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349.181.1

Statute ID: 12953

Statute Function ID: 28386

Gambling - Lawful Gambling Restrictions - Age

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Statute Number:

349.181.1

Enactment Date:

May 20, 2009

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2009

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Gambling - Lawful Gambling Restrictions - Age

Statute ID:

12953

Created:

Jun 25, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 25, 2009 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2009 c124 s45

Summary Text:

Gambling - Lawful Gambling Restrictions - Age

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/349/181.html

Legislative Session:

2009 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 25, 2009

(a) A person under age 18 may not participate:
(1) as a player in games of pull-tabs, tipboards, paddlewheel, or raffles;
(2) as a player in a bingo game other than:
(i) a bingo game exempt or excluded from licensing; or
(ii) a bingo game conducted by an organization as part of an annual community event if the person under age 18 is accompanied by a parent or guardian; and
(3) in the conduct of pull-tabs, tipboards, paddlewheels, bingo, or raffles, except that a person under age 18 may sell raffle tickets.
Violation of this paragraph is a misdemeanor.
(b) A licensed organization or employee may not allow a person under age 18 to participate in lawful gambling in violation of paragraph (a). Violation of this paragraph is a misdemeanor.
(c) In a prosecution under paragraph (b), it is a defense for the defendant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant reasonably and in good faith relied upon representations of proof of age authorized in section 340A.503, subdivision 6, paragraph (a).