1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to lawful gambling; authorizing sports pool tipboard games;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 349.12, subdivisions 34, 35, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision; 349.1711, subdivisions 1, 2, 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 33a.Sports pool. "Sports pool" means a form of a tipboard or tipboard ticket 
1.9 	where the winning chance is based on the results of a professional sporting event.

1.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 34, is amended to read:
1.11 		Subd. 34.Tipboard. "Tipboard" means a board, placard or other device containing 
1.12 	a seal that conceals the winning number or symbol, and that serves as the game flare for 
1.13 	a tipboard game. A tipboard used for a sports pool is a board, placard, or other device 
1.14 	approved by the board and serves as the game flare, including a grid for designated 
1.15 	numbers and corresponding participants.

1.16 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 35, is amended to read:
1.17 		Subd. 35.Tipboard ticket. "Tipboard ticket" is a single folded or banded ticket, 
1.18 	or multi-ply card, the face of which is initially covered or otherwise hidden from view 
1.19 	to conceal a number, symbol, or set of symbols or numbers, some of which have been 
1.20 	designated in advance and at random as prize winners. Prize-winning tipboard tickets for 
1.21 	a sports pool will be based on the results of a professional sporting event.

2.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1711, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.2 		Subdivision 1.Sale of tickets. Tipboard games must be played using only tipboard 
2.3 	tickets that are either (1) attached to a placard and arranged in columns or rows, or (2) 
2.4 	separate from the placard and contained in a receptacle while the game is in play. The 
2.5 	placard serves as the game flare. With the exception of tipboards used for a sports pool,
2.6 	the placard must contain a seal that conceals the winning number or symbol., and when 
2.7 	a tipboard ticket is purchased and opened from a game containing more than 32 tickets, 
2.8 	each player having a tipboard ticket with one or more predesignated numbers or symbols 
2.9 	must sign the placard at the line indicated by the number or symbol on the tipboard ticket.

2.10 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1711, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.11 		Subd. 2.Determination of winners. With the exception of tipboards or tipboard 
2.12 	tickets used for a sports pool, when the predesignated numbers or symbols have all been 
2.13 	purchased, or all of the tipboard tickets for that game have been sold, the seal must 
2.14 	be removed to reveal a number or symbol that determines which of the predesignated 
2.15 	numbers or symbols is the winning number or symbol. A tipboard may also contain 
2.16 	consolation winners that need not be determined by the use of the seal. The results of a 
2.17 	predesignated sporting event will determine the winning tipboards or tipboard tickets 
2.18 	used for a sports pool.

2.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.1711, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.20 		Subd. 5.Tipboard rules. The board shall adopt rules for tipboard games with 
2.21 	multiple seals. The board shall also adopt rules for cumulative or carryover tipboard 
2.22 	prizes. The board shall adopt rules for the conduct of tipboards or tipboard tickets used in 
2.23 	a sports pool under section 14.389.