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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-505.1" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2029 PER CHAPTER 483 AND 484 OF 2026" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Baltimore City">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A raffle may be conducted by an organization that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is located in Baltimore City;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>spends a majority of the organization’s funds in Baltimore City for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fraternal purposes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>civic purposes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>purposes related to a veterans’ hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>purposes related to amateur athletics; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>charitable purposes; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is affiliated with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a professional Major League Baseball team that plays its home games in Baltimore City; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a professional National Football League team that plays its home games in Baltimore City.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before conducting a raffle, an organization shall obtain a written permit from the designated city agency.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Before issuing a permit, the designated city agency shall ascertain the character of the organization to determine if the permit should be issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A permit issued to an organization under this section may not be transferred.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The permit shall state that the raffle is required to be managed and operated only by members of the organization obtaining the permit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the designated city agency may issue a single permit to an organization to hold raffles at multiple professional Major League Baseball or professional National Football League games played in Baltimore City.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>There is no limit on the number of raffles that an organization may conduct in conjunction with professional Major League Baseball or professional National Football League games played in Baltimore City.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit to hold raffles at multiple professional Major League Baseball or professional National Football League games played in Baltimore City expires 1 year after the date on which the permit is issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An organization conducting a raffle may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>set the price of raffle tickets; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>award prizes in merchandise and money in any amount.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An organization conducting a raffle may not allow an individual or group of individuals to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>benefit financially from the raffle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>receive any of the proceeds of the raffle for personal use or benefit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A raffle ticket sold by an organization in conjunction with a professional Major League Baseball or professional National Football League game played in Baltimore City:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may only be sold using age–verification measures to ensure that the buyer is at least 18 years old;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be sold and received in–person or on an electronic device only within the geographical boundaries described in paragraph (2) of this subsection; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>with respect to a raffle conducted by an organization described under subsection (a)(3)(i) of this section, shall be sold and received not earlier than 1 hour before the official start of the baseball game and not later than the seventh inning of that baseball game; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>with respect to a raffle conducted by an organization described under subsection (a)(3)(ii) of this section, shall be sold and received not earlier than 4.5 hours before the official start of the football game and not later than the third quarter of that football game.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An organization conducting a raffle under this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not subject to § 12–108 of this article, provided that an individual may not purchase more than $50 worth of tickets or make more than one credit transaction each day; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall use a geofence to ensure that raffle tickets sold and received on an electronic device are sold and received within an area in Baltimore City that is bounded as follows:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>with respect to a raffle conducted by an organization described under subsection (a)(3)(i) of this section during a baseball game, from the intersection of West Camden Street and South Howard Street, south on South Howard Street to West Conway Street, west on West Conway Street to South Eutaw Street, south on South Eutaw Street to West Lee Street, west on West Lee Street to Russell Street, north on Russell Street to South Paca Street, northeast on South Paca Street to West Camden Street, and east on West Camden Street to the intersection of West Camden Street and South Howard Street; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>with respect to a raffle conducted by an organization described under subsection (a)(3)(ii) of this section during a football game, from the intersection of West Camden Street and South Howard Street, west on West Camden Street to Washington Boulevard, southwest on Washington Boulevard to West Barre Street, south on West Barre Street to Carroll Street, northeast on Carroll Street to South Paca Street, south on South Paca Street to West Ostend Street, including the southern boundary of 701 West Ostend Street, east on the southern boundary of 701 West Ostend Street to Ridgely Street, north on Ridgely Street to the intersection of West Ostend Street and Ridgely Street, east on West Ostend Street to Cal Ripken Way, north on Cal Ripken Way to South Howard Street, and north on South Howard Street to the intersection of South Howard Street and West Camden Street.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
