Wisconsin Statutes 563.135 – Bingo license application; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 563.135
- Adult family home: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Bingo: as used in this chapter shall not mean any game using free cards and donated prizes, if any, for which no payment of consideration is made by participants. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Bingo occasion: means a single gathering or session at which a series of successive bingo games is played. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Community-based residential facility: has the meaning given in…. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Progressive jackpot bingo: means a series of bingo games in which the prize is carried over to the succeeding game if no player wins a game within a specified number of calls. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Senior citizen community center: means a public place in which recreational or social activities are made available primarily to individuals who are 55 years of age or older. See Wisconsin Statutes 563.03
- Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) An application for a license to conduct bingo for an organization listed under s. 563.11 (1) (b) to (d) shall be accompanied by a $5 license fee and a sworn statement by the owner or operator of the organization that all of the following rules shall apply to bingo conducted by the organization:
(a) Only residents, guests of residents, and employees of the community-based residential facility or adult family home, or members, patrons, guests of members, and patrons and employees of the senior citizen community center, may play bingo.
(b) Bingo may be played only as a recreational or social activity.
(c) No admission fee may be charged to play bingo.
(d) The total fee charged to a player for all bingo cards used by the player at a bingo occasion will not exceed $2 and the aggregate value of prizes awarded at the bingo occasion will equal the total amount of fees that are collected from all of the players at the bingo occasion.
(e) Progressive jackpot bingo may not be played.
(2m) All moneys received under sub. (1) shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (jn).