Representative Powell urges committee to modernize charitable bingo rules
Representative Powell told the Economic Development and Tourism committee that House Bill 455 would let charitable bingo operators use multiple locations, hold up to three sessions per day (no more than five hours each), raise the weekly prize cap to $6,000 and allow higher daily pay for operators; the committee advanced the bill by voice vote.
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Representative Powell presented House Bill 455 to the Economic Development and Tourism committee, saying the measure modernizes Georgia’s charitable bingo rules to reflect how organizations run events today. “We’re raising the prizes from three to $6,000 in a calendar week,” Powell said, and the bill would permit up to three bingo sessions a day, with each session limited to five hours.
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