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Subcommittee votes to raise per‑session bingo prize cap and allow additional sessions and locations
Summary
House Bill 455, which would lift several legacy restrictions on charitable bingo—allowing up to three sessions per day, raising per‑session prize caps and increasing payment allowances for workers—passed the subcommittee by voice vote.
House Bill 455, a set of revisions to Georgia’s charitable bingo statutes, was advanced by the regulated‑industries special subcommittee on Oct. 12, 2025.
The presenter described the bill as modernizing antiquated limits on charitable gaming: increasing allowable sessions per day from one to up to three, keeping a monthly cap of 31 total sessions, raising the per‑session cash/gift cap from $3,000 to $6,000, and adjusting allowable payments…
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