www.michigan.gov/cg (517) 335-5780 Charity Game Tickets have a built in profit of 15% and are sold all over the State of Michigan at licensed Raffles, Bingo Events and Non-Profit Clubs. www.michigan.gov/cg (517) 335-5780
Annual Charity Game Ticket License $200 per year 7 Days a week 8am-2am Tickets can be sold anywhere on the premises License expires July 31 of each year
Special Charity Game Ticket license $15 per day Up to 8 special Charity Game Ticket licenses per year, each good for up to 4 consecutive days
Getting Started-Buying and Selling Ticket cost is set by the Charitable Gaming Tickets can only be purchased from a licensed supplier Tickets can by sold Behind the bar Ticket seller Ticket dispensing machine Machines can be rented or purchased from a supplier Supplier contact information is available at www.Michigan.gov/cg
Making a Profit with Charity Game Tickets Sales $2400 Prizes $1800 Box Cost $240 Profit $360 Sales $6000 Prizes $4625 Box Cost $550 Profit $825
Protecting Your Profit Limit access to all unsold tickets, winning tickets & cash. Add ticket purchases to inventory when received. Complete physical inventory count of all unsold tickets. Remember the machine count is NOT allowed & is NOT reliable Protecting Your Profit
Protecting Your Profit Deface winning tickets when redeemed. Check serial numbers when redeeming tickets Use a Marker or Hole Punch to deface Protecting Your Profit
Balance cash & winning tickets Cash + winning tickets = Start Cash Total Protecting Your Profit
Destroy all redeemed tickets Rip or Shred tickets Protecting Your Profit
Protecting Your Profit Limit Deface Balance Destroy
Playing Charity Game Tickets Must be 18 years or older to play Charity Game Tickets Chairpersons/record keepers cannot purchase or play Charity Game Tickets Employees receiving a tax form from the organization can never purchase or play Charity Game Tickets Volunteers/Workers cannot purchase or play the day they are working
Prize Bank Start cash must remain consistent & be the same amount each week Only write a check to replenish start cash when prizes exceeded sales at the end of the week Do not withhold money from weekly deposit
Accountability Deposit monies within 2 business days of week ending Checks shall have description in memo line Do not write checks to cash Prize payments & worker compensation are only allowable cash expenditures Insider Information-Giving an advantage to a player
Just ONE Form Mark Rumsfield Ray Peterson One document can be used for 13 week quarter Ticket information & price per ticket automatically carries over each week Ending Inventory automatically transfers to the follow weeks beginning inventory Mark Rumsfield Ray Peterson 1/7/18
Verified deposit tickets Weekly game records Verified deposit tickets Bank statements Bank verified Check Images Receipts and invoices
Don’t let these things gobble up your sales Empty columns Machine is not visible Machine Problems Old Tickets Insider Information Don’t let these things gobble up your sales
Let’s Play Milk Money Each ticket represents a line of B-I-N-G-O! Once you cover all five bingo numbers on your ticket…Yell Bingo!