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Rent Limits

The maximum rent an organization may pay a lessor depends on the forms of charitable gambling conducted at the premises and who sells or redeems tickets or otherwise conducts the games.

Electronic pull-tabs, linked bingo, paper pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheel

For activity involving electronic pull-tabs, electronic linked bingo, paper pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheel, rent is based on the following.

“Does your organization OR any other organization conduct gambling from a booth operation at this location?”

If the answer is yes, rent for booth operations is based on the following:
  • Up to 10% of gross profits (net after prizes) with a cap (maximum) of $1,750 paid per month.
  • Up to 15% of gross profits (net receipts) for electronic games, if the lessor sells from the bar even if there’s a booth.
If the answer is no, rent for a bar operation is based on the following:
  • Up to 20% of gross profits (net after prizes), with no rent cap (excluding electronic games).
  • Up to 15% of gross profits (net receipts) for electronic games, with no rent cap.

If one organization has a booth op and another organization has a bar op at the same site, the rent limit for booth ops applies to both organizations.

The maximum rent allowed may not exceed $1,750 in total per month for all organizations at the site/premises (excluding any additional rent included for electronic games conducted by the lessor).

For lease purposes, a booth operation (booth op) is where some or all sales of gambling equipment are conducted by an employee or volunteer of a licensed organization at a premises the organization leases. For lease purposes, a bar operation (bar op) is where all sales of gambling equipment is conducted by the lessor or lessor’s employee.

Bar bingo

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

  • on-sale intoxicating liquor or on-sale 3.2 percent malt beverages are sold; and
  • where a licensed organization conducts another form of lawful gambling and consents to the conduct of bar bingo at the premises.
Bar bingo does not included electronic linked bingo.

Although no rent may be paid for a bar bingo occasion, a lease is still required.

Bingo other than electronic linked bingo and bar bingo

Bingo and all other gambling activities conducted during a bingo occasion are subject to one of the following rent limits:

  • not more than 10% of the monthly gross profit (net receipts) from all lawful gambling activities held during the bingo occasions, excluding bar bingo; or
  • a rate based on a cost per square foot not to exceed 110% of a comparable cost per square foot for leased spaced as approved by the director of the Gambling Control Board.
Bingo rent payments may not be determined by the number of participants attending a bingo occassion.
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