Additional Application Information for Bingo and Pull-Tab Licenses

PURPOSE: This rule allows the commission to require additional information to verify statements made in any application for a bingo license. (1) In addition to the information required to be furnished on the application, and prior to the issuance of a bingo license, every organization desiring to conduct bingo is required to furnish a copy of the letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) granting an exemption from the payment of federal income taxes as provided in section 501(c)(3), (4), (5), (7), (8), (10), (19) or section 501(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Every organization desiring to conduct bingo may be required by the commission to furnish additional information considered necessary to determine that the applicant organization is fully qualified and eligible for a bingo license. This information may include a copy of the corporate charter or other evidence that the organization was in existence for at least five (5) years immediately prior to the date of application. (2) Also required with the initial application, each organization shall submit for approval a complete list of the officers of the applicant organization and a complete list of all six- (6-) month bona fide members that will assist with the management, conduct, and operation of the bingo game. These lists shall include each individual’s Social Security number and date of birth. A copy of each individual’s driver license shall also be provided for each officer or worker. Changes to the lists shall be reported to the commission as they occur. Any request to add an officer or worker to the list shall include the individual’s Social Security number, date of birth, and a copy of the individual’s driver license. (3) Each application or renewal application shall designate a bingo chairperson who shall be responsible for the overall supervision, management, and conduct of the bingo activities. The commission shall be notified as soon as possible but not later than thirty (30) calendar days from the date of any change of the bingo chairperson. (4) Each regular bingo license application or renewal application shall include a game sheet and house rules. Revisions to the game sheet or house rules shall be submitted to the commission as they occur. AUTHORITY: sections 313.015, 313.020, and 313.065, RSMo 2016.* Emergency rule filed June 21, 1994, effective July 1, 1994, expired Oct. 28, 1994. Emergency rule filed Oct. 19, 1994, effective Oct. 29, 1994, expired Feb. 25, 1995. Original rule filed July 11, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Amended: Filed Jan. 27, 2006, effective Sept. GAMING COMMISSION 30, 2006. Amended: Filed June 25, 2015, effective Feb. 29, 2016. Amended: Filed Dec. 5, 2019, effective Aug. 30, 2020. *Original authority: 313.015, RSMo 1981, amended 1983, 1994, 1996, 2010; 313.020, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1994, 1996; and 313.065, RSMo 1981, amended 1993, 1995.