Section 30-1200. ELIGIBILITY FOR BINGO, RAFFLE, AND MONTE CARLO NIGHT PARTY LICENSES

 

1200.1In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1323, 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.

 

1200.2In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1323, any person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation engaged in, or existing for, charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, humane, religious, philanthropic, recreational, social, educational, civic, fraternal, or other non-profit purposes to which contributions are deductible for federal or District income tax purposes is eligible for a license to conduct bingo, raffles and Monte Carlo night parties; Provided, that the following requirements have been met:

 

(a)Be incorporated in the District as a not-for-profit corporation pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 29-301.01, or be incorporated as a charitable, educational or religious organization pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 29-301.01 et seq.

 

(b)Be authorized by its constitution, articles, charter, or bylaws to further a lawful purpose in the District;

 

(c)Have at least twenty (20) members in good standing;

 

(d)Have been in existence as an entity for not less than one (1) year immediately preceding its application for a license, during which one (1) year period a bona fide membership was actively engaged in furthering the lawful purpose authorized by its constitution, articles, charter, or bylaws; and

 

(e)Operate without profit to its members and permit no part of any net earnings to inure to the benefit of any private shareholder, partner, employee, or individual.

 

1200.3In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 3-1323, a constituent service program D.C. Official Code § 1-1104.03 may be issued a license to conduct bingo games, raffles and Monte Carlo night parties.

 

1200.4For the purpose of this title, the conduct of bingo, raffles and Monte Carlo night parties shall include execution, operation, control or supervision of bingo raffles or Monte Carlo night parties; nothing in this title shall prohibit unlicensed persons, firms or organizations from providing consultation, planning or training services to licensed organizations.

 

authority

§4 of the Law to Legalize Lotteries, Daily Numbers Games, and Bingo and Raffles for Charitable Purposes in the District of Columbia, effective March 10, 1981 (D.C. Law 3-172; D.C. Official Code § 3-1301 et seq.).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 29 DCR 5015 (November 12, 1982); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 3788 (May 20, 1988).