HB 2349 Summary

• Changes the title of Arizona Revised Statutes Chapter 5-4 from "Games of Bingo" to "Bingo and Charity Game Pull-Tab Games" and amends multiple sections to authorize charitable organizations to conduct charity game pull-tab games alongside bingo.

• Defines "charity game pull-tab" as paper cards with perforated break-open tabs covering numbers or symbols, where prizewinners are designated in advance at random, sold and played only at premises where bingo is authorized, and explicitly excludes them from Class III gaming classification.

• Establishes maximum limits for charity game pull-tabs: individual ticket price of one dollar, individual prize maximum of five hundred dollars, and maximum of four thousand tickets per set or deal, with prizes exempt from bingo prize limits.

• Requires licensing of charity game pull-tab manufacturers and distributors through the Department of Revenue, with authority to establish qualifications and quality standards conforming to recognized gaming regulators association standards.

• Prohibits mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic devices for playing bingo or charity game pull-tabs, and grants the Department of Gaming authority to investigate violations of these prohibitions.