HB22-1093 Summary

• Modernizes Colorado's bingo and raffles law to permit the use of electronic devices and improved equipment in conducting charitable gaming activities.

• Defines "bingo strip card game" as a type of bingo played with up to five connected paper cards containing preprinted numbers 1-75, with a maximum prize per individual card of $1,000.

• Increases the maximum number of bingo cards a player using electronic devices may use per game from 54 to 100 cards.

• Allows bingo-raffle licensees to offer one or more event pull tab series and expands references to "bingo strip cards" in revenue collection requirements.

• Appropriates $47,471 to the Department of State for the 2022-23 fiscal year to implement the act, including $17,271 for business and licensing division personnel services (0.4 FTE), $6,200 for operating expenses, and $24,000 for information technology division personnel services; takes effect April 1, 2023.