SB628-SSA1,26 13Section 26. 563.908 (intro.) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act
14.... (Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.908 and amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,6,18 15563.908 Types of Requirements of raffles allowed. A raffle may not be
16conducted in this state unless it is one of the following types: the winner of any
17drawing is determined by a random process with all tickets or calendars having an
18equal opportunity to win.
SB628-SSA1,27 19Section 27. 563.908 (1) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
20(Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.
SB628-SSA1,28 21Section 28. 563.908 (2) of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
22(Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.
SB628-SSA1,29 23Section 29. 563.909 of the statutes, as created by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
24(Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.
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1Section 30. 563.91 of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
2(Assembly Bill 422), is amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,7,6 3563.91 Limit. No qualified organization under s. 563.907 may conduct more
4than 200 365 raffles or more than one calendar raffle during a year. A raffle for which
5one or more drawings are held on one day at one location is one raffle for purposes
6of this section.
SB628-SSA1,31 7Section 31. 563.92 (1m) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
8(Assembly Bill 422), is repealed and recreated to read:
SB628-SSA1,7,109 563.92 (1m) (a) The department may issue a Class A license or a Class B license
10to any qualified organization that applies.
SB628-SSA1,7,1111 (b) Under a Class A license, an organization may do all of the following:
SB628-SSA1,7,1312 1. Conduct single-container raffles, a calendar raffle, plastic or rubber duck
13races, or other games of chance that are authorized under s. 563.908.
SB628-SSA1,7,1414 2. Sell some or all tickets on days other than the same day as the drawing.
SB628-SSA1,7,1515 3. Sell equal shares of a single ticket to one or more purchasers.
SB628-SSA1,7,1616 (c) Under a Class B license, an organization may do all of the following:
SB628-SSA1,7,1817 1. Conduct multiple-container raffles, plastic or rubber duck races, or other
18games of chance that are authorized under s. 563.908.
SB628-SSA1,7,1919 2. Sell tickets in either of the following ways:
SB628-SSA1,7,2020 a. On the same day as the drawing.
SB628-SSA1,7,2221 b. On more than one day if the organization distributes tickets to purchasers
22only at the event at which the drawing will take place.
SB628-SSA1,32 23Section 32. 563.92 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
24(Assembly Bill 422), is amended to read:
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1563.92 (2) The fee for a raffle license shall be $25 and shall be remitted with
2the application. A raffle license shall be valid for 12 months and may be renewed as
3provided in s. 563.98 (1g). The department shall issue the license within 30 business
4days after the filing of an a complete application if the applicant qualifies under s.
5563.907 and has not exceeded the limits of s. 563.91. The department shall notify
6the applicant if the raffle license application is incomplete within 15 days after it is
7filed or the application shall be considered complete. A complete license application
8that is not denied within 30 days after its filing shall be considered approved.
All
9moneys received by the department under this subsection shall be credited to the
10appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (j).
SB628-SSA1,33 11Section 33. 563.92 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,8,1512 563.92 (4) Proceedings to The department may conduct proceedings to suspend
13or revoke a an organization's license to conduct raffles shall be initiated by the
14department pursuant to the rules promulgated under s. 563.05 (4)
for failing to
15comply with the requirements of this subchapter
.
SB628-SSA1,34 16Section 34. 563.925 of the statutes is created to read:
SB628-SSA1,8,19 17563.925 Liability. (1) With respect to a raffle conducted under a Class A
18license, the department shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute
19regarding the ownership or sale of a share of a ticket under s. 563.93 (3i).
SB628-SSA1,8,23 20(2) The department and the organization conducting a raffle under a Class B
21license shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership
22of a ticket if the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to another person to claim a
23prize on behalf of the purchaser under s. 563.935 (6) (c).
SB628-SSA1,35
1Section 35. 563.93 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
2(Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (1m), and 563.93 (1m) (intro.) and (f), as
3renumbered, are amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,9,54 563.93 (1m) (intro.) All raffle tickets and all calendars shall be identical in form
5and include:
SB628-SSA1,9,76 (f) A list of each prize to be awarded which that has a retail fair market value
7of $500 $1,000 or more.
