North Carolina General Statutes
Article 37 - Lotteries, Gaming, Bingo and Raffles.
§ 14-309.25 - Definitions.

14-309.25. Definitions.
The following definitions apply in this Part:
(1) Exempt organization. - An organization that has been in continuous existence for at least five years and that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 501(c)(6) of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
(2) Game night. - A specific event at which games of chance are played and prizes are awarded by raffle and that is sponsored by or on behalf of an exempt organization for the primary purpose of raising funds for the exempt organization or is sponsored by an employer or trade association pursuant to G.S. 14-309.34.
(3) Local law enforcement agency. - Any county or municipal law enforcement agency that has territorial and subject matter jurisdiction over the location at which the game night is being held.
(4) Qualified facility. - As defined in G.S. 18B-1000. (2019-13, s. 2.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 14 - Criminal Law

Article 37 - Lotteries, Gaming, Bingo and Raffles.

§ 14-289 - Advertising lotteries.

§ 14-290 - Dealing in lotteries.

§ 14-291 - Selling lottery tickets and acting as agent for lotteries.

§ 14-291.1 - Selling "numbers" tickets; possession prima facie evidence of violation.

§ 14-291.2 - Pyramid and chain schemes prohibited.

§ 14-292 - Gambling.

§ 14-292.2 - Class III gaming on Indian lands.

§ 14-293 - Allowing gambling in houses of public entertainment; penalty.

§ 14-294 - Gambling with faro banks and tables.

§ 14-295 - Keeping gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines, or betting thereat.

§ 14-296 - Illegal slot machines and punchboards defined.

§ 14-297 - Allowing gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines on premises.

§ 14-298 - Seizure of illegal gaming items.

§ 14-299 - Property exhibited by gamblers to be seized; disposition of same.

§ 14-300 - Opposing destruction of gaming tables and seizure of property.

§ 14-301 - Operation or possession of slot machine; separate offenses.

§ 14-302 - Punchboards, vending machines, and other gambling devices; separate offenses.

§ 14-303 - Violation of two preceding sections a misdemeanor.

§ 14-304 - Manufacture, sale, etc., of slot machines and devices.

§ 14-305 - Agreements with reference to slot machines or devices made unlawful.

§ 14-306 - Slot machine or device defined.

§ 14-306.1A - Types of machines and devices prohibited by law; penalties.

§ 14-306.2 - Violation of G.S14-306.1A a violation of the ABC laws.

§ 14-306.3 - Certain game promotions unlawful.

§ 14-306.4 - Electronic machines and devices for sweepstakes prohibited.

§ 14-307 - Issuance of license prohibited.

§ 14-308 - Declared a public nuisance.

§ 14-309 - Violation made criminal.

§ 14-309.1 - Defense to possession; antique slot machines.

§ 14-309.5 - Bingo.

§ 14-309.6 - Definitions.

§ 14-309.7 - Licensing procedure.

§ 14-309.8 - Limit on sessions.

§ 14-309.9 - Bingo prizes.

§ 14-309.10 - Operation of bingo.

§ 14-309.11 - Accounting and use of proceeds.

§ 14-309.12 - Violation is gambling.

§ 14-309.13 - Public sessions.

§ 14-309.14 - Beach bingo.

§ 14-309.15 - Raffles.

§ 14-309.20 - Greyhound racing prohibited.

§ 14-309.25 - Definitions.

§ 14-309.26 - Game nights.

§ 14-309.27 - Permit procedure.

§ 14-309.28 - Limits on game night events.

§ 14-309.29 - Game night; prizes and costs.

§ 14-309.30 - Operation of game night events.

§ 14-309.31 - Use of proceeds.

§ 14-309.32 - Violation is gambling.

§ 14-309.33 - Applicability.

§ 14-309.34 - Applicability to employer paid events.

§ 14-309.35 - Registration, possession, and transportation of gaming equipment.

§ 14-309.36 - Permit procedure for game night vendors.

§ 14-309.37 - Slot machines, video gaming machines, electronic sweepstakes machines not authorized.