Title 53, Sports and Amusements

As used in this chapter: 1. "Adjusted gross proceeds" means gross proceeds less cash prizes, cost of merchandise prizes, gaming tax, and federal excise tax imposed under section 4401 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. 4401]. 2. "Alcoholic beverage establishment" means an est…

1. The state gaming commission consists of the chairman and four other members appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate. The members serve three-year terms and until a successor is appointed and qualified. If the senate is not in session when the term of a member…

1. Except as authorized by the attorney general, an organization that has its license suspended or revoked, or has relinquished or not renewed its license and not disbursed its net proceeds, is ineligible for a license or permit. Only one of two or more closely related organizati…

Disapproved by R.M. December 5, 1989, S.L. 1991, ch. 744.

1. No person, except a member, volunteer, an employee of a licensed organization or an organization that has a permit, or an employee of a temporary employment agency who provides services to a licensed organization, may manage, control, or conduct any game. "Member" includes a m…

Poker may be conducted on not more than two occasions per year. An organization may supply the dealer. The maximum single bet is one dollar. Not more than three raises, of not more than one dollar each, may be made among all the players in each round of bets. For nontournament ac…

A calcutta may only be conducted for a professional or amateur sporting event held in this state but not for elementary, secondary, or postsecondary education sports events. Only one wager per competitor may be allowed in a calcutta pool. The amount of prizes may not exceed ninet…

A paddlewheel is a mechanical vertical wheel marked off into equally spaced sections that contain numbers or symbols, and which after being spun, uses a pointer to indicate the winning number or symbol. The maximum price per paddlewheel ticket or chip is two dollars. A table and …

Unless all top tier winning pull tabs or punchboard punches of a game have been redeemed, or unless otherwise permitted by a gaming rule or the attorney general, a person or organization may not close the game after it has been placed in play. The maximum sales price per pull tab…

An electronic pull tab device must display an electronic pull tab in which the player may win credits that can be redeemed for cash or used to purchase more pull tabs. The device may not directly dispense coins, cash, tokens, or anything else of value other than a credit ticket v…

A sports pool must be for a professional sport only. The maximum wager is twenty-five dollars. The amount of prizes may not exceed ninety percent of the gross proceeds.

The organization shall provide playing chips of various denominations to players although the organization may use a metal coin rather than a fifty-cent chip. The organization may set the minimum limit for the original wager at not more than three dollars on one active table. If …

1. A prize for a raffle may be cash or merchandise but may not be real estate. No single cash prize may exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and the total cash prizes in one day may not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. However, on not more than two occasions per year a license…

1. Electronic quick shot bingo is a bingo game played on portable hand-held bingo devices utilizing electronic bingo card images. The maximum sales price per electronic bingo card is five dollars. The bingo game is played using twenty-four predrawn letters and numbers and may use…

1. All money received from games must be accounted for according to the gaming rules. Gaming activity for a quarter must be reported on a tax return form prescribed by the attorney general. Unless otherwise authorized by the attorney general, the purchase price of a merchandise p…

1. Except as provided in subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 53-06.1-03: a. A licensed organization or an organization that has a permit may not use money from any source for placing an initiated or referred measure on a ballot or for a political campaign to promote or oppos…

1. There is created in the state treasury the charitable gaming operating fund. The fund consists of all gaming taxes, monetary fines, and interest and penalties collected under this chapter. 2. Excluding moneys in the charitable gaming operating fund appropriated by the legislat…

1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a gaming tax is imposed on the total adjusted gross proceeds received by a licensed organization in a quarter and the tax must be computed and paid to the attorney general on a quarterly basis on the tax return. This tax must be paid from ad…

1. Assessment of interest. If a licensed organization does not pay tax due by the original date of a tax return, or if additional tax is due based on an audit or math verification of the return and it is not paid by the original due date of the return, the organization shall pay …

There is created in the state treasury a special fund known as the charitable gaming technology fund. The fund consists of all moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to this chapter. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the attorney general on a continuing basis and may be used …

1. A manufacturer of pull tabs, bingo cards, electronic quick shot bingo systems and devices, or bingo card marking devices shall apply annually for a license and pay a license fee of five thousand five hundred dollars. A manufacturer of electronic pull tab systems and devices sh…

The attorney general may: 1. Inspect all sites in which gaming is conducted or inspect all premises where gaming equipment is manufactured or distributed. The attorney general may require a licensed manufacturer to reimburse the attorney general for the reasonable actual cost of …

1. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a person who knowingly makes a false statement on a request for record check form or in any application for a permit, or license, or in any accompanying statement, knowingly signs a false record or report, or who fails to maintain …