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Introduced
01/31/2025
01/31/2025
In Committee
02/03/2025
02/03/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/20/2025
05/20/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING GAMBLING LAWS TO ALLOW NONPROFIT ENTITIES TO CONDUCT AN EXPANDED CASINO NIGHT; ALLOWING ADDITIONAL GAMES DURING AN EXPANDED CASINO NIGHT; AND AMING SECTIONS 23-5-112 AND 23-5-702, MCA.”
AI Summary
This bill revises Montana's gambling laws to expand the types of games that nonprofit organizations can conduct during a casino night event. Currently, nonprofits are limited to conducting live card games, live bingo and keno games, and raffles during a traditional casino night. The bill introduces a new category called an "expanded casino night," which a nonprofit can hold once per year and includes additional gambling activities such as live blackjack, roulette, craps, baccarat, and other previously prohibited games like faro. Specifically, the expanded casino night would allow nonprofits to offer live card games, live blackjack, twenty-one, jacks or better, baccarat, chemin de fer, bingo, keno, raffles, roulette (with a roulette wheel), dice games like craps and chuck-a-luck, and box faro (using a faro box or layout). This change provides nonprofit organizations with more flexible fundraising options by broadening the types of gambling activities they can host during a single annual event.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
(H) Died in Process (on 05/20/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2533 |
| State Bill Page | https://bills.legmt.gov/#/lc/bill/2/LC2533 |
| BillText | https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=3e493f46-3b35-4cb4-a87c-f8a51139aebc |
| BillText | https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273017 |
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