2005 Idaho Code - 67-7702 — DEFINITIONS

                                  TITLE  67
                      STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 77
                              BINGO AND RAFFLES
    67-7702.  DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter:
    (1)  "Bingo" means the traditional game of chance played for a prize
determined prior to the start of the game.
    (a)  Upon approval by the bingo-raffle advisory board a licensee may offer
    bingo games in which players are allowed to select their own numbers if
    the cards used to conduct the games have controls that provide an audit
    trail adequate to determine all winning number combinations.
    (b)  Card-minding devices are prohibited. Autodaubing features are
    prohibited.
    (c)  Bingo shall not include "instant bingo" which is a game of chance
    played by the selection of one (1) or more prepackaged bingo cards, with
    the winner determined by the appearance of a preprinted winning
    designation on the bingo card.
    (2)  "Bingo-raffle advisory board" means a board of six (6) persons chosen
by the governor to make advisory recommendations regarding bingo and raffle
operations and regulation in Idaho.
    (3)  "Charitable organization" means an organization that has been in
continuous existence in the county of operation of the charitable bingo game
or raffle for at least one (1) year and that is exempt from taxation under
section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(6), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), 501(c)(19) or
501(d) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from income taxation under
title 63, Idaho Code, as a bona fide nonprofit charitable, civic,  religious,
fraternal, patriotic or veterans organization or as a nonprofit volunteer fire
department, or as a nonprofit volunteer rescue squad, or as a nonprofit
volunteer educational booster group, parent-teacher organization or
association. If the organization has local branches or chapters, the term
"charitable organization" means the local branch or chapter operating the
bingo or raffle game.
    (4)  "Commission" means the Idaho state lottery commission as defined in
section 67-7404, Idaho Code.
    (5)  "Duck race" means a charitable raffle played by releasing numbered,
inanimate toys (ducks) into a body of moving water. A person who has been
assigned the same number as the first duck to cross a predetermined point in
the water (the finish line) is the winner. Other prizes may be awarded on the
basis of the order in which the ducks cross the finish line. With the
exception of determining "net proceeds," all restrictions and requirements
applicable to the conduct of charitable raffles in this chapter shall also
apply to the conduct of duck races.
    (6)  "Electronic bingo card" or "face" means an electronic facsimile of a
bingo card or face, from a permutation of bingo cards formulated by a
manufacturer licensed in Idaho, which is stored and/or displayed in a bingo
card-monitoring device. An electronic bingo card or face is deemed to be a
form of disposable paper bingo card.
    (7)  (a) "Electronic bingo device" means an electronic device used by a
    bingo player to monitor bingo cards purchased at the time and place of a
    licensed organization's bingo session, and which:
         (i)   Provides a means for bingo players to input numbers announced
         by a bingo caller;
         (ii)  Requires the player to manually enter the numbers as they are
         announced by a bingo caller;
         (iii) Compares the numbers entered by the bingo player to the numbers
         contained on bingo cards previously stored in the electronic database
         of the device;
         (iv)  Identifies winning bingo patterns; and
         (v)   Signals only the bingo player when a winning bingo pattern is
         achieved.
    (b)  "Electronic bingo device" does not mean or include any device into
    which coins, currency, or tokens are inserted to activate play, or any
    device which is interfaced with or connected to any host system which can
    transmit or receive any ball call information, site system or any other
    type of bingo equipment once the device has been activated for use by the
    bingo player.
    (8)  "Gross revenues" shall mean all moneys paid by players during a bingo
game or session for the playing of bingo or raffle event and shall not include
money paid for concessions.
    (9)  "Holiday Christmas tree fundraiser" means a charitable raffle played
by persons bidding on decorated holiday trees with the proceeds being utilized
for senior citizen centers or hospitals or hospital auxiliaries. With the
exception of determining "net proceeds," all restrictions and requirements
applicable to the conduct of charitable raffles in this chapter shall also
apply to the conduct of holiday Christmas tree fundraisers.
    (10) "Host system" means the computer hardware, software and peripheral
equipment of a licensed manufacturer which is used to generate and download
electronic bingo cards to a licensed organization's site system, and which
monitors sales and other activities of a site system.
    (11) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization incorporated under
chapter 3, title 30, Idaho Code, or an unincorporated association recognized
under chapter 7, title 53, Idaho Code.
    (12) "Organization" means a charitable organization or a nonprofit
organization.
    (13) "Person" shall be construed to mean and include an individual,
association, corporation, club, trust, estate, society, company, joint stock
company, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee or any other person acting in a
fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or
otherwise, and any combination of individuals. "Person" shall also be
construed to mean and include departments, commissions, agencies and
instrumentalities of the state of Idaho, including counties and municipalities
and agencies or instrumentalities thereof.
    (14) "Raffle" means a game in which the prize is won by random drawing of
the name or number of one (1) or more persons purchasing chances.
    (15) "Session" means a period of time not to exceed eight (8) hours in any
one (1) day in which players are allowed to participate in bingo games
operated by a charitable or nonprofit organization.
    (16) "Site system" means the computer hardware, software and peripheral
equipment used by a licensed organization at the site of its bingo session
which provides electronic bingo cards or bingo card monitoring devices to
players, and which receipts the sale or rental of such cards and devices and
generates reports relative to such sales or rentals.
    (17) "Special permit" means a permit that can be obtained by a charitable
organization that is not licensed but qualifies to operate an exempt bingo
operation. This permit allows a qualifying organization to operate bingo games
at a county fair for the duration of the fair.
    (18) "Vendor" means an applicant, licensee or manufacturer, distributor or
supplier licensed or unlicensed that furnishes or supplies bingo or raffle
equipment, disposable or nondisposable cards and any and all related gaming
equipment.