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<DIV>Yes, it is helpful to have the assistance. What you should check on as well is the rules for a charitable gaming license (raffle, bingo, Monte Carlo) through the Department of Justice - from their website (<A href="http://www.doj.state.or.us/charigroup/gaming_oregon.shtml">http://www.doj.state.or.us/charigroup/gaming_oregon.shtml</A>:</DIV>
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<H3>Charitable Gaming in Oregon</H3><!-- content begin --><!-- begin content anchor --><!-- end content anchor -->
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<P>Regulation of nonprofit gaming is the responsibility of the Oregon Department of Justice. The laws and regulations afford bona fide, nonprofit, tax exempt organizations the opportunity to utilize bingo, raffle, and Monte Carlo event gaming as a means of raising funds for their charitable programs.<BR><BR>The following information is intended to provide a general introduction to those organizations considering nonprofit gaming as a fund raising activity.<BR><BR>The Department has experienced staff who can answer specific questions you may have concerning charitable gaming. For more information, contact the Charitable Activities Section at our Portland office, located at 1515 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 410, Portland, Oregon 97201, telephone (971) 673-1880, or e-mail <A href="mailto:charitable.activities@state.or.us">charitable.activities@state.or.us</A>.</P>
<P><STRONG>Also from their website Q&A: Do all bingo, raffle, and Monte Carlo event gaming operations require licenses?<BR></STRONG>Generally, all nonprofit organizations wishing to operate bingo, raffle and Monte Carlo events are required to have licenses issued by the Oregon Department of Justice. Following are the only three exceptions:</P>
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<LI>Nonprofit organizations operating bingo games with a handle of no more than $2,000 per session and with a total handle of no more than $5,000 per calendar year.</LI>
<LI>Nonprofit organizations holding raffles with a cumulative handle of no more than $10,000 per calendar year.</LI>
<LI>Nonprofit organizations holding Monte Carlo events with a handle of no more than $2,000 per Monte Carlo event and a total handle of no more than $5,000 per calendar year.</LI></OL>
<P>Application Forms:</P></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.doj.state.or.us/charigroup/applygaming.shtml">http://www.doj.state.or.us/charigroup/applygaming.shtml</A></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This e-mail may contain information that is privileged or confidential.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are not the addressee or it appears from the context that you have received this e-mail in error, please advise me immediately by reply e-mail, keep the contents confidential, and immediately delete the message and any attachments from your system.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV><BR><BR>>>> Lorraine Williams <lorraine@hillsborodowntown.org> 6/25/2012 2:27 PM >>><BR>Hi Angi,</DIV>
<DIV>If you want to be sure you're on the straight and narrow, the best thing to do is connect with the Department of</DIV>
<DIV>Justice in Portland. They'll help you to be sure that you're within their guidelines of either being fine doing what you're doing or registering it with them. They're very easy to work with and sound much more ominous than they are. </DIV>
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<DIV>I've worked with them on a few different fundraisers and they were great and really walked me through what I needed to do. And it wasn't prohibitively expensive either.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Angi Ford <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:angi@sherwoodmainstreet.org" target=_blank>angi@sherwoodmainstreet.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=gmail_quote>Hi ~<BR><BR>Does anyone know if there are any legalities we should look into regarding a Bingo and 50/50 Raffle fundraiser? We are looking at doing this on a monthly basis as an on-going fundraiser (another organization I volunteer for makes $1,000 - $2,000 every couple months with this).<BR><BR>I've heard that one or both of these may fall under gambling guidelines or something like that so we are looking for anyone with experience that can advise us on what we may need to do to make sure we're not breaking any rules with this type of a fundraiser.<SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888><BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Thanks,<BR>Angi Ford<BR>Sherwood Main Street<BR><A href="tel:503-625-7800" target=_blank value="+15036257800">503-625-7800</A><BR><A href="http://www.sherwoodmainstreet.org" target=_blank>www.sherwoodmainstreet.org</A><BR><A href="https://www.facebook.com/SMSInOldTown" target=_blank>Like us on Facebook</A><BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>OMS_MANAGERS mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:OMS_MANAGERS@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">OMS_MANAGERS@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</A><BR><A href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oms_managers" target=_blank>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/oms_managers</A><BR>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.<BR>Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) or the sender of the message, by phone or email.<BR>Technical questions? Call <A href="tel:503-378-8800" value="+15033788800">503-378-8800</A>.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all>
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