This section limits how many bingo occasions a licensed authorized organization may conduct and sets timing rules for each occasion.
Sec. 2001.419. BINGO OCCASIONS. (a) A licensed authorized organization may not conduct more than three bingo occasions during a calendar week under a regular license. (b) A bingo occasion may not exceed six hours. (c) No more than two bingo occasions may be conducted at the same premises during one day except that a third bingo occasion may be conducted under a temporary license held by a licensed authorized organization at that premises. (d) If more than one bingo occasion is conducted at the same premises on the same day: (1) the bingo occasions must be announced separately; (2) the licensed times may not overlap; and (3) notwithstanding Subsection (e), bingo cards may be sold during a bingo occasion for play during a subsequent bingo occasion that is scheduled to begin at the same premises in not more than eight hours after the sale of cards for the subsequent occasion begins. (e) Bingo cards, pull-tab bingo tickets, and the use of card-minding devices for a bingo occasion may be sold at the licensed premises at any time beginning one hour before the bingo occasion and ending at the conclusion of the bingo occasion. (f) If pull-tab bingo tickets are sold by one licensed authorized organization that conducts consecutive bingo occasions during one day, the organization may account for and report all of the pull-tab bingo ticket sales for the occasions as sales for the final occasion. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 636 (H.B. 1474), Sec. 28, eff. October 1, 2009. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 749 (H.B. 882), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (H.B. 914), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2020. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1132 (S.B. 643), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.