Minnesota Gambling Permit

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement division (DPS-AGED) has suspended the liquor license of the Boardwalk Bar & Grill LLC in East Grand Forks, Minn., for continuing to violate Executive Order 20-99. The 60-day suspension is effective now until February 9, 2021.

GAMBLING LAWS IN MINNESOTA In Minnesota, legal forms of gambling include lotteries, poker, casino gambling, pari-mutuel wagering on horses and dogs, skilled based tournaments, bingo, raffles, paddlewheel, tip board, and charitable gambling.
Minnesota, like most jurisdictions, requires a license for those who want to operate gambling-related business. These licenses are issued primarily for the manufacture or distribution of gambling equipment and devices.

Exempt/Excluded Permit for Fundraising Events

COVID-19 Update for Exempt Activities (3/17/20)

If holding raffle drawing as originally scheduled, you must still follow all lawful raffle conduct requirements plus any health advisory requirements.

If delaying drawing date or moving drawing location, please email your Licensing Specialist with your permit number, location, and original date of your postponed activity. Publicize the delay of the raffle so people who may have purchased raffle tickets understand the reason for the delay. Your organization will have up to one year from the original date of the permit to reschedule your postponed activity date. Once the information is complete on when and where your event will take place, send the new information with an appropriate signature from the local unit of government acknowledging the activity, and signed by your CEO, to your Licensing Specialist. A new permit will be reissued to your organization with the updated information.

If you intend to cancel a raffle, your organization will need to return any money received from sales of raffle tickets.

If you have purchased any other gambling equipment such as pull-tabs, tipboards, or paddlewheels and paddletickets, make sure that this equipment is properly secured with invoices until such time as it will be used. You may also be able to return unused equipment to the licensed distributor your organization purchased the equipment from.

Please direct any questions to your Licensing Specialist via email. This will ensure a quicker response than a telephone call at this time.

Minnesota Gambling Permit Form

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Minnesota Gambling Permit Application

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The following information pertains to registered nonprofit organizations seeking to conduct bingo, raffles, and other forms of lawful gambling by excluded or exempt permit as allowed by Minnesota law.

You will need to determine for the calendar year:

Minnesota Gambling Permit Application

what type of gambling you will be conducting,
how many events will be conducted (for raffles, the event date is the drawing date), and
the estimated total market value of all donated and purchased prizes to be awarded.

An organization may not conduct both exempt and excluded activity in the same calendar year.

Forms and information for the conduct of raffles, bingo, pull-tabs, tipboards, and paddlewheels.