§ 42-38. Charitable raffles, bingo and keno authorized.

It shall be lawful for any bona fide nonprofit veteran's, charitable, educational, religious or fraternal organizations, or civic and service clubs licensed under this article, to hold and operate the specific kind of game of chance commonly known as a raffle played by drawing for prizes or the allotment of prizes by chance by the selling of shares or tickets or rights to participate in such game and by conducting the game accordingly; and the game of chance commonly known as bingo or keno played for prizes with cards bearing numbers or other designations, five or more in one line, the holder covering numbers, as objects, similarly numbered, are drawn from a receptacle, and the game being won by the person who first covers a previously designated arrangement of numbers on such a card, by selling shares or tickets or rights to participate in such games and by conducting the games accordingly when the entire net proceeds of such games of chance are to be devoted to educational, charitable, patriotic, religious or public spirited uses and the department of finance may issue a license to any such organization or club above specified in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(Code 1956, § 14-42)

State law reference

Definition, R.S. 33:4861.2(1); requirement for state license, R.S. 33:4861.4.