OPINION: Nonprofits' raffles? There ought to be a brand new law | SCNOW

OPINION: Nonprofits' raffles? There ought to be a brand new law | SCNOW: "What’s at stake here is far more than lifting the roley-poley ban (or more to the point, eliminating archaic language from the state codes). A critical part of any code re-write will be an attempt to lift an absurd burden from the backs of the state’s 40,000 or so nonprofit organizations. The same law that bans roley-poley et al also prohibits any sort of public gambling. This includes raffles, poker runs, March Madness office pools and possibly, depending how one takes a certain sentence in the statute, even playing Monopoly. Potential penalties include stiff fines (up to $10,000 for lottery ticket sellers) and even jail time. Enforcement is lax — State Law Enforcement Division agents and sheriff’s deputies occasionally issue warnings when raffles are brought to their attention — but this is madness all the same."