HB 1843

Abstract

Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximum allowable prize amounts. Increases the maximum allowable amount for a single bingo door prize from $50 to $250 and the maximum allowable cumulative door prizes in any one bingo session from $250 to $500. The bill allows up to 10 games per bingo session to feature a regular bingo or special bingo game prize of up to $200. The bill increases the prize for a single instant bingo, pull tab, or seal card from $1,000 to $2,000. Finally, the bill increases from $100 to $200 the allowable amount of increase of a progressive prize per session in certain progressive bingo games. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, beginning July 1, 2024 and at least once every five years thereafter, to convene a stakeholder work group to review the limitations on prize amounts and provide any recommendations to the General Assembly by November 30 of the year in which the stakeholder work group is convened.

Charitable gaming; increase in certain maximumallowable prize amounts. Increases the maximum allowable amountfor a single bingo door prize from $50 to $250 and the maximum allowablecumulative door prizes in any one bingo session from $250 to $500.The bill also increases the maximum allowable regular bingo or specialbingo game prize from $100 to $200 and the prize for a single instantbingo, pull tab, or seal card from $1,000 to $2,000. The bill increasesthe maximum allowable prize for a bingo jackpot from $1,000 to $2,000and the total allowable amount of bingo jackpot prizes awarded inany one session from $1,000 to $2,000. Finally, the bill increasesfrom $100 to $200 the allowable amount of increase of a progressiveprize per session in certain progressive bingo games. The bill satisfiesthe reenactment requirement of Chapter 980 of the Acts of Assemblyof 2020.