SB628-SSA1,36 8Section 36. 563.93 (1s) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (e) and
9amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,9,1410 563.93 (2g) (e) Each raffle ticket and each calendar sold by an organization
11shall include a separate
Print an identification number, printed on both the
12purchaser's and the organization's portion of the ticket or calendar ,. The tickets or
13calendars shall be
numbered consecutively in relation to the other tickets or
14calendars for the same drawing.
SB628-SSA1,37 15Section 37. 563.93 (2) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
16(Senate Bill 339), is repealed.
SB628-SSA1,38 17Section 38. 563.93 (2g) (intro.), (a), (b), (g) and (h) of the statutes are created
18to read:
SB628-SSA1,9,2019 563.93 (2g) (intro.) An organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A raffle
20license shall do all of the following:
SB628-SSA1,9,2321 (a) Prominently display, at each place where tickets may be purchased, a notice
22describing any state or federal law that imposes an age restriction on who may
23possess a prize that will be awarded in the raffle.
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1(b) Make a good faith effort to award all of the prizes offered for a raffle. If the
2organization is unable to award a prize, it may hold the prize and use it for future
3fund-raising purposes.
SB628-SSA1,10,54 (g) In raffles that involve containers, place the organization's portion of the
5ticket or calendar in the drawing container prior to the time of the drawing.
SB628-SSA1,10,86 (h) Retain the organization's portion of each ticket or calendar sold for one year
7after the date on which the drawing is held and provide any of these portions to the
8department upon request.
SB628-SSA1,39 9Section 39. 563.93 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628-SSA1,40 10Section 40. 563.93 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628-SSA1,10,1211 563.93 (2r) An organization that conducts a calendar raffle shall do all of the
12following:
SB628-SSA1,10,1413 (a) Print identical drawing dates and identical prize amounts for each drawing
14on every calendar sold.
SB628-SSA1,10,1615 (b) After holding a drawing, replace the winning tickets into the container to
16allow the purchasers the chance to win again in subsequent drawings.
SB628-SSA1,41 17Section 41. 563.93 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (1e) and amended
18to read:
SB628-SSA1,10,2019 563.93 (1e) No person may sell a raffle ticket or calendar unless authorized by
20an organization with a Class A license.
SB628-SSA1,42 21Section 42. 563.93 (3e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628-SSA1,10,2322 563.93 (3e) An organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A raffle license
23may not do any of the following:
SB628-SSA1,10,2524 (a) Permit another organization or individual to use its license to conduct a
25raffle.
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1(b) Resell a ticket or calendar.
SB628-SSA1,43 2Section 43. 563.93 (3i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628-SSA1,11,43 563.93 (3i) An organization conducting a raffle under a Class A license may not
4sell equal shares of a ticket unless all of the following apply:
SB628-SSA1,11,55 (a) The organization does not sell more than 4 equal shares of one ticket.
SB628-SSA1,11,76 (b) The organization does not offer a price discount to the purchaser of more
7than one share of a ticket.
SB628-SSA1,11,98 (c) Each share of a ticket is identical in form to other shares and includes the
9organization's portion and the purchaser's portion.
SB628-SSA1,11,1110 (d) Each purchaser's portion of a share of a ticket includes all of the information
11required under subs. (1m) (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) and (2g) (e).
SB628-SSA1,11,1512 (e) Each organization's portion of a share of a ticket includes the ticket
13identification number, an identification letter for each share of the ticket, and a place
14for the purchaser to enter the purchaser's name and address next to the share
15identification letter.
SB628-SSA1,11,1716 (f) Each prize is in the form of cash or a number of items that is equally divisible
17by the maximum allowable number of shares of a ticket.
SB628-SSA1,11,1918 (g) The organization directly delivers to each holder of a share of a winning
19ticket his or her share of the prize.
SB628-SSA1,44 20Section 44. 563.93 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628-SSA1,11,2221 563.93 (3m) An organization that conducts a calendar raffle may not do any
22of the following:
SB628-SSA1,11,2323 (a) Sell any calendars after holding the first drawing.
