(A) The department shall charge and retain ten cents for each dollar of face value for each bingo card sold for AA, B, D, and E licenses. The department shall charge and retain five cents for each dollar of face value for each bingo card sold for an F license. The department shall charge and retain four cents for each dollar of face value for each bingo card sold for a C license.

(B) The revenue retained must be distributed as follows:

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 12-21-4190

  • Card: means a printed or nonprinted design on which there are arranged five horizontal rows and five vertical columns forming twenty-five squares. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 12-21-3920

(1) twenty-eight percent of the revenue must be distributed to the sponsoring charity for which the bingo cards were purchased. The department shall make the distribution to the sponsoring charity by the last day of the next month following the month the revenue was collected. Distributions pursuant to this subsection must be reduced by any delinquent debts as defined in the Setoff Debt Collection Act;

(2) seventy-two percent pursuant to § 12-21-4200.

(C) The provisions of subsection (B) do not apply to holders of Class F licenses. The entire amount of revenue remitted pursuant to § 12-21-4190 by Class F licensees shall be distributed pursuant to § 12-21-4200.