21.0523.03000
Sixty-seventh
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1162
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Representatives Roers Jones, Dockter, Hanson, Keiser, Lefor, Porter, Pyle
Senators Bekkedahl, Davison
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 53-06.1-10.1 of the North Dakota Century
2 Code, relating to permitting an organization conducting raffles in the state to sell raffle tickets
3 online and to accept electronic payments for raffle ticket purchases.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
5 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 53-06.1-10.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is
6 amended and reenacted as follows:
7 53-06.1-10.1. Raffles.
8 1. A prize for a raffle may be cash or merchandise but may not be real estate. No single
9 cash prize may exceed twenty-five thousand dollars and the total cash prizes in one
10 day may not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. However, on not more than two
11 occasions per year a licensed organization may, at the request of a winning player,
12 exchange a merchandise prize valued at not more than twenty-five thousand dollars
13 for a cash prize.
14 2. The maximum cash prize limits of this section do not apply to a public-spirited
15 organization that supports amateur collegiate athletics.
16 3. An organization permitted to conduct raffles in this state may conduct a fifty-fifty raffle
17 either by manual drawing or by using a random number generator. Fifty-fifty raffle
18 tickets mustmay be sold and drawings held onsiteeither at the location of andthe event
19 or through a link to a central computer via a telecommunications network. Drawings
20 must be held onsite at the location of and on the date of the event.
21 4. Raffle tickets may be sold through a link to a central computer via a
22 telecommunications network.
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1 5. An organization permitted to conduct raffles in this state may accept an electronic
2 payment, including payment by a credit card or debit card, for the purchase of a raffle
3 ticket.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 53-06.1-10.1
FIRST ENGROSSMENT: 53-06.1-10.1
Enrollment: 53-06.1-10.1