Bingo & Raffle Newsletter 7/30/2024

Quarterly Reports Due July 31, 2024

If you held a 2024 license at any time during the 2nd quarter 2024, you MUST submit your LE-21 Quarterly Report form by July 31, 2024. The report covers the period from April 1 through June 30, 2024. Reports filed after this date will be assessed a $50 late filing fee.

Filing quarterly reports using our online system is cheaper than filing paper forms. If needed, all paper forms can still be found on our website, including all daily forms.

Please make sure to provide copies of daily forms for progressive bingo (LE-34a), progressive pull tabs (LE-31a), and progressive raffles (LE-34c) with your submission. The progressive bingo forms should be updated after each bingo occasion and the pull tab and raffle forms should be updated regularly.

If you have any questions or concerns, contact Lisa Marty at lisa.marty@coloradosos.gov or Denise Lamberth at denise.lamberth@coloradosos.gov.

Continued Online Acceptance

Currently, 96% of groups file their documentation online. This only leaves 30 total groups that are NOT currently filing electronically. Quarterly reminders will continue to be sent to those still filing by paper regarding how to create your online account. You will receive this for each paper quarterly submission you continue to file. Fees for online filing of quarterlies are cheaper than those for paper filing, and your filing or renewal will not be held up by waiting for the mail to be delivered to our office. If you would like to start the process of going to online filing, please refer to your mailed reminder or contact our team to assist you and thank you for making this transition. You are always welcome to give us a call – we are more than happy to aid you in taking advantage of this filing method.

E-Filing a Bingo-Raffle License Renewal

Please remember, if you wish to continue to conduct charitable games of chance in 2024, you will need to renew your Bingo-Raffle license for 2024 before starting or continuing any games into 2024. All 2023 Bingo-Raffle licenses expired December 31, 2023. The Secretary of State's office encourages groups to file online. If renewing online, the licensee can access their online account and use the “renew” link on their account’s summary page. Please do not create a new account as these filings will need to be rejected and resubmitted through your already existing account.

When filing online, the system will only accept credit or debit cards; we do not have ACH or the ability to directly transfer funds from your accounts. The card, however, does not have to be linked directly to the bingo-raffle account. A personal card could be used (we do not retain any card information once the submission is made to our office), and then reimbursed from the bingo-raffle account (we will need adequate descriptions on the schedule A that the reimbursement was for a “loan” to repay the person using their personal card for this payment). Also, the group has the option of obtaining a prepaid card where it can be loaded with the appropriate amount to cover the payment.

Games Manager Training

Your organization must have at least one certified Games Manager in order to run charitable games. We recommend licensees maintain more than one Games Manager. To support this, we offer in-person and online Games Manager training courses.

Sign up for the online Games Manager eLearning course on our website.

Visit our Games Manager Training page to see if there are any upcoming in-person Games Manager trainings.

Information Regarding Updated Bingo-Raffle Rules

Amendments to the Bingo-Raffle rules as a result of the passage of HB24-1326 have been proposed. A public hearing is scheduled for 11:00 AM on 8/14. These amendments include:

  • updated maximums for bingo games,
  • updated information regarding the play of strip card bingo games,
  • updates to the maximums paid for janitorial, bookkeeping and security

To view any updates regarding these rules, please go to our rules and notices of rulemaking webpage. To comment on these rules, please email SOS.Rulemaking@coloradosos.gov.

Bingo/Raffle Financial Reports

Our office is committed to using our statewide reach to provide timely and accurate data to the bingo/raffle community. We use the information you provide on quarterly reports to publish two informative datasets on our website:

  • Aggregate revenue report: this report contains a "roll-up" of total revenue, expense, and profit data for charitable gaming in the state.
  • Revenue by licensee: this report contains similar information broken down by individual bingo/raffle licensees. We began publishing this report in response to a request from our Bingo/Raffle Advisory Board.

Our website currently contains reports for calendar years 2013 through 1st quarter 2024. Reports are updated quarterly.

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