SB628-SSA1,11,2524 (b) Change the dates of any drawings or the amounts of any prizes designated
25on the calendar after the first calendar is sold.
SB628-SSA1,45
1Section 45. 563.93 (4) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
2(Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (3e) (c) and amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,12,53 563.93 (3e) (c) Except as provided in par. (b), Offer tickets for a proposed raffle
4may not be offered for sale more than 270 days one year before the date of the
5drawing.
SB628-SSA1,46 6Section 46. 563.93 (4) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
7(Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.
SB628-SSA1,47 8Section 47. 563.93 (4m) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
9(Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (c) and amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,12,1410 563.93 (2g) (c) The organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A license
11shall provide
Provide the purchaser of a raffle ticket or calendar with the purchaser's
12portion of the ticket or calendar at the time of purchase or at any time before each
13raffle drawing is held, but need not provide it to the purchaser at the time of
14purchase
.
SB628-SSA1,48 15Section 48. 563.93 (5) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
16(Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (d) and amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,12,1717 563.93 (2g) (d) All Hold all drawings shall be held in public.
SB628-SSA1,49 18Section 49. 563.93 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (3e) (d) and
19amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,12,2120 563.93 (3e) (d) All prizes shall be awarded. The Require the purchaser of a
21ticket or calendar need not to be present at the drawing to win a prize.
SB628-SSA1,50 22Section 50. 563.93 (7) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
23(Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (f) and amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,13,424 563.93 (2g) (f) If a raffle game is canceled, the organization shall refund Refund
25the drawing receipts to the ticket or calendar purchasers if a drawing is canceled.

1The organization may not deduct from the refund a handling charge or other amount
2relating to the expense incurred in the sale of a ticket or calendar. The organization
3may not reclaim any prize awarded in a drawing that has already been held at the
4time a calendar raffle is canceled
.
SB628-SSA1,51 5Section 51. 563.93 (8) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
6(Assembly Bill 422), is repealed.
SB628-SSA1,52 7Section 52. 563.93 (9) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
8(Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.93 (3i) (h) and amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,13,139 563.93 (3i) (h) If a person who holds a Class A license sells equal shares of a
10single ticket to one or more purchasers for a raffle game, the person shall, prior
The
11organization purchases, prior
to the date on which the a drawing is held, purchase
12any unsold shares of the ticket that have not tickets of which one or more shares have
13been sold.
SB628-SSA1,53 14Section 53. 563.935 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,13,1515 563.935 (1) All raffle tickets shall be identical in form.
SB628-SSA1,54 16Section 54. 563.935 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628-SSA1,13,2017 563.935 (1m) If state or federal law places an age restriction on who may
18possess any prize that will be awarded for a raffle, the organization conducting the
19raffle shall prominently display a notice describing the restriction at each place
20where tickets may be purchased.
SB628-SSA1,55 21Section 55. 563.935 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628-SSA1,56 22Section 56. 563.935 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,13,2423 563.935 (4) No person may sell a raffle ticket unless authorized by an
24organization with a Class B license.
SB628-SSA1,57 25Section 57. 563.935 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,14,1
1563.935 (5) All raffle drawings shall be held in public.
SB628-SSA1,58 2Section 58. 563.935 (6) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act ....
3(Assembly Bill 422), is renumbered 563.935 (6) (a) and amended to read:
SB628-SSA1,14,104 563.935 (6) (a) The Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), the purchaser of a
5ticket must be present at the drawing to win a prize, unless the purchaser gives the
6ticket to another person who may claim the prize on behalf of the purchaser, but only
7if that other person is present at the drawing. If the purchaser of the ticket gives the
8ticket to another person to claim a prize on behalf of the purchaser, the organization
9conducting the raffle and the department shall not be held responsible or liable in
10any dispute regarding the ownership of the ticket
.
SB628-SSA1,59 11Section 59. 563.935 (6) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628-SSA1,14,1412 563.935 (6) (b) Any organization conducting a raffle may, according to
13procedures determined by the organization, allow the purchaser of a ticket not to be
14present at the drawing to win a prize.
SB628-SSA1,60 15Section 60. 563.935 (6) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
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