(a) No more than one raffle drawing shall be conducted during a registered event.

(b) Raffle ticket sales may take place only during a home game.

(c) Raffle tickets shall not be sold in any seating area designated as a family section.

(d) Raffle tickets shall be sold only in areas where an event ticket is required for admission to view the game or sporting event.

(e) Raffle tickets produced by an electronic raffle system must be printed only when sold to a raffle player. Preprinting electronic tickets is prohibited.

(f) Raffle tickets may not be sold in advance of the registered event.

(g) An eligible organization shall not change raffle ticket prices once sales of raffle tickets in a registered event have commenced. An eligible organization may, at its discretion, sell raffle tickets with price points allowing for the purchase of multiple raffle tickets at a discounted rate. An accounting must be documented for each price point at the point of sale for purposes of reporting.

(h) All raffle ticket draw numbers must be unique and cannot be duplicated in the registered event.

(i) Each raffle ticket number purchased shall represent one entry in the drawing for a winner. The equipment used to conduct raffles and the method of play shall ensure that each and every raffle ticket sold shall have an equal opportunity to be drawn as a winner.

(j) All counterfoils generated at a registered event shall be placed in the pool of counterfoils from which only one counterfoil must be drawn to determine the winner of the raffle prize.

(k) The sale of raffle tickets at a registered event, whether an admission-style or electronically generated ticket or the use of a manned kiosk, must be conducted by an affiliated person.

(l) A raffle player may purchase one or more raffle tickets at a registered event.

(m) United States currency or a valid credit or debit card may be accepted by an eligible organization as payment for any raffle ticket. An electronic benefit card or funds issued by the federal government, or any state or local government, for the delivery of public assistance to a person shall not be used or accepted for the purchase of any raffle ticket.

(n) A raffle ticket is not transferrable or assignable from its purchaser to any other person.

(o) All sales of raffle tickets are final; no refunds shall be made under any circumstance.

(p) No person employed by or affiliated with the eligible organization, affiliated sports team or affiliated association holding the registered event, or the eligible recipient organization benefitting from the registered event, or the registered manufacturer and distributor of raffle-related products or services whose products or services are used during the registered event, may participate in any registered event as a raffle player or receive a raffle prize.

(q) Every registered event shall commence no earlier than when ticket holders for the live event are permitted entrance to a home game and shall conclude with the announcement of the winning draw number prior to completion of the home game registered event where the corresponding raffle tickets are. If for some unforeseen reason (e.g., weather delay, power outage, emergency, or other reasonably unforeseen event) the registered event is not completed on the calendar day the registered event's raffles tickets are sold, the selection of the winning raffle ticket from that registered event must be completed the first business day when normal operations resume, and notice of the winning draw number must be posted to the eligible organization's webpage.

(r) An eligible organization must have the fiduciary of the organization as listed on its registration application to the Bureau on site or designate one affiliated person within its organization to oversee a registered event.

(s) An eligible organization must have on site prior to, throughout, and to the conclusion of a registered event, a sufficient number of trained affiliated persons to competently fulfill the functions of raffle ticket sales, count and reconciliation, and raffle system management. The number of supervisory or management staff must be sufficient to support the direct raffle ticket sellers and they must have a level of expertise and requisite training to operate the raffle sales unit and electronic raffle system.

(t) Reconciliation of monetary transactions and reconciliation of raffle ticket transactions must be conducted in a secure location.

(u) No revenues generated from the sale of raffle tickets may be used to defray costs incurred by the eligible organization for the conduct of the raffle.

(v) The total prize amount of a raffle shall be one-half or 50 percent of the gross proceeds collected from the sale of the raffle tickets.

(w) All proceeds collected from the sale of raffle tickets, that are not distributed as a prize, shall be used to benefit the organization named on the Major League Sports Raffle Eligible Organization Registered Event Registration Form submitted to the Bureau.

(x) Every eligible organization's raffle rules must state when the manual draw will take place.

(y) Every eligible organization's raffle rules, and each individual raffle ticket, must provide the name and phone number of the individual in charge of the registered event. Each raffle ticket must provide a raffle player a method for verifying whether the player is entitled to the prize.

(z) Every eligible organization must establish and publish the duration of time during which raffle tickets will be sold for each registered event, and provide its affiliated persons sufficient time to ensure that all sales reconciliation, eligible counterfoil verification, and winning counterfoil and raffle ticket verification procedures can be conducted following the manual draw.

(aa) Every eligible organization shall ensure that direct sellers do not carry more than $1000 in cash from the sale of raffle tickets in areas where raffle tickets are authorized to be sold by this article.

(ab) Prior to the sale of any raffle tickets at a registered event, the eligible organization shall ensure that there are security measures in place to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all raffle players and affiliated persons. An eligible organization shall ensure security of the following areas: (1) where raffle ticket sales are conducted; (2) routes to and from the raffle ticket sales area to the raffle ticket reconciliation room and the room where raffle ticket sales moneys are accumulated; (3) where electronic raffle system management functions and distribution of raffle sales units to direct sellers occurs; and (4) the location where counterfoil tickets are printed and deposited into the container for the manual draw.

(ac) Prior to the sale of any raffle ticket at a registered event, the eligible organization is responsible for ensuring that every affiliated person participating in the registered event possesses the training, knowledge, and experience necessary to carry out their assigned duties for the registered event.

(ad) An eligible organization, an affiliated person, and any other person or entity required to be registered by this article must notify the Bureau immediately about any conduct, activity, or incident that may be contrary to Penal Code section 320.6, or this article, or that may affect the integrity of any registered event. Reports required by this subdivision can be made by e-mail to the Bureau of Gambling Control Criminal Intelligence Unit at [email protected] or by phone at (916) 830-1700.