RAFFLE LIMITS UPDATED:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-49
HOUSE BILL 85
*H85-v-4*

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE LIMIT ON RAFFLE PRIZES AND TO AUTHORIZE THE
RAFFLE OF REAL PROPERTY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-309.15 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-309.15. Raffles.

(a) It is lawful for any nonprofit organization or association, recognized by the
Department of Revenue as tax-exempt pursuant to G.S. 105-130.11(a), or for any bona fide
branch, chapter, or affiliate of such organization, and for any government entity within the
State, to conduct raffles in accordance with this section. Any person who conducts a raffle in
violation of any provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Upon
conviction that person shall not conduct a raffle for a period of one year. It is lawful to
participate in a raffle conducted pursuant to this section. It shall not constitute a violation of
State law to advertise a raffle conducted in accordance with this section. A raffle conducted
pursuant to this section is not "gambling".

(b) For purposes of this section "raffle" means a game in which the prize is won by
random drawing of the name or number of one or more persons purchasing chances.

(c) Raffles shall be limited to two per nonprofit organization per year.

(d) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, The the maximum cash prize
that may be offered or paid for any one raffle is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) one hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) and if merchandise is used as a prize, and it is not
redeemable for cash, the maximum fair market value of that prize may be fifty thousand dollars
($50,000)one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000). No real property may be
offered as a prize in a raffle. The total cash prizes offered or paid by any nonprofit organization
or association may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) one hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($125,000) in any calendar year. The total fair market value of all prizes
offered by any nonprofit organization or association, either in cash or in merchandise that is not
redeemable for cash, may not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)one hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($125,000) in any calendar year.

(e) Raffles shall not be conducted in conjunction with bingo.

(f) As used in this subsection, "net proceeds of a raffle" means the receipts less the cost
of prizes awarded. No less than ninety percent (90%) of the net proceeds of a raffle shall be
used by the nonprofit organization or association for charitable, religious, educational, civic, or
other nonprofit purposes. None of the net proceeds of the raffle may be used to pay any person
to conduct the raffle, or to rent a building where the tickets are received or sold or the drawing
is conducted.

(g) Real property may be offered as a prize in a raffle. The maximum appraised value of
real property that may be offered for any one raffle is five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000). The total appraised value of all real estate prizes offered by any nonprofit
organization or association may not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in any
calendar year."

Session Law 2009-49 House Bill 85

SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of May, 2009.

s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor

Approved 4:47 p.m. this 1st day of June, 2009

Purchase Raffle Tickets From BIS