Title 22, CRIMES

As used in this chapter, the term, bingo, is that game in which each player is supplied a card, board, or electronic bingo device containing five adjoining horizontal and vertical rows with five spaces in each row each containing a number or figure therein, except for the central…

As used in this chapter, lottery or lotteries means a plan whereby for a valuable consideration money is raised by selling chances to share in the distribution of prizes. Source: SL 1970, ch 247 , § 3; SL 1973, ch 149 , § 3; SL 1976, ch 158 , § 25-7 .

The game, bingo, as defined in § 22-25-23 , or lottery, as defined in § 22-25-24 , may not be construed as gambling or as a lottery within the meaning of § 22-25-1 , if: (1) The bingo game or lottery is conducted by a: (a) Bona fide congressionally chartered veterans' organizatio…

Any veterans' organization which has applied for a congressional charter prior to July 1, 1989, shall be deemed a congressionally chartered veterans' organization pursuant to § 22-25-25 until such application is denied or until July 1, 1995, whichever occurs first. Source: SL 198…

Any person who conducts bingo or lottery in violation of § 22-25-25 is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1970, ch 247 , § 4 (2); SL 1973, ch 149 , § 5; SL 1976, ch 158 , § 25-9 .

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a lottery owned and operated by this state. Source: SL 1987, ch 313 , § 40.

For the purpose of this chapter, a distributor is any person who purchases bingo or lottery equipment or supplies from a manufacturer and sells, offers for sale, or otherwise furnishes bingo or lottery equipment or supplies in this state, excluding any person who rents bingo equi…

For the purpose of this chapter, a manufacturer is any person who assembles from raw materials or subparts completed pieces of bingo or lottery equipment or supplies. Source: SL 1988, ch 188 , § 1A; SL 2022, ch 66 , § 3.

No organization that conducts bingo or lotteries under the provisions of § 22-25-25 may be a distributor or manufacturer. Source: SL 1988, ch 188 , § 4.

No person who is an officer, director, manager, or gambling manager of any organization conducting bingo or lotteries under the provisions of § 22-25-25 may be an officer, director, shareholder, directly or indirectly, proprietor, or employee of a distributorship or manufacturer,…

No person who is an officer, director, shareholder, directly or indirectly, partner, or proprietor of a wholesale alcoholic beverage distributorship may be an officer, director, shareholder, partner, proprietor, or employee of a distributorship or manufacturer, nor may the person…

No distributor, manufacturer, or person having a direct or indirect financial interest in a distributorship or in such manufacturer may be a lessor of premises, directly or indirectly, to an organization conducting bingo or lotteries. Source: SL 1988, ch 188 , § 7.

Bingo or lottery equipment and supplies sold by distributors to out - of - state customers for use out of state shall either be shipped to the out - of - state site or the distributor shall verify that the purchaser is from out of state. Source: SL 1988, ch 188 , § 11.

Bingo or lottery equipment and supplies, sold for in - state use shall be delivered to the purchaser's address or his authorized representative. Source: SL 1988, ch 188 , § 12.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, no coin-operated machine or mechanical pull-tab dispensing device may be sold or otherwise furnished to any organization in this state by a distributor or manufacturer. A distributor or manufacturer may sell or furnish a coin or bill …

Rebates of purchase prices or discounts allowed by a distributor or manufacturer shall be separately stated on the original purchase invoice or separately invoiced on a credit memo referenced to the original sales invoice. Source: SL 1988, ch 188 , § 14.

No distributor or manufacturer may directly or indirectly give gifts, trips, prizes, loans of money, excluding credit, premiums, or other gratuities to qualified organizations or distributors, or their employees, other than nominal gifts, premiums, or prizes not to exceed a value…

No distributor or manufacturer may use as a sales promotion any statement, demonstration, or implication that any certain portion of a deal of pull - tabs contains more winners than other portions of the deal or that any deal of pull - tabs may be sold by the organization in a pa…

No distributor or manufacturer may sell, issue, or accept returned bingo or lottery equipment and supplies or pull - tabs to or from an organization without first recording the transaction on a sales invoice. Source: SL 1988, ch 188 , § 17.

No distributor or manufacturer may knowingly possess, display, put out for play, sell, or otherwise furnish to any person or organization any deal of pull - tabs: (1) In which the winning pull - tabs have not been completely and randomly distributed and mixed among all other pull…

Each set of disposable bingo cards shall be consecutively numbered from the first card to the last card, or from the first sheet of cards to the last sheet of cards, or be consecutively numbered through the set. Each card or sheet shall have printed on its face both its individua…

Any person who violates any provision of §§ 22-25-32 to 22-25-35 , inclusive, or 22-25-39 to 22-25-47 , inclusive, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of the provisions of §§ 22-25-32 to 22-25-35 , inclusive, or 22-25-39 to…

No lottery may continue for longer than eighteen months after the date on which the first ticket is sold. If an organization determines that a drawing cannot be held within eighteen months, the organization shall within thirty days notify all purchasers that the lottery cannot be…

All racing or trials of speed between horses or other animals for any bet, stake, or reward, except such as is specifically authorized by law is a common nuisance. A violation of this section is a petty offense. Source: SDC 1939, §§ 24.0301, 24.9911; SL 1976, ch 158 , § 25-3 .