23-5-412. Card prices and prizes -- exception. - Montana Statutes

     23-5-412. Card prices and prizes -- exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3):
     (a) the price for an individual bingo or keno card may not exceed 50 cents;
     (b) a prize may not exceed the value of $100 for each individual bingo game or keno card; and
     (c) it is unlawful to, in any manner, combine any bingo or keno games so as to increase the ultimate value of the prize.
     (2) Bingo and keno prizes may be paid in either tangible personal property or cash.
     (3) (a) A variation of the game of keno, as approved by the department, in which a player selects three or more numbers and places a wager on various combinations of these numbers is permissible if:
     (i) no more than 50 cents is wagered on each combination of numbers; and
     (ii) a winning combination does not pay more than $100.
     (b) A variation of the game of bingo, as approved by the department, in which prizes may be awarded for each winning bingo pattern on a card is permissible if:
     (i) no more than 50 cents is wagered on each bingo pattern; and
     (ii) a winning pattern does not pay more than $100.
     (4) Any bingo card other than a standard card with 5 columns and 25 squares with 1 number appearing in each square or any card that allows the player to print numbers on the card must be approved by the department prior to being offered for play.
     (5) A player may give a keno caller a card with instructions on the card to play that card and its marked numbers for up to the number of successive games that the house allows and that the player has indicated on the card, upon payment of the price per game times the number of successive games indicated. The player shall remain on the house premises until the card is played or withdrawn. The caller shall keep the card until the end of the number of games indicated, and the department may by rule provide that at that time the caller shall pay the player any prizes won.
     (6) If a licensed operator conducts a promotional game of chance involving bingo or keno, the prize limit provided for in subsection (1) applies to prizes awarded as a result of the promotional game of chance.

     History: En. 62-716 by Sec. 2, Ch. 294, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 62-716(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 465, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 642, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 647, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 626, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 134, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 355, L. 2009.