(1) A licensee shall not sell, offer for sale, or put into play any pull tab ticket except at the location of and during its licensed bingo occasions or upon premises that are:
Owned, leased, or rented by the bingo-raffle licensee, used as its principal place ofbusiness, and controlled so that admittance to the premises is limited to the bingo-raffle licensee's members and bona fide guests; or
Owned, leased, or rented by a landlord licensee.
A bingo-raffle licensee may offer a prize to the purchaser of a last sale ticket in a pulltab game, deal, or series without regard to its winning or nonwinning status as revealed if broken or torn apart.
A bingo-raffle licensee may offer an event pull tab series. For the purposes of thissubsection (3):
"Event pull tab series" means a pull tab series that includes a predetermined numberof pull tabs that allow a player to advance to an event round.
"Event round" means a secondary element of chance where the prizes are determinedbased on pull tabs that match specific winning numbers drawn in a bingo game and the winning numbers shall fall within numbers one to seventy-five, inclusive.
(4) (a) A bingo-raffle licensee may offer a progressive pull tab game in which a prize may be carried over and increased from one deal to another until a prize is awarded. The game may include a subsequent pull tab deal bearing a different serial number from that offered in a previous deal. A licensee shall not offer or give a prize greater, in amount or value, than five thousand dollars in any progressive pull tab game. The licensing authority may limit by rule the types of progressive pull tab games allowed to be sold by supplier licensees.
(b) When a deal of progressive pull tabs is received in two or more packages, boxes, or other containers, all of the progressive pull tabs from the respective packages, boxes, or other containers must be placed out for play at the same time.
(5) (a) A licensee shall not possess, use, sell, offer for sale, or put into play any computerized or electromechanical facsimile of a pull tab game.
A licensee shall not possess, use, sell, offer for sale, or put into play any device thatreveals the winning or nonwinning status of a pull tab ticket unless the device has been tested, approved, and licensed pursuant to subsection (6) of this section and not subsequently altered or tampered with.
Any of the following persons that are found to have violated subsection (5)(a) of thissection are subject to immediate and permanent revocation of all licenses issued under this part 6:
The manufacturer of the device;
The supplier through which the device was supplied;
The landlord licensee on whose premises the device was found; and
The bingo-raffle licensee of the occasion during which the device was present.
(6) (a) The licensing authority shall test, inspect, and license every mechanical, electronic, or electromechanical device that reveals the winning or nonwinning status of a pull tab ticket before the device is used in charitable gaming. The licensing authority shall employ an independent contractor to conduct the tests and inspections, the cost of which shall be borne by the manufacturer or supplier seeking approval of the device. The licensing authority shall not issue a license for a device until the device is secured in a manner prescribed by the licensing authority and the contractor receives payment in full for the cost of all tests and inspections.
Every person shipping or importing into Colorado a device subject to subsection(6)(a) of this section shall provide the licensing authority with a copy of the shipping invoice at the time of shipment. The invoice must contain, at a minimum, the destination of the shipment and the serial number and description of each device being transported.
Every person receiving a device subject to subsection (6)(a) of this section shall,upon receipt of the device, provide the licensing authority with the serial number and description of each device received and information describing the location of each device. The requirements of this subsection (6)(c) apply regardless of whether the device is received from a licensed supplier or from any other source.
A device licensed pursuant to this subsection (6) is licensed for and may only be usedin one specific licensed location identified by the licensing authority. Any movement of the device from the licensed location for use at another licensed location shall be reported to and must be approved by the licensing authority in advance.
The licensing authority may adopt rules and prescribe all necessary forms in furtherance of this subsection (6).
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part 6, the licensing authority shall notlicense:
A pull tab game that is stored, electronically or otherwise, within a device and designed to be played on such device; or
Any device that qualifies as a slot machine pursuant to section 9 (4)(c) of articleXVIII of the Colorado constitution.
(g) The prohibition contained in subsection (6)(f) of this section does not prohibit the licensing of:
A device that merely dispenses pull tab tickets to players; or
A device that merely reads or validates a pull tab ticket inserted by a player, if:
The pull tab ticket itself displays its winning or nonwinning status so that use of thedevice is not required to determine such status; and
The device cannot be used in a manner that would qualify it as a slot machine pursuant to section 9 (4)(c) of article XVIII of the Colorado constitution.
Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-232), ch. 233, p. 932, § 2, effective May 23.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-9-107.2 as it existed prior to 2017. 24-21-620. Conduct of raffles - rules. (1) The licensing authority shall not require an exempt organization to use raffle tickets in any particular form or displaying any particular information that would cause undue expense to the exempt organization and therefore interfere with the charitable fund-raising drive of the organization.
(2) (a) A bingo-raffle licensee may offer a progressive raffle in which a jackpot may be carried over and increased from one drawing to another until the jackpot is awarded. If the jackpot is not awarded at a drawing, the bingo-raffle licensee shall conduct a new drawing at the same location at a time and date determined by the bingo-raffle licensee.
A bingo-raffle licensee may award a consolation prize for a progressive raffle. Thebingo-raffle licensee may designate the consolation prize as either a specified amount or a specified percentage of the gross proceeds collected from the sale of raffle tickets for a particular drawing. The bingo-raffle licensee may determine the amount of the jackpot based on the gross proceeds collected from the sale of raffle tickets for a particular drawing plus the value of the jackpot carried over from previous drawings in which the jackpot was not awarded. If a consolation prize is offered and the progressive prize is won, the licensee may opt to award the consolation prize for that particular drawing.
If the bingo-raffle licensee offers a consolation prize, the bingo-raffle licensee shall,before the drawing:
Designate the specific amount or specific percentage of the gross proceeds collectedfrom the sale of raffle tickets that the consolation prize equals; and
Conspicuously display the amount or percentage of the gross proceeds collected thatthe consolation prize equals.
The licensing authority may establish by rule the maximum jackpot that a bingoraffle licensee may award for a progressive raffle; except that, notwithstanding section 24-21617 (5), the maximum jackpot must be at least fifteen thousand dollars. The maximum jackpot does not include the aggregate amount of consolation prizes awarded.
The licensing authority may establish by rule the maximum number of progressiveraffles that a bingo-raffle licensee may conduct simultaneously. To ensure that all prizes offered are timely awarded, the licensing authority may limit by rule the number of drawings that a bingo-raffle licensee may conduct before a jackpot must be awarded; except that the maximum number of drawings must be at least thirty.
(I) The licensing authority may establish by rule the permitted methods of conductinga progressive raffle.
(II) The licensing authority may not prohibit those methods of conducting a progressive raffle in which the participant whose ticket number is drawn wins both a prize for the winning ticket number and a chance to win the jackpot.
Source: L. 2017: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 17-232), ch. 233, p. 934, § 2, effective May 23.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-9-107.3 as it existed prior to 2017.