Chapter 5.12
BINGO
Sections:
5.12.010 Regulations and definitions.
5.12.010 Regulations and definitions.
(1) Charitable, fraternal and religious organizations which are located within the city and comply with the provisions of Subsection 2 of Section 2 of D-Eng., HB 2341 may engage in bingo or lotto when no person other than the organization or a player profits in any manner from the operation of the lottery.
(2) “Bingo” or “lotto” means a game playing with cards bearing lines of numbers, in which a player covers or uncovers a number selected from a container and which is won by a player who is present during the game and who first covers or uncovers the selected numbers in a designated combination sequence or pattern.
(3) As used in this Chapter, “charitable, fraternal or religious organization” means any person organized and existing for charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, humane, patriotic, religious, philanthropic, recreation, social, education, civic, fraternal or other nonprofit purposes, and who is also exempt from payment of federal income taxes because of its charitable, fraternal or religious purposes.
(4) The fact that contributions to an organization profiting from the contest do not qualify for charitable deductions for tax purposes or that the organization is not otherwise exempt from payment of federal income taxes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, constitutes prima facie evidence that the organization is not a bona fide charitable, fraternal or religious organization.
Statutory Reference: ORS 167.117, 167.121 and 221.410
History: Ord. 909 §1, 1977.
5.12.020 Violation—Penalty.
A violation of any provision of Chapter 5.12 shall be a Class “D” Infraction as specified in GMC 1.08.010 through 1.08.100. Each and every day of the violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Statutory Reference: ORS
History: Ord. 1344, 2004.