(A) Raffles in the village are restricted as follows:
(1) No person, firm or corporation shall conduct raffles or chances without having first obtained a license therefor pursuant to this subchapter.
(2) The application for license must specify and the license shall state, the area or areas within the licensing authority in which raffle chances will be sold or issued, the time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued, the time of determination of winning chances and the location or locations at which winning chances will be determined.
(3) The license application shall contain a sworn statement attesting to the not-for-profit character of the prospective licensee organization, signed by the presiding officer and the secretary of that organization.
(4) The application for license shall be prepared in accordance with the form provided by the Village Manager.
(5) A license authorizes the licensee to conduct raffles as defined in this chapter.
(B) Qualification of licensee.
(1) Eligible organizations. Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, education, or veteran's organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which have had during that entire five-year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives, or to a non-profit fund-raising organization that the licensing authority determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, occurrence or disaster.
(2) Eligibility. The following are ineligible for any license under this chapter:
(a) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(b) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(c) Any person who is not of good moral character;
(d) Any firm or corporation that a person defined in subsections (a) through (c) of this division has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(e) Any organization in which a person defined in subsections (a) through (c) of this division is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in this subchapter.
(C) Classification of raffles and fees. Raffles conducted in the village shall be of the following classifications. No raffle license shall be granted unless the designated fee is paid at the time the license application is submitted to the village.
(1) Class A. A raffle where the winners of the items of value are to be determined on a single date as part of a single identifiable activity or event such as a dinner, bazaar, carnival, fair and the like. The fee for a Class A license is $100 if the aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded in the raffle would exceed $50,000. Otherwise, the fee shall be $50.
(2) Class B. A raffle which is to be conducted periodically during a single athletic or other recognizable “season” where at each or several games or similar activities, chances are sold and prizes given on the same day and at the same location. For example, a raffle conducted by a little league organization where the winner or winners share a portion of the proceeds collected in the raffle. The fee for a Class B license is $100 if the anticipated amount collected during the entire “season” exceeds $50,000. Otherwise, the fee shall be $50.
(D) Limitations. No license shall be issued to any organization for any raffle in which the following limitations are, or would be, exceeded:
(1) In which the aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded by a licensee in a single raffle would exceed $1,000,000.
(2) In which the maximum retail value of each prize awarded by the licensee in a single raffle would exceed $50,000.
(3) In which the maximum price being charged for each raffle chance or ticket issued or sold would exceed $1,000.
(4) In which the maximum number of days during which chances or tickets may be issued or sold would exceed 180.
(Ord. 02-44, passed 8-14-02)