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49 - Gambling 517.02 <br />' (c) This section does not prohibit conduct in connection with gambling expressly <br />permitted by law. <br />(d) This section does not apply to any of the following: <br />(1) Games of chance, if all of the following apply: <br />A. The games of chance are not craps for money or roulette for <br />money. <br />B. The games of chance are conducted by a charitable organization <br />that is, and has received from the Internal Revenue Service a <br />determination letter that . is currently in effect, stating that the <br />organization is, exempt from Federal income taxation under <br />subsection 501(x) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the <br />Internal Revenue Code. <br />C. The games of chance are conducted at festivals of the charitable <br />organization that are conducted either for a period of four <br />consecutive days or less and not more than twice a year or for a <br />period of five consecutive days. not more than once a year, and are <br />conducted on premises owned by the charitable organization for a <br />period of no less than one year immediately preceding the <br />conducting of the games of chance, on premises leased from a <br />governmental unit, or on premises that are leased from a veteran's <br />or fraternal organization and that have been owned by the lessor <br />veteran's or fraternal organization for a period of no less than one <br />yearimmediately preceding the conducting of the games of <br />chance. <br />A charitable organization shall not lease premises from a veteran's <br />or fraternal organization to conduct a festival described in <br />subsection (d)(1)C. hereof if the veteran's or fraternal organization <br />has already leased the premises four times during the preceding <br />year to charitable organizations for that purpose. If a charitable <br />organization leases premises from a veteran's or fraternal <br />organization to conduct a festival described in subsection (d)(1)C. <br />hereof, the charitable organization shall not pay a rental rate for <br />the premises per day of the festival that exceeds the rental rate per <br />. bingo session that a charitable organization may pay under Section <br />517.06(b)(1) when it leases premises from another charitable <br />organization to conduct bingo games. <br />D. All of the money or assets received from the games of chance after <br />deduction only of prizes paid out during the conduct of the games <br />of chance are used by, or given, donated or otherwise transferred <br />to, any organization that is described in subsection 509(a)(1), (2) <br />or (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is either a governmental <br />unit or an organization that is tax exempt under subsection 501(a) <br />and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue <br />Code; <br />E.. The games of chance are not conducted during, or within ten hours <br />of, a bingo game conducted for amusement purposes only pursuant <br />to Section 517.13. <br />2003 Replacement <br />