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Sports and Amusements
CHAPTER 15. Delaware Board Of Charitable Gaming
Subchapter VII. Raffles
As used in this chapter, “raffle” means a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy 1 or more chances attempting to win the same prize. Games such as “Nevada cards” or “pull cards” where the amount of the prize is determined by the contents of the ticket purchased are not raffles.
79 Del. Laws, c. 199, § 4;An organization may conduct a raffle which will not be completed in 1 night. An organization may sell a chance which is good for an extended period of time with a series of drawings, with a chance to win a prize multiple times during that period, provided all chances are sold before the first drawing. Any such raffle must first be approved by the Board of Charitable Gaming.
79 Del. Laws, c. 199, § 4;Raffles shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the Board of Charitable Gaming.
79 Del. Laws, c. 199, § 4;(a) A person or organization may apply for an annual raffle license that allows the applicant to hold up to 20 raffle events per year.
(b) The cost of an annual raffle license is $300.
(c) A person or organization that obtains a license under this section must provide notice to the Board at least 7 days prior to a raffle event. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the notice required under this subsection does not need to include information about the specific prizes or the value of prizes that will be awarded during the raffle event, but must include the following:
(1) The name, address, and phone number of the sponsoring person or organization.
(2) The date the prize will be awarded.
(3) The fact that a raffle event will take place.
(d) A raffle event held by a person or organization holding a license under this section is not subject to Board approval.
(e) Within 60 days after the conclusion of a raffle event under this section, the person or organization that conducted the raffle and its member or members who were in charge of the raffle must furnish to the Board a duly sworn statement containing all of the following:
(1) All information required to be included in a report after a game under § 1521 of this title.
(2) The name and address of each person to whom a prize was awarded.
84 Del. Laws, c. 414, § 1;