Exempt/Excluded Permit for Fundraising Events

Be involved in lawful gambling activities in Minnesota. Your organization has the right to refuse to supply the information; however, if your organization refuses to supply this information, the Board may not be able to determine your organization’s qualifications and, as a consequence, may refuse to issue a permit. Gambling Permits County Approval & State Submittal All gambling applications can be obtained from the MN Gambling Control Board website, but may need County approval before submitting to the State of Minnesota. The investigation insures that the applicant meets the requirements for a license, and ensures public safety and integrity in the industry, as required by state law. Who conducts the investigation? Special Agents for the Gambling Enforcement Division conduct the license applicant investigations in Minnesota.

COVID-19 Update for Exempt Activities (3/17/20)

• If holding raffle drawing as originally scheduled, you must still follow all lawful raffle conduct requirements plus any health advisory requirements.

• If delaying drawing date or moving drawing location, please email your Licensing Specialist with your permit number, location, and original date of your postponed activity. Publicize the delay of the raffle so people who may have purchased raffle tickets understand the reason for the delay. Your organization will have up to one year from the original date of the permit to reschedule your postponed activity date. Once the information is complete on when and where your event will take place, send the new information with an appropriate signature from the local unit of government acknowledging the activity, and signed by your CEO, to your Licensing Specialist. A new permit will be reissued to your organization with the updated information.

• If you intend to cancel a raffle, your organization will need to return any money received from sales of raffle tickets.

If you have purchased any other gambling equipment such as pull-tabs, tipboards, or paddlewheels and paddletickets, make sure that this equipment is properly secured with invoices until such time as it will be used. You may also be able to return unused equipment to the licensed distributor your organization purchased the equipment from.

Please direct any questions to your Licensing Specialist via email. This will ensure a quicker response than a telephone call at this time.

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Mn State Gambling Permit Practice Test

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Mn State Gambling Permit Rules And Regulations

The following information pertains to registered nonprofit organizations seeking to conduct bingo, raffles, and other forms of lawful gambling by excluded or exempt permit as allowed by Minnesota law.

You will need to determine for the calendar year:

• what type of gambling you will be conducting,
• how many events will be conducted (for raffles, the event date is the drawing date), and
• the estimated total market value of all donated and purchased prizes to be awarded.

An organization may not conduct both exempt and excluded activity in the same calendar year.

Forms and information for the conduct of raffles, bingo, pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels.