2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries.
97-33-55 - License to conduct games; application; person or persons responsible; fee.

§ 97-33-55. License to conduct games; application; person or persons responsible; fee.
 

(1)  Any charitable organization desiring to conduct bingo games must obtain a license to do so from the Mississippi Gaming Commission. 

(2)  Each applicant for such a license shall file with the commission a written application therefor in a form prescribed by the commission on which shall be stated: 

(a) The name and address of the applicant, together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization to enable the commission to determine whether or not the applicant is a bona fide organization; 

(b) The names and addresses of its officers; 

(c) The place or places where, and the date or dates and the time or times when, bingo games are intended to be conducted by the applicant, under the license applied for; 

(d) The items of expense intended to be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating and conducting of bingo games and the names and addresses of the persons to whom, and the purposes for which, they are to be paid; 

(e) The specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds of the bingo games are to be devoted and in what manner; 

(f) That, except as otherwise provided in Section 97-33-69, no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense will be paid to any person for holding, operating or conducting bingo games; 

(g) A description of all prizes to be offered and given in all bingo games to be held, operated and conducted under such license; and 

(h) Such other information as shall be prescribed by the commission by its rules and regulations. 

(3)  In each application there shall be designated an active member or members of the organization under whom the bingo games are to be held, operated and conducted. The application shall include a statement executed by the applicant and by the member or members so designated, that he or they will be responsible for the holding, operation and conduct of the bingo games in accordance with the terms of the license and the provisions of the commission's rules and regulations governing bingo games and of Sections 97-33-51 through 97-33-203, if such license is granted. 

(4)  An original application shall be accompanied by a fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00). Such application fee shall be refunded by the commission to an organization deemed to be an exempt organization pursuant to Section 97-33-107. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1992, ch. 581, § 5; Laws, 1994, ch. 635, § 3, eff from and after October 1, 1994.