This section shall be construed to regulate all forms of lawful gambling within the City except the following as provided for by Minnesota Statutes allowed by Minnesota Statutes 349.166, subd. 2:
A. Bingo, if it is conducted:
1. By an organization in connection with a county fair, the state fair, or a civic celebration and is not conducted for more than twelve (12) consecutive days and is limited to no more than four separate application for activities applied for and approved in a calendar year; or
2. By an organization that conducts bingo on four (4) or fewer days in a calendar year.
An organization that holds a license to conduct lawful gambling under this chapter may not conduct bingo under this subdivision.
B. Bingo may be conducted within a nursing home or a senior citizen housing project or by a senior citizen organization if the prizes for a single bingo game do not exceed ten dollars ($10.00), total prizes awarded at a single bingo occasion do not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00), only members of the organization or residents and their guests of the nursing home or housing project are allowed to play in a bingo game, no compensation is paid for any persons who conduct the bingo, and a manager is appointed to supervise the bingo.
C. Raffles may be conducted by an organization if the value of all raffle prizes awarded by the organization in a calendar year does not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or, if the organization is a 501(c)(3) organization, if the value of all raffle prizes awarded by the organization at one event in a calendar year does not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
D. The City Clerk is authorized to approve lawful gambling as exempt from the requirements for a City license under this section:
1. An organization that conducts lawful gambling on five (5) or fewer days in a calendar year.
2. An organization that does not award more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) in prizes for lawful gambling in a calendar year. (Ord. 2023-10, 8-7-2023)