Conduct of Bar Bingo

Bar bingo is a bingo occasion conducted at a permitted premises in an area where:

on-sale intoxicating liquor or 3.2% malt beverages are sold, and where
another form of lawful gambling is also conducted.

Rent may not be paid for a bar bingo occasion.

Bar bingo may be conducted using bingo paper sheets and/or electronic bingo devices - but not electronic linked bingo devices.

Organizations conducting bar bingo must comply with all statute and rule requirements for bingo.

Frequently Asked Questions

May the lessor of the site where we conduct bar bingo run the bingo for us or does our gambling manager have to be there?
Our organization has started conducting bar bingo. Are there any tools we can use to see if we are following all the bingo statutes and rules.
May the lessor participate in bar bingo?
May we pay the lessor’s employees for helping us conduct bar bingo?
We sell bingo paper from pads of 25 sheets for our bar bingo activity. A player has asked to purchase only bingo sheets from the end of the pad. Are we allowed to do that?

Bar Bingo Prizes, Program, and Prize Receipts

Prizes and bingo program
Bar bingo prize amounts are often a percentage of sales for the game. Bar bingo programs must list the method of computing the prize (the percent) and the maximum prize that will be given away. This helps to ensure that the total prizes for the occasion do not exceed the limits. For example, “70% of sales, up to a maximum of $200.”

Prize receipts
Some organizations sell bingo paper sheets one game at a time, then figure the prize and announce it prior to the game. If so, a prize receipt is not required unless the prize is $100 or more.

A prize receipt is required when a prize is based on a percentage of sales that is not announced prior to the game.