West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB2511: Relating to charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places
Status: Passed both chambers, April 28, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to modify the process of charitable bingo and alcohol sales and consumption while such bingo is taking places. The bill adds an exemption for the consumption or sale of alcohol at bingo games at a Veterans Service Organization. The bill defines terms. Finally, the bill explicitly includes a Veterans Service Organization as an entity which may conduct charitable bingo games.
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §47-20-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931 as amended; relating to charitable bingo and alcohol or nonintoxicating beer sales and consumption while such bingo is taking place; adding an exemption for the consumption or sale of alcohol or nonintoxicating beer at bingo games conducted on the premises of a fraternal beneficiary society, domestic fraternal society, veteran's organization, or volunteer fire department. ARTICLE 20. CHARITABLE BINGO. §47-20-2. Definitions. For purposes of this article, unless specified otherwise: (a) "Bingo" means the game wherein partici.
From the enrolled text, April 12, 2025:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §47-20-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931 as amended; relating to charitable bingo and alcohol or nonintoxicating beer sales and consumption while such bingo is taking place; adding an exemption for the consumption or sale of alcohol or nonintoxicating beer at bingo games conducted on the premises of a fraternal beneficiary society, domestic fraternal society, veteran's organization, or volunteer fire department. ARTICLE 20. CHARITABLE BINGO. §47-20-2. Definitions. For purposes of this article, unless specified otherwise: (a) "Bingo" means the game wherein participants pay consideration for the use of one or more paper or virtual cards bearing several rows of numbers in which no two cards played in any one game contain the same sequence or pattern. When the game commences, numbers are selected by chance, one by one, and announced. The players cover or mark those numbers announced as they appear on the card or cards which they are using. The player who first announces that he or she has covered a predetermined sequence or pattern which had been preannounced for that game is, upon verification that he or she has covered the predetermined sequence or pattern, declared the winner of that game. Bingo, as authorized by this article, may be operated and played virtually over the Internet using an online bingo software …