2023 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 563 - Bingo and raffle control.
563.02 - Purpose.

563.02 Purpose. The legislature declares that:

(1) All phases of the conduct of bingo, except bingo games using free cards and donated prizes for which no payment of consideration is made by participants, should be closely controlled by appropriate laws and rules, which should be uniformly enforced throughout this state.

(1m) All phases of the conduct of raffles should be closely controlled by appropriate laws, which should be uniformly enforced throughout this state.

(2) The conduct of bingo, raffles and all attendant activities, except bingo games using free cards and donated prizes for which no payment of consideration is made by participants, should be so regulated as to discourage commercialization of bingo and raffles in all forms and to ensure the maximum use of the profits of bingo exclusively for proper and legitimate expenditures.

(3) It is a matter of statewide concern to foster and support proper and legitimate expenditures and to prevent commercialized gambling, participation by criminal and other undesirable elements and diversion of funds from usage for proper and legitimate expenses.

History: 1973 c. 156; 1975 c. 99; 1977 c. 426; 1987 a. 21; 1989 a. 147; 1991 a. 269 s. 779r; Stats. 1991 s. 563.02; 2015 a. 6.

The state may not enforce bingo laws on Indian reservations. Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin v. State of Wisconsin, 518 F. Supp. 712 (1981).