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    • Conducting Gambling on a Limited Basis
      • Exempt Permits: The Basics
    • Conducting Gambling on a Full-time Basis
  • Licenses & Permits
    • When is a License or Permit Required?
      • Nonprofits and Licenses
      • Non-Profit and Permits
    • Licenses
      • Organization License
      • Gambling Manager License
      • For Distributors
      • For Manufacturers
      • For Linked Bingo Providers
      • Annual License Renewal Process
    • Permits
      • Premises Permit
      • Off-site Permit
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  • Forms
    • Forms By Number
    • Forms By Type/Topic
    • Monthly Financial Reports to the Board
  • Publications
    • Charitable Gambling Manual
      • Introduction
      • Licenses and Permits
        • Organization Licenses and Permits
          • Qualifications to Apply
          • Organization License Application
            • License Term
            • Proof of Nonprofit Status
            • Bylaws and Membership List
            • Organization Officers Affidavit
            • Registration of Paid Gambling Employees
          • License and Regulatory Fees
          • Inactive License
          • Reporting Information Changes
          • Terminating an Organization License
          • Exempt Permits
          • Excluded Activity
        • Gambling Manager License
          • Qualifications
          • Emergency Change of Gambling Manager
          • Gambling Manager Application
          • Assistant Gambling Manager
          • Continuing Education
          • Reporting Information Changes
          • Mentoring Available
        • Premises Permits and Leases
          • Premises Permit Application
            • About the Application
            • Local Government Approval
            • Lease for Lawful Gambling Activity
            • Rent is All-Inclusive
            • Rent Limits for Gambling Activity
            • Lease: Bar Bingo
            • Lease: Rent Limits for Bingo
          • Lessor Restrictions and Requirements
          • Who May Conduct or Play
          • Reporting Changes
          • Off-Site Permits
          • Consent to Conduct Electronic Games
      • Conduct of Games
        • Paper Pull-Tabs
          • Common Terms and Items Used
          • Conducting Paper Pull-Tabs
            • Before Sales Begin
              • Information Required at Premises
              • Verifying Game Invoices
              • Defective Games
              • Starting Cash Banks and Drawers
              • Business Hours
            • While Selling Paper Pull-tabs
              • Selling the Paper Pull-Tab Tickets
              • Posting of Prizes Awarded
              • Verifying Serial Numbers
              • Prizes Awarded
              • Defacing Winning Tickets
              • Handling Counterfeit Paper Pull-Tab Tickets
              • Using the Prize Receipt Form
                • Overview
                • Attaching Winning Ticket to Prize Receipt
                • Detecting Forged Prize Receipts
            • After Games are Closed
              • Daily Tracking of Games
              • Closing a Paper Pull-Tab Game
              • Deposit Information
              • Auditing a Paper Pull-tab Game
              • Closed Game Records and Storage
          • Common Problems and Possible Solutions
          • Game Tracking - Form LG861
            • Sample LG861
            • Common LG861 Questions
          • Paper Pull-tab Game Variations
          • Paper Pull-Tab Dispensing Device
            • About the Device
            • Using a Pull-tab Dispensing Device
            • Device Security
          • Point-of-Sale System
            • POS System Requirements
            • Recording Sales and Prizes
            • End-of-Shift Cash Count
            • Month-End Audit and Reconciliation
            • POS System Forms
          • Records and Reports
            • Overview
            • Defective Games
            • Reporting Negative Net Receipts
          • Replenishing Cash Banks
        • Electronic Games
          • Common Terms
          • Electronic Pull-tabs
            • Overview
            • Purchasing Games
            • Obtaining Devices
            • Use of Devices and Limits
            • Game Requirements
            • Electronic Portal Access
            • Closing Electronic Games
            • Sales to Players
            • Purchasing Tickets
            • House Rules
            • Cashing Out Devices
            • Forms
            • Depositing Electronic Game Income
          • Electronic Linked Bingo
            • Overview
            • Obtaining Devices
            • Sales to Players
            • Purchasing Electronic Bingo Faces
            • “Cashing Out” Devices
          • Electronic Game Reporting
            • Starting Cash Banks
            • Daily Records and Reports
            • Tracking Deposits and Cash Shortages
            • Month-End Reporting
