprofit organization holding a certificate of exemption under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code or whose major activities, exclusive of conducting any lottery or raffle, are conducted for charitable and community bettermen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-509 Raffle, defined.
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(1) Raffle shall mean a gambling scheme in which (a) participants pay or agree to pay something of value for an opportunity to win, (b) winning opportunities are represented by tickets differentiated by sequential enumeration, (c) winners are to be determined by a random drawing …
Repealed. Laws 2024, LB1204, § 39.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-511 Nonprofit organization; conduct lottery or raffle; conditions.
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Any qualifying nonprofit organization may conduct a lottery or raffle that has gross proceeds not greater than fifteen thousand dollars. Except as provided for a lottery or raffle conducted pursuant to section 9-511.02, each chance in such lottery or raffle shall have an equal li…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-511.01 Nonprofit organization; conduct lottery or raffle with winners determined by racing objects; conditions.
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(1) A qualifying nonprofit organization may conduct a lottery or raffle in which the winners are to be determined by a race utilizing inanimate, buoyant objects floated along a river, canal, or other waterway. The objects shall each bear a number or other unique identifying mark …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-511.02 Lottery or raffle; progressive jackpot; multiple drawing dates; requirements; vending or dispensing device, authorized.
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(1) A qualifying nonprofit organization may conduct a lottery or raffle that includes a progressive jackpot and multiple drawing dates for a game such as, but not limited to, the Queen of Hearts. In order to conduct a lottery or raffle in the method described in this section, suc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-512 Department of Revenue; law enforcement agency; powers and duties.
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The Department of Revenue or any law enforcement agency may require any proper investigation or audit of any qualifying nonprofit organization which conducts any lottery or raffle under the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, either for the specific purpose of determining whet…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-513 Violations; penalties.
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Any person who violates any provision of the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor for the first offense and of a Class II misdemeanor for any second or subsequent offense.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-601 Act, how cited.
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Sections 9-601 to 9-653 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-602 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act is to allow any county, city, or village to conduct a lottery for community betterment purposes. Any lottery conducted by a county, city, or village shall be conducted only by those methods and under those circumstances pres…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-603 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the definitions found in sections 9-603.02 to 9-618 shall be used.
Transferred to section 9-603.03.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-603.02 Authorized representative, defined.
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Authorized representative shall mean any person designated by the county, city, or village or a joint entity created by the county, city, or village by entering into an agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act to examine, sign, and approve a lottery worker license app…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-603.03 Cancel, defined.
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Cancel shall mean to discontinue all rights and privileges to hold a license for up to three years.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-603.04 Activation, defined.
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Activation, with regard to lottery equipment, means initiating the selection of winning numbers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-604 Community betterment purposes, defined.
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(1) Community betterment purposes shall mean (a) benefiting persons by enhancing their opportunity for educational advancement, by relieving or protecting them from disease, suffering, or distress, by contributing to their physical well-being, by assisting them in establishing th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-604.01 Department, defined.
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Department shall mean the Department of Revenue.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-604.02 Digital-on-premises ticket, defined.
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Digital-on-premises ticket means a digital ticket purchased in person on a mobile or other electronic device verified to be present at the location of the lottery operator or an authorized sales outlet location in accordance with subdivision (3)(b) of section 9-651.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-605 Expenses, defined.
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Expenses shall mean (1) all costs associated with the purchasing, printing, or manufacturing of any items to be used or distributed in the lottery, (2) all office or clerical expenses in connection with the lottery, (3) all promotional expenses for the lottery, (4) all salaries o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-605.01 Governing official, defined.
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Governing official shall mean the chief executive officer of a county, city, village or any other elected or appointed official, including a governing board member, who has any decisionmaking responsibility regarding the conduct of the lottery.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-606 Gross proceeds, defined.
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Gross proceeds shall mean the total aggregate receipts received from the conduct of any lottery conducted by any county, city, or village without any reduction for prizes, discounts, taxes, or expenses and shall include receipts from admission costs, any consideration necessary f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-606.01 License, defined.
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License shall mean a license issued to any county, city, or village to conduct a lottery for community betterment purposes, any license issued to any lottery operator, any license issued to any manufacturer-distributor, any license issued to any authorized sales outlet location, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-606.02 Keno manager, defined.
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Keno manager shall mean the shift manager, supervisor, or person in charge of the daily operation of a keno game at a location.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-606.03 Keno writer, defined.
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(1) Keno writer means a person whose primary responsibilities include accepting inside tickets or other requests for wagers and payments of wagers from players, issuing outside tickets, voiding tickets, and redeeming winning tickets. (2) Keno writer does not include a keno manage…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-607 Lottery, defined; manner of play; designation.
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(1) Lottery shall mean a gambling scheme in which: (a) The players pay or agree to pay something of value for an opportunity to win; (b) Winning opportunities are represented by tickets; (c) Winners are solely determined by one of the following two methods: (i) By a random drawin…
Transferred to section 9-625.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Transferred to section 9-629.
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[Repealed or reserved.]