§ 14-309.14. Beach bingo. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑309.14.  Beach bingo.

Nothing in this Article shallapply to "beach bingo" games except for the following subdivisions:

(1)        No beach bingo gamemay offer a prize having a value greater than ten dollars ($10.00).  Any personoffering a greater than ten‑dollar ($10.00) but less than fifty‑dollar($50.00) prize is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.  Any person offering a prizeof fifty dollars ($50.00) or greater is guilty of a Class I felony.

(2)        No beach bingo gamemay be held in conjunction with any other lawful bingo game, with any"promotional bingo game", or with any offering of an opportunity toobtain anything of value, whether for valuable consideration or not.  No beachbingo game may offer free bingo games as a promotion, for prizes or otherwise.  Anyperson who violates this subsection is guilty of a Class I felony.

(3)        G.S. 18B‑308shall apply to beach bingo games.

(4)        Upon convictionunder any provision of this section, such person shall not conduct a bingo gamefor a period of at least one year. (1983, c. 896, s. 3; 1983(Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1107, s. 10; 1987, c. 701; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c.826, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, ss. 214, 1232; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)