CHAPTER 98
SB 160-FN - FINAL VERSION
2025 SESSION
25-0992
02/11
SENATE BILL 160-FN
AN ACT relative to the administration of raffles.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Ames, Ches. 13; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes requirements for the sale of raffle tickets held in conjunction with bingo games and raises the maximum value tickets may be sold for.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0992
02/11
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to the administration of raffles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
98:1 Raffles Held in Conjunction with Bingo Games; Tickets; Distribution. Amend RSA 287-A:8 to read as follows:
287-A:8 Tickets; Distribution.
I. All raffle tickets sold in conjunction with bingo games shall be numbered [sequentially].
II. No ticket or multiple tickets shall be sold for more than [$1] $10.
III. Notwithstanding RSA 287-A:4, raffle tickets sold in conjunction with bingo games shall be sold only [by members of a charitable organization licensed by the lottery commission to conduct bingo and only] at bingo games being operated by the charitable organization.
98:2 Prizes. Amend RSA 287-A:10 to read as follows:
287-A:10 Prizes. Prizes awarded at any raffle held in conjunction with a bingo game shall not exceed [$500] $1,200 wholesale cost.
98:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
Approved: June 17, 2025
Effective Date: July 01, 2025