          • Common Questions Relating to Electronic Games
        • Paper Bingo
          • Common Terms
          • Items Used
          • Bingo Program
          • Bingo Prizes
          • Who May and May Not Participate
          • Conducting Bingo
            • Information Required
            • Selling Price and Coupons
            • Starting Cash Banks
            • Selling Bingo Paper or Hard Cards
            • Selling Food and Beverages
            • Before the Game Begins
            • Cancellation of Bingo Occasion
            • Calling Bingo Numbers
            • Bingo Boards
            • Verifying and Declaring a Winner
            • Awarding Prizes
            • Closing a Bingo Occasion
            • Deposit Information
            • Fund Loss
          • Conduct of Bar Bingo
          • Break-Open Bingo
          • Non-Linked Bingo Devices
          • Bingo Paper: Records and Reports
          • Bingo Hard Cards: Records and Reports
          • Questions & Answers
        • Raffles
          • What Is and What Isn't a Raffle
          • Raffle Prizes
          • Raffle Ticket Requirements
          • Conducting a Raffle
          • Canceling or Postponing a Raffle
          • Specialized Raffles
            • Calendar Raffles
            • Raffles Capped at $60
            • Combination Raffles
              • Button Raffle
              • Membership Event Raffle
              • Fishing/Hunting Contest
              • Continuation raffle
            • Alternative Raffles
            • Meat Raffles
          • Records and Reports
          • Raffle Checklist
        • Tipboards
          • Common Terms
          • Item Used
          • Tipboard Prizes
          • Conducting a Tipboard Game
            • Information at Premises
            • Putting a Game into Play
            • Selling Tipboard Tickets
            • Determining a Winner
            • Closing a Tipboard Game
            • Deposit Information
            • Fund Loss
          • Conducting a Sports Tipboard Game
            • What is a Sports Tipboard
            • Sports Tipboard Restrictions
            • Revealing the Winners
            • Prize Payouts
            • Closing the Game
            • Auditing a Tipboard Game
            • Fund Loss
            • Questions and Answers
            • A New Game in Town
            • Sports Tipboard Restrictions for Games in Play
            • Operation of a Sports Tipboard
          • Other Tipboard Games
            • Cumulative Tipboard Game
            • Multiple Seal Tipboard Game
            • Progressive Tipboard Game
          • Records and Reports
          • Meat Raffles
        • Paddlewheels
          • With a Table
            • Common Terms
            • Items Used
            • Information Posted/Kept at Site
            • Records and Reports
            • Video Recording Required
            • Conduct - Part 1
            • Conduct - Part 2
            • Conduct - Part 3
            • Conduct - Part 4
          • Without a Table
            • Common Terms
            • Information Posted/Kept at Site
            • Paddlewheel Prizes
            • Balancing a Paddlewheel
            • Records and Reports
            • Conduct - Part 1
            • Conduct - Part 2
            • Conduct - Part 3
          • Items Used Paddlewheel With Table
          • Paddlewheel Prizes
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            • Required Information
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              • Balancing a Paddlewheel
              • Common Terms
              • Paddlewheel Prizes
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              • Items Used
          • Records and reports
          • LG750 Daily Report Instructions and Example
          • Closing the Game
      • Expenditures
        • Introduction
        • Allowable Expenses
          • Definition and General Information
          • Accounting Services and Annual Audit
          • Advertising
          • Compensation and Payroll Taxes
            • What is Allowed
            • Rate of Pay and Benefits
            • Percentage Allowed
            • Compensation Restrictions
            • Workers' Compensation Insurance
            • Records Required
            • Pay By Check or Electronically
            • Cash Basis
            • Timesheet and Payroll Register
          • Equipment and Repairs
          • Investigation Fees and G.M. Bond
          • Gambling Product
          • Theft and Liability Insurance
          • Miscellaneous Expenses
          • Penalties and Interest
          • Rent and Cash Shortages
            • Rent Limits
            • Paying Rent For Leased Site
            • What is a Cash Shortage
            • Who is Responsible for Cash Shortages
            • At Owned Site: Who is Responsible
            • Reimbursement of Cash Shortages
            • Negative Net Receipts
            • Cash Longs
            • Cash Shortage Problems
            • How Can Cash Shortages Be Reduced?
