SB 628

Under current law, a not-for-profit, religious, charitable, service, fraternal, or

veterans organization that serves a geographic area that is limited to Wisconsin and

that has existed for at least one year or is chartered by a state or national

organization that has existed for at least three years may obtain a license to conduct

raffles.

Under rules promulgated by the Department of Administration (DOA), an

organization with a Class A raffle license may conduct single-event raffles or a

calendar raffle. Current law defines a calendar raffle as a raffle for which a drawing

is held and a prize awarded on each date specified in a calendar. This bill defines a

single-event raffle to be a raffle for which one or more drawings from a single

container are held and one or more prizes are awarded on one date and at one

location. Under current law, an organization with a Class B raffle license may

conduct raffles in which more than one drawing may be made from more than one

container, each container is specific to a prize or group of prizes, and ticket

purchasers place their tickets in the containers of their choice.

Under current law, a Class A licensee may charge up to $100 for a raffle ticket

and up to $10 for each month covered by a calendar raffle. Under a Class B raffle,

current law allows tickets to be sold for no more than $10 each. This bill removes all

limits on the prices of raffle tickets and calendars.

Under current law, an organization with a raffle license may conduct no more

than 200 raffles in a 12-month period. This bill increases this maximum to 365

raffles.

Under current law, an organization with a Class B raffle license may sell tickets

for a raffle drawing only on the day of the drawing. Under this bill, a Class B licensee

may sell tickets before the day of a drawing if the tickets are not delivered to

purchasers until the day of the drawing.

Under current law, a Class A licensee may sell raffle tickets up to 270 days

before the day of a raffle drawing. This bill extends this period to one year.

Current law allows a Class A licensee to sell equal shares of a single ticket to

one or more purchasers. This bill allows this only if certain requirements are met,

including that not more than four shares of a single ticket be sold and that no

discount be offered to the purchaser of more than one share of a ticket.

Current law requires DOA to promulgate rules relating to the conduct of raffles.

This bill removes that authority.