COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE
[8 CCR 1505-2]
Colorado Bingo and raffles games rules

Rules as Adopted - Redline

August 9, 2011

 (Additions to the current rules are reflected in small caps and deletions from current rules are shown in stricken type. Annotations may be included):
Rules 2.0(S) and (V) are repealed as follows:
2.0	DEFINITION OF BINGO AND RAFFLE TERMS
S.	Stretch raffle. A method of determining the amount of raffle tickets that may be purchased for a set price. For example, a stretch raffle may use the length of the arm span of one of the participants of the raffle to determine the number of tickets that a specific dollar amount will purchase. The stretch raffle must use the same method to determine the amount of tickets for all purchasers of raffle tickets in the specific raffle declared to be a stretch raffle. Repealed.
[Note: repealed Rule 2.0(S) is re-codified in New Rule 9.0(E)(6)] 
V.	Wheel Raffle:. A raffle where the winning ticket is determined by spinning a wheel until a pointer lands in one of the discrete segments marked on the wheel. The wheel consists of a board mounted on a spindle with a specific number of discrete numbers or symbols marking each segment on the outer circumference. Repealed.
[Note: repealed Rule 2.0(V) is re-codified in New Rule 9.0(E)(5)] 
Rule 5.0(A)(1) is amended as follows:
5.0	SALE AND USE OF BINGO CARDS, PACKS AND SHEETS AND RAFFLE TICKETS
A.	Sales
1.	Method of Payment by Player – No Extension of Credit. The consideration charged for the privilege of playing any game of chance shall be collected in full, in advance, by check, cash, or debit or credit card. All payments received must be directly deposited into the licensee’s segregated checking or savings account and must not be routed through a general account or other account of the licensee. [Section 12‑9‑108(3), C.R.S.] A bingo-raffle licensee may accept debit or credit cards, but the bingo-raffle licensee accepts all risks of cancellation of the charges by the player and for checks returned for insufficient funds. None of the losses may be charged to bingo, raffle, or pull-tab activities. Fees paid to a check guarantee service or debt collection firm for recovery of bad checks or cancelled credit charges may be paid from the bingo account licensee’s segregated checking or savings account.
Rule 9.0(E)(5) is amended, and Rule 9.0 is further amended by the addition of new Rules 9.0(E)(6) and 9.0(F), as follows:
9.0	RAFFLES.
E.	Specific types of raffles
5.	Wheel raffles. A bingo-raffle licensee may conduct a wheel raffle“wheel” raffle, where the winning ticket is determined by spinning a wheel until a pointer lands in one of discrete segments marked on the wheel, if the number of tickets sold for a particular raffle is no greater than the number of discrete numbers or symbols on the wheel, and each ticket sold matches one and only one of the numbers or symbols on the wheel. If fewer tickets than the number of segments are sold, the licensee must continue to spin the wheel until there is a winner. A licensee shall not use any wheel containing symbol(s), 0, or 00 unless it offers to sell tickets for those segments, and a purchaser must win if he or she possesses a ticket bearing the numbers 0 or 00.
6.	Stretch raffles. A “stretch” raffle is a type of raffle where the number of raffle tickets purchased for a set price is determined by a specific measurement method. For example, a “stretch” raffle may use a raffle participant’s arm span to determine how many raffle tickets are purchased for a set price. A licensee may conduct a “stretch” raffle only if the same measurement method is used to determine the number of tickets for all purchasers in the specific raffle declared to be a “stretch” raffle.
F.	Games not classified as raffles. The games of chance commonly known as “Animal Plop Bingo,” “Golf Ball Drops,” plastic or rubber “Duck Races,” and variations of these games are not raffles as defined by section 12‑9‑102(19.3), C.R.S., and are not raffles as authorized by subsections (2) to (4) of section 2 of Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution. Therefore, these games of chance are not licensed or regulated by the Secretary of State. In certain circumstances these games of chance may be considered unlawful gambling. Licensees or other organizations who wish to conduct these games should contact law enforcement authorities or legal counsel to determine how to comply with Colorado law.