For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACTIVE MEMBER. A member who has paid all his dues to the organization and has been a member of the organization for at least six months.
BINGO. A game where each player has a card or board, for which a consideration has been paid, containing five horizontal rows of spaces, with each row, except the center one, containing five figures. The central row has four figures with the word “free” marked in the center space thereof. BINGO also includes games, which are as described in this paragraph, except for the use of cards, where the figures are not preprinted, but are filled in by the players. A player wins a game of bingo by completing a preannounced combination of spaces or, in the absence of a preannouncement of a combination of spaces, any combination of five spaces in a row, either vertical, horizontal or diagonal.
BINGO OCCASION. A single gathering or session at which a series of one or more successive bingo games is played.
CHECKER. A person who records the number of bingo cards purchased and played during each game and records the prizes awarded to the recorded cards, but does not collect the payment for the cards.
EXEMPT ORGANIZATION. Any fraternal, religious, veterans, or other nonprofit organization conducting not more than one lawful charitable gaming event each calendar year. Each charitable gaming event shall be limited to five or less consecutive days in duration.
EXEMPT PERMIT. That permit which is required to be obtained by every exempt organization seeking to conduct local charitable gaming within the corporate limits of the city.
GAMBLING EQUIPMENT. Bingo cards and devices for selecting bingo numbers, pull-tabs, ticket jars, paddlewheels, and tipboards.
GAMBLING MANAGER. A person who has paid all dues to an organization and has been a member of the organization for at least two years and has been designated by the organization to supervise lawful gambling conducted by it.
LAWFUL GAMBLING. The operation, conduct or sale of bingo, raffles, paddlewheels, tipboards and pull-tabs.
LAWFUL PURPOSE. As defined by M.S. § 349.12, Subd. 25.
LOCAL TRADE AREA. Includes each city and township located within a 25-mile radius of the City of Lakeland.
ORGANIZATION. Any fraternal, religious, veterans, or other nonprofit organization.
PADDLEWHEEL. A wheel marked off into sections containing one or more numbers, and which, after being turned or spun, uses a pointer or marker to indicate winning chances.
PROFIT. The gross receipts collected from lawful gambling, less reasonable sums necessarily and actually expended for prizes, and taxes imposed by this chapter.
PULL-TAB. A single folded or banded ticket or a card with a face covered to conceal one or more numbers or symbols, where one or more of each set of tickets or cards has been designated in advance as a winner. PULL-TAB includes a ticket sold in a gambling device known as a ticket jar.
RAFFLE. A game in which a participant buys a ticket for a chance at a prize with the winner determined by a random drawing to take place at a location and date printed upon the ticket.
TIPBOARD. A board, placard or other device marked off in a grid or columns, in which each section contains a hidden number or numbers, or other symbol which determines the winning changes.
(Ord. 7521, passed 5-18-2010)
