CHAPTER 563
BINGO AND RAFFLE CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
563.02 Purpose.
563.03 Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER II
DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD
563.04 General duties of the board.
563.05 Powers and duties of board.
563.052 Council on charitable gaming.
563.055 Cancellation of license; reinstatement.
563.10 Rules governing commingling of receipts restricted.
SUBCHAPTER III
LICENSING
563.11 License to conduct bingo.
563.12 Bingo license application.
563.13 Affidavits and fees.
563.135 Bingo license application; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes.
563.14 Board determinations.
563.15 Issuance of license to conduct bingo.
563.16 Amendment of license to conduct bingo.
563.17 Denial of application; hearing.
563.18 Suspension or revocation.
563.21 Supplier's license.
563.22 Supplier's license application.
563.24 Issuance of supplier's license.
563.25 Supplier to notify board of changes.
563.26 Maintenance of supplier's books and records.
563.27 Persons not eligible for supplier's license.
563.29 Supplier prohibitions.
SUBCHAPTER IV
CONDUCT OF BINGO
563.51 Restrictions on the conduct of bingo.
563.52 Limited period bingo.
563.53 Special bingo games.
563.55 Local ordinances.
SUBCHAPTER V
REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
563.61 Report of bingo operations.
563.62 Reports improperly filed.
563.63 Bingo account.
563.64 Bookkeeping and accounts.
563.65 Proper and legitimate expenditures; reimbursement and waiver.
563.66 Financial report to membership.
563.68 Expenditure of bingo funds after cessation of bingo.
563.69 Exemptions; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes.
SUBCHAPTER VI
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
563.71 Duties of the department of justice.
563.72 Inspection for enforcement.
563.73 Penalties.
SUBCHAPTER VII
GROSS RECEIPTS TAX
563.80 Gross receipts tax.
SUBCHAPTER VIII
RAFFLES
563.90 Qualified organizations.
563.905 Definitions.
563.91 Limit.
563.92 License.
563.93 The conduct of raffles under a Class A license.
563.935 The conduct of raffles under a Class B license.
563.94 Profits.
563.95 Denial of application; hearing.
563.97 Records.
563.98 Annual financial reports; renewals.
563.99 Penalties.
Ch. 563 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See definitions in s. 561.01.
subch. I of ch. 563 SUBCHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS
563.02 563.02 Purpose. The legislature declares that:
563.02(1) (1) All phases of the conduct of bingo and raffles, 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 strictly and uniformly enforced throughout this state.
563.02(2) (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.
563.02(3) (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.
563.02 History 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.
563.02 Annotation Bingo conducted on Indian reservations must comply with this chapter. 69 Atty. Gen. 22.
563.02 Annotation State may not enforce bingo laws on Indian reservations. Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wis. v. State of Wis. 518 F Supp. 712 (1981).
563.03 563.03 Definitions. In this chapter:
563.03(1) (1) "Adult family home" has the meaning given in s. 50.01 (1).
563.03(1m) (1m) "Bingo" means a game of chance in which players pay a consideration in order to participate, in which 75 numbered objects are available for selection, and those objects actually selected are selected on a random basis, and in which each player participates by means of cards sold, rented or used only at the time and place of the game, each card containing 5 rows of 5 spaces each, each space printed with a number from 1 to 75, except the central space, which is marked "FREE". Winners are determined and prizes awarded on the basis of possessing a bingo card on which some combination of numbers are printed and conform to the numbered objects selected at random based on a predetermined winning arrangement. "Bingo" as used in this chapter shall not mean any game using free cards and donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by participants.
563.03(2) (2) "Bingo occasion" means a single gathering or session at which a series of successive bingo games is played.
563.03(3) (3) "Bingo supplies and equipment" means all cards, boards, sheets, markers, pads or other supplies, devices or equipment designed for use in the play of bingo.
563.03(4e) (4e) "Calendar" means a tabular register of days covering not less than one nor more than 12 calendar months that is used or intended to be used for a calendar raffle.
563.03(4m) (4m) "Calendar raffle" means a raffle for which a drawing is held and a prize awarded on each date specified in a calendar.
563.03(4s) (4s) "Community-based residential facility" has the meaning given in s. 50.01 (1g).
563.03(6) (6) "Extra regular card" means a nondisposable card which affords additional opportunities to play in a regular bingo game to be played at a bingo occasion.
563.03(6m) (6m) "Gambling place" has the meaning designated in s. 945.01 (4) (a).
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