          • Utilities
          • Other Expenses
        • Lawful Purpose Expenditures (LPE)
          • LPE Code Summary
          • LPE Codes 1-6
            • Details for LPE Codes 13-19
            • Details for LPE Codes 20-26
            • LPE Codes 7-12
          • LPE Codes 7-12
          • LPE Codes 13-19
          • LPE Codes 20-26
          • Publicizing Lawful Purpose Activities
          • Expenditures Not Allowed
          • Lawful Purpose Rating
          • Guidelines at a Glance
          • LPE Reporting and Request Forms
      • Internal Operations and Oversight
        • Administrative Controls
          • Organization Responsibility
          • Monthly Report to Members
          • Authorization of Expenditures
          • Chief Executive Officer
          • Gambling Manager
          • Assistant Gambling Manager
        • Internal Controls
          • Internal Controls Worksheet
          • Site Spot Checks
          • Illegal Gambling
            • Sanctions Imposed
            • If You Suspect Illegal Gambling
            • Payment of Rent
            • Is It Illegal Gambling?
            • Video Games of Chance
          • Auditing a Paper Pull-tab Game
          • Cash Shortages
            • What is a Cash Shortage?
            • Worksheet and Instructions
            • Reimbursements
            • Preventing Cash Shortages
          • Fund Loss
            • Definition
            • Cash Shortages
            • Notify Law Enforcement
            • Reporting a Fund Loss
        • Accounting Controls
          • Gambling Accounts
            • Account Requirements and Restrictions
            • Reimbursements, Refunds, and Transfers
            • Emergency Expenditures
            • Shared Expenditures
            • Membership Review
            • Keep Records
          • Balancing the Books
          • Deposit Review
        • Inventory Controls
          • Gambling Equipment Part 1
          • Gambling Equipment Part 2
          • Gambling Equipment Questions and Answers
          • Perpetual Inventory
          • Physical Inventory
          • Site Inventory
          • Merchandise Prize Inventory
          • Annual Certified Inventory
          • Inventory Destruction
          • Separation of Duties
        • Case Studies
          • Embezzlement
          • Fund Losses
          • Inventory
          • Criminal Charges Filed
      • Monthly Reports
        • Before You Begin
        • Completing the LG100A
        • Completing the LG100C
        • Completing the LG100F
        • Completing the LG100
        • Filing the Monthly Reports
        • Troubleshooting
    • Gaming News
    • Agency Annual Reports
    • Organization Annual Report Summary
    • Manufacturers, Distributors, and Labs
      • List of Licensed Linked Bingo Providers
      • List of Licensed Manufacturers
      • Approved Testing Labs
      • List of Distributors
    • News Archive
      • News
      • Crime Alerts
  • Regulations
    • Statutes
    • Rules
    • Local Government Regulations
    • Lawful Purpose Expenditure Codes
    • Who May (or May Not) Play
    • Manufacturing Standards
    • Approved Alternate Methods for Conducting Raffles
    • Be Prepared: Inspection Checklists
    • When Do You Need Approval
  • Education
    • Continuing Education Classes
    • Gambling Manager Seminar
    • Speaking Requests
    • Tutorials
    • Mentoring
    • Gaming News
    • Additional Contacts
    • Decision Tree
  • About Us
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    • Sites Where Gambling is Conducted
    • Site Financial Data
    • Monthly Sales Trends
    • Historical Data
    • Local Government Reports
      • Local Enforcement Tax
      • Mandatory Local Contribution Fund
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