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North Carolina · N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-309.14
Quote checked October 14, 2026 Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.
“No beach bingo game may offer a prize having a value greater than ten dollars ($10.00).”
“No beach bingo game may offer free bingo games as a promotion, for prizes or otherwise.”
“Any person offering a greater than ten-dollar ($10.00) but less than fifty-dollar ($50.00) prize is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person offering a prize of fifty dollars ($50.00) or greater is guilty of a Class I felony.”
“(1983, c. 896, s. 3; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1107, s. 10; 1987, c. 701; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 826, s. 2; 1993, c. 539, ss. 214, 1232; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2016-27, s. 1; 2017-102, s. 5.1(b); 2019-182, s. 14(b); 2020-72, s. 1(c).)”
The earliest year in this note is 1983. That's the earliest year the note prints. It doesn't establish when this wording was enacted, took effect or first appeared.
Our reading
Beach bingo gets its own section in North Carolina, and its prizes top out at ten dollars. Offering a prize worth more than $10 but less than $50 is a Class 2 misdemeanor; offering one worth $50 or more is a Class I felony. The games can't offer free bingo games as a promotion either.
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