Indiana Code
Chapter 5. Conduct of Allowable Activities
4-32.3-5-23. Acceptance of Credit Cards

Sec. 23. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a qualified organization may accept credit cards at an allowable activity for the purchase of:
(1) food and beverages;
(2) merchandise; and
(3) retail goods and services offered at a benefit auction.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a qualified organization may not accept credit cards or extend credit to a player for the purchase of:
(1) a chance to play any game of chance offered at an allowable activity; or
(2) licensed supplies.
(c) A charitable government services organization, including a worker, or a volunteer ticket agent assisting the charitable government services organization may accept payment by credit card for the purchase of a chance to enter a raffle or water race offered at an allowable activity if the transaction satisfies the following requirements:
(1) The payment is made face to face and not on the Internet.
(2) The proceeds from an entry purchased for the allowable activity are used:
(A) by the charitable government services organization to provide child welfare services; or
(B) to:
(i) purchase a prize for; or
(ii) pay prize money to;
a winner of the allowable activity.
(3) It is the only allowable activity in a calendar year for which the charitable government services organization accepts payment by credit card for a chance to enter a raffle or water race under this subsection. This subdivision does not limit the number of times that a person may purchase by credit card a chance to enter a raffle or water race under this subsection.
As added by P.L.58-2019, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.136-2022, SEC.2.