Revision: May 11, 2023, 1:54 p.m.
House Ways and Means
May 10, 2023
2023-1739h
02/08
Amendment to SB 19-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to the operation of bingo games and the sale of lucky 7 tickets.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following and renumbering the original section 2 to read as 5:
2 Operation of Bingo Games. Amend RSA 287-E:7, II(a) to read as follows:
II.(a) No compensation shall be paid to bona fide members of a charitable organization or others, except as provided in subparagraph (b), who operate or assist in the operation of a bingo game. Compensation shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, money or any other thing of value. Bona fide members of a charitable organization who operate or assist in the operation of bingo games may be reimbursed for their [out-of-pocket] expenses in an amount not to exceed [$25] $50 per game date, provided that such expenses are [itemized and] submitted in writing to the charitable organization.
3 New Subparagraph; Sale of Lucky 7 Tickets. Amend RSA 287-E:21, II by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:
(d) Lucky 7 tickets may be sold in conjunction with bingo games for no more than 16 game dates in one calendar month, and no more than 192 game dates in one calendar year.
4 Sale of Lucky 7 Tickets. Amend RSA 287-E:21, III-a to read as follows:
III-a. Lucky 7 tickets may be sold by dispenser devices approved by the commission and located at the regular meeting place of, or at a facility owned, leased, or utilized by, the licensee for its activities, including facilities licensed under RSA 287-D, provided that such device dispenses a paper or cardboard ticket and specifications for such dispenser device are contained in the rules of the commission. Any permitted lucky 7 device shall not be in the nature of a slot machine and the outcome of any wager involving a permitted lucky 7 device shall be determined by the cardboard or paper ticket, or the video monitor when so equipped. Devices capable of displaying the outcome on a video monitor shall provide the player with the option of printing a paper ticket. No charitable organization shall be licensed to sell lucky 7 tickets for more than [10] 16 days per month when selling tickets at a facility licensed under RSA 287-D. Lucky 7 tickets sold at said facilities may be sold during all hours for which the facility is licensed to operate.
2023-1739h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill increases the permitted number of game dates of bingo and lucky 7 ticket sales allowed for licensees each month and within each calendar year, changes the reimbursement amounts that may be paid to bona fide members of charitable organizations, and allows Lucky 7 tickets to be sold in conjuction with bingo games.