HB 1339 -- Bingo

Sponsor:  Lair

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 instead of up to four times
annually;

(2)  Requires all organizations licensed to conduct bingo games
to pay a $50 annual license fee;

(3)  Authorizes the Missouri Gaming Commission to establish the
daily prize amounts instead of those currently specified in
statute;

(4)  Removes the provision specifying that a single special game
bingo card cannot exceed 50 cents and revises the provision
prohibiting a licensee from requiring a minimum number of cards
to be purchased in order to participate in a bingo game to
prohibiting a licensee from requiring a player to purchase more
than a standard pack of bingo cards;

(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
advertisements referencing the aggregate values of bingo prizes;

(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 regular bingo licensees and any special bingo
licensee or abbreviated pull tab licensee who conducts on more
than three occasions in any calendar year to make quarterly
reports to the commission;

(10)  Changes the record retention requirement on bingo games
conducted from three to two years except for specified records;

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

(12)  Requires the applicant for a supplier or manufacturer
license to be responsible for all investigative costs incurred by
the commission including travel expenses.

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