An Act To Allow a Maine-chartered Financial Institution To Conduct a Savings Promotion Raffle
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §1831, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2, is amended to read:
For the purposes of this subsection, "an event the result of which is determined by chance" includes but is not limited to a shuffle of a deck of cards, a roll of a die or dice or a random drawing or generation of an object that may include, but is not limited to, a card, a die, a number or simulations of any of these. A shuffle of a deck of cards, a roll of a die, a random drawing or generation of an object or some other event the result of which is determined by chance that is employed to determine impartially the initial order of play in a game, contest, scheme or device does not alone make a game, contest, scheme or device a game of chance. For purposes of this chapter, beano and , bingo and a savings promotion raffle are not games of chance.
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §1831, sub-§13, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 487, Pt. A, §2, is amended to read:
"Raffle" does not include a savings promotion raffle.
Sec. 3. 17 MRSA §1831, sub-§14-A is enacted to read: