Chapter 5.36 RAFFLES
Section 5.36.080 Operation and conduct of raffles.
The operation and conduct of raffles are subject to the following
restrictions:
A. The entire net proceeds of any
raffle must be exclusively devoted to the lawful purpose of
the organization permitted to conduct that game.
B. No person except a bona fide member
of the sponsoring organization may participate in
the management or operation of the raffle.
C. No person may receive any remuneration
or profit for participating in the management or
operation of the raffle.
D. A licensee may rent a premises
on which to determine the winning chance or chances in a
raffle only from an organization which is also licensed under this chapter.
E. Raffle chances may be sold, offered
for sale, conveyed, issued or otherwise transferred for
value only within the area specified on the license, and winning chances may be determined only
at those locations specified on the license.
F. Each raffle chance shall have printed
thereon the following:
1. The cost of the chance;
2. The aggregate retail value of all
prices to be awarded in the raffle;
3. The maximum number of raffle chances
to be issued;
4. The date or dates, time or times,
and location or locations on or at which winning chances
will be determined.
However, when raffle chances are sold, conveyed, issued or
otherwise transferred only at the
time and location at which winning chances will be determined and only to persons then in
attendance, the face of the raffle chance need not contain this information.
G. No cash prize in excess of five
hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) may be awarded.
H. No real property, including land
and any buildings thereon, may be the prize in a raffle
unless the organization holding the raffle license owns fee simple title as to the entire subject real
property.
I. No person under the age of eighteen
(18) years may participate in the conducting of raffles
or chances. A person under the age of eighteen (18) years may be within the area where winning
chances are being determined only when accompanied by his parent or guardian.
J. No chance shall be sold, offered
for sale, conveyed, issued or otherwise transferred for
value to or by any person under the age of eighteen (18) years without the permission of his
parent or guardian. (Ord. 636 § 1 (part), 1987: prior code § 22-3-1)
5.36.080