Steps to submit your gaming permit

Is your organization going to be doing a fundraiser? You will need a game of chance Local or Charity permit.

Download Application for a Local Permit or Restricted Event Permit – SFN 9338 . You can also get this form at the City of Lisbon office.
Fill out the form completely and have your organization’s top executive official sign it.
Bring the signed paperwork to the City of Lisbon office along with $20.

New guidelines from the ND Attorney General as of 1/1/2023:

Please see that both boards are required to have a stamp affixed by a distributor. Under the North Dakota Attorney General’s website at www.ag.nd.gov – Licensing and Gaming / License Holders – Gaming Licensees (Gaming Distributors), this link will bring up a PDF of all licensed distributors in ND.

Raffle Board:

Per the North Dakota Games of Chance Administrative Rules 99-01.3-05-01 (Raffle Board). A winning player is determined by drawing a number of a square on a raffle board from a receptacle or by an alternate fair method approved by the attorney general. For a raffle board, the numbered squares on the board must be sold for the same price at a site on the day of the drawing. A licensed organization or organization with a permit shall complete on the board the cost per square, prizes, and date of the raffle and, for a licensed organization, ensure a raffle board includes a state gaming stamp affixed by a distributor.

Sports Pools:

Per the North Dakota Games of Chance Administrative Rules 99-01.3-07-01 (Sports Pools). A sports-pool must be a multiple line or multiple square board based on the professional sporting event, provide for an equal chance for each player to win, and be acquired from a distributor. An organization shall designate one opponent along the vertical columns of numbers and the other opponent along the horizontal rows of numbers. However, if the opponents are unknown when the board is being sold, and organization shall designate identifiable conferences, divisions, or events.

Application information:

When an organization completes the application for a site location that already has a licensed organization conducting games of chance, it is required that the permitted organization to contact the licensed organization for approval. Our office insists the permitted organization obtain written consent or email from the licensed organization prior to approval of the permit. Documentation of consent shall be sent with the permit to the Office of Attorney General – Gaming Division. Please note the following rules for a permitted organization conducting activity at a licensed organization site:

The permitted organization should contact the licensed organization to make them aware of the event being held at their location.
If the activity will be conducted at the site where there is a licensed organization, the gaming must be suspended all day, unless.
1. The game type is for a raffle, then gaming only needs to be suspended during the raffle drawing; or
2. When the area for the raffle is physically separated from the area where games are conducted by the regular organization, then the gaming does not need to be suspended. Such as a separate conference room.
3. Full text of rule can be found N.D.C.C § 53-06.1-03 (3)(a)

Per the North Dakota Rules and Regulations, only a non-profit organization is approved to conduct any game-of-chance in North Dakota. If an organization has been issued a gaming license, then all gaming must be conducted under the license.

The group of people or nonprofit corporation that is seeking to conduct a game-of-chance are required to have a local permit to conduct the activity. It would be the city’s responsibility to determine if the group or nonprofit corporation is considered “public spirited” for issuance of the permit since only charitable gaming is allowed in North Dakota. This can be done by looking at who is conducting the activity or what charitable purpose the proceeds from the activity will be used for. A single person is not allowed to receive a permit or license, it must be an organization or group of people.

Issuance of a local permit to a public-spirited organization is at the discretion of the local governing body. The definition of Public-Spirited Organization can be found in N.D.C.C. § 53-06.1-01. The rules for permits and the game types can be found in N.D.A.C § 99-01.3-01-05 & 99-01.3-05. These are available online at the office of Attorney General website at www.attorneygeneral.nd.gov – Licensing and Gaming / Gaming / Gaming Laws, Rules, and Publications / Review the Laws & Rules.