{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2915.092","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 2915.092","heading":"Raffles - Illegal conduct of raffle - penalties.","body":"(A)(1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, a person or entity may conduct a raffle to raise money for the person or entity and does not need a license to conduct bingo in order to conduct a raffle drawing that is not for profit if the person or entity is any of the following:\n(a) Exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;\n(b) A school district, community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, college-preparatory boarding school established under Chapter 3328. of the Revised Code, or chartered nonpublic school;\n(c) Exempt from federal income taxation under subsection 501(a) and described in subsection 501(c)(4), 501(c)(6), 501(c)(7), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code.\n(2) If a person or entity that is described in division (A)(1)(c) of this section conducts a raffle, the person or entity shall distribute at least fifty per cent of the net profit from the raffle to a charitable purpose described in division (V) of section 2915.01 of the Revised Code or to a department or agency of the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision.\n(B) Except as provided in division (A) of this section, no person shall conduct a raffle drawing that is for profit or a raffle drawing that is not for profit.\n(C) Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of illegal conduct of a raffle. Except as otherwise provided in this division, illegal conduct of a raffle is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of division (B) of this section, illegal conduct of a raffle is a felony of the fifth degree.","path":["Title 29 Crimes-Procedure","Chapter 2915 Gambling"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2915.092","current_through":"2023-04-07 (House Bill 45 - 134th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:31Z","sha256":"53387b52558894a36ba7835e4d3919dd38f5ae2aeded934041ae2bf6f3477055","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2915.091","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-2915.093"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}