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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1506" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="15" subtitle_name="Harford County">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The sheriff may not issue to a single organization in 1 calendar year more than 12 raffle licenses, no more than one of which may be for a raffle with a money prize exceeding $1,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>All raffle drawings shall be conducted in 1 calendar day.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A raffle license is valid until all raffles are drawn.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A raffle license shall state the day for the drawing or drawings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A money prize for a raffle may not exceed:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$10,000 if the sponsoring organization has not held a raffle for a money prize exceeding $1,000 in the current calendar year; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$1,000 if the sponsoring organization has held a raffle for a money prize exceeding $1,000 in the current calendar year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An organization that intends to conduct a raffle for a money prize exceeding $1,000 shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>post a bond in the amount of the money prize; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>obtain an irrevocable letter of credit from a bank in the amount of the money prize.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
