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City of Shoreview Municipal Code Chapter 700. Licensing <br /> 708 Charitable Gambling <br /> 708.010 Definitions. As used herein,the following terms shall mean: <br /> (A)"Active member"means a member who has paid all dues to the organization, <br /> who is eighteen(18)years of age or older,who has equal voting rights with all <br /> other members,who has equal opportunity to be an elected officer, who has <br /> equal right and responsibilities of attendance at regularly scheduled meetings <br /> of the organization, whose name and membership origination date appears, <br /> knowingly and willingly, on a list of members of the organization, and who <br /> has been a member of the organization for at least 6 months. If the <br /> organization does not have a dues structure,the dues portion of this definition <br /> will not apply. <br /> (B)"Allowable expense" means reasonable sums that are necessarily and actually <br /> expended for the following purposes: <br /> Gambling supplies and equipment; <br /> Rent; <br /> Utilities used during gambling occasions; <br /> Compensation paid to members for conducting gambling on a compensation <br /> scheduled devised by the organization for its employees for the conduct of <br /> lawful gambling; <br /> Maintenance of devices used in lawful gambling; <br /> Accounting services; <br /> License renewal; <br /> Bond for gambling manager; <br /> Insurance on gambling activities; <br /> Investigation fee; <br /> One-third of the amount of increase in the annual premium of liability <br /> insurance. <br /> (C)"Gross profit" means the gross receipts collected from lawful gambling, less <br /> reasonable sums necessarily and actually expended for prizes. <br /> (D)"Gross receipts" means the total amount collected by an organization from <br /> participants in lawful gambling. Gross receipts for bingo include any amounts <br /> received by the organization that has been paid by a person at the bingo <br /> occasion to play the game,without which the player could not play the game. <br /> (E) "Lawful gambling" means the operation, conduct or sale of bingo,raffles, <br /> paddlewheels,tipboards and/or pull-tabs. <br /> (F) "Net profit" means gross profit less reasonable sums actually expended for <br /> allowable expenses. <br /> Section 708. Charitable Gambling 708-1 <br />