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Municipalities are authorized to license charity bingo games with maximum prize boards of up to $5,500.

The following types of bingos may be licensed by municipalities:

  • Regular Bingo
  • Merchandise Bingo
  • Loonie Pot Bingo
  • Decision Bingo
  • Table Board Bingo
  • Media Bingo

Bingo Application Checklist

  • Licence Fee (3% of prizes)
  • Completed AGCO Form
  • A game schedule outlining:
  • Bingo games to be played
  • Winning arrangement of numbers for each game
  • Value of the prize for each game
  • Minimum and maximum payouts for variable prize games
  • Set percentage used to calculate the variable prizes for the individual Table Board Bingo games
  • Price of the bingo paper, if applicable
  • Total value of all prizes offered
  • Name and address of the premises where the bingo event is to be held
  • Any special purchase provisions for used bingo paper exchanged for new paper (e.g., $0.25 instead of $0.50)
  • The starting and ending time for the time slot for the licenced Regular Bingo event and any bingo games played in conjunction with it

Bazaar Licence

A bazaar is a sale of goods held to raise money for a charity. Municipalities may issue licences to allow organizations to hold lottery events in conjunction with a bazaar, as long as the lottery events are ancillary to the bazaar.

The following types of lottery events are permitted at bazaars:

Wheels of fortune

  • A maximum of 3 wheels with maximum bets of 2 dollars

Bingo

  • A maximum of $500 in prizes

Raffles and penny auction raffles

  • Raffles with a maximum of $500 in prizes
  • Penny auctions allow participants to buy tickets and choose which prizes they would like to win, with a maximum prize board of $500

Application and Report Forms

St. Marys Bingo Licence Application Checklist (required)

Bingo Licence Application Form

Bazaar Licence Application Form

Bingo Report Form

Media Bingo Report Form

Bazaar Report Form

Fully accessible versions of all above documents are available in print upon request. 

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