HB 1294 -- Bingo

Sponsor:  Hoskins (121)

This bill changes the laws regarding bingo.  In its main
provisions, the bill:

(1)  Allows organizations with abbreviated licenses to conduct
bingo games up to 15 times annually.  Currently, the limit is up
to four times annually;

(2)  Requires all organizations licensed to conduct bingo games
to pay a $50 annual license fee.  Currently, certain licensed
organizations are required to pay only a $10 annual license fee;

(3)  Authorizes the Missouri Gaming Commission to establish the
maximum daily prize amount for nonprogressive bingo games;

(4)  Removes the provision allowing licensees to require players
to purchase more than a standard pack of bingo cards in order to
participate in a bingo game;

(5)  Allows licensees to conduct bingo games twice a week instead
of once a week;

(6)  Increases the amount which may be used for advertising from
2% to 10% of the total amount expended from bingo receipts;

(7)  Removes the provision which prohibits licensees from
referencing the aggregate values of bingo prizes in an
advertisement;

(8)  Prohibits bingo games from operating between the hours of 1
a.m. and 7 a.m.  Currently, no games can be conducted between
midnight and 10 a.m.;

(9)  Requires all licensees who conduct bingo or pull-tab
activities on more than three occasions in any calendar year to
make quarterly reports to the commission;

(10)  Changes the record retention requirement of bingo and
pull-tab licensees from three to two years except those records
stipulated for one-year retention by regulation;

(11)  Repeals the two-tenths of one cent tax on each bingo card
sold by charitable organizations conducting bingo in this state;

(12)  Increases the one-time application fee for a manufacturer's
license from an amount not to exceed $1,000 to an amount not to
exceed $5,000 and the renewal fee from an amount not to exceed
$500 to an amount not to exceed $1,000; and

(13)  Requires the applicant for a supplier's or manufacturer's
license to be responsible for all investigative costs incurred by
the commission.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:10 pm