(a) As used in this section, “retail income from all commercial activity” means the income that a person receives from the provision of goods, services, or activities that are provided at the location where instant bingo other than at a bingo session is conducted, including the sale of instant bingo tickets. A religious organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under IRC 501(a) and described in IRC 501(c)(3), at not more than one location at which it conducts its charitable programs, may include donations from its members and guests as retail income.
(b) (1) If a charitable instant bingo organization conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session under a type III license issued under R.C. § 2915.08, the charitable instant bingo organization shall enter into a written contract with the owner or lessor of the location at which the instant bingo is conducted to allow the owner or lessor to assist in the conduct of instant bingo other than at a bingo session, identify each location where the instant bingo other than at a bingo session is being conducted, and identify the owner or lessor of each location.
(2) A charitable instant bingo organization that conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session under a type III license issued under R.C. § 2915.08 is not required to enter into a written contract with the owner or lessor of the location at which the instant bingo is conducted, provided that the owner or lessor is not assisting in the conduct of the instant bingo other than at a bingo session and provided that the conduct of the instant bingo other than at a bingo session at that location is not more than five days per calendar year and not more than ten hours per day.
(c) Except as provided in division (f) of this section, no charitable instant bingo organization shall conduct instant bingo other than at a bingo session at a location where the primary source of retail income from all commercial activity at that location is the sale of instant bingo tickets.
(d) (1) The owner or lessor of a location that enters into a contract pursuant to division (b) of this section shall pay the full gross profit to the charitable instant bingo organization, in return for the deal of instant bingo tickets. The owner or lessor may retain the money that the owner or lessor receives for selling the instant bingo tickets, provided, however, that after the deal has been sold, the owner or lessor shall pay to the charitable instant bingo organization the value of any unredeemed instant bingo prizes remaining in the deal of instant bingo tickets. As used in this division, “full gross profit” means the amount by which the total receipts of all instant bingo tickets, if the deal has been sold in full, exceeds the amount that would be paid out if all prizes were redeemed.
(2) The charitable instant bingo organization shall pay 6% of the total gross receipts of any deal of instant bingo tickets for the purpose of reimbursing the owner or lessor for expenses described in this division.
(3) As used in this division, “expenses” means those items provided for in R.C. § 2915.01(GG)(4), (GG)(5), (GG)(6), (GG)(7), (GG)(8), (GG)(12), and (GG)(13) and that percentage of the owner’s or lessor’s rent for the location where instant bingo is conducted. Expenses, in the aggregate, shall not exceed 6% of the total gross receipts of any deal of instant bingo tickets.
(e) A charitable instant bingo organization shall provide the Attorney General with all of the following information:
(1) That the charitable instant bingo organization has terminated a contract entered into pursuant to division (b) of this section with an owner or lessor of a location;
(2) That the charitable instant bingo organization has entered into a written contract pursuant to division (b) of this section with a new owner or lessor of a location;
(3) That the charitable instant bingo organization is aware of conduct by the owner or lessor of a location at which instant bingo is conducted that is in violation of Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915.
(f) Division (c) of this section does not apply to a volunteer firefighter's organization that is exempt from federal income taxation under IRC 501(a) and described in IRC 501(C)(3), that conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session on the premises where the organization conducts firefighter training, that has conducted instant bingo continuously for at least five years prior to July 1, 2003, and that, during each of those five years, had gross receipts of at least one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000).
(ORC 2915.093)
(g) (1) Subject to the requirements of Ohio R.C. 2915.14 and 2915.15 concerning electronic instant bingo, a veteran's organization, a fraternal organization, or a sporting organization authorized to conduct a bingo session pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915 may conduct instant bingo, electronic instant bingo, or both other than at a bingo session under a type III license issued under Ohio R.C. 2915.08 if all of the following apply:
A. The veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization limits the sale of instant bingo or electronic instant bingo to 12 hours during any day, provided that the sale does not begin earlier than 10:00 a.m. and ends not later than 2:00 a.m.
B. The veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization limits the sale of instant bingo or electronic instant bingo to its own premises and to its own members and invited guests.
C. The veteran's organization, fraternal organization, or sporting organization is raising money for an organization that is described in IRC 509(a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) and is either a governmental unit or an organization that maintains its principal place of business in this state, that is exempt from federal income taxation under IRC 501(a) and described in IRC 501(c)(3), and that is in good standing in this state and executes a written contract with that organization as required in division (g)(2) of this section.
(2) If a veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization authorized to conduct instant bingo or electronic instant bingo pursuant to division (g)(1) of this section is raising money for another organization that is described in IRC 509(a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) and is either a governmental unit or an organization that maintains its principal place of business in this state, that is exempt from federal income taxation under IRC 501(a) and described in IRC 501(c), and that is in good standing in this state, the veteran's organization, fraternal organization, or sporting organization shall execute a written contract with the organization that is described in IRC 509(a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) and is either a governmental unit or an organization that maintains its principal place of business in this state, that is exempt from federal income taxation under IRC 501(a) and described in IRC 501(c), and that is in good standing in this state in order to conduct instant bingo or electronic instant bingo. That contract shall include a statement of the percentage of the net proceeds that the veteran's, fraternal or sporting organization will be distributing to the charitable organization that is described in IRC 509(a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) and is either a governmental unit or an organization that maintains its principal place of business in this state, that is exempt from federal income taxation under IRC 501(a) and described in IRC 501(c), and that is in good standing in this State.
(3) A. If a veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization authorized to conduct instant bingo or electronic instant bingo pursuant to division (g)(1) of this section has been issued a liquor permit under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4303, that permit may be subject to suspension, revocation or cancellation if the veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization violates a provision of this chapter or Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915.
B. No veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization that enters into a written contract pursuant to division (g)(2) of this section shall violate any provision of this chapter or Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915, or permit, aid or abet any other person in violating any provision of this chapter or Ohio R.C. Chapter 2915.
(4) A veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization shall give all required proceeds earned from the conduct of instant bingo or electronic instant bingo to the organization with which the veteran's organization, fraternal organization or sporting organization has entered into a written contract.
(5) Whoever violates division (g) of this section is guilty of illegal instant bingo or electronic instant bingo conduct. Except as otherwise provided in this division, illegal instant bingo or electronic instant bingo conduct is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (g) of this section, illegal instant bingo or electronic instant bingo conduct is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2915.13)